TSA Writing Skills
(Primary 3)
Pre-writing
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 about30 words. You may use the words in the boxes to help you.
Read the question
Underline the key words
Situation
What to write
Number of words
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?
What did you see?
Did you enjoy your holiday?
How did you feel?
My summer holiday
Where did you go?
Who spend the holiday with you?
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 …
Getting ideas(3) Question words
• Use ‘wh-’ words and ‘how’ question words to get ideas of different areas, e.g.
(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
While-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.
subject
verb
object
(1) Making sentences:Punctuations
Note the use of capital letters, full stops and commas.
In the summer holiday, I do summer workbooks and watch TV at home every day.
A clear sentence structure with right punctuations:
Uses a capital letter for the first word of a sentence. Uses 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.
(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.
(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.
2. Write about time.
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.
3. Use more adjectives.
The writer uses these adjectives to describe cartoons, weather and how the writer feels.
(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.
Use some words to link up ideas.
These words help us join our ideas together.
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
Who are you writing to?
• Opening• Main body• Ending
Date
Your name
Closing
(3) E-mailWho are you writing to?
• Opening• Main body• Ending
Your name
Closing
(4) Diary
• What happened
• How you feel and think
Date
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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