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SECTION A
You are advised to spend about 40 minutes on this question.
Anda dicadangkan menjawab soalan ini dalam masa 40 minit.
Ismail wants to buy a toy helicopter but feels pity towards the blind man across the road. Write a
story and make it as interesting as possible.

1
Ismail outside a toy shop
counting his money

2
Sees blind man across the
road

3
feels pity decides not to
buy

4
5
6
- crosses the road
- drops his coins into tin
- the blind man thanks the
rich woman goes out of
woman
car
(Adapted: J.B. Heaton, Composition through Pictures)
When writing your story:
use the pictures or notes given
elaborate on the notes to make it more interesting
make sure it is not less than 120 words
[30 marks]
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SECTION B
You are advised to spend about 30 minutes on this question.
Anda dicadangkan menjawab soalan ini dalam masa 30 minit.
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.
A Great Hornbills nest, possibly the first of its kind to be found in the peninsula, has
been discovered in an old-growth plantation.
Malaysian Nature Society committee member Anuar Abdullah McAfee, who found the
nest in a durian tree, said Great Hornbills, Buceros bicornis, were not uncommon in peninsula
Malaysia, but no nests have ever been found.
The discovery of the nest in an old growth plantation is in itself unexpected. Research has
shown that 90 per cent of Great Hornbills prefer to nest in deep forest, with a few to be found in
open forest.
A New Straits Times team which visited the site about 7.30am saw a male Great Hornbill
passing food to another bird, believed to be a female, inside the nest, hidden in a cavity in the
durian tree.
Great Hornbills, or Enggang Papan, are found especially in Langkawi, Pangkor, and
parts of Kelantan and Pahang, while at least seven other species of hornbills can be found in the
Kenyir area.
( Adapted: NST. May 17, 2006 )

Rewrite on the discovery of The Great Hornbill Nest:

in continuous writing form.

in one paragraph.
in your own words as far as possible.
in not more than 60 words including the 10 words given below.

Begin with:
The first of the Great Hornbills nesting cavity was found in .
[10 marks]

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SECTION C
You are advised to spend about 20 minutes on this question.
Anda dicadangkan menjawab soalan ini dalam masa 20 minit.

Novels:
1. Potato People Angela Wright
2. Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
3. The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux
4. Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
5. The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope Hawkins

Choose one of the novels above. Based on the novel that you have chosen, write about one
character that you think is friendly. Give evidence from the novel to support your answer.
Your response should be
in not less than 50 words
in continuous writing form
[10 marks]

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MARKING CRITERIA FOR SECTION A GUIDED WRITING BAND DESCRIPTORS

BAND

MARKS

EXCELLENT

25 30

DESCRIPTORS

CREDIT

19 24

ACHIEVEMENT

13 18

WEAK

7 12

VERY WEAK

16

Task fulfilled with ideas and details welldeveloped and well-organised.

Language is accurate with few minor errors and
first draft slips.
Varied sentence structures are used effectively
to convey meaning.
Vocabulary is apt and widely used.
Accurate use of mechanics of writing.
Interest of the reader is aroused and sustained.
Task fulfilled with ideas and details developed
and organised.
Language is largely accurate with some serious
and minor errors.
Simple and compound sentence structures are
accurate.
Vocabulary is wide enough but lacks precision.
Almost always accurate use of spelling,
punctuation and paragraphing.
Interest of the reader is aroused but not
sustained.
Task fulfilled with ability to develop some ideas
but lacks details; ideas adequately organised.
Language is sufficiently accurate with frequent
serious errors.
Simple and compound sentence structures are
attempted.
Vocabulary is sufficient to convey meaning.
Some errors in mechanics of writing.
Task partially fulfilled with ideas less developed;
ideas lacking organisation.
Language is barely accurate with frequent
serious errors that hamper reading.
Vocabulary is limited.
Serious errors in mechanics of writing.
Task hardly fulfilled; ideas lack cohesion.
High density of errors; meaning is hardly
conveyed.

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SECTION B
Content : 5 marks
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Found in an old-growth durian plantation

Found by Anuar Abdullah Mc Afee, a committee member of The Malaysian Nature
Society
The discovery of the nest is unexpected, no nest have ever been found
90% of the Great Hornbills prefer to nest in deep forest
A New Straits Times team witnessed a male Great Hornbill passing food to a female
inside the nest
Great Hornbill are found in the Northern region of Peninsular Malaysia

Any 5 content points would warrant a maximum of 5 marks.

Language: 5 marks (see marking band overleaf)

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MARKING CRITERIA FOR SECTION B SUMMARY

BAND

MARKS

EXCELLENT

DESCRIPTORS

CREDIT

ACHIEVEMENT

WEAK

VERY WEAK

Marked ability to use own words

Language is accurate
: use of simple and compound sentences
: appropriate linkers
: use of correct grammar
Accurate spelling and punctuation
First draft slips
No lifting of sentences
No irrelevant details
Ability to use own words
Language is largely accurate
: use of simple and compound sentences
: appropriate linkers
: use of correct grammar
Spelling and punctuation largely accurate
Some minor errors
Almost no lifting of sentences
No irrelevant details

Attempts to use own words

Language is sufficiently accurate
: use of simple and compound sentences
(majority of simple sentences)
: some use of linkers
: some serious grammatical errors
Some serious errors in spelling and punctuation
Some irrelevant details

No attempt to use own words

Frequent serious errors in grammar, spelling
and punctuation
Linkers hardly used
Wholesale lifting of text material
Irrelevant details

High density of errors fractured syntax

Total lifting of text material, i.e. transcript
Irrelevant details

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MARKING CRITERIA FOR SECTION C NOVEL BAND DESCRIPTORS

BAND

MARKS

EXCELLENT

9 10

DESCRIPTORS

CREDIT

78

ACHIEVEMENT

56

34
WEAK

VERY WEAK

12

Requirements of task fulfilled

Ideas and details well-developed, well
organised with evidence from text
Varied sentence structures (simple and
compound)
Wide and apt vocabulary
Accurate use of language
Accurate mechanics of writing
Requirements of task fulfilled
Ideas and details largely developed, organised
and supported with evidence from text
Varied sentence structures (simple and
compound)
Vocabulary wide enough
Largely accurate use of language
Largely accurate mechanics of writing
Requirements of task fulfilled
Ideas and details sufficiently developed with
some organisation and supported with some
evidence from text
Sentences structures lack variety (simple
structures dominate)
Adequate vocabulary used
Sufficiently accurate use of language
Fairly accurate mechanics of writing
Requirements of task partially fulfilled
Ideas lack development and organisation with
minimal textual support mere narration
Sentence structures mostly simple with errors
that hamper reading
Vocabulary limited
Language is barely accurate with errors that
hamper reading
Inconsistent mechanics of writing
Requirements of task hardly fulfilled
Hardly any development of relevant ideas or
textual support
High density of errors; blurring evidence, lacks
cohesion
Vocabulary very limited
Mechanics of writing numerous errors

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