After playing a game once, I used 5 steps to teach my son to write essays. Do you believe it?
Hello everyone, since I went to junior high school, my son's grades have declined very badly, and I have thought of many ways to hope that he can counterattack successfully. I will send the process of counterattack here and summarize some relevant experiences. Hopefully, these experiences will be useful to the friends who see them. If you want to see how we're doing, follow me for our latest updates.
I've been reflecting lately on how to improve my son's academic performance. Take your time, I analyzed the subjects he was studying now. Knowing that the worst thing is language, and composition is an important item, let's start with composition. Although my language level is not high, and writing is not a strong point, I have accompanied him to do reading practice for more than four years, and I have also understood the structure of high-score compositions in junior high school, which will be stronger than before.
See how I taught him to write through games.
His essays always have no words, no subject matter, which may be a common problem of children, and I will solve this problem today.
So, I asked my son to put down his pen, stop writing homework, and play a game with me. He was surprised as to why I would have asked for this. Because he's always wanted to play games, and lately, he's been particularly obsessed with games. Although, the others sat there and looked like they were learning, but the quality was not high, only he himself knew.
My wife and I had been keeping him from moving the computer. So, he wasn't so familiar with computers and didn't play games very well. They were all in school, and his classmates said to him what games were fun and what games were interesting. He's kind of meant to play, maybe this is a kid, he doesn't have his own ideas. Formerly a mobile game, now he was suddenly hooked on computer games, a real-time strategy game, LAN vs. World of Warcraft.
We both had a machine for each of us, and I cooperated with him. Looked for a 2v2 terrain on two simple computers. To be honest, I don't like to play with this stuff very much, I play stupidly, I don't play very well. Needless to say, he is even less proficient, the keyboard is not familiar, the advantages and disadvantages of the class are not familiar. Fortunately, we have played a few times before with some experience. This time the two of us communicated a bit and did a division of labor, I was in charge of mining and he was in charge of wood. I build air forces, he builds ground parts. The two forces joined together, harassing enemy troops, etc.
We played two games and won two sets, and he was so happy that I understood that the opportunity had come.
After the game, I asked him to organize it into an essay, and he was surprised and said that he couldn't write it. I told him that he didn't need to write it, just dictate an essay
It took him a lot of effort to barely output a few words. If you count the number of words, it is less than 200 words.
I didn't criticize him and let him try it according to my request. See how I do it.
Step 1 Recall the process of the event.
In the whole process, we must write down the six elements of the narrative clearly. (Time, place, person, cause, passage, result).
He said it a few times, and each time I listened carefully and told him what was inadequate. What was the idea at the time.
Step 2 Add details
In the course of the game, in the most important place, tell in detail how we cooperate, what the purpose is, and what the effect is.
Step 3 Add a mental state.
For example: What do you think when you hear your dad say you want to play a game. What does it feel like to win a game?
Step 4 Summarize
Ask him to summarize the results of today's game. Summarize what we are doing well and what we lack. If there is a next game, how do we need to do it.
Step 5 Sublimate the emotions
Through the game process, what is the inspiration for being a person, doing things, and what will be done in the future.
Go through the above 5 steps and change again and again. The last time he wrote an oral essay came out, I used the software in my mobile phone to record it, a total of more than 1300 words. When I told him the result, he didn't believe it himself. I told him that the composition was not as difficult as he thought, but he didn't have the heart.
It can be said that in order to educate him, I thought of a lot of ways. Take your time, I'll be here to document, share, and educate him about it. Come on, those parents like me.