Puncak Usaha BI

SMKST THOMAS

Section A – Guided Writing

Types of Essay

•Letter •Instructions

•Report •Narratives / Story-telling

•Article •Speech

•Description of processes & procedures

•Description of a person / place

Format Informal Letter

Format Report

Format Speech

Analysis of the Guided Writing (Section A)

Year Stimuli Answers required

2006 Short Notes Informal Letter

2007 Pictures & Short Notes (ending required)

Story/Narrative

2008 Pictures & Short Notes

Speech

2009 Pictures & Short Notes

Article

How to Produce a Good Piece of Writing?

Task must be fulfilledIdeas must be well-developed, well-organised with supporting detailsLanguage must be accurate with a variety of sentence structuresVocabulary must be wide and aptly usedPunctuations must be accurateInterest of the reader must be aroused and sustained

Variety of Sentence StructuresAmong the favourite attractions is the Snow House with its freezing-cold temperatures. Besides watching the snow flakes falling, you will also be able to see miniature replicas of famous buildingsmade from ice.These include theEiffel Tower and the Great Wall of China.

Add supporting detailsWhat kind of entertainment?sang songs

talked to the old folks

served food

EntertainedWe entertained them with Malay songs, including some P. Ramlee’s evergreens. Lynn and Aishah sang some Mandarin songs, while Ravi sang a popular Iban song to their amusement.

enjoyed – foodThey enjoyed eating a variety of food prepared by us such as chicken cooked in bamboo, curry and cheese cake.

Wide VocabularyUse the right word in the right place!

Use the precise words!

walk – stroll, pace, limp, march, hobblelook – glance, gaze, stare, peep, gawk

advice accept beside famousWhat you say to help people To take what someone gives

youNext to Well-known (usually for

something good)

advise except besides infamousTo tell someone helpfully what to do or how to do it

But not Also/ in addition to Well-know for something bad

Wide VocabularyUse idioms, figurative expressions and proverbs!

•He is happy!•He is on cloud nine!•Let’s forget our disagreement and be friends again.•Let’s forget our disagreement and bury the hatchet!•He was sad.•He was heart-broken.•John was feeling sick so he didn’t go to school.•John was feeling under the weather so he didn’t go to school.

Useful ProverbsWhere there is a will, there is a wayOne good turn deserves anotherAll’s well that ends wellEverything comes to those who waitGive a fool rope enough and he will hang himselfIf first you don’t succeed, try, try againJack of all trades and master of noneKnowledge is power

Topic vocabulary for storm

heavy rain power breakdownthunderstorm traffic congestionheavy downpour raining like cats and dogs flooded low-lying areas roofs ripped offlightning flashed across the sky damage to propertyhowling wind rumbling thunder roads impassable to traffic uprooted trees

Topic vocabulary for camping

pitch tents unforgettablehazardous enjoyablenearby stream firewoodadventurous cooking utensils camp-fire jungle trekkingexciting guitarsongs knapsacks

Topic Vocabulary to describe weather

MAKE SURE YOU’VE GOT IT

MAIN IDEA

SUPPORTING IDEAS

SUPPORTING DETAILS

The main idea is what the whole paragraph is about.

Details are bits of extra information, e.g. descriptions that makethe supporting ideas more interesting.

Supporting ideas tell you more about the main idea.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST

ORGANISATION OF CONTENT:paragraphing,

unity

SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION

GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE:

•Correct use of various

part of speech•Correct sentence structure

VOCABULARY:varied and precise

CONTENT:relevant,

clear, logical

BEST OF LUCKWe know the saying

‘easier said than done’ but we also do not

know the future ‘nothing ventured,

nothing gained’