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Hello and Good Day Everybody !
I am a new teacher in the school named Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Datuk Bendahara. This school is situated in Jasin, Melaka.
I am accepted to be one of the Guru Sandaran Terlatih (GST) here. There are 10 of us, my batch joined the schools in 27th June 2011.
In this blog, I share with you my experience and great things that are happening to me in the school.
There are also notes and things for good English class usages, so feel free to browse them whenever there are gaps between classes.
My mentor here is Hajjah Zaorah and she has been guiding me to be a better English teacher.
Thank you !
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In this blog, I have uploaded
Literature lesson plans for form 4 and 5
working papers, reports after programmes, yearly uniform body reports, weekly reports, sponsorship letters, sample of memos and thank you notes, short stories and others.



Happy teaching, teachers !
Here is a good link to English Materials:

http://www.ppdjasin.edu.my/unitakademik/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=54

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

BBI 1113 Basic Writing Skills Writing An Essay

BBI 1113 Basic Writing Skills

There would be five paragraphs in an extended essay. Generally the process of writing involves three main stages. They are :
i)      Pre-writing (Generating ideas)
ii)    Outlining (Organising Ideas)
iii)  Drafting

Pre-writing (Generating Ideas)

The main goal of pre-writing is to generate information or ideas before one starts writing. At this stage, you need to consider your audience or reader, and also the purpose of writing an essay. There are several ways that can be used in pre-writing. These include:

Questioning
This is one way to generate ideas to begin writing. This can be done by asking the ‘Wh- types of question.

Diagramming
Diagramming or can also be known as clustering is one way in which mind-mapping is used. This visual way helps to generate ideas by putting or clustering them down in the form of a map.

Brainstorming
When using brainstorming technique, many ideas are listed before the writing begins.


Outlining (Organising ideas)

Before writing the first draft, it is advisable to prepare an outline. An outline acts as a brief plan of an essay. It gives structure to an essay and the coherence or the relationship of ideas discussed. Therefore, the ideas can be developed more thoroughly.


Drafting
Most paragraphs in an essay have a three-part structure: introduction, body, and conclusion. You can see this structure in paragraphs whether they are narrating, describing, comparing, contrasting, or analyzing information. Each part of the paragraph plays an important role in communicating your meaning to your reader.
Introduction: the first section of a paragraph; should include the topic sentence and any other sentences at the beginning of the paragraph that give background information or provide a transition.
Body: follows the introduction; discusses the controlling idea, using facts, arguments, analysis, examples, and other information.
Conclusion: the final section; summarizes the connections between the information discussed in the body of the paragraph and the paragraph’s controlling idea.
Introduction
·       The first paragraph introduces the topic
·       It can be a definition or an explanation of the topic
·       Opening sentence (s) to capture the reader interest
·       Thesis statement (main idea) must be presented in the introductory paragraph
Body (supporting paragraphs)
·       It consists of the topic sentence (main points of each paragraph) and the supporting details of the main points.
Conclusion
·       Sum up the discussion / Summary of main points
·       Stress again on the thesis statement
·       It can also be your prediction or opinion


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