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SPM Trial Kelantan 2020 (Paper 1) – Directed Writing

As the president of your school Counselling Club, you have attended a seminar about 'Stress
Management. Write a talk to your club members about the causes of stress and ways to lead a stress-
free life.
Use the poster below to write your talk.

STRESS
causes
• loss of friends
• major illness
• peer pressure
• pressure from parents
• [give your own idea]
• [give your own idea]
ways to lead a stress-free life
• make times for hobbies and interests
• get enough rest and sleep
• seek out social support
• accept there are things that you cannot control
• [give your own idea]
• [give your own idea]

When writing the talk, you must:

- use an appropriate greeting o state the purpose of the talk
- use all the notes given
- give your own ideas when needed
- use an appropriate closing

Section B: Continuous Writing

1. The influence of a great teacher can never be erased in our life. Describe the teacher who has left a
great influence on you.
2. E-learning has become a good and practical platform for students to learn. How far do you agree?
3. Write a story about a girl who had a shocking experience during a family vacation.
Begin your story with: “Julia was in jubilant mood when thinking about her upcoming school
holidays...”
4. Malaysia has the highest rate of obesity among Asian countries.
Why do you think many Malaysians are obese and what can be done to solve this problem?
5. Describe your first outing after Movement Control Order (MCO).
Explain what you did and your feelings at that time.
Directed Writing Modal Answer:

Formal Letter
FORMAT Format Layout
Introduction
Content 1: a, b, c
Content 2: d, e, f
Content 3: g, h, i
Content 4: j, k, l,
Conclusion (Ending)

Format layout A very good morning I bid to our teacher advisors and members of the
Counselling Club. As the president of the club, I was given a once-in-a-
lifetime opportunity to attend a seminar about “Stress Management” last
Saturday. Hence, I’m going to share with all of you about the causes of
stress and ways to lead a stress-free life. After all, sharing is caring. The
(main/ utmost/ dominant) purpose of this talk is to ensure that all of us
know how to deal with our daily stress (correctly/ properly).

INTRODUCTION Stress is inevitably 无法避免 a part and parcel of our everyday life.
However, research has consistently 持续 shown 显示 that Malaysians
have not attained 取得 an adequate 足够的 understanding of the dangers
of stress especially amongst teenagers. Hence, this phenomenon has
endangered a sense of urgency for us to make a thorough 彻底的，全面
discussion on the (causes/ reasons/ factors/ contributors) of stress besides
some practical and viable 可行的 solutions that can be
adopted=dipraktikkan 被实践 to stay away from this phenomenon and
with such knowledge as cited by Jim Rohn, it “provide food for the mind
and create light for understanding and awareness”.

POINT 1- loss of - For starters, teenagers mostly face stress due to loss of friends.
friends - _____________________________________________________________
(ELABORATION) ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
- In worst case scenario, this can eventually lead to depression.

POINT 2- major - Teenagers also deal with stress when major illnesses such as cancer befall
illness any members of their family.
(ELABORATION) - ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.

POINT 3- peer - In addition, since teenagers want to be accepted by peers, their next cause
pressure of stress is peer pressure.
(ELABORATION) - _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

POINT 4- pressure - On top of that, teenagers have to face pressure and high expectation
from parents from their own parents.
(ELABORATION) - ____________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.

POINT 5- own idea - Next, many teens also worry about meeting academic demands, pleasing
(ELABORATION) teachers and keeping up with their classmates.
- ____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________.

POINT 6- own idea - Lastly, teens also deal with stress from family discords such as marital
(ELABORATION) problem between parents or financial woes.
- _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

POINT 7- make - Now, there are actually (a variety of/ a wide array of/ a multitude of/ a
times for hobbies plethora of) (ways/ means/ approaches/ alternatives) for teenagers to
and interests lead a stress- free life.
(ELABORATION) - First and foremost, they need to (make/ allocate) time for their own
hobbies or interests.
- _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
- To further illustrate, all work but no play makes Jack a dull boy. Hobbies
can help teenagers to relax themselves and (paint the town red/ let their
hair down) for a while.

POINT 8- get enough - Another (surefire/ pragmatic) way is for teenagers to (get/ obtain/
rest and sleep acquire) (enough/ ample/ adequate/ sufficient) rest and sleep.
(ELABORATION) - _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

POINT 9- seek out - If things become too overwhelming for them, seeking out social support
social support from closed ones such as best friends and siblings is highly recommended.
(ELABORATION) - _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

POINT 10- accept - Apart from that, parents and teenagers both have to accept that there are
there are things that things in life which they cannot control.
you cannot control - _____________________________________________________________
(ELABORATION) ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

POINT 11- own idea - Teenagers also ought to plan a timetable for their own studies because
(ELABORATION) doing revision at the eleventh hour will only double their stress.
- _____________________________________________________________
 ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

POINT 12- own idea - Seeking professional help from a school counsellor can be considered if all
(ELABORATION) else fails.
- _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

CONCLUSION To wrap it up, where there is a will, there is a way. Stressed, when spelled
(Ending) backwards, is desserts. So look at stress in a positive light and it can push
you to become a better person in general. I hope my speech has
enlightened all of you and thank you for lending me your ears.

Paper 2: Section C

1 In May this year, a Malaysian who had left his family and country for the United States (US) to
continue his studies finally returned, ending his family’s agonizing 35-year wait. Upon his arrival at the
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Zaidi Mohd Zaid, 54, of Kubang Rawa, Salor, Kota Bharu,
Kelantan was greeted by more than a dozen family members and relatives. “I cried. We all cried,
holding one another. My youngest brother who was only two years old when I left, now has five kids,”
he said in a voice heavy with emotion.

2 He met his 79-year old mother for the first time upon returning to his village in Kelantan. Zaidi said
he had sought her forgiveness as she welcomed him back wholeheartedly. However, what was it that
kept Zaidi apart from his family all these years? In an exclusive interview with Bernama, Zaidi said it all
started when he made the decision to drop out of university. The guilt and remorse for having let
down his parents was too much to bear and prompted him to stop communicating with them. He was
determined to only return after making it big in the US.

3 A quest to earn extra money during his undergraduate years led Zaidi to take up a part-time job as
a waiter in a pizza restaurant in Sacramento. Having had a sampling of financial independence, Zaidi
found himself overcome by the desire to make even more money. By the third year of his studies, he
made the decision to drop out of university to work full-time without telling his family.

4 Two years later, he decided that it was time to come clean with his parents about his situation and
wrote home. The news devastated them. “My mom wrote back saying that I had really broken my
parents’ heart and that I had shattered their dreams,” he said, adding that his family had high hopes of
seeing him graduate with flying colours and eventually having a successful career. Crushed with
remorse over how much he had disappointed his parents, Zaidi, who was 21 then,decided he could not
go home empty-handed. He was determined to make his fortune before even thinking of returning to
Malaysia.

5 He soon found that life in a foreign land, without a degree or family by his side, was no bed of
roses. For the first five years, he shared an apartment in Sacramento with five other Malaysian
students. He earned a living by working odd jobs; waiting tables and sorting mail in a warehouse. In
time he realized that things were not going as expected. He was homesick, but the shame and
frustration caused him to further alienate his family.
 In the summer of 1991, he decided to try his luck elsewhere. Zaidi ended up in Reno City,Nevada
with the hope of making a fresh start. However, six months on, he was still unable to land a proper job.
As he made barely enough to survive and knew no one there to stay with, he soon became homeless.
“It was one of the hardest times in my life, constantly moving from place to place, looking for work as I
slept outside or in homeless shelters whenever I could find one.

6 In Reno, it took almost seven years to land a job that provided him with a stable income. Eventually
he was able to earn enough to buy a van to start his own business. “Reno is a world-famous
entertainment city with its parades, casinos, and events. Tourists come all year round. I saw an
opportunity to start a tour service,” he said. Zaidi started a service called the “High Desert Tour” where
he covered tourist hotspots around the city. His business expanded through referrals from tourist
agencies and recommendations from his clients.

7 In 2018, Zaidi received a text message from his cousin, who informed him of the shocking news of
his father’s passing in 2015 and persuaded him to return as his ageing mother desperately wanted to
see him again. The text message was the wake-up call Zaidi needed. He regretted alienating his family
but was grateful to be blessed with a family that never gave up on him, despite everything that
transpired between them. Zaidi then realized it was time to go home.

Adapted from News Straits Times