Pb did this compo in school, without any help from her teacher. Her form/English teacher had some personal issues which she needed to take care of urgently and the relief teacher gave the class this compo to be done in class. According to Pb, the relief teacher did not go through or discussed about the pictures with the class and instructed the girls to write. When she told me these in the car while I was sending her home, I was a little worried. I wondered if she was able to write without getting out of point.
However, when I read her compo in the evening, not only was I relieved, I was swelling with pride and joy! Except for a few punctuation mistakes and a reflexive pronoun error, her story was coherent and fluent. The development was thorough and the use of words was appropriate, though not fanciful. Her sentence structure was also sound and I particularly love her ending. I'm very glad with her effort and ability. I praised her and concluded to her that her ability to write such a decent piece was due to her enjoyment of reading. I encourage her to continue to read because when you have lots of good input, then you are able to produce creative output.
Eversince she was young, I have always pray that God will bless Pb with a passion in reading, to grow to become an independent avid reader. I thank God that He has fulfilled my prayer. I would think that Pb's reading age is far beyond children of her age. She reads books from Nancy Drew, Enid Blyton and recently, she is hooked to Adeline Foo's books. She was also able to read Charlotte's Web, a literature text which I had studied only when I was in Secondary 1!
All glory really to God! His faithfulness never fails. His love endures forever! Amen! :)
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