reaching for the sky
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PMR Tips_ Writing Essay .com
By Mohd.Shukor
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A nalysis of past years questions
2000 - Informal letter & picture series2001 - Giving opinion & newspaper article2002 - Newspaper article & report for magazine2003 - Giving opinion & description of robbery 2004 - Speech & Article2005 - Report on National Day Celebration (picture series & note
expansion)2006 - Informal letter - Letter to uncle (note expansion)2007 - Story (picture series & note expansion) 2008 - Speech Safety Measures in School (picture series & note
expansion)
2009 - Article - experience at an old folks' home (picture series & noteexpansion)2010 - recount picture series and notes2011 - What will come out this year???? It could be a report, a letter (formal
or informal) or a story. And maybe opinion based essay that hasnot been tested since 2001.
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A nalysis on Theme for Guided Writing:
2005 People2006 Environment
2007 Social Issues2008 People & Social Issues2009 People & Social Issues2010 People & Social Issues2011 ???? Health/ Environment.
Environment could be environment at the canteen, library,during sports day or pollution and etc.
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ESS AY WRITINGESS AY WRITINGSECTION A SECTION A
CRITERIA THAT FIT AN ESSAY CRITERIA THAT FIT AN ESSAY INTO THE A BANDINTO THE A BAND
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1 1 -- IDE A SIDE A S
Adequate Adequate
Well Well -- developeddeveloped
Well Well -- organisedorganised
Well Well -- linkedlinked
Own elaborationOwn elaboration
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Also remember to use all the senses
y Sense of touching
y Sense of hearing
y Sense of seeingy Sense of tasting
y Sense of smelling
y Sense of feeling
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2 2 --V A RIED STRUCTURES V A RIED STRUCTURES
Simple sentencesSimple sentences
Compound sentencesCompound sentences
Complex sentencesComplex sentences
Active / Passive Construction Active / Passive Construction
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A VOID
A VOID
Repeated wordsRepeated words
Repeated phrasesRepeated phrases
Repeated sentencesRepeated sentences
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4 4 -- ERROR FREEERROR FREECorrect and Consistent usage of:Correct and Consistent usage of:
TensesTenses
Articles Articles
PrepositionsPrepositions SubjectSubject--Verb Agreement Verb Agreement
SpellingsSpellings
PunctuationsPunctuations
ModalsModals
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5 - GOOD EXPRESSIONS
y Idioms
y Proverbs
y Similesy Phrases
y Phrasal verbs
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Tips in writing essays
Understand the task given
a. Study the pictures carefully. Imagine you are one of the people in the picture. Describe what happened. Basically understand the situation statedin the question.b. Look at the task at hand. Write a speech / Write anarticle. Do look
at the structures wanted... for example: persuade youruncle.c. Determine the tenses/ time for the task. If it is anarticle recount Past tense/ time
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Use the rubrics in their given form.
e. g. Shopping many people curious- crowd watching snake charmer saw pick pocket wallet -Use all the notes given in the question.
Always write in paragraphs to organize your ideas. (Mainpoint, elaboration, examples)Use linkers to correlate one paragraph to the other.e.g.To show difference - On the other hand, In contrast, Onthe contrary, However,Despite, To add to point - In addition, Besides, A s aresult, Similarly,