Exam Preparation

[SAHM_TAN]

Funz:

DS asked me this morning, what is the meaning of 'decent'. Told him mean, acceptable, proper, fitting, appropriate.


He said 'ok, for today's compo test, I will use the word decent.' Thought to myself ok, this is like his fixation with the word 'hilarious' previously. Told him nobody decides the words even before they see what the compo is about. What if the word does not fit in.

He stared at me and told me. \"Don't worry Mummy, I will be able to use the word decent. I will write a decent compo using the word decent and get a decent grade.\"

:faint:

hilarious :rotflmao:

[sharonkhoo]

Sun_2010:

I would like to add that the process of learning phrases/good vocab to applying them is not a smooth progressive path. There will be a period when they use it inappropriately and sometimes totally off but it is thru that they will develop. The problem is we want them to do well every compo and at every exam. One learns to walk by falling .

I tell my kids that they should experiment during daily work but be conservative during exams. It they always play safe, they won't learn as much, but it would be silly to take too many risks during exams.
...
Now all I have to do is have the courage to keep this prespective when i get his compo marks. From his input I feel the story went well, and came to a good conclusion. That is till a plane crashed into the building and it collapsed. ( taking deep breathes now )
There is a good precedent for that happening in real life - 911!

[Nebbermind]

SAHM_TAN:

I rec'd some lousy news today, thanks to both your posts I had a good belly laugh. :rotflmao:

Well, needless to say, this collaboration is once-off!

[Sun_2010]

slmkhoo:

Sun_2010:

I would like to add that the process of learning phrases/good vocab to applying them is not a smooth progressive path. There will be a period when they use it inappropriately and sometimes totally off but it is thru that they will develop. The problem is we want them to do well every compo and at every exam. One learns to walk by falling .

I tell my kids that they should experiment during daily work but be conservative during exams. It they always play safe, they won't learn as much, but it would be silly to take too many risks during exams.
...
Now all I have to do is have the courage to keep this prespective when i get his compo marks. From his input I feel the story went well, and came to a good conclusion. That is till a plane crashed into the building and it collapsed. ( taking deep breathes now )
There is a good precedent for that happening in real life - 911!

Oh, that was not his imagination. We have seen the 911 video clips some months ago. And recently , the Bangladesh building collapse fascinated him, he did a rewind to see that while watching CNN News .

Actually I do tell him to make it down to earth, especially for exams. But at 9 he is still not matured to distinguish the two - a normal class work and an exam. Stressing him to tone down, results in a bland short write up.

My list of donts based on compos he practiced were
1. No blood and gore. Robbers do not go about shooting all people with machine guns
2. No volcanos erupting , no earthquakes , no asteroids landing on earth.

But I did not say anything about building collapse :slapshead:

[ngl2010]

Sun_2010:

Oh, that was not his imagination. We have seen the 911 video clips some months ago. And recently , the Bangladesh building collapse fascinated him, he did a rewind to see that while watching CNN News .

Actually I do tell him to make it down to earth, especially for exams. But at 9 he is still not matured to distinguish the two - a normal class work and an exam. Stressing him to tone down, results in a bland short write up.

My list of donts based on compos he practiced were
1. No blood and gore. Robbers do not go about shooting all people with machine guns
2. No volcanos erupting , no earthquakes , no asteroids landing on earth.

But I did not say anything about building collapse :slapshead:

For my son (he is P6), he always have death in his English compo. He thinks a good storyline must be tragic :faint:

[sharonkhoo]

Sun_2010:

Oh, that was not his imagination. We have seen the 911 video clips some months ago. And recently , the Bangladesh building collapse fascinated him, he did a rewind to see that while watching CNN News .


Actually I do tell him to make it down to earth, especially for exams. But at 9 he is still not matured to distinguish the two - a normal class work and an exam. Stressing him to tone down, results in a bland short write up.

My list of donts based on compos he practiced were
1. No blood and gore. Robbers do not go about shooting all people with machine guns
2. No volcanos erupting , no earthquakes , no asteroids landing on earth.

But I did not say anything about building collapse :slapshead:

He's a got years to figure out what to do in the PSLE. Too many years working within the contraints of a single exam can be mind-deadening. My daughter only did PSLE stuff for less than a year and was thoroughly fed up long before the exam. Her teacher also made up a fairly long list of 'don'ts'. I wouldn't be too strict just yet - it takes the fun out of writing.

[Nebbermind]

Sun_2010:

Oh, that was not his imagination. We have seen the 911 video clips some months ago. And recently , the Bangladesh building collapse fascinated him, he did a rewind to see that while watching CNN News .


Actually I do tell him to make it down to earth, especially for exams. But at 9 he is still not matured to distinguish the two - a normal class work and an exam. Stressing him to tone down, results in a bland short write up.

My list of donts based on compos he practiced were
1. No blood and gore. Robbers do not go about shooting all people with machine guns
2. No volcanos erupting , no earthquakes , no asteroids landing on earth.

But I did not say anything about building collapse :slapshead:

I guess he must be one of those Final Destination :sick: fans!!!

[janet88]

SAHM_TAN:

Funz:

DS asked me this morning, what is the meaning of 'decent'. Told him mean, acceptable, proper, fitting, appropriate.


He said 'ok, for today's compo test, I will use the word decent.' Thought to myself ok, this is like his fixation with the word 'hilarious' previously. Told him nobody decides the words even before they see what the compo is about. What if the word does not fit in.

He stared at me and told me. \"Don't worry Mummy, I will be able to use the word decent. I will write a decent compo using the word decent and get a decent grade.\"

hilarious :rotflmao:

this is a good one.

[GDragon]

janet_lee88:

SAHM_TAN:

[quote=\"Funz\"]DS asked me this morning, what is the meaning of 'decent'. Told him mean, acceptable, proper, fitting, appropriate.


He said 'ok, for today's compo test, I will use the word decent.' Thought to myself ok, this is like his fixation with the word 'hilarious' previously. Told him nobody decides the words even before they see what the compo is about. What if the word does not fit in.

He stared at me and told me. \"Don't worry Mummy, I will be able to use the word decent. I will write a decent compo using the word decent and get a decent grade.\"

hilarious :rotflmao:

this is a good one.[/quote] :whut:

[ngl2010]

How to edit compo on the spot?


I noticed when my son writes a compo, he can’t see parts of his story that are disjointed or improbable. However, if 3-4 days later I asked him to edit his compo, his story became much better. He can see what is wrong with his compo and amend it.

He only has 55 minutes to complete continuous writing in PSLE. Does anyone knows how to create this 3-4 days gap affect such that he can see from a fresh prespective when he is editing his compo?

Thank you.