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Situational Writing Pointers

1. Cannot copy from the given text.

2. Graded on Task ulfillment !1" marks# and $anguage !2" marks#.

%. Provide your o&n content i.e. your o&n personal opinion and interpretation.

'. (no& your format very &ell.

). *l&ays remem+er &ho you are and &ho you are &riting to. !Tone#

,. -se your discretion to determine &hich task!s# gogoes into &hich paragraph.

/. 0ote the date very carefully !may not  +e the date you sit for the exam#.

. ead the &hole instructions carefully to identify determine the num+er of tasks.

Procedure

1. 3dentify your tasks.

2. 4rganise your tasks.

%. -se your imagination general kno&ledge to fulfill the tasks.

'. -se the visual for information to help you fulfill the tasks.

). -se your o&n &ords as far as possi+le.

Tone

You cannot say to a higher-ranked person53 hope my suggestions &ill help you63 kno& you &ill take up my suggestions recommendations6

We should say53 hope kno& 3 am certain my suggestions recommendations &ill help assist +enefit myfello& friends teammates classmates6

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ormat of an 7mail

To5 8s (oh Wei $in 9koh:&ei:lin;a+ookaday.com<

rom5 8ichael Wong 9michael.&ong;lalangvaless.gov.sg<

Su+=ect5 Sponsorship of 7nglish >ooks for 0e& $i+rary in Cam+odiaTo underline the subject, also in formal letters

?ear 8s. (oh@

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 Formal 5 egards With &arm regards (ind regards@Casual 5 Bour +est friend Bour loving sondaughter With lots of love *ll the +est Cheers $ove you forever $ove you lots@

8ichael WongeadSocial esponsi+ility Clu+$alang Dale Secondary School

To 7nd 4ff ormal $etters5 If you are writing from a professional background 

Please do not hesitate to contact me at !tel5 ,/)E2'),#@ mo+ile5 F/,E')/,@ or at the emailaddress +elo& at any time if you reuire further clarification on the matter.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at mo+ile5 F/,E')/,@ or email5michael.&ong;lalangvaless.gov.sg at any time if you reuire further clarification on thematter.

To 7nd 4ff ormal 7mails5

Please do not hesitate to contact me via email or mo+ile5 F/,E')/, at any time if you reuirefurther clarification on the matter. !no need to mention email address#

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>lock 1"1 Bishun *ve 1H11E1"1Singapore F/,)'I !" addressJ

#$ 11 appy eet *venueSingapore %'),/Ilanded propertyJ

12 8arch 2"1)

?ear George

3Km so glad to receive your letter. 3tKs great to hear that -ncle William@ *unty (ate and you are doing&ell in ong (ong. 3t is indeed not easy to make the move over there@ and 3Km concerned to hear thatyou are very stressed in your ne& school over there.

irst of all@ you need to remem+er that the school system there is different from SingaporeKs. ong(ong is not the same as Singapore even if the t&o cities are similar in some &ays. 4pen your eyes too+serve &hat the other students do and try to adopt their &ays as much as you can@ assuming it is

legal@ of courseL *dditionally@ keep your comments to yourself +ut ask uestions &hen you need to.These t&o actions alone &ill help1 you learn more a+out your ne& environment. urthermore@maintain a hum+le attitude and most people &ill +e &illing to help you.

 0ext@ make as many friends as possi+le. 7nglish is a school su+=ect over there@ so there shouldnKt +eany language +arrier in making friends. Take the opportunity to &iden your net&ork. ?onKt keep toyourself all the timeL Bou should al&ays have someone looking out for you in school. urthermore@learn CantoneseL ?onKt forget that it is still the native language there@ and +eing a+le to speak it isvery helpful. 3t also sho&s your friends there that you are making an effort to fit in.

George@ 3 &ould also suggest t&o other things2 you can do to help you cope &ith any stress you mayface in future. The first &ould +e to manage your expectations. *s 3 mentioned earlier@ Singapore and

ong (ong are not the same@ so donKt expect things to run according to &hat you think it should +e.3mposing your expectations is one sure &ay of stressing yourself and offending someone else.

*nother thing 3 &ould suggest is to make sure you get your regular exercise. 7xercising helps torelease endorphins &hich have analgesic properties i.e. they help you feel relaxed. 7xercising alsostrengthens your physical +ody@ and a strong +ody goes a long &ay in helping to cope &ith physicalstresses.

ThatKs all the time 3 have no& to &rite. ?o take care and keep me updated. $etKs hang out again &henyouKre +ack for the holidays.

Bours sincerely

IsignedJ%

Bour cousin Tom!%) &ords#

%& 'ake it ob(ious that this is )how it helps* i&e& fulfilling the task, do not make the marker try to

 guess&

+& 'ake sure you distinguish your tasks clearly&

& $emember to actually scribble a signature&

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Situational Writing M Writing a Speech

Title

?ear xxx@

NNNNN

Parts to a good speech M formal@ semiEformal@ personal casual

1. What are speeches for M listened toL

2. * good introduction M &hat this speech is a+out

%. $earn to use the exclamation mark &ell.

'. -se to use certain devices like repetitions for emphasis M same &ords@ similar sounds@sentence forms etc.

). >e careful a+out sentence varieties@ especially complex and long sentences.

,. -se analogies@ anecdotes@ OrealElifeK examples etc. to engage the audience.

/. Watch your tone.

. -se OnormalK language@ +ut still correct language.

F. -se rhetorical uestions M uestions that do not need to +e ans&ered.

1". *ddress the audience directly e.g. 1st person vs. %rd person.

11. -se active voice M letKs do itQ vs. let it +e doneQ

12. -se appropriate voca+ulary.

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Situational Writing M Writing a Speech

Bou are advised to &rite +et&een 2)" and %)" &ords for this section.Bou should look at the email and visual stimulus on page xx@ study the information carefully

and plan your ans&er +efore +eginning to &rite.

Bour school has invited someone to speak during the school assem+ly. * student councillorhas &ritten to the guest speaker !refer to the email#. Bou have +een asked to give a speechintroducing the guest speaker. Write the speech@ &ith the follo&ing points in mind5

R &ho the person isR &hat hisher achievements areR &hat topic heshe &ill +e talking a+outR &hy heshe has the credentials for the talk 

Bou are to give the speech to a group of students@ so +e sure not to +e overly formal. Bou

should make use of the visual stimulus and you may include additional details to make yourintroduction speech interesting.

Write the speech in clear@ accurate 7nglish and in a &arm@ &elcoming tone@ sho&ingappreciation of the speakerKs presence and of his positive influence on society.

>rainstorm

R &ho the person is 0ameWhere you are fromWhat you are doing currently

R &hat hisher achievements areWon industry a&ard3nvented something8ade xxxxxxxxx for the company

R &hy heshe has the credentials for the talk What did this person do to ualify to speakSuccessful person M +usinessman@ political leader@ top person in a company@ successful homemaker

R &hat topic heshe &ill +e talking a+out

Taking responsi+ility and control of your lifeQ?etails ?iscipline@ motivation@ having a goal

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Tommy *ng@ The ComeE>ack Story

Good afternoon fello& students@

8any of us &ould +e very familiar &ith the cake chain OCakes and SuchK. 3n fact@ there is one

outlet =ust opposite our school in nex shopping mall. ey@ many of you here go there for theirdelicious cakes almost every &eek@ right rom a hum+le outlet in the +asement of >ukitTimah Shopping Centre@ OCakes and SuchK today has 22 outlets islandE&ide.

8r Tommy *ng is the o&ner of OCakes and SuchK. 8r *ng is a very successful man today.o&ever@ ho& many of us here kno& that he didnKt start out this &ay

8r Tommy *ng came from a very poor family. is father died &hen he &as only 1' yearsold and he had to stop school to &ork to help support his family of a mother and five younger si+lings. >eing young and immature at that age@ the young Tommy *ng fell into +ad companyand ended up a+using drugs. e also stole and ro++ed to feed his drug ha+it@ +efore he &as

arrested and sent to prison for five years at the age of 1/.

e discovered his passion for +aking cakes during his reformation process in prison. -ponrelease@ he first found a =o+ in a +akery and his +oss &as so impressed +y his hard &ork thathe loaned 8r Tommy *ng a small sum of money to start his o&n cakeEselling +usiness. That&as ho& OCakes and SuchK &as +orn.

8r Tommy *ng &on the 3ndustrialist of the Bear *&ard 2"11@ 7ntrepreneur of the Bear 2"12@and he &as a&arded the PresidentKs *&ard for Charity Work 2"1% +y the President of theepu+lic of Singapore.

o& did this exEcriminal turn his life around 8r Tommy *ng &ill tell you that takingresponsi+ility and control of his o&n life@ and having the determination to turn over a ne&leaf@ helped him leave his former life of ruin to +ecome the successful man he is today.

So@ my fello& students@ do you &ant to hear more a+out this manKs amaUing story ?o you&ant to learn his secrets of success Then@ letKs put our hands together to &elcome 8rTommy *ngL

!%)) &ords#