TSA Writing Skills (Primary 3)

Pre-writing

Read the question Ben is having his summer holiday. He is writing about it. You are Ben. Look at the pictures and write story about your summer holiday in about 30 words. You may use the words in the boxes to help you. Situation What to write Number of words Underline the keywords

Getting ideas (1) Pictures workbooks cartoons ? park

From the pictures, find out: Where is he? What is he doing? Does he look happy or sad? Is he with someone or alone?

Getting ideas (2) Mind map Think about different ideas Use the mind map Think of answers to the questions on the mind map

(2) Mind map What did you do? Did you enjoy your holiday? My summer What did you see? How did you feel? Where did you go? Who spend the holiday with you?

Getting ideas (3) Question words Use ‘wh-’ words and ‘how’ question words to get ideas of different areas, e.g. What: the thing or action When: the time Where: the place Who: the people Why: the reason … How: the way something happens How many: the number of something How much: the price …

(3) Question words When? Where? What (do you do)? Who? How (do you feel)? Every day, in the afternoon At home, in the park Doing workbooks, watching TV, going to the park … Me, Daisy happy

Writing

(1) Making sentences Write each sentence with a clear structure. In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day. I watch funny cartoons. I go to the park with Daisy when the weather is good. In the afternoon, I play football. I am happy. I play football. verb subject object Write each sentence with a clear structure.

Making sentences: Punctuations In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day. A clear sentence structure with right punctuations: Use a capital letter for the first word of a sentence. Use a capital letter for the pronoun ‘I’. Use a full stop ( . ) to mark the end of a sentence. Use a comma ( , ) to separate words in a sentence. Note the use of capital letters, full stops and commas.

(2) Supporting details In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day. I watch funny cartoons. I go to the park with Daisy when the weather is good. In the afternoon, I play football. I am happy. 1. Write more details.

These sentences show when ‘I’ do these activities. (2) Supporting details In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day. I watch funny cartoons. I go to the park with Daisy when the weather is good. In the afternoon, I play football. I am happy. These sentences show when ‘I’ do these activities. 2. Write about time.

(2) Supporting details In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day. I watch funny cartoons. I go to the park with Daisy when the weather is good. In the afternoon, I play football. I am happy. The writer uses these adjectives to describe cartoons, weather and how the writer feels. 3. Use more adjectives.

These words help us join our ideas together. (3) Linking ideas In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day. I watch funny cartoons. I go to the park with Daisy when the weather is good. In the afternoon, I play football. I am happy. These words help us join our ideas together. Use some words to link up ideas.

Formats

(1) Story Beginning introduce the setting and the characters Development What happens at first? Next? Ending How it ends? What do you think and feel?

(2) Letter Date Recipient Opening Main body Ending Closing Sender

(3) E-mail Recipient Opening Main body Ending Closing Sender

(4) Diary Entry Date Weather What happened How you feel

Post-writing

Read Again Take 5 minutes to read your writing again Check the language (grammar) - tenses - spelling Check the format (especially letters) Check the number of words (about 30 words)

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