SPM 1119 Writing Workshop: Framework
Developed by Zanurin bin Mohamad Safar (Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kulim, 2015)
Aspect
Issue
Strategy/Activity
Intro
Students
must know
their
personal
target
Strategy: Questioning and reflection
-
-
Aim &
Objectives of
the writing
workshop for
potential A
students
Students’
clarity of the
rationales of
having to
attend the
workshop
Ask students to choose one of the
grades for SPM English 1119
Ask students to decide the
section/question that strongly
determines their A (A+, A, A-)
Highlight the importance of scoring a
good mark for essay writing
Timing
(Min.)
Total
(Minutes)
5
5
5
5
10
10
Strategy: Input from trainer
Aim:
To convince and guide potential A students to
achieve A (A+, A, A-) in SPM 1119
Objectives:
1. To highlight the traits of potential A
students in term of writing
2. To expose the assessment criteria to
potential A students
3. To expose effective strategies to help
potential A students enhance the quality
of their essays
4. To familiarize the potential A students
with the “new” questions for Continuous
Writing
5. To guide potential A students make
ongoing plans to improve the quality of
their written work
PART 1
TO
HIGHLIGHT
THE TRAITS
OF
POTENTIAL A
STUDENTS IN
TERM OF
WRITING
Students
Strategy: Reflection, Input from trainer
must know
their
- Describe their feeling/s when they are
weaknesses
asked to write
and
- Responding to some statements when
strengths in
they write
writing
- Gist of Part 1
2
PART 2
Students
must know
TO EXPOSE
the
THE
assessment
ASSESSMENT criteria for
CRITERIA TO writing so
POTENTIAL A that they
STUDENTS
can give
what
examiners
want
PART 3
TO EXPOSE
EFFECTIVE
STRATEGIES
TO HELP
POTENTIAL A
STUDENTS
ENHANCE
THE QUALITY
OF THEIR
ESSAYS
Strategy: Sharing info, Input from trainer
-
Ask students to tell about the criteria to
their friends
Go through the assessment criteria
Gist of Part 2
10
10
Students
Strategy: Input from trainer and Workshop
must reduce
language
errors
1. DIVER FORMS (Different Verb Forms)
55
1.1 Explanation of DIVER Forms
1.2 Quick revision of the rules – stress in
Sub-Time
1.3 Sentence construction practice/s
1.4 Stress on consistency of practice
2. PAWS (Paragraph Writing Scheme)
2.1 Explanation of the technique
2.2 Paragraph writing – I love you
2.3 Presentation FOCUS ON PAST TENSE –
check language accuracy
Students
must try to
get at least
2 merits in
each
paragraph
1. Task: Merit Test: Show photos of happy,
sad, surprised faces and ask ss to
describe their feeling
2. Task: Essay 1
3. Task: Essay 2
4. Task: video – numanumaye
Students
must vary
their
sentence
structures
Message on varied sentence structure
Students
must arouse
and sustain
reader’s
interest
GS4GS
1. Message on “Ommmph”
2. Task: Reading and understanding a sample
story - jaguar
3. Informing students how to search for
interesting short stories
1. Input on simple, compound and complex
sentence
2. Task: Drilling on complex structure
3. Task: video - frostbyte
5
10
15
5
7
13
5
15
15
20
55
7
35
13
15
5
10
30
15
3
PART 4
1. SPM 2014 1119/1 Section B questions
5
TO
FAMILIARIZE
THE
POTENTIAL A
STUDENTS
WITH THE
“NEW”
QUESTIONS
FOR
CONTINUOUS
WRITING
2. Tips to examine questions and choose one
3. 32 sample questions and possible selflearning activities
4. Studying 4 sample essays
10
40
PART 5
1. Making personal timetable – what to study?
When to study? How frequent to study?
2. Producing a personal timetable/strategy to
improve writing on personal and ongoing bases
TO GUIDE
POTENTIAL A
STUDENTS
MAKE
ONGOING
PLANS TO
IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF
THEIR
WRITTEN
WORK
55
35
295÷60=4.916 hours
295