WRITING TECHNIQUES FOR PMR AND SPM!!

• TEACHER NEEDS TO BE CLEAR IN THE FOCUSED SKILLS 
• Students need to be PERSONALLY INVOLVED 
• PARTICIPATE IN TAILORED EXERCISES 
• REFINE, EXPAND WRITING SKILLS 
• CHOOSE RELATED TOPIC ONLY 
• CLEAR END SPECIFIC GOAL:
  well-written introduction and conclusion, 3 paragraph of informal letter etc 
• GENERAL LONG ESSAY- require ss to work in groups

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1. Topic should be focused

2. No extranuous or loosely related information to the essay 

3. Less or no grammarical error, errorless structured sentences

4. Smooth transition with good organisational pattern e.g.

   A good organised essay should have intro, middle, conclusion with transition markers

5. Supporting ideas with details : giving example.
  Mention(M), Elaborate(E), Example(E)
6. Vivid language, mature word choices
7. Has convention of Standard English(puntuation,spelling, comma )
8. Variation in sentence structures .
   e.g. : Gerund etc.