WRITING CONTEST

Come one, come all.  Attention to all Form 4, 5 & 6 students, you are invited to celebrate the Language Week by participating in this Writing Contest.

Contest Overview

• Students must submit a 500-word essay about one of the following questions:

Form 6 (Theme: Education)

1. Possessing a university education is critical for one to compete globally in today’s society. What is your opinion?
2. The main function of education is to enable people to gain employment. What is your opinion?

Form 4 & 5 (Theme: Environment)

1. Write a short story beginning with “I remember the day of the storm ….”
2. Earth Day

• Five essays (depending on the total number of entries) will be chosen from each form.
• Winning students will receive a prize and a certificate.
• The winning essays will be published and posted on the Internet at http://smkmbi.blogspot.com/

Judging criteria:

Content	:	Does the essay reflect substance and careful thought?
Clarity	:	Form 6 - Is there a clear link between the importance/function of education and today’s global demand? Form 4 & 5 - Is there a clear link between memorable/significant event(s)/incident(s) and the main characters in the plot? Is the message clearly conveyed?
Creativity	:	Does the essay stand apart from the others for its effectiveness in conveying the writer’s opinion/story?
Mechanics	:	Has the student used correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and tone?
Length	:	All entries must be limited to 500 words.

Submit your essay to your English teacher by 8^th April 2011 (Friday).

WONDERWORD_EARTH HOUR

http://www.wonderword.com/todays-puzzle?Name=Value

PMR - SUMMARY WRITING

Paper 2 Section B Summary

KEY WORDS FOR SUMMARY WRITING

ENGLISH	BAHASA MALAYSIA
1.    benefits	faedah
2.    advantages	kebaikan
3.    disadvantages	keburukan
4.    types	jenis-jenis
5.    factors	faktor-faktor
6.    how	bagaimana
7.    why	kenapa
8.    steps	langkah-langkah
9.    importance	kepentingan
10. ways	cara-cara
11. reasons/causes	sebab-sebab
12. habit	kebiasaan
13. characteristics	ciri-ciri
14. dangers	bahaya
15. overcome	mengatasi

LATIH-TUBI PMR ENGLISH PAPER 2 / SECTION C: LITERATURE

Paper 2 Section C Literature

Pre Exercise

KEY WORDS FOR LITERATURE COMPONENT

ENGLISH	BAHASA MALAYSIA
1.    happy incident	peristiwa yang menggembirakan
2.    sad incident	peristiwa yang menyedihkan
3.    tragedy	tragedi
4.    interesting event	peristiwa yang menarik
5.    moral values	nilai-nilai murni
6.    lesson that you learnt	pengajaran yang saya pelajari
7.    setting	masa dan tempat peristiwa berlaku
8.    theme	tema
9.    characters	watak
- you like	suka
- you admire	mengagumi
- you look up to/respect	hormati
- you sympathize with	bersimpati
10.  compare and contrast                      two characters	membandingkan dan membezakan dua watak

Sample Question

You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on this question.

Novels:

1.  Potato People                              -  Angela Wright

2.  Robinson Crusoe                       -  Daniel Defoe

3.  The Phantom of The Opera      -  Gaston Leroux

4.  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde             -  Robert Louis Stevenson

5.  The Prisoner of Zenda              -  Anthony Hope Hawkins

Choose one of the novels above.  Which part of the story did you find interesting?  Give evidence from the novel to support your answer.

Your response should be

-          more than 50 words           

-          in continuous writing

(10 marks)

SAMPLE LITERATURE QUESTIONS:

Based on one of the novels above,

write about your favourite character/the character you admire/look up to

·         compare and contrast two interesting characters

·         write about a character you dislike the most.

·         write about a character you sympathise with

·         write about a character who is heroic/intelligent/courageous/friendly

·         write about the qualities of one of the major/minor characters in the story

·         write about a character’s decision and how it has affected his or her  life

·         write about a lesson that you have learnt. 

·         explain one value that you have learnt from it.

·         write about a part of the story you found interesting

·         write about an incident that changes the life of one of the characters in the story

·         write about a tense situation

·         write about and incident that makes you feel sad

·         write about the setting of the story

·         write about the most exciting part of the novel

·         write on whether you like/dislike the ending of  the story

·         state whether you enjoyed reading the novel

·         write on one of the following themes

-loyalty

-friendship

-good versus evil

- love and sacrifice

- survival against all odds

PMR ENGLISH PAPER 2 (12/2) 2005 - 2010

ANALYSIS OF PMR BAHASA INGGERIS EXAMINATION PAPERS 2005 – 2010

PAPER 2

SECTION A: GUIDED WRITING
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
REPORT		-	-	-	-	-
INFORMAL LETTER	-			-	-	-
STORY	-	-		-	-
SPEECH	-	-	-		-	-
ARTICLE	-	-	-	-		-

SECTION B : SUMMARY WRITING
2005	Advantages of television to our children
2006	Why Zoo Negara has problems with the animals left at the gates
2007	Why Andrew’s visit to Malaysia was a memorable one
2008	The benefits of collecting coins
2009	How open burning affects people
2010	Some of the interesting things they did and saw there

SECTION C : NOVEL
2005	Moral values
2006	Like or dislike ending of a story
2007	Two characters who worked together to obtain success
2008	An Important incident
2009	Relationship
2010	A good quality that you admire in a character