FATIMI ESTAR

Location: Sekolah Menengah Teknik Melaka, Bukit Piatu. Date: 25th - 26th September 2012 Teacher In-charge: Puan Fazilah Having breakfast with Cikgu Fazilah, a very nice lady. She is the English Panel Head as well as the warden. Thank you for inviting me. Try your best girls! A+ is possible! Go for it! All the best!

Location: SMK Putrajaya Presint 8(1), Putrajaya. Date: 21st September 2012 Teacher In-charge: All English Teachers Wonderful teachers. Thank you for inviting me. Good luck everybody. May all of you do well in SPM and pass with flying colours. InsyaAllah.

Sample Essay How can television help students in their studies? (Continuous Writing, SPM 2006) Children and teenagers love watching television. Most of them spend more time watching television than doing other activities  [general discussion] . Television can help students in their studies depending on the types of programmes watched by them [ thesis statement] .  First of all, there are many educational programmes on television which can help students in their studies [ stating first point] . These programmes are carefully constructed by the creative producers to make them interesting. Besides, talented presenters as well as interesting visual and sound make it easier for the students to understand and retain the knowledge learned [ elaborating first point] . ASTRO Tutor TV is a very good example. There are revision programmes for every subject taught in school. Students can learn many tips and do the exercises given in effort to prepare for public examinations such as UP

source: http://images.search.yahoo.com 1. Brainstorming It is a useful way to let ideas come to the surface. Write whatever that comes into your head about the topic, no matter how confused and disorganized. After a few minutes, read through what you have written. Some (not all) of what you have written may give you an idea you can develop. 2. Organize and Develop Your Ideas First, develop an outline to organize your ideas. It is suggested that students write a five paragraphs essay. It is a simple way to write a complete and clear response to an essay question in exam. The essay will be divided into:  an introduction  3 main body paragraphs  a conclusion Introduction The aim of writing an introduction is to let the readers know what the topic is. It is also to inform them about your point of view. You should start with a general discussion of your subject, and lead to a very specific statement (thesis statement). The thesis should tell in one or two sentences

Sample Question: Based on the novel that you have studied, choose a character that motivates you and state the reasons why. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer. I choose the novel How I Met Myself, written by David A. Hill. The character that motivates me is John Taylor. There are many reasons why I choose him. First of all, John motivates me because he is an intelligent man. He works as a computer programmer at a multinational computer company. Due to his intelligence, he is chosen to lead a young Hungarian team in Budapest. We can also see John's intelligence when he come out with many ideas on how to find out more about his doppelganger. Apart from that, I am motivated by John because he is a determined person. He is focused on solving the mystery surrounding his doppelganger. After his encounter with the doppelganger, John is haunted by nightmares. He could not sleep at night and could not focus on his work. However, he is determined to pursue

I came across an article written by Professor Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, in Dewan Siswa (September 2012) which I find very interesting and helpful. The title of the article is Mastering Effective Writing. The following are some of the important points taken from the article: a good essay must be clear, short and to the point, easy to understand and accurate. avoid lengthy (long and complicated) sentences so that you will make less grammar and punctuation mistakes. use connectors so that sentences and ideas flow smoothly. organize paragraphs well by following the 3E rule - Explain, Elaborate and give Examples. it is better to use the active voice than the passive. For more information you can read the full article on page 42-43, Dewan Siswa (September 2012).

Sample Question: Based on the novel that you have studied, describe an incident that motivates you and state the reasons why. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer. source: www.google.com.my I choose the novel How I Met Myself written by David A. Hill. The incident that motivates me is John's encounter with his doppelganger. On one icy winter evening, John meets his 'lookalike' who knocks him into the snow and dashes away leaving no footprints. There are many reasons why this incident motivates me. First of all, John's encounter with his doppelganger motivates me because from that incident onward I could see the courage in John. In the beginning, John is scared and is haunted by nightmares. He could not sleep and could not focus on his work. However, he later shows his courage when he decides to pursue his doppelganger. He goes to the sites of the strange encounter, starts questioning the the residents and even doing some research in the