That’s the same for compositions. Today we learned the different ways of starting an essay and various methods of ending one. The students also attempted their best at writing that perfect introduction/conclusion. Hope they had fun!
I always tell my students: 1) No word echoes: don’t repeat the phrases you use if possible. It would appear like you have a limited vocabulary bank. 2) Don’t use the word “nice”. It’s a lazy way of writing. Everything can be “nice”. Yesterday, while I was at my parents’ place, I watched this TV[…]
I shared this with my students a few weeks ago. What’s wrong with this introduction? “Jason! You forgot to get the drinks and the crackers for tomorrow’s party!” my mum exclaimed. Realisation struck me like a lightning. “I will go and get it now, mum.” I replied. My mum answered, “Be careful, when you go[…]
The March school holidays are here soon and we are planning exciting programmes for you! Check out what we are offering! Monday March 16 – Friday March 20 Upper-Primary Intensive Composition Writing (12-2pm) -We teach the latest three-picture composition format, explain how to tackle it and provide intensive exercises for the entire March holiday. –[…]
English quiz: Synthesis and transformation takes up 10 marks in Paper 2. It’s not as tough as comprehension or vocabulary cloze– the nemesis of most students, so try to score in this category. Many of my students were stumped by this question. It’s not tough but there are a few parts to the question which[…]
Reading and travelling are two important ways of getting an education. <a href=”http://smg.photobucket.com/user/juzdean/media/1_8.jpg.html” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/juzdean/1_8.jpg” border=”0″ alt=” photo 1_8.jpg”/></a> While we don’t have the budget to fly our students overseas, we are able to get them in tune with what’s happening with the other side of the world with the news and technology. I was[…]
Logic is very important in compositions. When we are planning the story, we must constantly ask ourselves, “Is this logical?” Two weeks ago, my students wrote about an accident. General plot: A dog saw an ice-cream cone that’s dropped on the ground, rushed across the road to get it and got hit by a bus.[…]
In GEP classes in some schools, students are required to conduct interviews. I am proud to say we start our children from Primary 1. I introduced my Primary 1 students to The Little Prince today. It is a classic and I thought it is worth recommending to them. As they are only seven years old,[…]
It was our last class for the year. I decided to try something different with my P1 students to spice things up. 1) Instead of providing the composition question, I asked them to set the theme of the essay and come up with three scenes which would be used in the story. This serves as[…]
I go through a piece of news with my students every week. This is to broaden their knowledge about the world, get them interested in reading and it is also a good way to learn new phrases which will be useful for their composition and comprehension cloze. For the upper primary students, I usually share[…]