SPM 1119/2

WRITING
MODULE 2024

NAME:

FORM:

SCHOOL:

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 BASIC INFORMATION
REQUIREMENTS
 language proficiency
 technicalities

SKILLS
 writing
 reading comprehension
 listening
 speaking

HIGHLIGHTS
 written tasks are divided into two; reading and use of English and writing.
 these two papers only contribute 50% of the total mark.
 every skill carries equal share and emphasis.
 holistic development and enrichment.

PAPER 2: WRITING
 time: 1 hour 30 minutes
 3 parts
 60 marks
 marking will be based on 4 criteria (content, communicative
achievement, organisation & language)
 band confinement (a1 – c1)

BAND CONFINEMENT
BAND DESCRIPTION

A1
A2 BASIC USER

B1
B2 INDEPENDENT USER

C1
C2 PROFICIENT USER

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 PART 1- SHORT COMMUNICATIVE MESSAGE
 email
 20 marks
 in about 80 words
 fulfil the requirement(s) of the question
 a1-b1

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
SAMPLE 1
Your cousin has dropped you a short message. Read the message and give your advice in
about 80 words.
Dear cousin,
How are you getting on? I am sure you are staying at home as well. This MCO period is
rather boring but at least I am thankful that my basic needs are taken care of. I am writing this
message to ask you for any suggestions that you could give me to keep myself occupied
during these days. What do you do to kill the time? Hope to hear from you soon. Stay safe;
stay home. Bye.
Your cousin
Dear Qayyum,
How do you do? Besides feeling bored, I truly am fine. However, I have picked up a
much-procrastinated habit now; thanks to the time I have. It may sound lame but trust me, it
gets very interesting once you delve deeper. It is of course, the foremost habit: reading. I have
attached myself with a couple of interesting novels and I strongly suggest you to do the same.
At first, it may seem a little dull but as soon as you get into the novel, you will realise that
you are living in an entirely different realm in which the storyline leads you on. Besides, you
can also consider taking up writing your thoughts on daily basis. This would hone your
writing skills on the long run as well as nurture your imagination. Tell me what you think.
Till then, bye.
Thayalan
SAMPLE 2
You have received an email from you brother; Lucas, who’s studying abroad. Now write an
email to your brother in about 80 words.

Hi Julie!
I’ll be back in Malaysia next week. We should spend our time together. Where do you
think we should go? What activity can we do together? Which restaurant can we have
good meals? Do you have anything in mind?
Waiting for your reply. Bye!

Dear Lucas,
Of course I would like to hang out together. I think we should go to Tampin
Wildpark. It is only an hour from our house. The road that would take us there is full of lush
greeneries which could be an astounding sight to behold. It is a great place for those who love
extreme outdoor sports. We can do bungee jumping, flying fox and riding an ATV. They also
have a palatable jungle themed restaurant and the food is tantalising. It will be an exciting
experience for us. Bye!
Julie

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
PART 1 (20 marks)
Question 1
You must answer this question.
You received an invitation from your classmate, Ridzuan.
Dear ,

How are you? Now that SPM is over, I am planning to do a party at home. I am only
inviting our close friends and some relatives. Would you like to join? I would be happy to
have you. Do reply and confirm your presence. Thank you.
Your friend,

Now, reply your classmate in about 80 words. Write your reply below.

ELEMENT PART FROM THE ANSWER

Greetings

Keywords

Requirements
Of the
Questions

Word of hope

Sign off

Dear Ridzuan,
How have you been? I am very pleased to receive the invitation from you.
Unfortunately, I have to turn it down. Firstly, I am not free today as I have promised to give
my grandparents a visit. Besides, I do not do so well in parties as I am an introvert. Hence, it
will be very awkward for me and it will be very difficult for you to be of my company at all
times. I am so sorry. I would promise an outing next week perhaps. I hope you would accept
my apologies. Thanks again, bye.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 PART 2- GUIDED ESSAY
 outcome of a discussion
 125 to 150 words
 20 marks
 based on opinion over a matter teacher instructs to write
 A2 – B2

SAMPLE 2
Your class has been discussing on the vaccination of Covid-19 during English lesson. Your
teacher has asked you to write an essay on the importance of the vaccination.
In your essay, you should write about:
 priority group to be vaccinated
 the benefits of the vaccination
 your personal recommendation

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
ELEMENT PART FROM THE ANSWER

Introduction

Priority group

Benefits

Recommendation/
conclusion

There has been a constant debate on whether the vaccination is necessary or otherwise.
There are many news and information which are not reliable and most of the time, these news
travel very quickly through the social media.
However, it is the only available solution for us to curb the pandemic. The priority has
been given to the frontliners as they are the most vulnerable ones. After that, those who have
medical conditions such as diabetes or asthmatic are administered the vaccination.
There are many benefits of the vaccination. Firstly, this vaccination would boost the
antibody of the individuals who take it. Secondly, it also serves as the agent to control the
severity of the pandemic. Thirdly, the vaccine would lessen the symptoms and develop the
defense against the spreading of the virus.
I would strongly suggest that every individual has to take the vaccine so that we could do
the least we could in combatting the Covid-19 pandemic.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 PART 3- EXTENDED WRITING
 a choice between 3 questions
 an article, review, report or story
 200- 250 words
 B1 – C1

2 MAIN TYPES OF ESSAYS

factual
 article
 report
 review

narrative
 story

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 SOME INSIGHTS ON FACTUAL ESSAYS
1. entirely based on facts!!!
2. requires a holistic understanding of the task, analyse and deduce the details
3. ideas have to be presented with maturity and should not be smeared with
immature/ irrelevant/ excessively gaudy expressions.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
SAMPLE:
Animals have always been man’s best friend. What are the ways have they been helping
mankind? Write your essay.
STATEMENT
Animal’s role in human’s life has been indubitably solid. The
relationship has stood the test of time and the mutual dependence still
continues on.
QUESTION
(RHETORICAL)
Are you aware that it is practically impossible for the human kind to
continue its existence without animals? Our very existence is quite
dependent on them.
STATISTICS
Of the animal species covered under the Animal Welfare Act, 60%
were involved in experiments where they experienced no pain and
therefore no anesthesia was required, 33% were involved in
procedures where they experienced some pain and/or required
anesthesia and 7% of all animals experiences some pain but no
anesthesia was provided
because it would interfere with the experimental purpose.
QUOTES/
PROVERB
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and
gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans” quoted
James Herriot. This quote speaks volumes as to how genuine is the
love an animal renders to a human.
NEWS/ SHORT
STORY
Dollie’s story has been very inspiring. Upon the owner’s demise, this
thoughtful dog had been visiting its owner’s graveyard almost every
day. On a fateful day, the family members noticed that it did not come
back. Knowing that it would have been at the graveyard, they rushed
there only to find out that it had died by the tomb of its dear master.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 PARAGRAPHING
MEER METHOD FOR FACT BASED ESSAY

NARRATIVE WRITING

SEQUENCING METHOD FOR NARRATIVE ESSAYS

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
ARTICLE
CRITERIA
TYPE FORMAT REQUIREMENT
 magazines  title  maintain a formal
 school newsletters  name of the writer tone/ style
 bulletins  body/ content  correct tense is
 newspaper article maintained
throughout
 avoid unnecessary
flowery phrases
 abide by the
decorum

OUTLINE
1. introduction
- hook- link- introduction to the task.
2. content
- main points/ elaborations/ examples/ reiteration of main points
3. conclusion
- summary
- word of hope

Sample Question:
Healthy lifestyle has become the main concern of the teenagers these days due to the changes
that have been taking place in their lifestyle. As the chairperson of your school Health Club,
you are asked to write an article to your school magazine on the ways to maintain a healthy
lifestyle.

In your article:
• use all the points given
above
• use the right format
• make sure your article is
about 150 words

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
PARAGRAPH 1: EXERCISE REGULARLY
M (MAIN POINT) First and foremost, the students must exercise regularly to maintain
a healthy lifestyle.

E(ELABORATION) Exercise is a very essential part in having our health at an optimum

point where we need to balance the intake of our bodily input and
output.

E(EXAMPLE) To illustrate, we can do some cardio exercises on regular basis such

as jogging or brisk walking to maintain our health.

R (REITERATION Hence, it is evident that a good health can be preserved by

OF MAIN POINT) exercising regularly.

PARAGRAPH 2: EAT HEALTHY

M (MAIN POINT) Besides exercising, we also need to eat healthy.

E(ELABORATION) We need to be extremely careful and watchful of what we consume

as we become what we eat. Therefore, we need to pick and choose
our diet carefully; abiding by the food pyramid which we are so
often emphasized on.
E(EXAMPLE) For an example, we need to limit the consumption of fried food
which has trans-fat as well as delicacies which are extremely sweet.
R (REITERATION Thus, we must practice a good supervision over the intake of diet
OF MAIN POINT) we eat to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

PARAGRAPH 3: REDUCE STRESS

M (MAIN POINT)

E(ELABORATION)

E(EXAMPLE)

R (REITERATION
OF MAIN POINT)

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
REPORT
CRITERIA
TYPE FORMAT REQUIREMENT
 news report  title  formal tone/
 report on activities  reported to: decorum
 report on services  reported by:  avoid flowery
 report on studies language
 be firm, never rude

OUTLINE
NEWS REPORT ACTIVITIES RESEARCH/ SERVICES
STUDIES
 headline  title  title  title
 byline  activities  analysis  complaints
 place  objectives  comments  dissatisfactio
and day / outcome  recommendation n
 lead  other s  suggestions
(introduction details  conclusion  conclusions
)  sign and  signature
 body position
(details)
 tail
(conclusion)

SAMPLE QUESTION:
Your school students have been reported to be addicted to social media that it has
affected their academic performance. As the Students’ Leadership Board President, you
are tasked to write a report to your principal on the disadvantages of social media to
school students.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
REVIEW WRITING
CRITERIA
TYPE FORMAT LANGUAGE
REQUIREMENT
• Product review • Title (suitable) • Persuasive/
• Service review • Body/ content convincing
• Place review • Formal/ depending
• Film review on content
• Opinionated
• Well-described

OUTLINE

1. Introduction- how you got to know about it?

2. Description- physical/ outlook
3. Highlights/ speciality-positive sides
4. Personal view- negative aspects
5. Recommendation- to whom/ not to whom

MORE WORDS TO DESCRIBE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING

1. action-packed 2. addictive 3. adventurous 4. amusing 5. astonishing 6. awe-inspiring 7.

believable 8. biographical 9. breath-taking 10. brilliant 11. boring 12. captivating 13.
charismatic 14. charming 15. comforting 16. complex 17. complicated 18. confusing 19.
conversational 20. creepy 21. dangerous 22. dark 23. dazzling 24. deceptive 25. deep 26.
devious 27. diverse 28. dreary 29. dynamic 30. easy-to-read 31. educational 32. elusive 33.
emotional 34. enchanting 35. engaging 36. entertaining 37. erratic 38. evocative 39. evolving
40. exciting 41. exhilarating 42. fanciful 43. fascinating 44. flexible 45. futuristic 46. glorious
47. goofy 48. glamorous 49. gripping 50. gross 51. haunting 52. heartbreaking 53. heartfelt 54.
heart-wrenching 55. hilarious 56. historical 57. informative 58. insightful 59. inspirational 60.
intense 61. intriguing 62. invigorating 63. life-like 64. magnificent 65. memorable 66. mind-
numbing 67. motivating 68. mysterious 69. mystical 70. nonsensical 71. obnoxious 72.
poignant 73. powerful 74. predictable 75. realistic 76. real 77. pager-turner 78. redundant 79.
repetitive 80. riveting 81. romantic 82. scary 83. silly 84. simple 85. spectacular 86. spell-
binding 87. spine-tingling 88. surprising 89. tear-jerking 90. terrifying 91. thought-provoking
92. touching 93. tragic 94. triumphant 95. twisted 96. unexpected 97. unique 98. whimsical
99. Witty

SAMPLE QUESTION
You have received a brand-new designer’s brand perfume as your 17th birthday gift. Write a
review on the perfume. In your review, write about:

• the outlook of the perfume

• the speciality of the perfume
• your recommendations/ suggestions

Write your review.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
 Jo Malone: A Pleasant Sniff of All Time

There are many benign

addictions to which one can get
accustomed to. These addictions are
alright as they are harmless. I am a
perfume addict ever since I could
remember. I love to smell good and
to get compliments over my scents.
As my birthday came by, I was
anticipating some perfumes as my
birthday gifts. To my surprise, my
parents gifted me with something
that I never had and have always
longed to have: a scent from Jo
Malone house of fragrances.

It was very thoughtful of them as I was gifted with the best seller of Jo
Malone house, which is English Pear and Freesia. It came in a neat, posh beige
coloured box with a sleek ribbon wrapped around. Unboxing the packaging was
fun. In it, a majestic 100ml bottle was laid. The bottle looked quite ordinary yet
very elegant. With simple but classy labelling, the bottle carried an elegant look.

However, what is to be sung about is its fragrance. The scent was

nothing like what I have ever had in my collection. It was not overpowering in any
sense, but it got attached to my body as a second skin which exuded a pleasant
scent. The posh smell of English pear and Freesia just wrapped me over with a
subtle fragrance all around me and it wafted through the atmosphere around me.
Wherever I go, the sillage I left behind kept people coming to me, complimenting.

Nonetheless, there are two issues that I have with this scent. Firstly, the
longevity of the perfume can be slightly disappointing as the scent does not last as
much as one would expect for the hefty price that is paid. Besides, the scent does
not make strong statement of your presence everywhere you go. It is relatively
subtle in comparison to Pure Poison by Christian Dior or Black Orchid by Tom
Ford.

To conclude, in spite of its poor longevity and the strength of its smell, I
would still rate this scent as one of the best as the scent compliments me so well.
Though it may not be recommended for a hot day out or a large crowd, it would be
a pleasant balm to your nose with a perpetual supply of the subtle English poshness
and vibrance attached to your smell buds. I would recommend this scent for those
who have a self-sufficient personality and to those who do not prioritise others’
validation more than their own self-satisfaction.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
Recently, you had the chance of visiting a fine-dining restaurant in your town. Write your
review on your dining experience there.

NANCY BRIYANI HOUSE

Are you craving for an excellent experience of fine-dining with your loved ones? We have
a great news for you. Nancy Briyani House offers you the best briyani in town. Do come
and enjoy with your family and friends. We offer a wide array of South and North Indian
cuisines, cooked and served with care and warmth.
See you there!

Write your review.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
STORY WRITING
OVERVIEW  primarily based on imagination
 requires thorough creativity
 entirely original
 the writer has the freedom to influence the target reader
with his/her personal perspectives on the narration

PRE-WRITING  read the question carefully

PREREQUISITES  identify and underline the parameters (keywords)
 identify your role/ position
 brainstorm the main story
 break the idea/ story to 6 fair sequences
 develop the idea thereof

DEVELOPMENT  think of a plot

OF THE IDEAS  plan the plot
 write your plot in the sequences (6 sequences)
 develop your plot with WH questions
 add the following to aggrandise your essay: dialogues/
expressive statements/ quotes/ idioms and proverbs
(only needed and are used aptly)

SAMPLE QUESTION:
Question 5 • Introduction
- the decision
A Tough Decision - the current state of the teenager
Write a story on a teenager • Paragraphs
who made a very tough - a boy – difficult background
decision and the - a teacher saw- offered to take in
repercussion he faced due to - contemplating to accept- discussed with parents
the decision. - accepted the offer- others hurled hurtful words
- made the best out of the favour
Write your story. • Conclusion
- the boy is successful
- the decision proved to be a right one

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
SAMPLE QUESTION:
Write a story beginning with:
There was once a poet who spent all his days shut up in his dark and shabby rented room on
top of a coffin shop.
SAMPLE ANSWER:
There was once a poet who spent all his days shut up in his dark and shabby rented
room on top of a coffin shop. He would rather have his information kept under the radar.
Quite occasionally, he would post his thoughts in the form of poetry on his blog which has
quite a steady number of readers. Most of his poems, if not all, were of very grim and gothic
genre. He relished in exhibiting himself as a rather mysterious and gothic poet, which seemed
rather easy for him to write.
The coffin shop just beneath the room that he was renting also had a mortuary
attached to the building. Occasionally, it would house corpse of those who are in need and
have nobody to tend for. There were many instances where the families of the deceased just
left the bodies there for weeks to months till they have enough money to carry out a decent
funeral. There had been once whereby a body was left for a year before his cremation was
done.
The poet would rarely go out. He is not quite seen around in the quiet town that was
nearby. The coffin shop, as one would assume, was situated on a hill, many miles away from
the town. The coffin makers would leave the coffin shop at 5pm sharp and will only be back
the next day, 9am when the sun is all well-lit. To be quite honest, no one has ever seen the
face of the poet as he remained extremely discreet about his anonymity.
One day, the thatched door of the poet’s room was knocked frantically. It is
rather sporadic for the poet to have visitors. He was not ready for a visitor. Quite anxiously,
he opened the door. The next day, the much mysterious poet’s face was published in all the
top news medias of the nation. The mystery beneath the poet’s dark and grim life was a
horror that held the entire nation in a fit of fear.
Sheila. That was ‘his’ name. The mysterious poet who was staying above the coffin
shop was a transwoman who was linked to a massive syndicate that smuggles internal organs
of dead people. The targets of the syndicate were the poor and needy whereby they lure them
by offering the deceased a home till they could do the preparation for the funeral. They have
links to many countries and this syndicate was eventually sniffed out by one of the daughters
of the deceased. She happened to be a brilliant girl who was in her 4th year in a medical
school. Upon knowing the reality and the danger she might possibly pose; Sheila killed her
and buried her in the same mortuary. The sudden missing of the trainee doctor led the police
to unveil the huge syndicate. Sheila’s fate remains in the jail while the room awaits new
tenant.

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR
GOOD LUCK AND ALL THE BEST!

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SMK INDAHPURA (1)
KULAI, JOHOR