1. An Introduction to writing a good composition
To: Conrad
From: Angela

2. Picture compositions

3. 1. Look at all the pictures and guess what they are telling you…

4. 2. Ask yourself…
What is happening in each of the pictures?
Who is doing what to whom?
What can you conclude in short sentences for each picture?
Do they show a flow of events?

5. Here are some clues… Picture compositions always show a flow of events
The last picture is for you to conclude
But how do you know what to conclude?
(c) Picture compositions usually carry a message / idea
These message/ideas are MORAL VALUES the teacher wants you to learn
For eg. Cheating in exams is a DISHONEST act
In this case, they want you to know the importance of integrity/honesty
So, your conclusion should mention these moral values at the end
(d) There are helping words at the bottom to guide you through the flow of the story

6. 3. Write an outline for your composition
Introduction
Event
Conclusion
Remember, a story always have 3 parts:

7. (A) INTRODUCTION It gives the START of a story
Introduces the characters
Answers questions on:
Who are the characters involved?
We can always name the characters
It makes the story more interesting
What is the background of the story?
In order to tell the story, we must at least give a short introduction to which why things happen in what we are going to talk about in the EVENT (middle part)

8. (B) EVENT (Middle) This is the most important part of a composition
It tells everything that the pictures are showing
It tells WHAT IS HAPPENING
It answers:
What is happening?
Who is doing what to whom?
Why is it happening?
When is it happening?
NEVER LEAVE ANY INFORMATION OUT
MAKE SURE THERE IS NO LOOP HOLES – Nothing happens out of nowhere!

9. (C) CONCLUSION (End) The conclusion gives a SUMMARY of the story
It ends with the MORAL VALUES the pictures are trying to tell you
So in concluding, you MUST always mention the MORAL VALUE
Eg. Mike learnt the
importance of practicing
honesty in order to become
trustworthy to others

10. 4. Using your outline… You can start writing your composition
Look out for your spelling and tenses
If the story happened in the PAST
Use only the PAST TENSE
DO NOT mix the tenses in your compo
This will cause you to lose more marks

11. SOME REMINDERS Always write your story in a way that
you are telling the ENTIRE story to
person who has NO IDEA what is
it about
You are the ONLY ONE who knows
the story BEST
So when writing, do not miss out any detail/information
A good composition is CLEAR, has good spelling, uses words from the helping words, has good tenses and punctuation and an introduction, event and conclusion
Avoid repeating! Eg. The teacher…… The teacher…….

12. THE END

13. SOURCES

14. SOURCES http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2009/ga090222.gif