Tips to do well in Composition/Situational Writing
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COMPOSTION
1.Read more storybooks/essays with a good storyline
2.When you look at the pictures,try to spend at least 5 to 10 minutes planning the storyline.
3.Try not to exert all your knowledge of good phrases and/or words into a simple passage.
4.Create a twist to your story.
5.Make your story to be something unexpected.Remember,the markers will be marking some thousand scripts with the same storyline.Example,the topic is a day at the beach.Many people would just simply write about drowning.To create an unusual essay,you can write about perharps your dog finding some treasures buried in the sand etc.
6.Start your story with sounds ie.The Transformers.The transformers scriptwriters started their story like \"Bang!Bang!\"This would get the reader absorbed into your composition instantly.
7.When you are writing your essay,try to imagine you are a moviewriter,and this will be your script.Doing this really helps you to be more serious than ever.
8.Deep Breaths.Take a few deep breaths at the start of you writing your composition.Research has shown and proven that this is effective in helping you to calm down.
9.Do not make your essay look too simple.Add more dialouges or sounds into it to make it look more interesting.
10.Have a good body for your composition.
Situational Writing
1.Do not go out of the point.
2.Use all the objectives or information given.
3.Remember to include your motive for this email/letter/report etc.
4.Also,take a few deep breaths.
GOOD LUCK! :salute: -
My child will probably fail if he followed your guidance…
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Johnny Lim Wei Jie:
My child will probably fail if he followed your guidance...
:whut: why?? -
Yes, why?
I found the tips quite common sense and helpful. -
How to improve situational writing?
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Ran1977:
How to improve situational writing?
Hello,
We hope the following information will be of use to you in your effort to improve situational writing.
5 Simple Things To Bear In Mind
1. Do start with a greeting for emails or informal letters.
E.g. Dear Willy,
How have you been? I recently saw a poster regarding a donation drive to help residents who have been retrenched at XXX.
Most students are likely to skip the greeting and rush into the main purpose of the email or letter.
2. Ensure there is always a purpose statement.
E.g. Dear Sir,
I saw the poster on the annual beach cleaning activity organised by the Environmental Club. I am interested to participate in the event. However, I have some queries, which I hope you will be able to help me with.
3. 'Communicate' effectively with the marker (your real audience) by numbering your written answers to the questions. This helps you in checking for accuracy and, at the same time, send a message to the marker that you are very organised in your approach.
Remember there are always 6 content points to satisfy. However, the student will likely find only 5 questions. A question may ask the student to list two things that contribute to 2 content points.
4. Do not make up details. This is not Continuous Writing where you need to develop conflict and resolution. Stick to the points given.
5. Sign off correctly to accurately show relationship between the writer and the audience.
For the above example, we use Yours faithfully if we do not know the name of our audience. We use Yours sincerely if we know the name of our audience.
For informal texts, we usually use Regards or Cheers.
Hope this helps. Do let us know if you need more information.
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