Writing with Creative & Critical Thinking

English Writing with Creative and Critical Thinking will help students trying for Selective Schools and Scholarships. It will also assist students in Upper Primary and Junior High School where students need to be able to write short stories, other texts, and thoughtful opinions. The book provides help in three main areas of English:

What to write
The book helps students think of interesting ideas for (1) creative writing such as stories and (2) critical thinking topics.
Students will become more confident with creating plots and thinking of ideas.

How to write
The book helps students use interesting writing techniques such as similes and metaphors, personification, show not tell, repetition, rhetorical questions and more.
Students also practise writing different text types such as a news report, a letter to the Principal, an interview, a review and a class newsletter.
In practising text types, students will become familiar with an appropriate format, suitable language and an acceptable tone.
This book provides models for different text types.

Vocabulary
The book introduces students to a wide range of alternatives for everyday words. These words include common vocabulary such as happy, sad, good and bad etc. Using synonyms for these common words will help students’ writing to stand out. Using synonyms is easier and more useful than memorising lists of words that may not be relevant.

• Getting Started with Creativity: Common Plots
• Your Street Your Library Your Park
• Imagination 1
• Imagination 2 Outings and Excursion
• Imagination 3 Asking Why

• Show not tell
• Personification
• Repetition
• Similes
• Metaphors
• Onomatopoeia
• Rhetorical questions
• Starting your sentence with a present participle
• Using your creative writing techniques
• Writing the climax for your narrative
• Interesting vocabulary: Synonyms
• Double words

• Topics and Model Answers

• Your Street Your Library Your Park
• More Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
• What to do if your mind goes blank
• Family Discussion Topics and Excursion Notes

• A News Report
• A Letter to the Principal
• An Interview
• Review of a Picnic /BBQ area
• A Class Newsletter
• A Procedural Recount