To: John Lim <johnlim@gmail.com> From: Jordan Tan <jordan.tan@gmail.com> Date: 29 July 2020 Subject: Witnessing an accident on the M5 Expressway Dear John, How are you? You won’t believe what happened two days ago. On 27 July at about 1 p.m., I was on my way to the rugby club for weekly practice when I witnessed…
Category: Writing
Assignment for Student: Podcast Recording on ‘Travel Broadens the Mind’
In this recording, my student, Joshua, spoke about a few benefits and disadvantages of travelling. See if you can spot some of the writing strategies he had utilised in his speech to make it more interesting. If you find this post useful, please do leave me/my student a comment (I will pass it along), give…
[Personal Reflective/Descriptive Writing] Lessons learnt in hindsight
Topic: “It is easy to be wise after the event.” Describe some lessons you have learnt in hindsight. Written by Caden It has been said that “smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.” I can truly relate to this after the recent event where I was the lead member of the planning committee. One month…
Writing: Vary your sentence structures (Plenty of examples)
Do you find yourself stuck with repetitive sentences that make your writing seem monotonous or dull? Or even amateurish? i.e. following the usual [Subject – verb – object, etc] structure. For instance: The objectives of the event are to provide an enriching and fun learning experience for the students. Improved: In order to make the…
Quote wise/inspirational/memorable words as a hook (By category; Will be updated)
These are put into categories based on commonly tested writing topics. If you wonder how you can construct a sentence with these, consider these: (i) It’s been said that “…” , … (ii) The old saying of “…” , … (iii) As the saying / adage goes, “…” i.e. The common saying of “The greatest…
