Next week marks the start of most school for the Paper 1 SA2. Last week when I met my new students (mixed with my existing students), I did a revision on Situational Writing (SW) rules and we wrote a formal one out (for the P5s). For the composition (CW) part, I gave my P4-P5 classes a past year list of composition themes and together we planned out plots.
I concluded that part of the lesson by differentiating clearly the difference between :
- Being honest
- Being kind
The likelihood of going out of point is quite high if the student doesn’t pay close attention to the theme. While every composition for upper primary has 3 random pictures to choose from, I gave them just one – a wallet.
Using that one picture, we planned out possible plots suitable for the these two themes.
Below are 2 basic Planning – (Introduction/Body/Conclusion) for these two themes.
Being honest composition planning
Introduction – Main character & character development
- comes from a poor family
Description
- difficulties main character faces being the only one without luxuries such as a smartphone in class
- walking home from school through his nearby park
- comes across a wallet
Body – Dilemma & Personal conflict
- keep the wallet filled with money or give it to nearby police post
- makes the right decision on being honest
Twist
- while walking to the police station
- sees his elderly neighbour, Mrs Tan, looking around the park desperately
- goes up to her and realises that it is her wallet
- money needed for important medicines
- Mrs Tan praises main character for his honesty
- Mrs Tan tells his parents who are proud of him
- Mrs Tan calls his school principal
Conclusion
- following day in school main character is called on stage and presented a plaque for Most Honest Student and presented with a cheque of $200
- honesty is really the best policy
Being Kind composition planning
Introduction – Character description & dialogue
- Main character making fun of a new student, P, who comes from a poor family
- P sits alone everyday at recess and eats food brought from home
Body
- Main character can’t find his wallet when the bell rings for recess
- He searches desperately in the classroom and along the corridors
- He is famished and tries to borrow money from his classmates
- No one wants to lend him any money
Twist
- Main character sits miserably in the canteen without any food
- Suddenly P approaches him and offers to share his homemade fried rice with him
- Main character is filled with shame by P’s kindness
- He learns an important lesson about being kind to others
Conclusion & dialogue
- Main character turns over a new leaf
- He invites P to join him in a game of soccer and tells him that he has brought extra chocolate cake to share with P later
- Both characters laugh and play together
- Kindness brings happiness
Check the other articles from this section
- Primary 4 Composition – Characterisation
- P4 English Composition Checklist
- Tackling Compositions & Model Composition P4 on the theme of ‘A Dangerous Situation’ (Fire)
- P4 SA2 Composition Reminders & a model composition: Being Rescued
- P4 Writing Project – A Book in a Box
- P4 English – An unlucky day composition
- Primary 4 Composition Caught in the rain
- P4 English : A Challenge composition
- P4 English Composition Something Exciting
- P4 Composition A Regret
- P4 English Composition Being Considerate
- P4 Composition Theme Falling Sick
- P4 English Composition A Crime & Situational Writing
- P4 Model Composition A dangerous situation
- Primary 4 Composition SA1 themes
- Primary 4 Composition Introductions
- P4 Composition Overcoming a challenge
- Primary 4 Composition Theme A Problem
- P4 English composition tips – PSLE (New Format)
- P4 English composition planning: how to get your child to plan correctly?
- P4 English Composition: Opening and Closing Paragraphs
- Descriptive verbs & P4 end-of-the-year model composition – A stormy day
- P4 English SA2 Model Composition: An Incident you witnessed
2023 P4 English tuition timetable
Branch | Day | Start time | End time |
---|---|---|---|
Bukit Timah | MON | 3 pm | 5 pm |
Bukit Timah | WED | 5 pm | 7 pm |
Hougang Pelikat | TUE | 5 pm | 7 pm |
Hougang Pelikat | SAT | 9 am | 11 am |