Helping Primary Two Students to Write Better Stories
Listen to an English Language teacher share how she used descriptive words to help Primary Two pupils write better stories.
Last updated 9 September 2026
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In this episode, English Language teacher Miss N Selvakumari from Wellington Primary School talks with Dr Alison Tan, a Lead Specialist from ELIS, about her classroom inquiry project which looked into teaching descriptive words to support students’ narrative writing. Selvakumari attended ELIS’s Classroom Inquiry for EL and Literature Teachers course in 2021.
Episode published 19 July 2023.
Further reading on developing thinking
Topic | Further Reading |
|---|---|
Developing thinking | Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. |