Essay: Guidelines for English Language Exam Choose the essay you feel you can write the best. Give it your best. Dialogues should NOT be used except in the case of story writing, Keep it minimum, Descriptive essay — easy to score marks. Ensure to use a lot of adjectives and cover all five senses — touch, taste, smell, sight and sound. WRITE ABOUT A PLACE OR AN EVENT YOU HAVE VISITED Narrative ~ the essay should be narrated from the point of view of a 15-year-old (your point. of view) GIVE A TITLE. Write a first person account as “I” Story Writing - Should not end in a dream. Again, point of view should be of a 15-year-old. SHOULD BE ORIGINAL, DO NOT LIFT FROM MOVIES OR WEB SERIES Story must have a twist. GIVE A TITLE. Begin your essay with a quote/ or a poem / your creations of lyrics/ or a dialogue expressing your feelings ‘Argumentative- Either FOR or AGAINST the topic. Do NOT give points for both sides of the argument. Minimum FOUR points of argument with introduction and conclusion. Ensure that you support your essay with examples from life Take a stand. D0 NOT WRITE BOTH FOR AND AGAINST Picture — Any of the above four genres of writing can be used i.e. Descriptive, Narrative, Story, Argumentative. THE CHARACTERS IN THE PICTURE MUST BE MENTIONED Letter: ‘Address should be in the following format: Door Number, Street, 8/3 Pooja Building, Locality Jai Prakash Road, ‘Andheri West, City Pincode Mumbai 400053. Date — Has to be dated on the day of the exam ~ 27th February, 2023 Subject ~ Formal letter only (not essential) Salutation — Formal - Dear Sir or Dear Madam (Do NOT use Ma‘am) Salutation — Informal —Dear Mother, Dear Father, Dear Uncle, Dear Aunt. Do NOT write Dear Mom , dad, Grandpa, Grandma Subscription — Formal - Yours faithfully/ truly “f should cut the line. Yours faithfully. Not Your's (Do not put an apostrophe) Subscription ~ Informal — Yours lovingly/ affectionately Name — Formal letter Full name to be used, with initials. You can use your own name. Informal letter ~ only first name to be used. Satish‘+ FORMAL LETTER MUST HAVE THREE PROBLEMS & THREE SOLUTIONS CLOSING LINES must contain request to fulfill the suggestions I would like to draw your attention to a grave matter... ‘Through your highly esteemed newspaper, ! would like to voice 1, Satish Sharma, a student of grade XA, request you to grant me permission... PRINCIPAL'S ADDRESS - WRITE YOUR SCHOOL ADDRESS. The Police Commissioner, Police Headquarters, Fort, ‘Mumbai ~ 400001. The Municipal Commissioner, ‘Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Fort, ‘Mumbai -~ 400001. The Editor, Times of india, Nariman Point, ‘Mumbai ~ 400002. The Inspector/ Superindent of Police, Versova Police Station, Versova, ‘Mumbai ~ 400053. 25% April, 2022 The Manager, Goldy's Stationery, Versova, ‘Mumbai ~ 400052The Manager, Shopper's Stop, Jai Prakash Road, ‘Mumbai 400052. The Mayor, ‘Municipal Building, Fort, ‘Mumbai -400002. Notice: * Catchy Title — Please ensure that it matches the event. (eg. Brain Game) © Name of the event —As per the question (eg. Inter-House Quiz Competition ) * Date ~ Ensure that the date is not more than one month from the exam date. Change can be made if the event is an INDEPENDENCE DAY OR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. * Time ~ be specific, (eg, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.) * Venue ~ small venue followed by larger venue (eg. School Auditorium, Vibgyor High Schoo!) * Description - mention target audience and how they can participate. Maximum one to two sentences. (eg. All students from grade Vill to X who wish to participate can give their names to their class teacher, Ms Sudha on or before 10th March...) ‘+ This is Usually based on the Notice, so ensure that all the detalls mentioned in the notice are included in the email like date, venue, time and name of the activity. * To address ~ should be a valid email ID (eg, principal@vibgyor.com/ secretary@prestige.com etc, + Subject: Be specific ~Invitation to participate in “Brain Game” / Permission to conduct Inter- house Quiz Competition , Request to send a team. ‘+ Salutation — As in formal letter © Dearsir, ‘© Begin by writing = My school is hosting an Inter School Creative Writing Competition “Word Power". I would like to invite you to be the Chief Guest for the Annual Sports of school. The event ‘Sports Mania’ is being held. ‘¢ Mention the details of the date , time, venue Subscription — As in formal letter * Ifyou are the Head Boy / Sports Captain/ President of Book Club , mention your designation after you have written your full name.WRITING TIME: COMPOSITION : 30 mins COMPREHENSION : 30 MINS LETTER WRITING : 15 mins NOTICE & EMAIL WRITING : 15 mins GRAMMAR : 25 mins REVISION : Smins 1) BEGIN EVERY QUESTION ON A NEW PAGE 2) READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY. TAKE NOTE OF THE SUB PARTS THAT THE QUESTION MAY CONTAIN 3) APPROX LENGTH OF THE COMPOSITION CAN BE TILL 380 WORDS 4) ENSURE NEAT PRESENTATION 5) DO NOT OVERWRITE. CANCEL NEATLY WITH A RULER 6) DO STRIKE OUT THE ROUGH PRECI 7) RECHECK THE GRAMMAR SENTENCES. 8) DO FILLIN THE DETAILS ON THE FIRST PAGE CORRECTLY (INDEX NO AND UID NO) 9) IF ANY QUESTION IS OUT OF THE CONTEXT, DON’T PANIC. PLEASE WRITE WHATEVER YOU know 10) FOCUS ON THE PAPER AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED EVERY QUESTION. |. 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