Puncak

Usaha BI
SMK
ST THOMAS
 Section A – Guided Writing
Types of Essay

•Letter •Instructions

•Report •Narratives / Story-

telling
•Article •Speech

•Description of •Description of a
processes & person / place
procedures
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 Story/Narrativ
Notes (ending e
required)
2008 Pictures & Short Speech
Notes
2009 Pictures & Short Article
Notes
How to Produce a Good Piece of
Writing?
 Task must be fulfilled
Ideas must be well-developed,
well-organised with supporting details
Language must be accurate with a
variety of sentence structures
Vocabulary must be wide and aptly
used
Punctuations must be accurate
Interest of the reader must be aroused
and sustained
Variety of Sentence Structures
Among 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 buildings
made from ice.
These include the
Eiffel Tower and the
Great Wall of China.
 Add supporting details
Entertained
What kind of We entertained them
entertainment? with Malay songs,
sang songs including some P.
Ramlee’s evergreens.
talked to the Lynn and Aishah sang
old folks some Mandarin songs,
while Ravi sang a
served food popular Iban song to
their amusement.

enjoyed – food
They enjoyed eating a variety of food prepared
by us such as chicken cooked in bamboo, curry and
cheese cake.
 Wide Vocabulary
Use the right word in the right place!
advice accept beside famous
What you say to help people To take what someone gives Next to Well-known (usually for
you something good)

advise except besides infamous

To tell someone helpfully But not Also/ in addition to Well-know for something
what to do or how to do it bad

Use the precise words!

walk – stroll, pace, limp, march, hobble

look – glance, gaze, stare, peep, gawk
 Wide Vocabulary
Use 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 Proverbs
Where there is a will, there is a way
One good turn deserves another
All’s well that ends well
Everything comes to those who wait
Give a fool rope enough and he will hang
himself
If first you don’t succeed, try, try again
Jack of all trades and master of none
Knowledge is power
 Topic vocabulary for storm
heavy rain power breakdown
thunderstorm traffic congestion
heavy downpour raining like cats and dogs
flooded low-lying areas roofs ripped off
lightning flashed across the sky damage to property
howling wind rumbling thunder
roads impassable to traffic uprooted trees
 Topic vocabulary for camping
pitch tents unforgettable
hazardous enjoyable
nearby stream firewood
adventurous cooking utensils
camp-fire jungle trekking
exciting guitar
songs knapsacks
 Topic Vocabulary
to describe weather
MAKE SURE YOU’VE GOT IT
The main idea is what the
MAIN IDEA whole paragraph is about.

Supporting ideas tell you

SUPPORTING
more about the main idea.
IDEAS

SUPPORTING Details are bits of extra

information, e.g.
DETAILS
descriptions that make
the supporting ideas
more interesting.
 LAST BUT NOT LEAST
VOCABULARY:
CONTENT:
varied and
relevant, clear,
logical precise
ORGANISATION OF
CONTENT:
paragraphing,
GRAMMAR AND
unity
LANGUAGE:
•Correct use of
various part of
SPELLING AND
speech
PUNCTUATION
•Correct sentence
structure
 BEST
OF LUCK
We know the saying
‘easier said than done’
but we also do not
know the future
‘nothing ventured,
nothing gained’