My son is in Year 6, he's in the top set for maths and spellings, did well in his assessments at the end of Year 5. For info, he is NT.
The problem comes with English, in particular creative writing. His spelling is great, as is his grammar, he understands and can identify similes, metaphors, personifications etc etc. HOWEVER, he cannot use them in a piece of writing. Cannot get beyond:
The boy ran along the riverbank. There was a girl in the river, splashing. The boy jumped in to save her, and then sat on the grass.
When I ask him to make it more interesting, add metaphors and whatnot, he gets really upset.
It's like there is no imagination there, which would be fine, as he has a scientific/logical way of thinking, and does well in anything fact based, except that obviously he has to do English at school for another 6 years, and I think he and I might both lose our minds between now and then. It doesn't help that English is my subject and I write (not creatively) for a living, so I find it really hard to see it from his point of view. I just get it, he doesn't get it at all.
If there anything that I can do? Would a tutor help?
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How can I help my 10 year old son with creative writing?
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NancyJoan · 07/11/2019 09:30
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