WRITE-IT RIGHT English SPM Writing Module "A guide for efficient & effective writing" S.PUNITHAN SINGAROO (Teacher's Book)
Write-It RIGHT ENGLISH SPM WRITING MODULE (CEFR-aligned) Teacher’s Book Edisi Pertama 2021 Hak Cipta Terpelihara Tidak dibenarkan memetik atau mencetak kembali mana-mana bahagian isi bukuini dalam bentuk apa jua dan dengan cara apa pun, baik secara elektronik, fotologi, mekanik, rakaman, atau yang lain-lain sebagainya sebelum mendapat izin bertulis daripada Penerbit. Penulis: S.Punithan A/L Singaroo Diterbitkan dan dicetak oleh: MZM EXPERT TRADING No. 21, Jalan BB 1/6 Taman Banting Baru, 42700 Banting, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel: 019-318 3674/ 011-2170 0185 E-mel: [email protected] ISBN: 978-629-96669-9-8 Cetakan Pertama & Kedua 2022 Cetakan Ketiga 2023 Cetakan Keempat 2024
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo ENGLISHSPMWRITINGMODULE(CEFR-aligned)NAME : ……………………………………….CLASS : ……………………………………….
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 1 CONTENT PAGETeaching & Learning Checklist 2 Introduction 4 Format Instrumen SPM Bahasa Inggeris 5 Overview of Writing Task 6 Part 1: Short Communicative Message 7 Part 2: Guided Writing 13 Part 3: Extended Writing 19 Part 3: Review Writing 20 Part 3: Story (Narrative Writing) 28 How to write better: BOOST THE SENSES (BTS) technique 35 Part 3: Article 41 Part 3: Report 48 Paper 2: Sample Questions 56 APPENDICES Useful Phrases 59 List of Discourse Markers 60 Good Phrases that Describe Emotions 62 Word Power 64 Idioms 65 Words to Use Instead of ‘Very’ 67 ANSWER 69
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 2 TEACHING & LEARNING CHECKLIST (SUBJECT TEACHER: _______________________________________) NO. TASK DATE REMARK CHECKEDBY PART 1: SHORT COMMUNICATIVE MESSAGE 1. PRACTICE 1 2. PRACTICE 2 PART 2: GUIDED WRITING 3. SAMPLE ANSWER 4. PRACTICE 1 5. PRACTICE 2 PART 3: EXTENDED WRITING REVIEW 6. REVIEW WRITING TECHNIQUE 7. PRACTICE 1 8. PRACTICE 2 STORY 9. PRACTICE 1 10. PRACTICE 2
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 3 BOOST THE SENSES (BTS) 11. PRACTICE 1 12. PRACTICE 2 ARTICLE 13. PRACTICE 1 14. PRACTICE 2 REPORT 15. PRACTICE 1 16. PRACTICE 2 PAPER 2: SAMPLE QUESTIONS 17. PART 1 18. PART 2 19. PART 3
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 4 INTRODUCTION MODULE OBJECTIVES: As a guidance for teachers to help the students in their essay writing for eachparts of the writing test. To visualize the draft of a complete essay that would full-filled the writingtask requirement. As a basic or advance technique that would help the students to write better sentence structures. Students are expected to show writing skills development through out the module/by the end of the module. Students are aimed to score better mark/grade in their SPMWriting test andin SPM English Paper (1119) as overall. The Write-it RIGHT Writing Module, English SPMis a step-by- step module to guide and help students in different writingtechniques and methods that can be applied in three different parts of the writing test task based on the latest SPMtest format which is aligned with the CEFR: Part 1 (Short CommunicativeMessage), Part 2 (Guided Writing) and Part 3 (Extended Writing).
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 5 FORMAT INSTRUMEN PEPERIKSAAN SPM MULAI TAHUN2021MATA PELAJARAN BAHASA INGGERIS YANG DIJAJARKAN KEPADA CEFR (1119)
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 6 OVERVIEW OF WRITINGTESTTASK PART 1 Candidates have to write an email to a friend in about 80 words. PART 2 Candidates have to write an essay in about 150 words. PART 3 This part has three questions or tasks to choose from. The tasks types may include an article, a review, a report or a story and candidates have to choose one. They have to write about 250 words.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 7 What are the tasks in Part 1? An email will be given as a form of question for you to reply. An email template will be prepared for you to write in. The email should be at about 80 words. It requires a personal and concrete response on general social andeveryday matters. You MUST complete writing it. SAMPLE QUESTION: a. Analyzing the question: Informal and friendly. You have received an email from your new friend, Amy who has just movedto your hometown. The school holidays have started. b. Task questions: Task includes certain points which you MUST answer. 1. Where shall we go? 2. What can we do there? 3. What should we bring? PART 1 SHORT COMMUNICATIVE MESSAGE
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 8 PART 1 WRITING TECHNIQUE G R A C EGREETING REASON ANSWER CONCLUSIONENDINGGRACE SENTENCE STRUCTURES G 1. Hi! How are you? I hope you are healthy. 2. Hi! How are you? I hope you are healthy. I amdoing great here. 3. Hello! How is it going? I hope you are in the best of health. It is good to hear from you. R 1. I am writing this email to you because ... 2. I reply this email to you because... 3. The reason why I am writing this email to you is because... A Answer the questions in the task. For example: Sample question (b) 1. Where shall we go? 2. What can we do there? 3. What should we bring? C 1. I hope you will make the right decision. 2. I hope you will like my suggestion/advice. 3. I hope you will enjoy your holiday/trip/picnic. Please let me know. E 1. Bye for now. Write back soon! 2. That is all for now. I will be waiting for your reply. Bye! 3. That is all. I need to go now because I have a lot on myplate today. Take care!
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 9 SAMPLE ANSWER: ANALYZING THE ANSWER: Hi, Amy! How are you? I hope you are healthy. I am doing great here. I amwriting this email to you because I am excited to suggest you a good place for our picnic during this school holidays. There is one great place for our picnic. It will be at Damai Beach. The place is just 30minutes from our housing area. While enjoying the beautiful scenery, we canbuildsand castle and play beach volleyball. Make sure to bring some equipment for us tobuild the sand castle and of course some food. Don’t forget to bring an extra mat toplace our foods on. Also, I will bring some snacks if you want. I was also thinking that we could have Jane and Hairul come. It will be more fun with themaround. Themore, the merrier. I hope you will like my suggestion. Please let me know. Bye for now. Write back soon! From, Kavita To: [email protected] Subject: Picnic Hi, Amy! How are you? I hope you are healthy. I am doing great here. I amwriting this email to you because I am excited to suggest you a good place for our picnic during this school holidays. There is one great place for our picnic. It will be at Damai Beach. The place is just 30 minutes from our housing area. While enjoying the beautiful scenery, we can build sand castle and play beach volleyball. Make sure to bring some equipment for us to build the sand castle and of course some food. Don’t forget to bring an extra mat to place our foods on. Also, I will bring some snacks if you want. I was also thinking that we could have Jane and Hairul come. It will be more fun with themaround. The more, the merrier. I hope you will like my suggestion. Please let me know. Bye for now. Write back soon! From, Kavita G RA C E
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 10 PRE-ACTIVITY: You received an email from your friend, Fernando. Hi, The Community Club is organising a Community Week next month. Who shouldwehelp and what can we do for them? What are the things that we would need tobringalong? I’ll be waiting for your reply. Bye! Fernando TASK 1: Rearrange the sentences based on the ‘GRACE’ writing technique. A2 The grass is long and the fences are broken. So, we can cut the grass andweed the flower beds. G Hi! How are you? I hope you are healthy. I am doing great here. C I hope we can help them to make the place looks more cheerful. A2-A3 Next, we should also mend the broken fences and give thema freshcoat of paint. So, we need sickles, hoes, rakes, dustbin bags, brushes andpaint. R The reason why I am writing this email to you is because to suggest youon what we should do for the Community Week programme. E That is all for now. I will be waiting for your reply. Bye! A1 First, I think we should spruce the garden at the Old Folks’ Home. TASK 2: Rewrite the sentences (in Task 1) in a complete essay formin your exercisebook.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 11 PRACTICE 1: You received an email from your new friend, Clarice who has just moved toyour town. Now write an email to your friend in about 80 words. Write your answer below. Draft out your answer using the ‘GRACE’ technique and write in the table below: Hi, Tomorrow is Saturday. Shall we play a sport with our friends? What shall we play and where should we go to play? What should we bring? Hope to hear from you soon. Bye! GREETING Hi, Clarice! How is it going? I hope you’re doing well. REASON I’m writing to you is because I think we should spend timetogether playing sports for tomorrow. ANSWER A1: we shall play badminton - since the weather is unstablelately - indoor activity A2: we could go to the nearby badminton court - just next toour school - walking distance A3: badminton racket - shuttlecocks are provided - bringenough drinking water to stay hydrated. CONCLUSION I hope you would consider my suggestion. ENDING That’s all. Don’t forget to inform our friends. See you tomorrow.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 12 PRACTICE 2: Now, write an email using the information from the table in Practice 1 withappropriate cohesive devices. To: Subject:
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 13 What are the tasks in Part 2? You need to write a longer essay based on a text stimulus. The essay should be at about 125 - 150 words. Bullet points/questions are given and you MUST answer all thebullet points. Give opinions related to the topic. SAMPLE QUESTION: a. Analyzing the question: Your class has been discussing on how they spend their money. You need to write an essay based on the discussion (what you would spendyour money on). Give opinions/reasons for your ideas. b. Task questions: Task includes certain points which you MUST answer. 1. What you would like to buy? 2. Reasons for your choice. 3. Where do you usually buy these things? PART 2 GUIDED WRITING
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 14 PART 2 WRITING TECHNIQUE Basically, an essay consists of three parts: introduction, body/contentsand conclusion. TEH = TOPIC INTRODUCTION - introduction of the topic - give background information of the topic - relate to personal experiences - use keyword in the task - it should catches the reader’s interest CEE = CONTENTS - contents of the topic - answer all the bullet points in the task (thequestions) - write in three basic layers: CONTENT + ELABORATION + EXAMPLE (CEE) - 3-5 sentences for each contents SPECIAL = SUMMARIZE THE TOPIC - conclude the topic (conclusion) - summarize all contents - write about the benefits/ advantages or disadvantages/ moral values/ giving advice - use appropriate idiom/saying if necessary TEH CEE SPECIAL
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 15 DRAFT OUT USING THE ‘TEH CEE SPECIAL’ TECHNIQUE: TOPIC INTRODUCTION (TEH) - money is one of the important parts in our lives - to buy necessary things - spending money for holiday with family and spendongadgets as now we need them for online classes CONTENTS (CEE) C1: What you would like to buy? Content: buying some stationary Elaboration: Stationary are essential items Example: pencils, pens, A4 papers C2: Reasons for your choice (Reason 1) Content: to do schoolwork Elaboration: can do our schoolwork easily Example: complete our drawing on time C3: Reasons for your choice (Reason 2) Content: can be used in the future Elaboration: keep them next year/ do not have to buyagain Example: can use the remaining exercise books next year C4: Where do you usually buy these things? Content: at the school co-operative shop Elaboration: it is cheaper than outside stationary shopExample: a set of stationary only for RM10 SUMMARIZE THE TOPIC (SPECIAL) - spend our money wisely - for emergency purposes - we should not spend money like water because wewould not have enough money during a rainy day.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 16 SAMPLE ANSWER: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answer: First In a nutshell Therefore Recently As an example Next Furthermore In my opinion Money is one of the important parts in our lives. It is used to buy necessary things and for other useful items. Recently, my class has been discussing on howwe spend our money. Some of them explain on spending money for holiday with their family and some of them would spend their money on gadgets as now we need themfor online classes. Therefore, I would discuss about what I would spend my money on in the following paragraphs. (Topic Introduction) First, I would spend my money on buying some stationaries. Stationaries are essential items for us as students. The examples are pencils, pens, A4 papers and so on. (C1) Next, the reason of my choice is because it is helpful in doing schoolwork. We can do our work easily without borrowing the stationaries from our friends. For example, we can complete our drawing on time without waiting to borrow fromour friends. (C2) Furthermore, it can be used in the future. We can keep them and use themnext year and we do not have to buy them again next time. For instance, we can use the remaining exercise books next year. We can also save some money to buy other important things. (C3) Stationaries are easily can be found at any shops. We can buy stationaries at the stationary shop or school co-operative shop. In my opinion, I think buying stationaries at our school co-operative shop is cheaper than buying at the outside stationary shop because you will get students’ price or discount for each items. As an example, in our school, you can get a set of A4 papers, a box of pencil and 4 pens for only RM10. (C4) In a nutshell, buying stationaries is something that we should do as students. Thus, we should spend our money wisely. We should also save our money for future purposes or during emergency. On the other hand, we should not spend money like water because we would not have enough money during a rainy day. (Summarize the topic)
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 17 PRACTICE 1: Your class has been discussing house chores and your teacher has asked you towritean essay about how you can help out at home. In your essay, you should write about: how you would help out at home reasons for your choice where would you do the chores Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. Draft out your answer using the ‘TEH CEE SPECIAL’ technique and write in the tablebelow: TOPIC INTRODUCTION (TEH) House chores are tasks such as cleaning, washing andironing that have to be done regularly at home. (addmore details referring to the instruction of the task) CONTENTS (CEE) C1: How you would help out at home? Content: clean the kitchen and sweep the floor Elaboration: twice a week - to help my mother Example: clean the kitchen after dinner C2: Reasons for your choice (Reason 1) Content: to less the burden Elaboration: mother always busy doing other things as well Example: help out when mother is not at home C3: Reasons for your choice (Reason 2) Content: to be more responsible/ independent Elaboration: knowing the responsibility as the member of the family Example: make up my own bed every morning C4: Where would you do the chores? Content: in the kitchen - living room - bedroomElaboration: to make sure the house always clean andtidy Example: making a proper timetable for house chores SUMMARIZE THE TOPIC (SPECIAL) We should always make sure our house is clean - help out when needed - avoid diseases - cleanliness is next togodliness
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 18 PRACTICE 2: Now, write an essay using the information from the table in Practice 1 withappropriate cohesive devices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 19 READ 1. Read the question carefully. 2. Identify the keywords. PLAN 1. Draft out your points. 2. List down the ideas on what the task want you to do/write. WRITE 1. Write your essay. 2. Organize your ideas in paragraphs (Introduction, Body/ Contents & Conclusion) 3. Use appropriate tenses/ tones/ styles/ vocabulary. CHECK 1. Check your grammar, spelling, punctuation etc. (do not have to count the number of the words in your essay) What are the tasks in Part 3? A choice of 3 questions and you MUST choose one of: anarticle, review, report or story. The essay should be at about 200 - 250 words. Use appropriate styles and tones based on the essay format. Focus on the guided stimulus/keyword given in the task (in questionsform or bullet points). Use a descriptive vocabulary and language relevant to the topic. Put the question number in the box at the top of the answer space. PART 3 EXTENDED WRITING4 STEPS TO WRITE
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 20 WHAT IS A REVIEW? PART 3: REVIEW A review is a report or analysis on something you like or dislike based on your personal opinion. A review is written in an interesting style and convincing. It makes us want to read more!
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 21 REVIEW WRITING TECHNIQUE Look at this picture, and give your opinion. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: 1. What is this? How does it look like? Banana covered with melted chocolate. There are sprinkled with different topping. 2. Where can you get/buy this? Ice cream shop/ dessert shop/ in mall/ street stalls. ANALYSIS: 3. How does it taste? Tasty/ delicious/ mouth-watering/ sweet etc. 4. Which one is your favourite? Banana chocolate with the almond nuts (choose one) B ANA COBACKGROUND INFORMATION ANALYSIS CONCLUSIONBANACO(BANANA CHOCOLATE)
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 22 5. Do you like/ dislike it? Why? I love it as it tastes delicious. Also, chocolate is one of my favourite flavour. (accept any relevant answers) CONCLUSION: 6. Would you recommend it to your friends? Why/Why not? Sure/ Definitely/ I would recommend this dessert to my friends because it tastes sogood and they will not regret it. 7. What is your rating? (give stars) 5 out of 5 stars. 8. One word to describe the food (use adjective): sweet/ scrumptious/ delightful/ pleasant/ appetizing BACKGROUND INFORMATION PARAGRAPH 1: INTRODUCTION - Give brief details about the topic. MOVIE: Title/ Year/ Director/ Characters/ Plot BOOKS: Title/ Year/ Author/ Characters/ Synopsis PLACE: Location/ When/ Who/ What/ Descriptions (Setting) ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH 2 & 3: ANALYZING/ DISCUSSION - Give opinions or reasons - Write about feelings, likes/dislikes, make comparison - Strong statement about the review by giving specific details/ evidences. CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH 4: CLOSING - What have you learned? - Give recommendation and rating BANACO TECHNIQUE
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 23 SAMPLE QUESTION: SAMPLE ANSWER: Are you wondering what movie you should watch next? Well you can stop wondering because I have the perfect movie for you. You should go watch Life of Pi, an interesting movie that can make your mind blown. This movie was released in 2012 and directed by Ang Lee . Life of Pi, is a story about an Indian boy named Pi Patel, who lived in India with his rich family. The boy has a zoo with many animals that come all around the world. The first thing why I like and enjoyed the movie is the story line. Why the story line is the best part because Life of Pi tells us that we need to put our trust on God no matter what happen. The scene that tells us to put trust on God is when the Indian boy is on a small bot and out of sudden there’s a big wave hit the boat until they’re out of radar. And the only thing that he can think at that time is, “Am I going to die God?’, but he is alive and continue his journey with a small boat and a tiger in it. The other part is, I love the idea when each animal represent a soul or a feeling. That is when that kid is stuck with tiger, orang-utan, zebra in this one small boat. Tiger represents the bravery, orang-utan represents love that he has and zebra represents the coward part in him. B: BACKGROUNDINFORMATIONOF THE MOVIE- title, year, director, short synopsis ANA: ANALYSISOFTHE MOVIE- reasons why youlike the movie - supported withdetails and evidences fromthemovie
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 24 This scene really caught my attention. Next, Life of Pi teach me to believe in myself. The bravery inside the character is truly something. As I said, that tiger represent the brave and the tiger is him who’s in the boat together. He think that he can’t even live in the boat and he’s going to die because he didn’t trust the tiger. But at the end of the film, they live in the boat together, stranded in the ocean together because that Indian kid hained the tiger when he’s hungry. He believed in himself that he can do it, he can live with that situation and he don’t need to kill the tiger as well to have the boat himself. Moreover, the movie also taught us that we always need to be ready, getting out of that comfort zone. Never to think that your life will be in a good condition all the time. This scene is shown when the Indian kid arrived at that one small island. He thought that the island is the answer after all. The island has foods, like fruits and plants that he can eat, clean water that he can drink. So he decided to stay on the island until night and he realized something weird was happening in that place. When the night came, the island turned to be a poison island that kill animals and humans. In the morning, he rethinks his decision and go out from the island as fast as he can. As a conclusion, this movie has many lessons that we can practice in our life. We need to face any shortcoming bravely and try to find out the best solution in any problems. I highly recommend this movie to all of you and definitely I would rate five stars for this movie. I really hope that this movie review of Life of Pi open your heart to watch it and change your thoughts in every aspects. REASON1 REASON2 REASON3 CO: CONCLUSION- what have youlearned fromthemovie - recommendationand rating
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 25 PRACTICE 1: You recently saw this notice in a travel magazine. Write your review. Draft out your ideas in the table below: Reviews required! Have you been to any famous tourist destinations lately? Send us your review about your trip. Say what you enjoyed about the place. Would you recommend the place to your friends? Why? The best reviews will be published in our newsletter. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 1. Where is the famous tourist destination located? (specific place) -name of the place (eg. Langkawi Island in Kedah/ Sarawak Cultural Village in Kuching, Sarawak) 2. When did you went there? (time frame) Last year school holiday/ last week/ last month. 3. Who join the trip? (people) Family/ friends 4. How far is the place from your home? (duration/distance) Three hours by car/ just 30 minutes from the main city etc. ANALYSIS REASON 1: Write about an attractive place in this trip. I like this place because (specific attractive spot in that place/ what they have/ why it is famous/ unique) REASON 2: Write about an interesting activity that you did during the trip. The interesting activity here is (name one activity that you can do there/ provided, give reasons why it is a must-try activity) REASON 3: Write about an interesting activity that you did during the trip. I enjoyed (write about another thing you can do there/ watching performances/ popular photo spots etc)
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 26 PRACTICE 2: Write a complete review using the ‘BANACO’ technique. Use appropriate cohesivedevices. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCLUSION 1. I highly recommend (give recommendation to friends and why) ___________________________________________________________________ 2. I rate (perfect 5 stars)
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Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 28 WHAT IS A STORY? PART 3: STORY (Narrative writing) HOW TO WRITE??? A d e l e W a n t s t o W e a r a H a n d m a d e Wa t c h(Adapted from the books published by Teacher Siti Fatimah Bt. Abdul Jalin@Jalil: SPMContinuous Writing- Level 1 &2) ADJECTIVE to describe noun/ object/ setting red fish, gigantic tree, dark roomWHEN to describe time frame (indicate tenses) last night, yesterday, two months ago WHERE to describe place/ specific area (preposition) by the river, under her bed, near his school HOW to describe action/ adverbs crying alone, creeping silently, walking barefoot WHY to describe reasons/ causes (giving further details) because he missed his Mum, because of a car accident, to find Lulu A story has - plotline (a beginning, middle & an end) - characters - setting (place & time) - sequential order 1 SENTENCE 1 PARAGRAPH
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 29 Look at this example: Apply the technique: Adele Wants to Wear a Handmade Watch 1 SENTENCE >>> 1 PARAGRAPH ORIGINAL SENTENCE Fatimah cried in her room ADJECTIVE Fatimah cried in her dark room. WHEN Last night, Fatimah cried in her dark room. WHERE Last night, Fatimah cried in the dark near her small bedroom window. HOW Last night, Fatimah was crying alone in the dark near her small bedroom window. WHY Last night, Fatimah was crying alone in the dark near her small bedroom window because she missed her Mum and Dad that had died in a car accident last month.MODIFIED SENTENCE Last night, Fatimah was crying alone in the dark near her small bedroom window because she missed her Mum and Dad that had died in a car accident last month.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 30 PRACTICE 1: 1. ORIGINAL SENTENCE = I caught a fish. Now write in a paragraph: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADJECTIVE I caught a big red fish. WHEN Yesterday, I caught a big red fish. WHERE Yesterday, I caught a big red fish at the nearby river behind my house. HOW Yesterday, I caught a big red fish at the nearby river behind my house using my father’s fishing rod. WHY Yesterday, I caught a big red fish at the nearby river behind my house using my father’s fishing rod because I want to keep it in my aquarium.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 31 2. ORIGINAL SENTENCE = The house was on fire. Now write in a paragraph: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADJECTIVE The wooden house was on fire. WHEN Last Friday, the wooden house was on fire. WHERE Last Friday, I saw the wooden house was on fire at my grandmother's village. HOW Last Friday, I saw the wooden house was on fire at my grandmother's village and it was burninguncontrollably. WHY Last Friday, I saw the wooden house was on fire at my grandmother's village and it was burninguncontrollably due to explosion of the gas stove.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 32 PRACTICE 2: a. Analyzing the question: Write a story for a school magazine You must write a title of the story b. Task questions: Task includes certain points which you MUST answer. 1. A description of the accident 2. How the accident happened Draft: Title: An Accident Introduction: Paragraph 1 Was in tour group - returning to Ipoh - after staying at hill resort - it was late night - bus we were in - quite fast - there was no traffic on road Body: Paragraph 2: most of the passengers - fall asleep - I was trying to sleep - road darkas street lights were no switched on - winding road - suddenly there was a bang - bus had hit truck Paragraph 3: passengers screamed - bus spun three times - my friends and I wereunhurt - scrambled out and called the police Paragraph 4: a few ambulance from nearby hospitals - arrived within ten minutes - many passengers were bleeding - taken to hospital - reporters swarmed the place- interviewed the leader of tour group Conclusion: Paragraph 5 Spoke to reporters - they helped as much as they could - my friends and I - we calledour parents - still in shock after returning home - next day, front page of newspaper - news about accident - (what have you learned from the incident) Your teacher has asked you to write a story for a school magazine. The story must have a title: An Accident Your story should include: a description of the accident how the accident happened Write your story.
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Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 35 BOOST THESENSES(BTS)HOWTOWRITEBETTER?use your senses BTS
3PRACTICE 1: Arrange these phrases to their senses in the tablebelow. Dusty wooden boxes Deliciousmouth-wateringdishesSparkliwithwspeckleLeaves rustling in the wind FreshcoconutwaterWondsmefreshlybreCool sea breeze BlaringmusicDrainswithrPungent smell of salted fish BigvibrantumbrellasLaughttheAroma of tea/coffee/fried chicken GoldenricefieldsSounplateglasclan
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Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo7 OUCH TASTE SMELL 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 38 More sensory details in the sentences. It was a dark and gloomy night. I was about to hit the sack when I heard a soft cry next door. I creeped out slowly to investigate and found Fatimah was cryingalone in the dark near her small bedroom window. I could not help to wonder why. Immediately, I stepped into the room and asked her what had happened and as shetried to explain her chin started to tremble and drops of tears streamed downher cheeks. In a shaky voice she whispered, that she missed her Mumand Dad whohadperished in a terrible car accident last month. Sensory words refer to sensory experiences which will make your writing vivid and interesting. Using themwill enable the reader to feel your experiences.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 39 More examples: EXAMPLE 1: Without sensory details… I woke up in the morning. The sun was shining and my mother was preparingbreakfast. She made some toast and eggs. BTS technique: Using sensory details… I woke up in the morning and felt the heat of the sun through my open window. I heard the sound of plates and glasses clanking so I knew that it was my mother who was busy preparing breakfast. I tried to cover myself with the soft blanket but the smell of scrambled eggs was too tempting that it lured me out of bed. As I entered the kitchen, I saw my mother spreading a thick layer of butter andthescrambled eggs on the freshly toasted bread. I could not wait to sink my teethintothe hot toast with the melted butter dripping down the sides. I took a bite andit tasted just heavenly. EXAMPLE 2: Without sensory details… I sat by the beach and gazed far away at the sea. The wind was blowing against my cheeks. I picked up a stone and threw it as far as I could into the sea. I was aloneso I could not hear those children running around on the beach. BTS technique: Using sensory details… I sat by the deserted beach and gazed far away at the blue sea. I couldhear the sound of the roaring waves rushing to the shore. The cold wind was blowingagainst my cheeks. I picked up a stone which was as cold as ice and threwit as far as I could into the sea. I was alone so I could not hear those cheerful, excited voices of children running around on the beach nor could I hear the birds singing in the trees.
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 40 PRACTICE 2: Write a short story on the topic below: Camping on the beach. Use sensory details to make your writing more interesting: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 41 WHAT IS AN ARTICLE? PART 3: ARTICLE An article is a piece of content that is written and distributed to readers. It may be the topics of interest of the writer or it may be related to some current issues. It can be published in either newspaper or magazines (school magazine) or journals. FORMAT OF ARTICLE WRITING TITLE OF THE ARTICLE (By: writer’s name) Introduction of the topic …………………………………………….. ….………………….. CONTENT 1 …………………………………………………………………. ….………………….. CONTENT 2 …………………………………………………………………. ….………………….. CONTENT 3 …………………………………………………………………. ….………………….. Conclusion …………………………………………………………………..
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 42 ARTICLE WRITING TECHNIQUE I INTRODUCTION - give basic information of the topic/ relate tothecurrent situation or personal experience CEE CONTENT + ELABORATION + EXAMPLE - answer the guided stimulus/ bullet points a Cat CONCLUSION - state opinion/ expectation/ hope/ moral valuesetc. * Number of the content depends on the task questions. Make sure you read carefullyand highlight each content. I CEE a Cat
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 43 SAMPLE QUESTION: a. Analyzing the question: Giving information Write about your school canteen Title: My School Canteen b. Task questions: Task includes certain points which you MUST answer. 1. What other types of food would you like to be served? 2. What special facilities should your canteen have? 3. How can you improve your canteen? PARAGRAPH 1:INTRODUCTION - current situation of your school canteen PARAGRAPH 2: CONTENT 1 What other types of food would you like tobeserved? PARAGRAPH 3: CONTENT 2 What special facilities should your canteenhave? PARAGRAPH 4: CONTENT 3 How can you improve your canteen? PARAGRAPH 5: CONCLUSION - what is you hope? PLANNING
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 44 PRACTICE 1: Draft out your answer in the table below: TITLE My School Canteen BY: (writer’s name) INTRODUCTION School canteens are necessary to provide cheap, neat and unadulterated food to students, teachers and staff. Recently, there have been complained by the students regarding the foodvariations and facilities provided there. CONTENT 1 (C1) ELABORATION (EL) EXAMPLE (EX) What other types of food would you like to be served? C1: traditional cuisine/ western type of food EL: could try different types of food/ various selection of foodEX: Laksa Penang/ Mee Kolok/ Fish and chips/ Burger CONTENT 2 (C2) ELABORATION (EL) EXAMPLE (EX) What special facilities should your canteen have? C2: vending machine/ water dispensers EL: providing convenient facilities/ instant access for cold or hot water EX: beverages, snacks/ two water dispensers CONTENT 3 (C3) ELABORATION (EL) EXAMPLE (EX) How can you improve your canteen? C3: provide sufficient tables and benches/ set reasonable prices/ hygiene; provide more rubbish bins EL: students population is increasing/ food is expensive and lackof variety/ avoid diseases EX: more tables and benches to avoid the students stand whileeating CONCLUSION - improve the conditions at the canteen - should provide better amenities - different menu everyday/ cleanliness should be given top priority
Write-it RIGHT/englishspmwritingmodule/spunithansingaroo 45 Now, write an article using the information from the table in Practice 1 withappropriate cohesive devices. _________________________________ (___________________________) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------