Why do we need to use idioms in creative writing? Most students do not understand the reason why they need to use idioms in their compositions. Most just memorize a few and then use them repeatedly in their writing. Or Read more…
My Secondary Two group has been with me since they were in P5. I saw them through their PSLE and watched them blossom and enter good secondary schools of their choices. At their insistence, I followed them up to Secondary Read more…
In my previous post, I talked about the importance of starting to prepare for the PSLE from the beginning of the P5 year. This is what I do with my P5 students.In this post I’ll give suggestions on how to Read more…
The PSLE oral component is arriving soon and I have been having extra lessons with my P6 students this holiday to train them for the upcoming exam. Here are some tips for P6 parents. Please bear in mind that these Read more…
Below are lists that my P6 students and I have compiled together. Pls bear in mind these lists are not complete. They are just the beginning… A happy scenario a) Introduction The sun shone brilliantly and the water in the Read more…
Planning a composition is a habit that I like all my students to have. It may take time for them to get used to spending 5 minutes constructing the plot as most just want to start the composition and get Read more…
The issue of composition writing has been highlighted again at the start of the year with my students. Teaching the children to write beautiful compositions is a somewhat complex task. The balance between memorizing and using phrases and words and Read more…
The results are out! I am very pleased with my students’ results! All of them, with the exception of one, scored A or A*!! Highest total aggregate is 255 and the second highest (my student insists that I have to Read more…
As the PSLE approaches, my students and I have been working hard. I am satisfied with the PSLE English oral exam as I had factored in a lot of practice- one-to-one and group, since the start of July.My students reported Read more…
Most children take composition writing as a piece of academic work that requires them to write 120 -180 words on paper. There are a few types of ‘composition writers’ that I have come across. Here are a few / The Read more…