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MODEL QUESTION AND ANSWER (WRITING SCHOOL ACTIVITY REPORTS)

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QUESTION

You are the Secretary of the Environmen­tal Science Society in your school. The society organised a “Get to know the Water” week. As the secretary, write a report for the activity.

In your report, you should:

• Describe all the details of the trip

• State what you have learnt from the trip

• You may add any other informatio­n When writing your report, you should remember to:

• Give your report a title

• Include the name of the writer

• Use all the points given

Exam-style question TASK 6: Answer the following question.

The Co-Curricular Unit of your district recently organised a Jungle survival skills camp for all presidents and secretarie­s of the various clubs in your school. You are the editor of the school magazine. You, too, attended the camp and you have been asked to write a report for the school magazine. In your report, include the following informatio­n:

Place: Endau-Rompin National Park

Date: 26 - 28th September, 2018

Participan­ts: Presidents and secretarie­s of various clubs in school Organised by: District Co-curricular Unit

Objectives of the camp:

• Develop basic motor skills in wilderness survival

• Teamwork

Activities: Day 1

Briefing by facilitato­rs

Made bottles from bamboo

Prepared ropes from tree barks

Set up net to catch fish for dinner

Start fires using available natural resources

Day 2

Trekking

Learn how to tie fishing hooks

Place fishing lines

Set up own shelter

Prepare food using bamboo and wild leaf.

Day 3

• Group assessment

When writing your report, you should remember to:

• Give your report a title

• include the name of the writer

• use all the points given.

Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

WRITING ARTICLES

An article is a compositio­n on a specific topic written for newspapers, magazines, newsletter­s and so on.

Introducti­on

The articles that you need to write are usually based on facts such as real events or current topics. It will be good if you have a sound knowledge of the topics so that you can mention real events in your essay.

Guidelines

1. Articles give informatio­n about a certain topic. Therefore, you should provide suitable informatio­n that would interest the reader.

2. You should study the question, notes and pictures given carefully. Make sure you understand the informatio­n provided. Take note of the important details.

3. You must take note of who you are writing for. If the readers of your article are teachers and students, make sure the subject of your article and the language level would hold their attention.

4. Plan what you want to write about and expand on the notes given.

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