At Primary 3, Alycia has not been taught how to write English composition or Karangan yet. Perhaps her school teachers will start them off in the last school term. To give her the heads-up so that it will be easier for her when the time comes, I told her to start writing her own composition based on her past and recent traveling and outing experiences. To make it less classroom style and boring for her, I told her that she could use the laptop and iPad to type out her composition and karangan. That would also be easier for me to correct her mistakes and for her to see where her mistakes are, using Word’s track changes function. Also, she could use the spell check and Thesaurus function in Word. That suggestion was certainly a good carrot for my little bunny! She was very pleased with the idea and was very excited to start drafting her first composition, which was about her recent trip to Port Dickson. Her second assignment from me was a karangan (composition in the Malay language) on her first fishing experience with daddy.
With a smattering knowledge in using Microsoft Word, my 8.5YO girl began typing her very first composition. Not bad for a first timer, with lots of room for improvement.
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