English Assessment Books

[Champion]

teh_oh:

Hi Champion,

Although my child tried to copy down interesting phrases, he does not use them effectively. At times, he copied down one whole chunk because it all sound good to him. I now goes through the model compo with him before getting him to attempt one of similar plot. Then I will sit with him to choose which are the good phrases that he will likely be using (for his standard) and copied them down. Very tedious.

Hi teh_oh,
My girl has the \"hobby\" of writing down - even for Science, Chinese - she did that :lol: ..probably she loves to write and prefers to her own little cutie note book. Girls being girls so guess this is her way of learning bah....she only copies down word(s) or phrase(s) and write a short sentence for it.

Yea, understand that teaching compo is very tedious and really time consuming . I have outsource that but am not very happy with the Tutor's attitude so am contemplating to change after the SA1 :(....

[teh_oh]

Hi Champion,

We intend to outsource compo after the painful coaching session over the long weekend. Looking at Jan & Elly or Mindstretcher to see which one fits our schedule. Quite reluctant though because starting next semester, child will need to stay back 3x a week until late afternoon for activities/CCA, and we prefer weekdays for such extra classes.

[Brenda10]

Champion:

Yea, understand that teaching compo is very tedious and really time consuming . I have outsource that but am not very happy with the Tutor's attitude so am contemplating to change after the SA1 :(....

We also outsourcing both compo. I do agree writing compo. at home is very tedious and take up more than the require timing and left very little time for other homework.

[Chenonceau]

I wanna wish all you Mommies all the best with the English compo writing. My DS has no problems with English but all I have to do is to replace English with Chinese and I understand the awful stress and feeling of helplessness. I will go and think through some of the stuff I did to help DS with English compo… and post here.

[pixiedust]

Chenonceau, that would be great ! I am most impressed with little boy’s compo.

Looking forward to your inputs.

[Sun_2010]

Hi,


Any suggestions for P1 Oral books?
I am looking for one with neat clear pictures.

TIA

[Chenonceau]

Improving Story


I broke up story building from compo writing. I did that in early P4 to stimulate the imagination. For every suite of pictures, I asked for 5 alternative story lines. Then I picked one that I like. Keep doing this until your child can generate fast and well an interesting story line with a twist. This is a fun activity because Mommy and Kid can both let their imagination run wild.

We try to think what everyone will write, and we do the opposite... or something unexpected.

Using Yummy Adjectives
After you write the essay. Go through every sentence and add in yummy adjectives. This trains the child to use big words.

Write short sentences
Shorter sentences protects the child from grammar errors.

Characterize
Focus on one character in the pictures and give it a personality that is a bit exaggerated.

Put all this together and you will spice up your writing a bit. I hope it helps. This is what I did with my son.

[pixiedust]

:thankyou:


Great tips, Chenonceau ! Better than any compo book in the market.

[Chenonceau]

pixiedust:

:thankyou:


Great tips, Chenonceau ! Better than any compo book in the market.

:welcome:

[Lynn2]

Hi Chenonceau,


Thanks for the great tips.

May I ask, what about for the upper pri students, who want to build up good tension for the compo?what is the way to go about in doing it?thank you.

Cheers
Lynn2

Chenonceau:

Improving Story

I broke up story building from compo writing. I did that in early P4 to stimulate the imagination. For every suite of pictures, I asked for 5 alternative story lines. Then I picked one that I like. Keep doing this until your child can generate fast and well an interesting story line with a twist. This is a fun activity because Mommy and Kid can both let their imagination run wild.

We try to think what everyone will write, and we do the opposite... or something unexpected.

Using Yummy Adjectives
After you write the essay. Go through every sentence and add in yummy adjectives. This trains the child to use big words.

Write short sentences
Shorter sentences protects the child from grammar errors.

Characterize
Focus on one character in the pictures and give it a personality that is a bit exaggerated.

Put all this together and you will spice up your writing a bit. I hope it helps. This is what I did with my son.