Do you score well in P1 ? Which question do you normally choose for Bahagian B ?

Heartnsoul

Here's my Percubaan Karangan , what do you think ? I cringe at my spelling errors though .


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Here's a link to Bahagian A and Bahagian B karangan's by a student of Cikgu Tan , not sure if you've seen this blog :

http://cikgutancl.blogspot.com/2013/09/ram...memelihara.html

Her essay seems to flow quite smoothly ; peribahasa's are in abundance .

Resolve the object's weight into its parallel component . Then use the value obtained and the value of frictional force to calculate the net force .

This post has been edited by maximR: Sep 21 2013, 03:13 PM

Do you commit careless mistakes in Add Maths ? I find it frustrating and hard to achieve perfection when mistakes pop up here and there .

At least you know what to do now before SPM .

I'm not sure what to do , which is a bit scary .

I guess emphasis would be placed on Bahasa Melayu , Sejarah and Biology for me .

I'll practise Physics , Chemistry , Add Maths once a week --- Moral ; twice .

English and Maths , once every fortnight .

I'll be having Gerak Gempur as well so that would be extra , beneficial practice . Or that's how I'm looking at it now .

Your 'girl-friend' ?

I salute her .

All right ...
Your teacher must have been entertained , at least . Very brave of him . Post that on /k and you'll get lots of attention .

Hello there senior !

We are already very busy scrambling for past years , and racing against time to finish everything . I think it'll be better if you go to a bookshop and buy those books .

Because the situasi only has one example , Ali menghisap rokok . You can repeat the situasi in your KK Penerangan but never the Contoh's .

Pretty well , perhaps ? Constant preparation for Sejarah though . Nearly done with Biology, which is a relief , now all I have to do for the science subjects are the experiments . Need to practice more for A.M P2 , and get my butt off to read E.A as time will be running out . We'll have Negeri Sembilan Gerak Gempur next week . Ughhh . Not sure what to feel . On one hand I feel that it'll be a good practice , on another , I want to spend these weeks with my friends --- it'll be the last with them , in school .

By the way , sorry for not replying to your queries ; do you mind posting them here if you could ? After the trials results were announced , I thought I would be free for a while , but no , I had to print trial papers , share mine with friends from other schools and deal with teachers about a few things .

The GC BM will be back at our school for another session of BM Bengkel . I'll share the goodies ( scan them ) here if there are any ; if time is forgiving .

Meanwhile , are you guys 100% familiar with Sejarah ? I still am not .

Applied for Matriculation . Not expecting much , but I'm interested in knowing how a Lain-lain will fare in getting a place .

Amazing results . Keep up the great work .

Wait , you're joking right ? Please tell me you're being sarcastic .

I can assure you that what you've just said doesn't apply to SPM . I'm not sure where you heard that . Even if your teacher told you that , you must've at least asked around to disprove this , because it's not true at all .

The description of criteria for Band A ( 44-50 , the highest band ) doesn't contain any points about writing like the Americans , British or Singaporeans . This is very absurd ! Furthermore there isn't an agreed rule of thumb as to how an American piece of writing compares to how a Singaporean would write an essay . English is universal , aside from slight differences between spelling and choice of words .

I've even talked to Head Examiners and read a few sample essays which have been awarded 50/50 , and they are in no way mind-blowing , nor do they display any characteristics of being an ' American ' essay . There were also occasional first draft slips and minor grammatical errors .

So I disagree with your statements completely .

This post has been edited by maximR: Sep 30 2013, 07:46 PM

I don't quite understand what you've said about activities in reference books , and your way of answering inference for Chemistry will only garner you 1 mark out of 3 .

For Biology , the requirements for an Operational Definition changes according to the experiment . Basically , OP in Biology is the one that most students find the most difficult , even students in the 'excellent' band/category . In order to answer OP in Biology , you must know the theory , then define the theory using variables controlled/measured in an experiment . Follow that with a general statement , sort of like an idea level inference .

Example :

Photosynthesis is a process that takes place in Hydrilla sp. , in the presence of sodium hydrogen carbonate solution , placed at different distances from the light bulb , and produce gas bubbles . Rate of photosynthesis is affected by light intensity .

It's a mouthful , I know , but Biology P3 requires precise and detailed answers for full three marks . Some OP are simpler due to simple materials used , for example :

Pepsin enzyme hydrolyses albumen solution from cloudy to clear , and the rate of pepsin enzyme reaction is affected by albumen concentration .

In Chemistry , OP is simpler , but can be tricky sometimes . Keep in mind , always look at what you've done , and what you observe after doing that ( thing ) . Aside from that , you need to specify the material used , normally using the upper extreme case and also state the 'direction' . Example :

When iron nail is coiled with copper strip and immersed in test tube filled with agar solution mixed with potassium hexacyanoferrate ( III ) and phenolphthalein solution, higher/highest intensity of blue spots are formed .

In orange , what you do . In blue , what you observe . The upper extreme case is when ' copper strip ' is used [ which produces the highest intensity of blue spots ] , this depends on the experiment . The direction here is 'higher' , or 'highest' .

The example I took is a long one . But I hope people reading this will get an idea on how to answer .

A word of advice , Heartnsoul , not about you . I hope people reading this will not be offended :

While it may be tempting to offer advice , do it only when you're really sure . I'm not saying that you must stop giving advice altogether , but it'll be extremely helpful if you were to do some research before posting . I really want candidates here who are having trouble with certain aspects of SPM to get the right thing , not ' what I feel ' , or ' how I answer ' , or ' what my teacher says ' .

I don't know about most of you but I was educated in a rural school for close to 5 years [ I still am ] . These 5 years , which have proven to be challenging , have taught me the importance of doubt and attitude to strive towards the most accurate explanation . It's never good to be complacent . Always try to dig further until you've reached the end where proof is shown to you in black and white . I think this will take you far in whatever you do .

Meanwhile , don't stop sharing inputs [ but do it with caution ! ]

On a sidenote , had BM Gerak Gempur today . Will post all the 'tajuk's or experiments that came out when I have the time .

This post has been edited by maximR: Sep 30 2013, 08:10 PM

In SPM , there are 5 types :

1 . Factual
2 . Descriptive
3 . Reflective
4 . Writing a story with an opening / ending
5 . Open-ended , one word essay

I have only exclusively touched factual , but in my trials I took a huge risk , I wrote a story for the first time . It was satisfying , but not impressed with how I developed the story . I'm not sure which to choose know , maybe I'll stick with one , maybe during SPM I'll take the risk again .

I have read a lot of American newspaper articles , and I agree , the words they use grab your attention --- even with simple ones .

But I really think that getting 40+ requires something extremely impressive is far-fetched . Most likely your teachers were being too stringent , they wanted students to push themselves further .

The Head Examiner also quipped that he once marked essays from an all-girls school in Penang , and almost half had obtained 50/50 ! Not sure which though .

The essays I read were stories . One of them really caught my attention . It was written for the one-word essay prompt , 'WATER' [ about a Hindu god named Varuna ] . The essay was simple and sweet , not at NY Times' level , but it was fairly simple and interesting to read . The essay scored 50/50 , and was shared with all English teachers in Malaysia in the year 1997 .