Writing well with 4G A concept map for average writers to enhance writing

1. Writing well with 4G A concept map for average writers to enhance writing

2. Interesting introduction Developing characters What are the necessary ingredients to a tasty piece of composition? Setting Are you showing or telling? Good vocabulary

3. Weather Dialogues Thoughts and feelings Interesting Introduction Action Sound effect Flashback

4. Facial features Outfit Developing Characters Special features Expression Physical build

5. The kids were misbehaving badly. Mr Tan’s class was very rowdy. Telling- Simple and boring sentence Showing, not telling! The students in 4G were misbehaving again. Wet toilet paper were rolled into balls, thrown and stuck to the ceiling. Paper planes whizzed through the air dangerously. They were indeed the most notorious class in the school. They squirmed and made faces at one another. They continued to be rowdy even when Mr Tan entered. Showing- A good writer will allow the reader to visualise why the kids were misbehaving badly.

6. Use emotional words to replace ‘said’. The list of adjectives can be found in your EL file. Use the words and phrases in the spelling lists Good vocabulary Practise the use of the set of vocabulary phrases given to you.

7. The bus stop that was a stone’s throw away from my schoolwas packed with commuters. A young and well-built man was pacing up and down the bus stop restlessly.He kept glancing at his wrist watch impatiently. A descriptive setting allows the reader to visualise better. It was the typical evening peak hour rush. An earlier downpour had left puddles of water on the uneven surface of the ground. Setting Time and place