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SPM ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1119 SMART MODULE 2 2011 ENGLISH LANGUAGE UNIT KEDAH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1 SPM ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1119 SMART MODULE 2 2011 Patron En. Mansor bin Lat Director of Kedah Education Department Advisor Tn. Hj. Asmee bin Haji Tajuddin Head of the Academic Sector Coordinator Pn. Hjh. Zaliha bt Ahmad The Principal Assistant Director (English Language) Committee Members Pn. Wan Aisyah bt Haris (Assistant District Language Officer for Language, Kota Setar) Pn. Hjh. Fadzillah bt Selamat (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Kubang Pasu) En. Yong Kooi Hin (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Baling Sik) En. Nordin bin Mohd. Noor (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Padang Terap) En. Azmi bin Othman (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Kuala Muda Yan) En. Nagaiah Velu (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Langkawi) En. Md. Zahir bin Husin (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Kulim Bandar Baharu) Pn. Nadia Normala Vimala bt Abdullah (Assistant District Language Officer for Languages, Pendang) Cik Farha bt Sobry (Assistant District Language Officer for English (Secondary), Kuala Muda Yan En. Oslan bin Yum (Assistant District Language Officer for English (Secondary), Kubang Pasu Panel of Smart Module 2 2011 (SPM 1119) 1. Pn. Farah Ikhmar bt Jafri (SMK Sik) 2. En. Lim Swee Teong (SMK Simpang Kuala) 3. YM Raja Nurhayati bt Raja Abdullah (SMK Seri Pantai) 4. Pn. Norliza bt Abd Hamid (SMK Syed Abu Bakar) 5. Pn. Razliza bt Razak (SM Vokasional Kulim) 6. Pn. Noorkhasimah bt Abdul Halim (SMK Dato’ Syed Ahmad) 7. Pn. Sabjeet Kaur a/p Kasmir Singh (SMK Pendang) 8. Pn. Adibah@Adiba bt Khusairi (SMK Naka) 9. Pn. Fadhilah bt Bukil (SMK Mahsuri) 2 10. En. Zanurin bin Mohamad Safar (SMK Kulim) 3 TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENT 1. INFORMATION TRANSFER 1.1 Teacher’s Notes 1.2 Student’s Tips 1.3 Practices Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Practice 4 Practice 5 Practice 6 Practice 7 Practice 8 Practice 9 2.READING COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY 2.1 Teacher’s Notes 2.2 Student’s Tips 2.3 Practices Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Practice 4 Practice 5 Practice 6 Practice 7 Practice 8 3. LITERATURE COMPONENT-POEMS 3.1 Teacher’s Notes 3.2 Student’s Tips 3.3 Practices Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Practice 4 Practice 5 Practice 6 Practice 7 Practice 8 Practice 9 Practice 10 Practice 11 Practice 12 4 4. LITERATURE COMPONENT-NOVEL 4.1 Teacher’s Notes 4.2 Student’s Tips 4.3 Practices Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Practice 4 Practice 5 Practice 6 Practice 7 5. DIRECTED WRITING 5.1 Teacher’s Notes 5.2 Student’s Tips 5.3 Sample Essays and Practices Sample Essay and Practice 1 Sample Essay and Practice 2 Sample Essay and Practice 3 Sample Essay and Practice 4 Sample Essay and Practice 5 Sample Essay and Practice 6 Sample Essay and Practice 7 6. CONTINUOUS WRITING 6.1 Teacher’s Notes 6.2 Student’s Tips 6.3 Sample Essays Sample Essay 1 Sample Essay 2 Sample Essay 3 Sample Essay 4 Sample Essay 5 Sample Essay 6 Sample Essay 7 Sample Essay 8 Sample Essay 9 Sample Essay 10 Sample Essay 11 Sample Essay 12 Sample Essay 13 Sample Essay 14 Sample Essay 15 Sample Essay 16 5 Table of content 1. Information Transfer 1.1 Teacher’s Notes and Student’s Tips 1.2 Practice Practice 1 Practice 2 Practice 3 Practice 4 Practice 5 Practice 6 Practice 7 Practice 8 Practice 9 6 1 . INFORMATION TRANSFER 1.1 Tips on Answering Information Transfer Question 1. Study the information in the text carefully. -The text can varies from advertisements, notices, movie reviews, news report, catalogues, pamphlets and so forth. 2. Read the questions carefully. -Make sure you know what the questions ask for. -The questions may require you to write the name of events, titles of movies, or relevant words or phrases taken out of the text. 3. The answer should be short and straight to the point. - Do not write in full sentence or use your own words. 4. You may need to do some logical reasoning for some of the questions. -Note the keywords in each question to help you to choose your answer. 5. Spell your answer correctly. 6. If students give more than one answer, mark will be awarded if only all the answers given are correct. - applicable for questions with more than possible answers. 7 1.2 Practice Practice 1 THE NO. 1 CHOICE AMONGST LAW STUDENTS IN MALAYSIA Over 100 World And National Top Students, 1st Class And 2nd Uppers In The LLB, CLP and ICSA Over The Past 2 Years. 5 Reasons to Study Law at The Wide Range Of Law Programmes Offered Bhaling Law Institute PRE-UNIVERSITY 1 Comprehensive Law Library- BLI houses • A Level a specialist law library which allow access to (Cambridge International online resources. Examination) 2 Free Books and Study Materials- UNDERGRADUATE students will be provided with free textbook, • LLB (Hons.) Cardiff University statute books, study manuals and revision guide. • LLB (Hons) Liverpool University • LLB (Hons) Northumbria 3 Accomodation Services- BLI provides University ongoing accommodation service and its hall of • LLB (Hons) Reading University residence will be opening in 2011. Via UK TRANSFER DEGREE 4 Flexible Study Modes- You can choose to PROGRAMME (LAW) study Full Time, Part Time, on weekend or via Distance Learning. PROFESSIONAL • Diploma for Legal Secretaries 5 Financial Assistance- Scholarships, • Professional Development PTPTN loans, EPF withdrawal and installment scheme are available. Programmes CALL 1- 800- 889- 5324 ( MS. SHANIA TWAINE) OR EMAIL US AT [email protected] 8 Complete the blanks with the information from the text. MEMO 1.Name of The College :…………………………………………………. (1m) Types of Programmes offered : 2…………………………………………………… (1m) 3…………………………………………………… (1m) 4……………………………………………………. (1m) Benefits you get if you study there 5……………………………………………………………………….……………..(1m) 6……………………………………………………………………….……………..(1m) 7……………………………………………………………………..……………….(1m) 8………………………………………………………………………………………(1m) 9…………………………………………………………………….………………..(1m) 10. Discount you get if you register early is …………………….………………(1m) 9 Practice 2 Hundreds attend celebration of Chinese Culture By : Danny Ooi GEORGE TOWN: Hundreds of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) students, their family members and the public held a Chinese New Year celebration recently. The function, held for the fifth time, was to promote Chinese culture and tradition. “ We hold this event yearly because it is of utmost importance for us to preserve our culture. We believe it will help the younger generation to embrace their own culture,” said the celebration’s project director Ng Ze Shen. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, was the guest- of-honour. Also present was USM deputy vice-chancellor of student affairs and development Datuk Dr Omar Osman. There were performances by USM drum group, USM Chinese Orchestra and singer Wong Choon Yean. The function also included a lion dance, beat box, twirling diabolo, face changing, model show and fire-eating.Food, games and other stalls were also set up to entertain the crowd. (Source: NST, March 11, 2011) 10 Fill in the blanks below with answers from the news report above. 1. Headline :………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Reporter: ………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Venue of the event :…………………………………………………………………….. 4. Objective of the event: …………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Event manager: …………………………………………………………………………………… Invited V.I.P : 6) Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon Position: ………………………………………………………………………… 7) Datuk Dr Omar Osman Position:…………………………………………………………………………. Performances by USM students 8) …………………………………………………………………………………….. 9) …………………………………………………………………………………….. 10) ………………………………………………………………………………….... (10 marks) 11 Practice 3 TOP3 INDIAN RESTAURANTS IN PULAU MUTIARA Drop by Gem Restaurant which offers North and South Indian cuisines. The restaurant with its fusion of contemporary and traditional décor, serves a wide array of food from spicy dishes to creamy delights. The Mutton Sheekh Kebab marinated in aromatic saffron and spices pack a punch. The restaurant is at the corner of Bishop Street and King Street. Passions of Kerala has two outlets in Penang-one in Gelugor and the other in New World Park. Numerous fresh spices are used. The dishes are cooked with a generous amount of grated amount of grated coconut and coconut milk. The banana leaf rice is served with an assortment of vegetables dishes. Sri Ananda Bahwan has a spacious outlet in Tanjung Bungah and Little India. Tuck into specialities such as Gobi Manchurian and the mixed of naan basket which comes with mint and sweet sauce. They have a wide variety of sweet and savoury dessert such as bananas son palpua, palkova and chocolate almond cakes. (images from yahoo.com) Sources: NST, March 3 ,2011 12 Fill in the blanks with correct answers from the advertisement . 13 Practice 4 Edinburgh's Hogmanay Torchlight Procession The Torchlight Procession opens Edinburgh's Hogmanay festivities. It takes place on 30th December, starting at Parliament Square by St Giles Cathedral at 6.30pm and winding its way down the Mound to Calton Hill. Grab a torchlight and your blonde wig, and join a bunch of noisy, hairy vikings and Scotsmen as they drag a viking warship up Edinburgh's Calton Hill.On arriving at the hill firework displays and the blazing flames from the ship will light up the night sky when the ship itself is put to the torch. Hogmanay warmer-upper A troupe of 30 vikings from the Lerwick Up Helly Aa Viking Festival in Shetland will lead hundreds of torch carriers.They're accompanied by the pipes and drums of both traditional and contemporary outfits, which have included Barnton & Dalkeith Pipe Band, the Coalburn Pipes and Drums, the Tartan Dholies, and Schnickelfritz. How to get your torches • Torch vouchers cost £5.00 in advance or £6.00 on the night and are available from the Hogmanay Box Office and Edinburgh Hogmanay ticket outlets. On the day you exchange vouchers for the torches from 4.30pm in Parliament Square by St Giles Cathedral.