All About English Creative Writing

[jedamum]

hopeful4future:

[quote]there is a technique in doing composition writing like memorising long nice phrases.

but i finds it a bit not so good as their thoughts will tends to be limit by the words/phrase that they \"know\" as \"best\". .[/quote]i think if the kid is a potentially good writer, then there are limitations. but if the kid is struggling with compo writing, memorising long nice phrases is a good start. decade plus ago, my Sec 4 english form teacher (of a band 1 school) got the whole class to keep a notebook of such, and i find it pretty useful.

[mrswongtuition]

jedamum:

hopeful4future:

[quote]there is a technique in doing composition writing like memorising long nice phrases.

but i finds it a bit not so good as their thoughts will tends to be limit by the words/phrase that they \"know\" as \"best\". .

i think if the kid is a potentially good writer, then there are limitations. but if the kid is struggling with compo writing, memorising long nice phrases is a good start. decade plus ago, my Sec 4 english form teacher (of a band 1 school) got the whole class to keep a notebook of such, and i find it pretty useful.[/quote]Potentially good writers will figure out how to change existing phrases or words. You just need to expose them to a wide genre of articles and vocabulary.

It's those who are mid-band or low-band who require the 'memorising'. Once they are able to memorise a good number of phrases/words, you can help them to 'manipulate' those they already know to help them come up with their own phrases/descriptions.

It's a structured process for those who need the scaffolding and help. It is not meant to restrict their language usage but to give them a jump start

[melman]

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I am looking for a good creative writing school for my boy. He is currently in K2 this year. Any good suggestion?

[Lucky]

melman:

I am looking for a good creative writing school for my boy. He is currently in K2 this year. Any good suggestion?

Hi Melman

I think if your child is reading well and enjoys books from all genres, he should not have a problem doing creative writing. Creative writing all comes from lots of imagination, a wide vocabulary and a love of reading and writing.

If you still need to send him there, you can try Lorna Whiston, Seed's D learning house at Katong and maybe The Learning Lab.

[schellen]

Hi melman, maybe this thread on English Creative Writing will help? http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35

[melman]

Hi Lucky


My boy does read and write. But i'm not sure if he can write well. I thought sending him to a school to help him. Will definitely check out the schools you suggested. Thks!

Hi schellen

Blogging is a good suggestion, but i don't think my boy is ready for it......you gave me an idea.....maybe... i can start him on writing a simple diary!

[schellen]

melman:

Hi schellen


Blogging is a good suggestion, but i don't think my boy is ready for it......you gave me an idea.....maybe... i can start him on writing a simple diary!

Hi melman, did you read further down the thread? I think they also discussed schools there.

[moonee]

Er....cant seem to get in to mrswongtution website. :?

[mrswongtuition]

moonee:

Er....cant seem to get in to mrswongtution website. :?

Maybe this link will be better: http://mrswongtuition.blogspot.com/
OR
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2876

[moonee]

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2876


Thanks I tried and manage to open it...