105750378 Modul Writing

How to write an essay

1. Read and understand the question identify the format (eg: narrative/informal letter/speech/report) identify the tense (eg: present tense/past tense)

2. Construct sentences. Use notes given to construct sentence. Underline the words that you know. Use basic sentence pattern ( Subject + Verb + Elaboration )

Subject (Subjek) Verb (Kata kerja) Elaboration (Huraian) Nouns (kata nama)

eg: Abu, students, school,cat Pronouns (kata ganti nama)

Eg: He,she,I,you,we,they

Action (perbuatan) Eg: go,eat,study

Linking verb eg: am, are,Has,have,was,were

Use Wh questions to elaborate What (apa) Who (siapa) When (bila) Where ( di mana) Why (kenapa) How (bagaimana)

Ali goes to school everyday.My mother was happy because I passed in the

examination.

3. Write in paragraphs – Introduction, Content , Ending

LET’S TRY

Sample question

Look at the pictures. You may use the words given to write about a visit to a farm. You are advised

to spend about 35 minutes on this questions.

PAPER 2 : SECTION A (GUIDED WRITING)

holidays – stayed

– grandfather’s –

farm – rears –

chickens - ducks

helped – work – early

– picked

- fed

afternoon – eggs –

van – shops – learnt

- business

1. Read and understand the question identify the format : Narrative/story identify the tense : simple past tense ( stayed, helped, learnt )

2. Construct sentences Underline the words that you know. Try to write using the sentence table ( Subject / Verb / Elaboration)

INTRODUCTION ( 1st picture )

1. Write about the character ( girl, boy, man, woman…)a. Who ? – my cousin, neighbour or best friendb. What ? – how old, racec. Where? – he lives in ……d. What ? – give an adjective or two that are suitable to the story

SUBJECT VERB ELABORATION

Ali is my best friend.He is 12 years old.He lives in Taman Setia.He is kind and helpful.He stays with his grandfather in the village during the

school holidays.His grandfather has a farmHis grandfather rears some chickens and ducks in his farmAli likes to help his grandfather in the farm

holidays – stayed – grandfather’s - farm – rears –chickens - ducks

B CONTENT ( 2nd picture )

SUBJECT VERB ELABORATIONS

Ali went to the farm in Terengganu last holidays.He helped his grandfather in the farm.He picked the eggs.He fed the chickens and ducks.His grandfather took the eggs to the shop.

3. Closure ( 3rd picture )

helped – work – early – picked - fed

afternoon – eggs – van – shops – learnt - business

SUBJECT VERB ELABORATIONS

Ali sold the eggs in the afternoon.He went to the shops by van.He was very happy.He learnt doing business from his grandfather.

3. Join up sentences to form a paragraph. Write in paragraphs – Introduction, Content , Closure

Sample answer

Ali is my best friend. He is 12 years old. He lives in Taman Setia. He is kind and helpful. He likes

to stay with his grandfather in the village during the school holidays. His grandfather has a farm and he

rears some chickens and ducks in his farm. Ali likes to help his grandfather in his farm.

Last holidays, Ali went to his grandfather’s farm in Terengganu. His grandfather has many

chickens and ducks. Ali helped his grandfather in the farm. He picked the eggs and fed the chickens and

ducks.

Ali sold the eggs in the afternoon. He went to the shops by van. Ali was happy because he has

learnt doing business from his grandfather.

Exercise 1Look at the pictures carefully. You may use the words given to write a story.

WRITING A STORY

Write a story using ‘Mr. How and His 5 Wives Technique’ (Wh Questions)

PICTURE 1 - INTRODUCTION

Subject (Who/What) Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who / Why/ How)

English Language

Society

organized a visit to ____________________ (where) last Saturday.

The children’s home is located in _________________________ (where).

We departed from school at ______________ (what time) by

__________ ( how did you go there)

We arrived there at ________________. (what time)

The children welcomed us happily.

PICTURE 2 - CONTENT

Subject (Who/What) Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who / Why/ How)

We had breakfast with the children. (who)

We ate fried rice and bread. (what)

The food was _________________ (how its taste)

chatted about __________________________________ (what)

laughed because________________________________________

__________________________________________(why)

PICTURE 3 - CONTENT

Subject (Who/What) Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who / Why/ How)

The society organised many activities there such as ‘gotong royong’.

Teacher Rina asked us to form groups.

She gave different tasks to different groups.

cleared grounds.

Ahmad, Siva and Ali painted _______________________ (what)

planted the flowers ______________________________(where)

We finished our ‘gotong- royong’ at ________________ (what time)

PICTURE 4 - CONTENT

Subject (Who/What) Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who / Why/ How)

We collected the money at the school to give to the children. (what)

Teacher Rina gave donation to their teacher. (who)

We felt glad because our donation can reduce their burden.

(why)

We can see their happiness on their face.

Their teacher and the

children

thanked to us for our donation.

PICTURE 5 - CLOSURE

Subject (Who/What) Verb Elaboration (What / Where / When / Who / Why/ How)

The children send us to the bus.

We promised them to come again for the next time.

We returned back to school at ___________________ (what time)

The journey was long.

We were sleeping in the bus because ___________________________

__________________________________ (why).

We arrived at school at ________________ ( what time)

We were ________________ (how do you feel) because

_________________________________________ (why)

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