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1) Awarding of marks Content - 5 marks  Language - 5 marks Total - 10 marks 2) Your summary will be assessed based on the following : Ability to identify main contents. Ability to write the main contents in your own words without changing the original meaning. 3) Things to remember : Use the 10 words (introductory line) given. Make sure the spellings are correct. Leave out unnecessary details like explanations and repetitions. Check the pronoun to be used (I, you, she, he). Do not write more than 60 words. If your summary is longer than the words allowed, you might have included irrelevant points. If your summary is too short, you might have missed out important points. How to earn maximum marks for summary? 1) Rearrange the sentence This hobby enriches one's geographical and historical knowledge of a country . (Arranged as) One's geographical and historical knowledge of a country can be enriched. 2) Replace some words with synonyms ...

The tips Students, for Paper 2 - Summary (Section B), if you have difficulties to understand what the passage and the question are all about, you are encouraged to use the following tips: Copy the first  2 sentences of each paragraph starting from the   second    paragraph (because the 10 introduction words are taken from the first paragraph). Copy the sentences in full. Copy the sentences without any spelling errors. Copy only 60 words. If the 60 th word is not the last word, ask the students to complete the sentence. Omit the 10 introductory words. Use linkers in order to get 3 marks for language. Sample question [PMR 2006]      More and more animals are surrendered to Zoo Negara. Sometimes, the  animals are abandoned at the gates.       Zoo Negara accepts the animals for humane reasons but the dumping  of these animals poses management problems for the Malaysian Zoological  Society. The dumping ...

I would like to share the following tips which were gained from a course organised by the Education Department of Sepang District (PPD Sepang) which was held months ago.  You could also click on the previous post:  How to answer PMR Paper 2 - Section C  to learn more tips on PMR Literature. Literature tips - Use the IMEJ method I - Identify what the question wants M - Make a statement E - Elaborate on the answers J - Justify the elaboration by giving textual evidence from the novel Framework of the answer Novel Author Introduction Evidence 1+ Detail Evidence 2 + Detail Evidence 3 + Detail Conclusion (Compulsory) * Minimum 2 evidence Sample Question - An incident that changed the life of a character 1. I dentify The character - Dr Jekyll Incident - He discovers a new drug 2. M ake a statement An incident/event that changes the life of Dr Jekyll is when he discovers a new drug. 3. E laborate Answer the qu...

PMR 2011 candidates, you are encouraged to use the following framework in order to answer Paper 2 - Section C (Literature): PARAGRAPH 1 State the novel that you choose (ONE novel only).  State the author of the novel. State briefly what the novel is about. Write one statement that answers the question. You may start Paragraph 1 using one of the following phrase: The novel I have chosen is… I like to choose…. The novel I have studied is….. Example on how to start Paragraph 1:                The novel I have chosen is The Phantom of The Opera written by …… The story is about a love triangle involving Erik, Christine Daae and Raoul. ……………………………………………… PARAGRAPH 2 Evidence 1 + Detail PARAGRAPH 3 Evidence 2 + Detail PARAGRAPH 4 Evidence 3 + Detail PARAGRAPH 5 Conclusion (compulsory) One sentence only *Minimum two(2) evidences + details Tips to answer literature question...

Synopsis The cover of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde unabridged novel (Credit to:  http://prashantb.wordpress.com ) This story was about a scientist, Dr. Jekyll, who discovered a potion which allowed him to transform into Mr. Hyde, an ugly and cruel being. Dr. Jekyll believed that the good and evil in a person can be separated. Therefore, after 10 years of experiments, he succeeded in separating the two identities. He then begins to lead a double life. As Dr. Jekyll, he lived a respectable life. He was close friends with the most respected people in the community such as Mr. Utterson, a lawyer and Dr. Lanyon, a doctor. As Edward Hyde, he was the evil monster. He did not think twice about doing brutal acts. He even murdered Sir Danvers Carew. Dr. Jekyll continued to change into Hyde. Hyde began to grow stronger until Jekyll was unable to control the change. In the end, Mr. Utterson found out the truth about Jekyll and Hyde. Unfortunately, Hyde, who is also Dr. Jekyll, h...