THE USE OF “VERB-STORMING KIT” TO TEACH NARRATIVE WRITING TO
PHASE 2 PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS
This research aims to improve teaching practices to assist pupils to
brainstorm on verbs before writing a narrative essay through the use of “Verb-
Storming Kit”. Phase 2 primary school pupils have a tendency to write a narrative
essay without drafting any short ideas before hands (Saavedra, A. D. & Barredo, C.
P., 2020). A major problem that may contribute to this issue is the pupils’ poor pre-
writing and brainstorming skill. In order to write well, pupils must be aided to the
process of generating ideas through pre-writing activities such as brainstorming
(Selvaraj, M. & Abd Aziz, A., 2020). Based on the previous research, Sivagnanam,
S. & Md. Yunos, M., (2020) highlighted that most pupils write with disorganized ideas
due to their lack capability to produce ideas during pre-writing stage. Kaur, P. &
Abdul Rashid, N. M. (2020) also proposed that pupils who write without first
undergoing brainstorming activity will have difficulty to generate their ideas for their
essays. Therefore, in this research, “Verb-Storming Kit” is a very unique tool with
visual and touchable board that can be useful in pre-writing task as it encourages
pupils to brainstorm on suitable verbs before writing a narrative essay. Several
phase 2 primary school pupils should be selected as the research sample. This
research will also apply three gathering methods which are document analysis,
observation and interview. Based on the 21 st century learning approach, “Verb-
Storming Kit” promotes pupils’ participation and hands-on involvement that improve
their pre-writing and brainstorming skill for narrative essays. It also develops pupils’
cognitive skill and self-confident in learning English as a second language. This kit
also facilitates teacher to create student-centred classroom environment. Most
importantly, “Verb-Storming Kit” is always available to be referred by Ministry of
Education as helpful tool that develops pupils’ language proficiency.
THE USE OF “VERB-STORMING KIT” TO TEACH NARRATIVE WRITING TO
PHASE 2 PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS.
This research aims to improve teaching practices to assist pupils to brainstorm on
verbs before writing a narrative essay through the use of “Verb-Storming Kit”. Pupils
have a tendency to write a narrative essay without drafting any short ideas before
hands (Saavedra, A. D. & Barredo, C. P., 2020). A major problem that may
contribute to this issue is the pupils’ poor pre-writing and brainstorming skill. In order
to write well, pupils must be aided to the process of generating ideas through pre-
writing activities such as brainstorming (Selvaraj, M. & Abd Aziz, A., 2020). Based on
the previous research, Sivagnanam, S. & Md. Yunos, M., (2020) highlighted that
most pupils write with disorganized ideas due to lack capability to produce ideas
during pre-writing stage. Kaur, P. & Abdul Rashid, N. M. (2020) also proposed that
pupils who write without first undergoing brainstorming activity will have difficulty to
generate ideas for their essays. Therefore, in this research, “Verb-Storming Kit” is a
very unique tool with visual and touchable board that can be useful in pre-writing
task as it encourages pupils to brainstorm on suitable verbs before writing a narrative
essay. Several phase 2 primary school pupils should be selected as the research
sample. This research will also apply three data gathering methods which are
document analysis, observation and interview. Based on the 21st century learning,
“Verb-Storming Kit” promotes pupils’ participation and hands-on involvement that
improve their pre-writing and brainstorming skill for narrative essays. This kit also
facilitates teacher to create learner-centered classroom and may be referred by MOE
to develop pupils' language proficiency.
