Using Word Games to Create Compos

We did a word association game and got the following words:
banana -> boat -> fishing -> seafood -> eat -> stomach -> pain -> toilet -> waste -> disgusting -> vomit -> doctor -> clinic -> hospital -> sick -> medicine -> recover -> discharge -> home -> rest -> wake up -> sleepy -> wash face -> eat medicine -> water -> television -> boring -> computer -> nothing to play -> read -> shopping -> buy healthy food -> change diet

And we created a compo based on the above key words (P4 class):

Plates of all sizes were on our table. The mouth-watering dishes in front of us excited all at our table, except me. What was supposed to be wafts of hungry-inducing foods created an aching feeling in my stomach. It all happened just a month ago…

“Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to Michelle! Happy birthday to you!” sang my family as we gathered at a seafood restaurant at East Coast Park to celebrate my birthday. My parents brought my cousins and me to East Coast Park earlier in the day to enjoy some water sports. We canoed and took turns to ride on a jet ski. We also played on a ride called the ‘Banana Boat’ which was actually a float that resembled a banana.

With a grin on my face, I blew out the ten candles on my cake and we proceeded to have dinner. My aunts and uncles went fishing while we were enjoying ourselves and the spread of tantalizing food on the table was the product of their trip. The piping hot dishes were too tempting to resist. I tucked into them with gusto and ate till my heart’s content.

After the meal, we took a stroll in the park in the cool evening breeze and pale moonlight. Suddenly, pain gripped me. A sharp pain in my lower abdomen caught me by surprise. I doubled over in pain, and my parents ran to my aid. I started vomiting and felt like I needed the toilet badly. Soon, all I wished for was to stay in the toilet indefinitely.

My parents got worried and rushed me to the nearest clinic. The doctor examined me and advised my parents to bring me to the nearest hospital instead. Within minutes, I found myself on a hospital bed, being wheeled into a consultation room with a kind doctor. I was immediately given an injection and some oral medication. The medicine tasted horribly bitter, I gulped a lot of water to swallow them quickly. I wanted to spit them out but I knew that they were for me to recover. I took the bitter pills and drifted off to sleep.

When I awoke, I felt much better. My parents had spent the night with me at my bedside and looked tired. I gently nudged them to wake them and asked them to freshen up. The doctor came to review my case and declared that it was food poisoning. My cousins also had the runs but they only needed some medication. I was discharged and went home.

Back home, my mum fussed over me like a baby and cooked some healthy food for me. My dad went to the supermarket to shop for healthy food so that my stomach can recover. I was very bored as there was nothing much to do at home except to watch television programs, play computer games and read. I felt bad to fall ill, and it felt worse to be stuck at home while recovering.

Once bitten, twice shy. I got wary of scrumptious meals from then on.