english composition writing workshop chongfu school english department miss joyce tang
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English Composition Writing Workshop
Chongfu SchoolEnglish Department
Miss Joyce Tang
Objectives
• Have a better knowledge of the writing
assessment rubrics
• Gain a better understanding how to
improve the child’s composition writing
Content
• What are the components of PSLE English and
Writing (Paper 1) Examination?
• What are the assessment criteria for Writing?
• How can we better prepare the pupils?
PSLE English
• Paper 1 – Situational Writing &
Continuous Writing
• Paper 2 – Language Use & Comprehension
• Paper 3 – Listening Comprehension
• Paper 4 – Oral Communication
Paper 1Writing
Components of WritingSituational WritingContinuous Writing
Components of WritingWeighting: 27.5% for merged stream
Content Marks
Language Marks
Total
Marks
Situational Writing
6m 9m 15m
Continuous Writing
20m 20m 40m
Continuous Writing Content – 20 marks
Language – 20 marks
Continuous Writing
1. Picture Composition
2. Situational Composition
A minimum of 150 words is required.
Continuous Writing
Example of a Picture Composition
Continuous Writing
Example of a Situational Composition
Requirements of Continuous Writing
Type of Writing – Narrative Writing
- Formal Writing (no contraction is allowed.)
Purpose of Narrative Writing
- Tells a STORY
Narrative Writing
introduction rising action/conflict/problem
climax falling action
resolution/conclusion
Plot Structure
Narrative Writing
Introduction
Plot Structure
resolution/conclusion
rising action/conflict/problem climax
falling action
1/5
1/5
3/5
Continuous Writing
Assessment Criteria for Content (20m)
•Adequate ideas
•Relevant/Logical ideas
•Developed story line
No missing links in the story
Continuous Writing
Adequate Ideas
• Must cover all the points given in the
question and elaborate from there
Continuous Writing
Relevant Ideas
• know what to elaborate
• grasp what the main happening is
• the introduction and conclusion must be
linked to the main happening for a ‘tight’
story plot
How to write better?
5Ws 1H
•What happened?
• When did it take place? (Setting)
• Where did it take place? (Setting)
• Who was/were involved? (Characters)
• Why did it happen?
• How did it happen? (Manner)
• How do you feel about what had happened?
How to write better?Introduction
• It is not meant to fill the pages and meet the length requirement. • It must be based on the given situation and most importantly, it must serve a purpose – introduce the main character and give readers some background to the composition/story.
• Appropriately used, it creates the setting and mood of the story.
How to write better?
1. Weather
2. Dialogue/Monologue
3. Action/Sound
4. Flashback
5. End at Beginning
Examples of Introduction
How to write better?
• It is required, necessary.
• It gives the story a closure.
• It ‘closes the loop’. (link it to the introduction)
Conclusion
How to write better?
• Emotional State – how you felt after the
incident
• Returns to the introduction
• Ends with a rhetorical question
• Ends with more questions
• Moral/Proverb/Idiom (Avoid this! Usually it doesn’t turn out well unlike your Chinese composition)
Examples of Conclusion
How to write better?
• Both are required, necessary.
• Both must be connected to the ‘body’
of the story.
• They should not be written in isolation.
Introduction & Conclusion
Introduction & Conclusion must be thought through and not hastily written.
Continuous Writing
Introduction
Conclusion
Body
Continuous Writing
Assessment Criteria for Language (20m)
•Grammar – minor error
•Spelling – minor error
•Punctuation – minor error
Continuous Writing
Assessment Criteria for Language (20m)
•Sentence Structure – major error
•Expression – major error
Continuous Writing
Assessment Criteria for Language (20m)
•Wide range of vocabulary
•Adequate use of vocabulary
•Appropriate use of vocabulary
Continuous Writing
Assessment Criteria for Language (20m)
•Sequencing, paragraphing & linking of
ideas and facts
Continuous WritingHow to use wide range of vocabulary?Have a word web for common verbs/ adjectives
EatLookWalkSay
AngrySad
ShockedHappyGoodBad
Continuous Writing
Have a word web for common verbs/adjectives
Angry bellowed, growled, barked, hollered, commanded
Happy chirped, cheered
Sad whined, sobbed,
Say
Continuous Writing
Have a word web for common verbs/adjectives
Happy
Ecstatic, jubilant, exuberant
In high spirits, on cloud nine
As happy as a lark, grinning like a Cheshire cat
How to write better?
Requirements
•Mindmap – Plan the story
•Checklist
Continuous Writing
Things to avoid1. Overly long introduction
2. Irrelevant introduction
3. Abrupt/cliche conclusion
Continuous Writing
Things to avoid4. Supernatural themes eg. ghost,
monster, fantasy, aliens or dreams
5. Informal language eg Dad, Mum( can only be used in direct speech)
6. SMS language eg C u later
Continuous Writing
Things to avoid7. Contractions – eg. couldn’t
8. Abbreviations – eg. PA System, tv
Budding Writer
• Writing is the most demanding language skill.
• Start small – eg describing a picture/scenario
• Write frequently
Budding Writer
A Good Reader
A Better Writer
The Best Learner
Q & A
Thank You