strategies to improve writing skills

AZMI ABDUL LATIFF

FSTPi UTHM JOHOR

Use adjectives to make sentences longer Eg. Sally saw a wolf hiding in the bush.

Put suitable adjectives before the underlined nouns Eg. Sally saw a wolf hiding in the bush.

Little Sally saw a big wolf hiding behind the thick bush.

Use adverbs to give more explanations about verbs. Eg. While walking home, Sally saw a wolf hiding in a bush

Put suitable adverbs to explain more about the underlined verbs. Eg. While walking home, Sally saw a wolf

hiding in a bush

While walking tiredly home, Sally surprisingly saw a wolf suspiciously hiding in a bush

Start taking photos daily/or at least once a week and start explaining about them.

Evaluate your photos What do you like about each of them? What was the experience when taking the

photos? Tell a story related to the photos (real or

fictional) Start a blog (Web-based photo journal)

Convert simple sentences to complex ones through the use of relative pronouns.

Malaysia is a multicultural country People live in peace and harmony in the

country.

Map out main ideas before writing essays.

Help to put ideas into structure.