DIRECTED WRITING : REPORT

DIRECTED WRITING
During recess, a fight broke out at the school canteen. You witnessed the whole incident and have been asked to write a report for the discipline teacher.

To : The Discipline Teacher,
S. M. All Saints,
P. O. Box 10520,
88805 Kota Kinabalu,
Sabah. 4 AUGUST 2009

REPORT ON A FIGHT AT THE SCHOOL CANTEEN

A fight broke out at the school canteen during recess. As a witness to the whole incident, I would like to submit a report on this matter.

1. The fight broke out at the school canteen on 12 March 2009 during recess at about 10.45 a.m. that day. The fight involved two students from our school where one of them ended up being severely injured after he was assaulted by the other.

2. As usual during recess, there was always a long queue for students buying nasi lemak in the canteen. Many of the students were pushing and shoving each other so that they could get to the front line quicker. A student in the front line was waiting for his change for RM50.00. The whole incident started when a big sized boy in the queue became very impatient and soon started giving the student nasty remarks. Not only that, he also rudely told the student to not show off by waiting for a big change.

3. Soon after that, the situation got worse. The student felt annoyed and shouted back at the boy. Two prefects who were on duty tried their best to calm down the two of them as well as the situation that got out of control. However, both of them refused to listen to the orders of the two prefects. The boy proceeded to punch the student in the face out of anger and caused his nose to bleed. A moment later, the other prefects and a canteen operator were called to help out at the scene where the fight took place. They caught hold of the two students and pulled them away from each other to prevent the situation from becoming even worse. The two students ended up with many bruises and were taken to the sickbay to be nursed. As soon as the commotion was over and everything was back to normal, the rest of the students continued buying food.


I sincerely hope that my report will greatly help the school authority in their further investigation to settle this matter.

Reported by,
Debbie
(DEBBIE JOYCE PIOUS)

ENGLISH UJIAN SETARA

ENGLISH UJIAN SETARA
QUESTION 3 : WHAT MORAL VALUES DID YOU LEARN AFTER READING THE NOVEL “THE PEARL” BY JOHN STEINBECK? SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER WITH CLOSE REFERENCE TO THE TEXT.

After reading the novel “The Pearl” written by john Steinbeck, I have learned a few moral values from it. The moral values or lessons in every novel teach us to shape our life and also how to live life the right way. The moral values that I have learned in this novel includes to cherish and love our family, not give up in life and not to have racial discrimination.

One of the moral values that I have learned is to always cherish and love our family. In this novel, Juana shows that she deeply cares for her son, Coyotito. When a scorpion “fell on the baby’s shoulder, landed and struck” (page 5) Coyotito, Juana immediately sucks the poison out from the baby’s punctured shoulder without even thinking twice or considering that her life might be andangered as well. She is also the one who has suggested that her baby be taken to see the doctor. Another instance that shows love in the family is when Kino is willing to sacrifice his life by diving into the ocean to seek what he claims to be the greatest pearl in the world. Kino wants to find the pearl so that he can hire the doctor to cure Coyotito. I think that this moral value has made me care even more for my family than before. I know that what Kino and Juana do is a very noble thing.

Besides that, I have learned to not give up in life. Kino, the main character of “The Pearl”, despite being attacked three times in which two results in him being seriously injured, does not give up his battle, hopes and dreams. In the novel, he battles to stay alive from assassins with malicious intents to snatch the pearl away by any means possible. He also hopes very much to be able to sell the pearl in the capital when the pearl dealers try to trick him. Furthermore, he dreams of being married to Juana in the church and wanting Coyotito to have an education. He wishes to let his family have a more promising future and better life if he can sell the pearl. In order to achieve this goal, he takes his family on an extremely dangerous journey across the sea and mountains to the capital. By his actions, I have learned to always strive for the best in everything that I do. I also learned from this moral value to never give up when push comes to shore.

Moreover, I have learned to not have racial discrimination. In this novel that I have studied, the doctor, his Indian servant and the priest show racism towards the Mexican Indian natives. The doctor treats the Mexican Indian as animals and feels that he is of a superior race. The doctor’s Indian servant initially refuses to speak to Kino in his language when Kino visits the doctor. The priest does not really care for the welfare of the Mexican Indian natives as he speaks to them softly like little children. The novel shows that racism will only result in the abuse, deceit and exploitation of the Mexican Indian natives. This moral value teaches me not to be a racist and this is very important as I am livin gin a colourful country. It also teaches me that racism is not the right way of life.

In a nutshell, the moral values found in this novel make me a better person each day. This novel also teaches me that family is important no matter what, I must always work hard in order to achieve something as well as to acknowledge every individual as no different from myself.