Transcript BCA Speaking Paper

TSA
Writing Skills
(Primary 3)
Pre-writing
Read the question
Ben is having his summer holiday. He is
writing about it.
Situation
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.
What to write
Number of words
Underline the key words
Getting ideas
(1) Pictures
workbooks
cartoons
?
park
From the pictures,
find out:
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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?
My summer
holiday
What did
you see?
Where did
you go?
Did you
enjoy your
holiday?
How did
you feel?
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.
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What: the thing or
action
When: the time
Where: the place
Who: the people
Why: the reason
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How: the way
something happens
How many: the
number of
something
How much: the price
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(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
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.
verb
subject
object
I play football.
Write each sentence with a clear
structure.
(1) 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:
 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.
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.
(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.
(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
Who are you writing to?
• Opening
• Main body
• Ending
Closing
Your name
(3) E-mail
Who are you writing to?
• Opening
• Main body
• Ending
Closing
Your name
(4) Diary
Date
• What happened
• How you feel and think
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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