WRITING - ENGLISH SPM - PART 3 WRITING SPM 2021

 

SPM 2021- SPM ENGLISH TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

 

Paper 2: Writing (Part 3)

Dengan sukacitanya Unit Bahasa, Sektor Pembelajaran, PPD Petaling Perdana dan PPD Petaling Utama menganjurkan Program Petaling Synergy: SPM English Towards Excellence untuk subjek Bahasa Inggeris Menengah Atas

📝Tajuk :

Paper 2: Writing (Part 3) 

🗓️ 24 September 2021 (Jumaat)

⏰ 3.00 petang

📍Penceramah : 

 1. Dr Teh Pei Ling

Jurulatih Daerah

SMK Taman Desaminium

2. Puan Nurlina Oon bt Abdullah

SISC+ Bahasa

PPD Petaling Perdana

  

🎥Youtube Unit Bahasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZVSrVwpBI

❤️Dijemput semua murid dan guru untuk menambah ilmu. SPM Towards Excellence !!

Paper 1: Reading & Paper 4: Listening

 Dengan sukacitanya Unit Bahasa, Sektor Pembelajaran, PPD Petaling Perdana dan PPD Petaling Utama menganjurkan Program Petaling Synergy: SPM English Towards Excellence untuk subjek Bahasa Inggeris Menengah Atas

📝Tajuk :

Paper 1: Reading & Paper 4: Listening

🗓️ 25 September 2021 (Sabtu)

⏰ 9.00 pagi

📍Penceramah : 

 1. Dr Teh Pei Ling

Jurulatih Utama Daerah

SMK Taman Desaminium

2. Puan Nurlina Oon bt Abdullah

SISC+ Bahasa

PPD Petaling Perdana

3. Puan Sharifah Zuhal by Syed Zaid

Jurulatih Utama Daerah

SMK Bandar Puncak Jalil

  

🎥Youtube Unit Bahasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epJzxFUX3zw 

❤️Dijemput semua murid dan guru untuk menambah ilmu. SPM Towards Excellence !!

Paper 2: Writing & Paper 3: Speaking

Dengan sukacitanya Unit Bahasa, Sektor Pembelajaran, PPD Petaling Perdana dan PPD Petaling Utama menganjurkan Program Petaling Synergy: SPM English Towards Excellence untuk subjek Bahasa Inggeris Menengah Atas

📝Tajuk :

Paper 2: Writing & Paper 3: Speaking

🗓️ 27 September 2021 (Isnin)

⏰ 3.00 petang

📍Penceramah : 

 1. Puan Zulmazlina binti Zulkifli

Jurulatih Utama Daerah

SMK Shah Alam

  

🎥Youtube Unit Bahasa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxWKD70g2Oc

❤️Dijemput semua murid dan guru untuk menambah ilmu. SPM Towards Excellence !!

YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxWKD70g2Oc)

WRITING & SPEAKING (ACE)

clause : In relation to simple, compound and complex sentences.

 

GRAMMAR - "I WISH I HAD..." Sept 6, Monday

For more exercise : click below 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/wish.html

I Wish I Had... from guest4cb60e

Conditionals, Wish Clauses from ivan1516

Speaking & Listening F4

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHcwCbxbIbg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHcwCbxbIbg

POEM

 A beautiful poem by Prof Lee Tzu Pheng (Singapore Cultural Medallion winner). She  was formerly in the English Literature Dept in NUS . This is a powerful poem  on human friendship, n  loving one another.

🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

Sip your Tea

Nice and Slow

No one Ever knows

when it’s Time to Go,

There’ll be no Time

to enjoy the Glow,

So sip your Tea

Nice and Slow.

Life is too Short but

feels pretty Long,

There’s too Much to do, so much going Wrong,

And Most of the Time You Struggle to be Strong,

Before it’s too Late

and it’s time to Go,

Sip your Tea

Nice and Slow.

Some Friends stay,

others Go away,

Loved ones are Cherished but not all will Stay.

Kids will Grow up

and Fly away.

There’s really no Saying how Things will Go,

So sip your Tea

Nice and Slow.

In the End it’s really

all about understanding Love 

For this World  

and in the Stars above,

Appreciate and Value who truly Cares,

Smile and Breathe

and let your Worries go,

So Just Sip your Tea

Nice and Slow."

🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

When I'm dead.

Your tears will flow

But I won't know

Cry with me now instead.

You will send flowers, 

But I won't see

Send them now instead

You'll say words of praise 

But I won't hear.

Praise me now instead

You'll forget my faults,

But I won't know.....

Forget them now  instead.

You'll miss me then,

But I won't feel.

Miss me now, instead.

You'll wish You could have spent more time with me,

Spend it now instead

When you hear I'm gone, you'll find your way to my house to pay condolence but we haven't even spoken in years.

Look for me now. 

 

*"Spend time with every person around you, and help them with whatever you have to make them happy, your families, friends and  acquaintances.*

*Make them feel Special because you never know when time will take them away from you forever.*

Alone I can 'Say' but together we can 'Talk'.

Alone I can 'Enjoy' but together we can 'Celebrate'  

Alone I can 'Smile' but together we can 'Laugh'

That's the BEAUTY of Human Relations. 

We are nothing without each other 

So Stay Connected!

useful sites for cefr spm

 Hi teachers and friends, I was browsing to search for some information and came across useful sites which can help our SPM candidates with all the 4 four skills. 

All the practices are autocorrected and students can get instant feedback. That's what fascinated me. I just tried all the 4 skills. Speaking test was interesting as it has a time metre for each question and they have several parts too, aligned with our CEFR SPM. Lately, I noticed many teachers are struggling to help students in SPEAKING SKILL especially during this MCO. I think these sites will help our students to improve. 

Just like the WRITE and IMPROVE site, which I had shared before, students can practice all 4 skills and get instant feedbacks. 

THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE... IM NOT A CAMBRIDGE REPRESENTATIVE OR SELLING ANYTHING. 😂 I saw the sites and like a happy baby, saved them and sharing with friends here. Let's prove to the society that MCO will not limit us (TEACHERS) to help our students to excel in English. 

Here are the sites links:

1. SPEAKING SKILL

https://speakandimprove.com/

2. WRITING SKILL

https://writeandimprove.com/

3. READING SKILL

httpsw://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/?skill=reading

4. LISTENING SKILL

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/?skill=listening

TEACHERS, PLEASE TRY ON YOUR OWN FIRST, SEE HOW IT WORKS. They are very straightforward. 

If I come across more helpful sites, I will share. 

EXPLORE AND E JOY👏👏👏

CONJUNCTION, COMPOUND SENTENC

 

Lesson Fifteen https://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/

REFERENCE : COMPOUND SENTENCE, CONJUNCTION

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are useful in putting nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and clauses together when making sentences. There are seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so.

examples

I like to eat cheese and crackers. Use “and” when putting two or more things or people together in a group.	cheese and crackers
Hockey is a fun sport, but sometimes you can fall and hurt yourself. “But” is a word that shows contrast or differences. Hockey is fun, but it is also a little dangerous. Fun but dangerous	fun but dangerous
Would you like to eat a hotdog or a hamburger? “Or” provides you with a choice or a decision.	a hotdog or a hamburger
She eats neither hotdogs nor hamburgers. She prefers vegetables. “Nor” is the negative form of “or.” It’s often used with “neither.” …neither…..nor…..	not a hotdog nor a hamburger
He went to prison, for he had killed someone. “For” is very similar to “because” and “since.” This is a difficult conjunction to use. It sounds very formal.	in prison for having killed
It’s cold outside, yet these boys don’t want to go inside because they are having so much fun. “Yet” is similar to “but.” In this usage it’s not the same as the “yet” which is used to express time.	cold yet fun
She saw a spider, so she became afraid. “So” is similar to “because” and “for” but you can’t use the word in the same position. The same sentence above could be written: She became afraid because she saw a spider.	saw a spider  became afraid

 

A PHRASE

 

QUIZ :(1) IDENTIFY A CLAUSE / A PHRASE ; (2) IDENTIFY :DEPENDENT/ INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

 Part A. Directions: Identify each item as a clause or a phrase. (20 points)

1. He works hard every day	Clause / Phrase
2. After a good day	Clause / Phrase
3. If I need to call you	Clause / Phrase
4. In a dark and dangerous hallway	Clause / Phrase
5. Before the next light	Clause / Phrase
6. Because it’s the right thing to do	Clause / Phrase
7. As quickly as possible	Clause / Phrase
8. This car’s not working	Clause / Phrase
9. Working for himself	Clause / Phrase
10. Whenever it gets cold	Clause / Phrase
11. If they want to talk to me	Clause / Phrase
12. Towards the north	Clause / Phrase
13. In front of the building	Clause / Phrase
14. Jumping up and down on the bed	Clause / Phrase
15. Until the next time	Clause / Phrase
16. Until she finds a car	Clause / Phrase
17. I don’t know the answer	Clause / Phrase
18. Turn off the computer	Clause / Phrase
19. Across the street from us	Clause / Phrase
20. Inside a deep, dark well	Clause / Phrase

Part B. Directions: Identify each item as an independent clause or a dependent clause. (10 points)

1. Because it’s the best solution.	Independent  Dependent
2. Working at this job is a lot of fun.	Independent  Dependent
3. It doesn’t really interest me.	Independent  Dependent
4. I should have given her a ride.	Independent  Dependent
5. After the movie is over.	Independent  Dependent
6. If he ever calls.	Independent  Dependent
7. Whenever I have the time.	Independent  Dependent
8. There could be a problem.	Independent  Dependent
9. Since the last time they visited.	Independent  Dependent
10. Whenever it gets cold	Independent  Dependent

CLAUSE AND PHRASE

 Credit to TeacherPaul

https://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/

A clause has a subject and a verb, but it may or may not be a sentence. Some examples: Because he likes the house. This clause has a subject (he) and a verb (likes) but it lacks the main part of the sentence. However, it’s okay as an answer in a conversation. Also, avoid beginning a sentence with "because" unless you put two clauses together, such as…. Because he likes the house, he decided to buy it. This is okay.  In the Orange Level you will learn about many different kinds of clauses. A good knowledge of clauses will help improve your writing and speaking. There are two basic kinds of clauses. Independent Clauses Dependent Clauses An independent Clause has a subject and a verb and it can stand on its own, serving as a complete sentence. A Dependent Clause has a subject and a verb but it can not stand on its own. It needs an independent clause. Before I went to school, I ate some breakfast. Dependent clauses often begin with words such as before, after, while, during, when, because, if, etc. Knowing how to use clauses will provide more options for you to express yourself. You can also say…. I ate some breakfast before I went to school. —————————- A phrase is a group of words that does not have a subject and a verb. For example: in the morning This phrase tells us when something will happen, but there isn’t a subject, a person or a thing, and there isn’t a verb describing activity or existence. Here’s how to fix it: I go to school in the morning. Phrases are very important in English because they provide necessary information, as the examples below (with phrases in blue) demonstrate.

Here are some examples of phrases:

The children are playing in the sand. "…in the sand" tells us where the children are playing. We could write the sentence like this: The children are playing. This is a good sentence but the phrase in the sand provides important information.
The table in the dining room is very long.
A: What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend? B: Playing guitar. (Playing guitar is my favorite thing to do on the weekend. A response that doesn’t have a clear subject or verb is a phrase. Many people use them in conversation, and that’s okay.)

WHAT IS A SENTENCE

 

A simple sentence has a subject and a verb and completes a thought. For example: She went to the store. (subject = she / verb = went) However, some people choose not to use a subject, as in this example: Question: Where did she go? Answer: Went to the store. "Went to the store," is not good English. If you want your English to improve, avoid making this kind of mistake. Always try to use a subject and a verb when making a sentence.  In this exercise you can practice identifying subjects and verbs in sentences. Starting with simple sentences in this level, we will study sentence structure and if you go through all of the lessons in order, hopefully, your writing and speaking will get better.

 

Here are some examples:

She’s afraid of spiders.
She loves her baby.
He’s sitting on the ground.
The bridge fell down.
The vacuum cleaner is working.
He eats rice with chopsticks.   To improve your writing, try to  keep your sentences short like the ones shown above. Until you become a better writer, this is a good approach because you’ll have more control over what you want to say.

REF: https://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/