1. Dear jaminah, its been ages since we last met. So, hows life?

As for me, I
have never been better. I
a) brief !escribe " characteristics of the above t#e of writing.
$ %s%all informal
$ less str%ct%re!
$ allows constr%ction be %se!
b) !escribe " #rior consi!erations the #%#il as a writer ma nee! to &now
when writing an informal letter.
$ s%bject matter
$ #%r#ose
$ interaction an! a sense of a%!ience
$ lang%age
$ conventions
$ thin&ing s&ills
$ organi'ational s&ill
$ mechanics
$ writing #rocess
c) e(#lain ) t#es of activities o% wo%l! %se to teach informal letter writing
to a ear * class with average +nglish lang%age #ro,cienc. -rovi!e 1
e(am#le of a written e(ercise for each activit.
$ #%#ils ,ll in the blan&s in the given letter, with the choice of three #ossible
answers in brac&et. .or e(am#le, !i! o% ////// 0go1went1going) anwhere
!%ring the last school brea&?
$ #%#ils rearrange wor!s in the right or!er to form com#lete sentences. .or
e(am#le, to 1 me1 share1 2et 1 me1 what1 ha##enne!1 3 let me share what
ha##ene! to me last wee&.
$ #%#ils com#lete sentences in the letter with their own i!eas. .or e(am#le, I
was involve! in ////////
). there are basicall 4 stages in learning to write, writing rea!iness, earl
writing, !evelo#mental writing an! nat%re writing 0chitravel%, #g 14*)
a) base! on the statement above, i!entif the !evelo#ment stage 0earl
writing) of a ear 1 #%#ils writing. -rovi!e " reasons to s%##ort o%r answer
with evi!ences from the te(t.
$ formation. +ach letter sho%l! be well forme!. +vi!ence, 5A6, the formation
of the letter 7A8
$ slant. All letters m%st lean the same !irection, an! all !ownwar!s an!
%#war!s stro&es sho%l! be #arallel. +vi!ence, 7.IS98, the letter of 7.8 an! 79
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$si'e an! height. all letters in lowercase sho%l! be in the same si'e, an! all
tall letters are of the same height. +vi!ence, D:I;<, the letters !,r an! &.
2=>+, the letter l an! v.
$ Alignment. All letters sho%l! to%ch the line an! letters that go above or
below the line m%st !o so consistentl. +vi!ence, ?@, the letter
$ S#acing. S#aces between letters an! wor!s m%st be even. +vi!ence, -A6I9,
s#acing # an! i.
b) give ) reasons wh a teacher nee!s to &now the !evelo#mental stages of
#%#ils writing.
$ to !esign tas& to im#rove #%#ils writing
$ to ens%re #%#ils write intelligibl
$ to enco%rage creative writing
$ to motivate an! create interesting in writing
c) s%ggest ) tas&s to im#rove his or her writing
$ co# #oems or rhmes 0e(am#le, he !i!!le))
$ write or co# foo! labels 0e(am#le, chocolate)
$ write or co# frien!s or relatives a!!resses 0an a!!ress)
$ write or co# sentences of oneself
". m name is a?irah. I have fren! name Siti. I li&e #la a netbal. Siti li&e
#la netball. I an! siti li&e #la ba!minton too.
a) Analse the above te(t. I!entif the areas he #%#ils nee! hel# in.
$ content
$ grammar
$ organisastion
$ mechanics 0s#elling an!
b) give " reasons for o%r choice in a
$ reinforcement 0writing reinforces learning)
$ lang%age !evelo#ment 0thro%gh writing, #%#ils see how lang%age conves
meaning)
$ correction of conce#ts wrongl learnt 0 correct hel#s to consoli!ate an!
reinforce learning)
4. #%an siti wants to teach a narrative essa to a gro%# of ear 4 #%#ils. She
!istrib%tes stri#s of #a#er containing sentence halves to #%#ils seate! in
#airs. -%#ils !isc%ss an! match the sentences.
a) analse the stage of writing lesson above an! give two reasons wh %
thin& the above activit is s%itable for that #artic%lar writing stage.
$stage of writing lesson3 #rewriting
$ to e(#ose #%#ils to the str%ct%res the nee! to %se when writing a narrative
$ to create a conte(t for #%#ils to write a narrative later on
$ to familiari'e #%#ils with vocab%lar associate! with narrative the are
going to write
b) s%ggest to follow %# activities to com#liment the activit in a. -rovi!e two
e(am#les for each follow %# activit.
$ sentence com#letion. .or e(am#le, Ali was wal&ing home from school $. 9e
imme!iatel $.
$ ,ll in the blan&s. .or e(am#le, Ali B the sna&e an! he B as fast as he co%l!.
Ali was going to ta&e a shortc%t home again.
$ #aragra#h com#letion. Ali co%l! not s#ea&. All he !i! was stare! at the
hissing sna&e. Ali $.Ali co%l! not sto# himself from #ic&ing %# the e(#ensive
loo&ing wallet. 9e o#ene! $