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From:  *** <***@yahoo.com> To:  "nuhazyun@yahoo.com" <nuhazyun@yahoo.com> Sent:  Sunday, October 7, 2012 2:15 PM Subject:  English Hi teacher my name is ***.I love your blog and it help me a lot.But my problem is I always get low marks in summary writing.Since last trial exam i often get less than five marks for summry writing.I confused coz I think I have enough content.So I hope you can help me as english PMR paper is just a few days from now. Thank you. My reply: Read the text below and complete the following task. [PMR 2011] The newspaper is an extremely useful learning tool to students today. Besides being easily available and affordable, it offers them numerous benefits.             A survey carried out on the benefits of the newspaper clearly shows that students who read the newspapers have better awareness of the world around them. This is because they are better...

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 ...