How to write a good composition

Hawaly Educational ZoneFatma Bint Al Yaman School

Presented by Haleema Ashoor

Supervised by H.O.D Eman Ben

Salma

School Manager

Baderia Al Zankawe

There are different ways of writing There are different ways of writing composition: composition:

1- A report or an account1- A report or an account2- An email2- An email3- A letter3- A letter4- A dialogue or a conversation4- A dialogue or a conversation5- A short story5- A short story

The techniques of writing a The techniques of writing a reportreport

1 -Leave a space before you start writing the paragraph. 2- Start with the main idea.

3 -Draw an outline for the topic you want to write about .

A- Introduction (main idea) B- The body (helping ideas)

C- Conclusion

The techniques of writing an The techniques of writing an emailemail

1 -Start with Hi, Hello ,……………………

2 -End with Best wishes, with love ,………

The techniques of writing a The techniques of writing a letterletter P.O. Box 6578

Al-Zahra’aKuwait23/12/2009

Dear Mona,

Introduction ……………………………………………............................................

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Body ……………………………………………………………………………………..…

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Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………

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Yours Your beloved son / daughter

My best wishes / with love Huda Ahmed

The techniques of writing The techniques of writing a a dialogue or a conversationdialogue or a conversation

1 -Always imagine you’re sitting face to face with the other person.

2 -The dialogue should be true to life (not only questions and answers)+( include expressions and language functions)

Aseel: What did you do yesterday?

Amal: Oh, I was so busy? After I had practised sport at the club, I went to the cinema .

Aseel: How could you go there without telling me?

Amal: I’m so sorry. I really wanted to tell you, but there was no time .

The techniques of writing a The techniques of writing a short storyshort story

-A: It should include four basic parts :

-1 -Characters -2 -Setting

-3 -Plot -4 -The ending

-B: It should have a moral lesson .

A short StoryA short Story

A short storyA short story

Once upon a time, a poor Once upon a time, a poor fisherman was fishing when he fisherman was fishing when he

suddenlysuddenly ……………………………………………………..……..............................................................................................

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Capital letters and Punctuation Marks:Capital letters and Punctuation Marks:

Capital letters are used :Capital letters are used :a- At the beginning of each new a- At the beginning of each new sentence.sentence.((We visited our relatives during theWe visited our relatives during the weekend.)weekend.)B- First person singular.B- First person singular.(My family and I will travel next (My family and I will travel next month.)month.)C- Names of people: Mona / Nora / AliC- Names of people: Mona / Nora / Ali

d- Countries & cities:d- Countries & cities:France / London / Al-ZahraFrance / London / Al-Zahra’’a a …………....e- Nationalities: Egyptian / Syrian / e- Nationalities: Egyptian / Syrian / AmericanAmericanf- Religions: Islam / Christianity f- Religions: Islam / Christianity g- Days & months: Saturday / g- Days & months: Saturday / MondayMonday March / April March / Aprilh- Famous places: Scientific Centreh- Famous places: Scientific Centre Al-Sha Al-Sha ’’ab Parkab Parki- Newspapers & magazines:i- Newspapers & magazines: Al-Watan / Al-Qabas Al-Watan / Al-Qabas

Most common Punctuation Marks:Most common Punctuation Marks:

a- Period / full stop ( . )a- Period / full stop ( . )

- Used to end sentences, requests and - Used to end sentences, requests and commands.commands.

His name is Ahmed.His name is Ahmed.

Please make sure to tell her IPlease make sure to tell her I’’m m comingcoming..

b-comma ( , )b-comma ( , )- Used before coordinating - Used before coordinating conjunctions:conjunctions:I like to play basketball, but my I like to play basketball, but my sister likes to play handball.sister likes to play handball.- Used after introductory - Used after introductory expressions such as: Yes / expressions such as: Yes / Well / Surely / NoWell / Surely / NoYes, IYes, I’’m going to attend the m going to attend the

meetingmeeting . .

- -Used to separate items in a Used to separate items in a series.series.

Yesterday, I bought bread, Yesterday, I bought bread, milk, cheese from the milk, cheese from the supermarketsupermarket..

C- Question mark (?)C- Question mark (?)

-used to end direct questions, -used to end direct questions, incomplete questions and incomplete questions and expressions intended as expressions intended as questions.questions.* What* What’’s your name?s your name?*Really? When?*Really? When?*What about going to the *What about going to the cinemacinema??