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Bahasa Malaysia and English Tuition

Topic: What are the advantages and disadvantages of students participating in sports? Step 1: Pre-writing: Brainstorming technique: Listing Advantages a. Healthy b. Release stress and tension Disadvantages a. no time for homework b. spend too much time in school Step 2: Planning a. give a topic sentence for each paragraph (i.e. for each advantage / disadvantage) b. expansion of notes Paragraph 1: Sports - activities carried out for pleasure / exercise (Introduce the topic. Give definition) Paragraph 2: Good for health (Advantage 1: Elaborate topic sentence. What good does sports do for the body?) Paragraph 3: Sports participation instils discipline and develops leadership qualities. (Advantage 2: Elaborate topic sentence. How? Give examples on discipline and leadership qualities.) Paragraph 4: Sports participation leads students to neglect their homework, studies and even family (Advantage 3: Elaborate topic sentence. How? ) Step 3: Writing Write the draft ...

Argumentative writing: Guidelines: 1. You may have to do one of the following:     a. to present a viewpoint (i.e. to argue for or against a topic OR to argue in such a way so as to persuade the reader to agree with you).     b. to discuss the pros and cons of the topic     c. to try to solve a given problem. 2. use these strategies     a introduction - state your stand on the topic     b. middle paragraph - present the facts clearly and forcefully, give accurate facts, use specific examples and illustrations to support your argument. 3. conclusion     a. restate your stand

Mr. Bryan is very tall and well-built with broad shoulders and muscular arms and legs. He is very fir for a Chinese man. He always wears a cap and has a big, bushy beard. His nose is long and hooked and rather aristocratic-looking but he has the warmest and dreamiest eyes I have ever seen. He is always smiling rather sweetly in a dreamy sort of way.

Skin - dark - fair - smooth - pale - healthy - tanned - freckles - pimples - scar (where) - pock-marked

hands - huge - tiny - broad - narrow - soft - rough palms (from hard work) - perfect nail-polish - green nail-polish - diamond rings - dirty nails - bitten nails

ears - sticking out - very small - dangling earrings

mouth - thin lips - full lips - yellow teeth - smiling - pouting - rosebud

cheeks - rosy - pale - sunken - dimples - grimy - drooping

eyes - big - small - slanting - round - like slits - bright - dull - soulful - dreamy - kind - cruel - cold - warm - blue - brown - green - bloodshot

Nose - big  - flat - long  - crooked  - hooked - turned up - pointed - flaring nostrils

Shape of face - round - long - broad - oval - heart-shaped -egg-shaped - pointed chin - rather chinless - cleft chin - double chin - square jaw

Arms / Legs - long - short - skinny - muscular - flabby

Size / Shape: - tall - short - of about average height - medium height - fat - well-built - muscular - thin - slim - stout - lanky - shapely - broad chest - square shoulders - paunchy - chubby