FATIMI ESTAR

Sample Question Which event in the novel you have studied is the most interesting part of the story? Give reasons to support your answer. I choose the novel The Railway Children written by Edith Nesbit. The most interesting part of the story is the saving of the train. There are many reasons why the event is the most interesting. One day, Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis see a landslide. Part of the hill falls on the railway line. The children have to warn the next train or else there will be a terrible accident. They make flags from the girls' petticoat. When the train comes, Bobbie runs forward waving the flags. The train stops just in time. First of all, this event is the most interesting part of the story because it shows that the children are clever. To save the next train, they come out with a very creative idea. They tie the girls' red petticoat to sticks to make flags, which they use to warn the train of danger ahead. Apart from that, from this event we c...

Alhamdulillah. I went to SMK Malim last year to share the 'secret' with the SPM candidates there, and I was truly delighted to know that there was improvement in the SPM 2012 results, compared to the year before. The Principal herself expressed her gratitude, which was a real honour for me. So, when Puan Fatimah--the English Panel Head--invited me again this year, I was so excited and was more than happy to go there again. I went there twice this time around; the first session was with the SPM candidates, which was on the 29th April 2013. Then, on the 8th May 2013, I went there for the second session with the PMR candidates. As usual, enthusiasm is infectious, and I sincerely believe that the students have learned a lot of useful tips, which will hopefully help them to write better essays and score better marks in exams. InsyaaAllah. The best Principal I have ever met, Dr. Hajah Rosnanaini bt Sulaiman. She is so cool. No wonder the teachers are  happy and less ...

Unity - each paragraph must deal with one topic or idea. Every sentence in the paragraph must be closely connected with the main topic of the paragraph. The topic sentence is one sentence of the paragraph that states the topic--generally the first sentence. Order - there must a logical sequence of thought or development of the subject. All ideas should be connected with the leading idea and arranged according to their importance.  Variety - avoid monotony. The paragraphs in an essay should be of different lengths, and not always of the same sentence construction.

If you look at any essay, you will see that it is divided up into sections, the first line of each being indented slightly to the right. These sections are called Paragraphs . Essays are broken up into paragraphs to make the reading of them easier. Definition -- A paragraph is a number of sentences grouped together and relating to one topic; or, a group of related sentences that develop a single point. There is no rule as to the length of paragraphs. They maybe short or long according to the necessity of the case. A paragraph may consist of a single sentence, or of many sentences.

Format and style are very important when writing your dialogue. Use quotation marks ("...") to show your readers that the words being read are spoken directly by the characters in your story. For example, the following sentence lets us know that someone is speaking to Johan. "You are my best friend, Johan." Always remember that punctuation goes inside the quotations. For more information, read Fokus SPM, April 2013 (page 44-45).

Alhamdulillah. On the 27th of March 2013, I was invited to SMK Dang Anum, Merlimau, Melaka, to share the Secrets to Writing A+ Essays with the form five students there. A hundred students were present and all of them were very interested to learn and very focused. I wish they will be able to apply all the tips that I have shared and get better marks in their exams. Thank you Pn Hamidah. All the best girls!

I came across the cartoon above on facebook, and it instantly grabbed my attention. I would like to relate it to our current education system. It is easy to assume that those who scored straight A s in exams (UPSR, PMR & SPM) are intelligent, while those with more C s and D s are less intelligent. Well...this is not fair.  'One must have intelligence only for what one is doing.' (Edgar Degas)   Always remember that you have qualities and skills that other people do not have and you should be proud of these and believe in yourself. Howard Gardner, a psychologist at Harvard University, came out with the theory of multiple intelligence which state that not only do human beings have many different ways to learn and process information, but that these are independent of each other. He listed seven intelligence: Linguistic intelligence - this concerns language and how we use it. Writers, poets, lawyers and speakers are among those who have high linguistic intel...