TIME MANAGEMENT

Paper 1: 1 3/4 hours

1 hour 45 minutes
2 questions
Section A
Section B

SECTION A
DIRECTED WRITING

Known also as DW
35 marks

Understand the task requirement

Decide the appropriate format
Use all the notes given
Can use own words (bonus)

TYPES OF QUESTIONS
A report
An informal letter
An article
A talk (speech)
A formal letter
A dialogue

ORGANIZE TIME
15 minutes of preparation
10 minutes of editing
15 minutes of rewriting
5 minutes of final touch.check out for spelling
mistakes/ tenses errors/ points missing

A REPORT
Past tense
Normally report on things/events that had
happened
Try using own points if you find that it is difficult to
elaborate on the given points
Make sure that the meaning is similar

MARKING
Format:

3 marks

Points used: 12 marks

Language :

20 marks

Total

35 marks

EXAMPLE OF A DW
Give a talk about a reference book
Title: Mathematics Made Simple
Author: Sarimah Suhana
Publisher: Pokok Publications
Attractive presentation
Clear explanations
Helpful diagrams

E XA M P L E O F A D W ( C O N T )
Helpful diagrams
Variety of exercises
Sample answers
Practice question papers
Useful tips
Own reason
Own reason

SECTION A(DW)
You may use your own words
Do not change the meaning
Rephrase is allowed
Do not be scared of grammar
Make sure to try doing the task
Do not submit blank answer script

SECTION B ( CW )
50 marks
Needs lots of reading
Lets make reading fun and joyful
Lets reading a cure for boredom
Theres no short cut to be a good writer
A good writer is as well a good reader

START WRIT ING A DIARY

A day a sentence
A paragraph a week
An essay a fortnight
Start reading-A page a day
A short story a week
A novel a month
Make the dictionary your best friend

READING IS REWARDING
Once you start reading and writing, you will feel
something new with yourselves
Other subjects could be understood better
Start using English with your friends
Do not bother of grammar errors
Start with market language
Do not care of others teasings

WRITING AN ESSAY
Start gathering words
Jot down any word that links
Use mind- mapping strategies
Sort out / put in categories the words that come
across
Develop other words from the key words
Draft the essay

FINAL WORK
Edit the draft
Write out the final work
Edit the errors and spelling mistakes
Memorize good sentence structures
Adopt and adapt the structures to suit into your
essay

SPM PAPER 1119/2

Time: 2 hours
4 Sections A, B, C, D
Section A: 15 marks
Section B: 10 marks
Section C: 25 marks
Section D: 25 marks

SECTION A
Questions 1-8, based on short notes, graphics,
advertisement, etc. MCQ
Questions 9-15, cloze text
Identify the tenses
Look for the suitable and correct grammar
Read all throughout

SECTION A
Q 9-15
Cloze text- always look for the tense
Frequently asked questions:
- articles (a, an, the), determiners ( the,
this, that), prepositions( in, on, of, for, at),
pronouns ( his, her, its, their, our)
- Tenses (simple present/past, present/past
perfect tenses )

SECTION B
( INFO TRANSFER )
Short and precise
Dont fish for the answer
Irrelevant answers ( lifted blindly) not accepted

SECTION C ( 25
MARKS )
Read and re-read
Underline sentence/topic statement
Figure out the meaning of the text
Look for main characters
Look for the descriptions of the main character
Get the main theme of the text

DOING THE TASK

Look at the paragraph meant for every question
Understand the questions carefully
Be careful with the need of the questions
Giving your views/opinions
Lift only relevant answers
Do leave blanks without answers
Minimize the errors

Q.31-SUMMARY
Read the instructions carefully
Use the 10 words given
Write within the lines stated only
Leave out the long examples
Categorize/ classify the words
To be safe, use the words in the passage
Cut down the less important adjectives

MARKING SCHEME
Summary
1 mark for each point

= 10 marks

5 marks Use of English

5 marks paraphrase

Use of English + paraphrase = 10/2=5

2
Language

Total

+ 15