Special PMR Tips & Tricks Seminar
Paper 2: Section A
Welcome
What do they want?To see whether you are able to: write the required task use correct & appropriate language
05 grand National Day Celebration at your school06 a campsite for your family trip07 Johan’s car breakdown experience08 Safety measures in school09 Your experience at an old folks home10 Rahim and a bag of money11 Chose between 2 places for your holiday12 Qualities of a good student
Section A: Guided Writing
Format 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12Report +Inform
al Letter
+
Story + +Speech + +Article +Essay +
Marking CriteriaBAND EXCELLENT CREDIT ACHIEVEME
NT WEAK VERY WEAK
MARKS 25 - 21 20 - 16 15 - 11 10 - 6 5 - 1Requirem
ents of Task
Fulfilled Largely fulfilled
Sufficiently fulfilled
Partially fulfilled
Hardly fulfilled
IdeasWell-developed
& well-organised with
supporting details
Developed & organised with some supporting
details
Sufficiently developed but lack details; adequately organised
Less developed,
lacks organisation
Disorganised; lacks cohesion
Language
Accurate with few minor
errors & first draft slip
Largely accurate
Sufficiently accurate
Partially accurate Inaccurate
Sentence
Structure
Varied & used
effectivelyMostly varied
Sufficiently varied Lacks variety Distorted
Vocabulary
Wide & aptly used
Wide enough & mostly apt
Sufficient to convey
meaning but lacks precision
Limited Inappropriate
Mechanics of
WritingAccurate Mostly
accurate Some errors Numerous errors
Serious errors
Interest of
ReaderAroused & sustained
Largely aroused & sustained
Sufficiently aroused
Hardly aroused
Meaning hardly
conveyed
1.Read the question.2.Underline
keywords.3.Notice the format.4.List down all the
connectors, idioms, phrasal verbs, proverbs you can remember.
5.Plan 1 paragraph per picture. 4-5 sentences per paragraph.
6.Plan an introduction & a conclusion.
7.Write.
Steps
Use correct tenses, sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, prepositions
Organise & write in proper paragraphs
Use correct linkage/connectors Use a wide range of impressive/exact
vocabulary, phrases, idioms Be creative & interesting Write at least a 1 page long essay
How To Score
1 essay has 3 parts:› Introduction – 1 paragraph› Body – 2-3 paragraph› Conclusion – 1 paragraph
Each paragraph has 3 things:› Main idea› Elaboration› Examples
Write 1 paragraph per picture.
In Your Essay
YOU MUST: Plan your essay! Use all the words given Write as much as you can! Past/Present Tense Use idioms/phrasal verbs Use connectors Use correct format
YOU MUST: Study all the Formats Use S V O Use ‘…and so on’ Use ‘There
is/are/was/were…’ Use ‘For example,…’ Use ‘This is because…’
Subject + Verb + Object I eat apples. He plays football every day. The dog killed the mouse. Chocolate I like. I tomorrow go. Shoot wild boar.
S V O
as easy as pie green light in the pink of health true colours kill two birds with one stone raining cats and dogs give someone a hand through thick and thin
Idioms
Do not count your chickens before they hatch
Do not judge a book by its cover Experience is the best teacher Every cloud has a silver lining Prevention is better than cure The early bird catches the worm Where there is a will, there is a way
Proverbs
calm down count on cut off deal with drop by find out pass away turn down
Phrasal Verbs
Firstly, Next, Then, Moreover, Furthermore, Besides, However, (Negative) Finally, In conclusion,
Connectors
Be Careful: No BM! No short forms!
› do not, cannot, I am No ‘I and my friends’.
› My friends and I ‘was studied’ is NOT Past
Tense.› studied
Be Careful: ‘a rooms’ is wrong.
› rooms ‘many boy’ is wrong.
› many boys ‘And then,’ is wrong!
› Then ‘People’ no ‘-s’.
› Many people› One person
Know the Difference: no vs know than vs then when vs went their vs there I vs me perfect vs prefect anything vs everything
Know the Difference: took vs talk life vs live here vs hear smile vs smell find vs fine by vs buy quite vs quiet
Conclusion & Questions
The End