Attitude Is Everything Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate.

He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life." "Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life." I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in the restaurant business: he left the back door open one 9

morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combinations. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body. I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Want see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action." "What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I said. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead." Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. Source: Email Essay 9

TASK A: underline and list 10 nouns,10 pronouns and 10 verbs nouns 1.Jerry 2.manager 3.restaurant 4.waiters 5.people 6.hospital 7.paramedics 8.doctor 8.nurses 9.employee 10.robber 1.i 2.it 3.they 4.you 5.we 6.his 7.him 8.my 8.me 9.he 10.their pronouns 1.shot 2.say 3.telling 4.working 5.choose 6.went 7.read 8.accident 8.shouting 9.laughting 10.asked verbs

TASK B: underline and list 10 adjectives and 10 adverbs used adjectives 1.good 2.better 3.bad 4.learn 5.easy 6.great 7.scare 8.big 9.burly 10.kind 1.luckly 2.relatively 3.quickly 4.really 5.fully 6.burly 7.badly 8.well 9.curiously 10.carefully adverds

Mastery of knowledge. 1.TASK A : To show your understanding of the text; please come out with questions together with the answers from the text: 1.5 non - action verb questions 1. Who was a unique manager? Jerry was a unique manager. 2. When did you see Jerry? I saw Jerry about six month after the accident. 3. Where are Jerry works? Jerry works at the restaurant. 4. How to be a positive person all the time? To be a good person you must think positive. 5. Why were you hated Jerry? I was hated Jerry because he always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. 2. 5 action verb questions 1. Who was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation? Jerry was telling the employee to look on the positive side of the situation. 3. Why you were seeing this style really made you curious? I was seeing this style really made me curious because I cannot be a positive person all the time.

4. Who was shot by the robber? Jerry was shot by the robber. 5. Who was shouting questions to Jerry? The burly nurse was shouting questions to Jerry. 3. 5 Tag questions. 1. Jerry was a unique manager, wasnt he? Yes, Jerry was a unique manager. 2. Can you be a positive person all the time, cant you? Yes, I cant to be a positive person all the time. 3. Were you scared, werent you? Yes, I was scared. 4. Jerry wasnt found quickly and rushed to the local trauma center, was he? No, he was found quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. 5. Jerry was lived thanks to the skill of his doctor, wasnt he? Yes, Jerry was lived thanks to the skill of his doctor. 4. 5 Wh- questions 1. Who was the guy you love to hate? Jerry was the guy I love to hate. 2. Where did Jerry work? Jerry worked as manager at the restaurant. 3. What the reason the waiters followed Jerry? The reason the waiters followed Jerry because of his attitude. 4. How do you do to be a positive person? You must be always think positive to be a positive person. 5. Why you lost touch with Jerry? 9

I lost touch with Jerry because I left the restaurant industry to start my own business.

5.1 evaluation level question. 1.What did you learn from Jerry? I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude is everything. 6. 1 appreciation level question. 1. What do you think about Jerry? I think Jerry is a lucky person because he still live although he was Shot by the robber.

TASK B 9

After you read the whole text, to show your understanding ,produce story line of the text in form of graphic organizer.

-Determined and strength in facing challenges in life

-Life experience teaches a person to be more appreciate the future life.learn something to do something better.

Attitude is everything -Positive person all the time

-Postive thinking in many ways and situation to be a good role model to the others. Seft-motivation contributes meaningful life and good workplace environment.

-In deciding something,do it wisely and agreed by everybody around us.

APPRECIATION I won a full appreciation chaired Puan Mariah bt Ismail Lecturer Subject English (WAJ 3102) on his willingness to do this to me. She also helped me throughout the development of this work occurs. I also would like thousands of loyal customers to thank friends and family who helped directly or indirectly during the process of realizing this task. Of knowledge that I can throughout my complete this task. In line with the paradigm shift in the era of globalization, so dominant that teachers in this country to unleash a variety of knowledge in the face of this earth. In adults now, various development from all angles so rapidly developed, so did the development in education. Therefore teachers should belong to the people who always keep up with such a civilization .I accept withdrew from my treasured words. -reflection and safe work. "Adversity is not all torture and the most bitter is not all poison. But sometimes it is more useful than the perpetual enjoyment action. Alhamdulillah.

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COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2012 PPG PROGRAMME TITLE : ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING NAME : SURINA BT KASSIM IC NOMBER : 730701-11-5164 GROUP : BAHASA MELAYU 5 (BMM5) SUBJECT: WAJ 3102 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGFICIENY 1 LECTURER : PUAN MARIAH BT ISMAIL DUE DATE : 14.4.2012