All About English Creative Writing

[sharonkhoo]

smilexy\" post_id=\"2115234\" time=\"1690887921\" user_id=\"135913:

Thank you for the post. recently she was very into this comic series. So i have bought it for her. and the deal is read 5 comic books after reading one story book. any story book. and i hope it will help her enjoy reading more. sigh i dont know when i should or should rely on enrichment centres. i really hated the idea of one sentence full of big words. there's no longer emotions in the compo. but its better than not having at all.

kiasu parent so thats why im here seeking help. the good news is, as im trying to encourage her to read, her younger sister has now started to pick up reading. my elder daughter is very involved in ballet, she's crazy over it but not interested in reading much on it. She prefers the physical activity more.

Encouraging reading is best done by a multiprong approach tailored to the individual child. As CKS points out, reading comics is still reading! Perhaps help her find story books that contain the same themes or topics as the comics, which should make her more interested in the books. If she's interested in ballet, find books about girls dancing - even if she prefers physical movement, she has to sit down sometimes.

I haven't had experience with enrichment centres, but I find the \"model\" compos in books I see quite bad. Helping your daughter \"compose\" verbally may help since she seems to be an active person - talk about things, get her to describe events or activities, gently prompt her with questions if she's too brief, provide additional vocab... all this will help, even if not on paper.

[smilexy]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2115253\" time=\"1690937734\" user_id=\"28674:

Encouraging reading is best done by a multiprong approach tailored to the individual child. As CKS points out, reading comics is still reading! Perhaps help her find story books that contain the same themes or topics as the comics, which should make her more interested in the books. If she's interested in ballet, find books about girls dancing - even if she prefers physical movement, she has to sit down sometimes.

I haven't had experience with enrichment centres, but I find the \"model\" compos in books I see quite bad. Helping your daughter \"compose\" verbally may help since she seems to be an active person - talk about things, get her to describe events or activities, gently prompt her with questions if she's too brief, provide additional vocab... all this will help, even if not on paper.

thanks. i will try. my eng sucks, i read enough newspaper to pass my o'levels. my teacher told me the only way is to read. i find reading newspaper more interesting than storybooks. I did start to read more when i become an adult. i will try, so far she's very motivated to read as we set the \"challenge\" together.

is it just the kiasu part of me that think she needs enrichment classes? we didnt have any when she was p1/p2. But i find it very unsettling, and she has been asking me to give her lessons so that it can bring up her scores.

When she seated, she wanna watch youtube, its controlled. So im hoping that we can replace more youtube with reading. I will let her choose the type of books she likes, like charlotte web. After reading, we will talked about it.

trying my best, and its nice it has a positive influence on the little one.

[thebottomsupblog]

This is an old thread, so would like to refresh it and restart this discussion.

We’ve put together some recommendations for creative and composition writing classes here:

https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/article/20-creative-and-composition-writing-classes-for-kids-in-singapore-and-online

Would love to hear your thoughts too!

[ml1978acc]

Hi fellow parents, just wanted to share something I found out recently while prepping my kid for PSLE.

For those with kids taking PSLE in 2026 or later, MOE/SEAB has adjusted the Paper 1 weighting. It’s actually 50 marks now (used to be 55). The old “15/40” split for Situational/Continuous writing is now 14/36.

The tricky part is Situational Writing (14m). It seems they are getting stricter on the “Inference” point—meaning kids can’t just lift the answer from the poster anymore; they have to come up with their own idea based on the visual. If they miss that, they lose content marks instantly.

I’ve been testing a new AI tool that specifically marks based on this new 2026 rubric (checks for the inference point and tone). It’s quite useful to see if your kid is still writing the “old way.”

The developer is letting parents try it for free right now to test the system. You can just upload a photo of an old essay to check.

1 Link here if anyone wants to stress-test their kid’s writing: https://t.me/PSLE_Marker_Pro_Bot
2 Tap “Start” and click the consent button.
3 The bot will generate a Parent ID for you (e.g., 12345678).
4 Simply email [email protected] with that ID and try it once for free.

Hope this helps anyone else confused by the new format!