CCHY_2022_EL-1128_SW-Cheat-Sheet

1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Paper 1: Situational Writing Cheat Sheet Secondary 4 Express / Secondary 5 Normal (Academic) NAME: ______________________( ) DATE: ______________ CLASS: _______ From the O Level English Syllabus Document (www.seab.gov.sg) These are the types of Situational Writing questions that have been set for O Levels: Year Type Situation 2013 INFORMAL LETTER Writing to your uncle who wants to give you a graduation gift (technological device) 2014 FORMAL LETTER Writing to a charity Project Organiser to express your interest to volunteer to help victims of weather in Malaysia 2015 ARTICLE Writing an online article for a competition by a travel website to encourage readers to visit a particular destination 2016 SPEECH Speaking to your CCA group about an end-of-year celebration to Sentosa 2017 INFORMAL E-MAIL Writing to your brother to choose an option to improve your activity levels (tracker, personal trainer or gym membership) 2018 FORMAL E-MAIL Writing to your Principal to express your preference for a new school facility 2019 FORMAL LETTER Writing to an ECG Counsellor to apply for a work experience opportunity 2020 INFORMAL E-MAIL Writing to aunt and uncle who want to sponsor an anniversary present (overseas trip) for your brother and sister-in-law 2021 ??? ???

2 Rubrics: TASK FULFILMENT (10 marks)  Good understanding of purpose  Clear awareness of context and audience  Organisational structure and format entirely appropriate  All required points developed in detail, fully amplified and well organised  Given information and visual stimulus well-used to justify personal opinion and interpretation LANGUAGE (20 marks)  Highly accurate, apart from very occasional slips  Sentence structures varied for particular effects  Verbs forms largely correct and appropriate tenses consistently used  Vocabulary wide and precise  Punctuation accurate and helpful  Spelling accurate, apart from very occasional slips  Paragraphs have unity, are linked, and show evidence of planning.  Tone and register entirely appropriate Approach: 1. Read the question to determine Purpose, Audience and Context 2. Analyse the Visual Text (label which info you can use for which bullet point) 3. Plan paragraph structure with information for each bullet point: a. Info from Visual Text b. Original ideas Formal vs Informal: Formal Informal Contractions (e.g. don’t, can’t, I’ll, she’d)  *exception: you can always use contractions in speech ✓ Spell out in full! Exclamation marks!  ✓ Questions?  *Change your question into a statement: e.g. I would like to enquire whether there is an application form I am required to fill up. ✓ e.g. Doesn’t it sound exciting? e.g. Guess what? e.g. Do you like dogs? Connecting words at the start of each paragraph - Firstly / Secondly / Th