WRITING AN ARTICLE

SKILL : WRITING
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of this lesson, you are able
to:

1) Write an article with the right format and convention

SUCCESS CRITERIAS:

1) Able to construct sentences from the points given, using

SENTENCE PATTERN learnt.
2) Able to use MODAL VERBS correctly in the sentences.
3) Able to insert some LINKERS to produce coherent
sentences.
ARTICLE ???

 a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper,

magazine, or other publication.
 Example: article about ‘How To Stay Healthy’
‘Safety Tips On Road’
‘Inculcating Reading Habit’
FORMAT OF AN ARTICLE

HOW TO NURTURE READING HABIT F1 : Title

Written By: Muhammad Haziq Suhadi F2 : Writer’s name

 SENTENCE PATTERN

SUBJECT (WHO?) MODAL VERB (ROOT) PREDICATE

MUST NO : WHAT?

SHOULD • S/ES WHERE?

CAN • ING
• ED WHY?
HAVE TO
OUGHT TO EXAMPLES : WHEN?

NEED TO • GO WHO?
SHALL • WALK
• SPEND WHY?
WILL
 EXAMPLES: HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH
SUBJECT MODAL VERB (ROOT) PREDICATE
(WHO?)
You MUST WHAT? : newspaper, magazines and so forth

The students SHOULD WHERE? : to the library

CAN
We WHY? : to enrich our vocabulary
HAVE TO
Parents OUGHT TO WHEN? : once a week

NEED TO WHO? : with our parents or friends

SHALL
HOW? : by reading a lot of English materials
WILL
 SAMPLE ANSWERS

SUBJECT MODAL VERB (ROOT) PREDICATE

(WHO?)
1. The students should do a lot of reading.

They can read various types of English materials such as

newspaper, story books, magazines and many
more.

2. As the result, will enrich their new vocabulary as they come across
students unfamiliar words.
 INSERTING LINKERS

LINKERS SUBJECT MODAL VERB (ROOT) PREDICATE

Furthermore, parents can bring their children to the library once a week.

Besides,

Next,

Hence,

As a result, students will have The chance to access more

English materials like……
Next,

Finally,
NOW LET’S TRY! (GROUP WORK ACTIVITY)

 SPM MODULE PAGE 20

GROUP MEMBERS TASK
1 AINI / UMI / ATHIRAH INTRO, C1, C2 , C3 , CLOSING
2 IZZATI / MALISA / KHAULAH C4 , C5
3 TASYA / JIHA / ZALIKHA C6 , C7
4 ARIEF / QAMARUL C8
5 MUZIL / NAIM / ILYAS C9
6 HAQIM / HAZIQ SH /HAZIQ SU C10
7 FAIZ / LUQMAN / AZIZI C11 , C12
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

 Expand the points given into complete sentences

 Make sure they have:
SUBJECT / MODAL / VERB / PREDICATE

 Insert some LINKERS where necessary.