Here is a draft introductory paragraph for the topic of whether SPM marks the end of the world or a new beginning: For many students in Malaysia, the words 'SPM examination' strike fear and anxiety in their hearts. The high-stakes national exam at the end of secondary school feels like the end of the world, with pass or fail determining their future path. However, SPM could also represent the start of new opportunities and adventures. While the exam process is undoubtedly stressful, SPM opens doors to further education and career choices. Rather than seeing SPM as an ending, it may be better viewed as the beginning of life's next exciting chapter. Over the following paragraphs, I will discuss both perspectives on whether SP

1. 1. It can run but has no legs
2. It does not run but you catch it

5. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LEARN
TODAY..
• CHARACTERISTICS OF ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
• EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS
• THESIS STATEMENT

6. ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY
Laburage topic
Choose only one dastn
Support with relevant sansero
“I strongly agree/disagree”, “I
firmly believe”, “It is my firm belief
that..”
Use kenlisr

7. Commonly Used Expressions
• In my opinion
• I strongly believe that
• I firmly believe that
• I am fully convinced that
• I think
• It is without doubt that

8. Linkers
• On the other nahd
• On the toryncar
• Erewvoh
• Larismily
• In nodiatdi
• Edisesb that
• In rastnoct

9. Examples of questions
• School children should not have long holidays.
Do you agree?
• Living at the hostel is better that leaving at
home. Discuss.
• Being a career woman is better than being a
housewife
• Being financially rich is necessary
• Going to tuition is necessary

10. Examples of questions
• Academic excellence can ensure bright future
• Living in the city is better than living at the
village
• The best way to learn English effectively is
through songs
• It is more effective to learn English through
reading than through songs

11. STEP by STEP
1. Read the statement carefully
2. Example: Being financially rich is necessary
3. List down the advantages of being rich
4. List down the disadvantages of not being rich
5. Organise your ideas
6. Example: ???

12. What kind of room has no windows or
doors?

13. Thesis Statement
I am strongly agree that being financially
rich is necessary due to certain reasons. The
reasons are to ensure good life through having
a comfortable home, getting the best
healthcare services and getting the best
education.

14. ORGANISE YOUR IDEAS
A. Increasing house price
B. Household equipments, furniture
C. Cases of people who need donation for treatment
D. Good supply of water and electricity
E. Safe and clean neighbourhood environment
F. Go to school or university of our preference
G. Can afford to pay study fee
H. Books are expensive
I. Stationery, laptop
J. Can afford medicines, extra health supplement
K. Comfortable homes for comfortable life
L. Get immediate treatment when needed
M. High treatment cost
N. Choose hospital of our preference
O. Buy materials for study

15. DRAW A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
• Mind map
or
• Table
or
• Chart
Start organizing the raw ideas

16. What has to be broken before it can be
used?

17. START YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH
• Topic sentence
• Elaboration
• Concluding sentence

18. Think you’ve mastered enough?
TRY THIS!
Based on the given thesis statement, construct
three topic sentences.
REMEMBER!
Topic sentence is????
Topic sentence should state????
Use LINKERS

19. Topic Sentence
1. First of all, being financially rich is necessary
because it can make us possible to afford a
comfortable home.
2. Other than that, it is worth considering that we
can choose to get the best healthcare services if
we are financially rich.
3. In addition, it is necessary to be financially rich
due to the increasing demand of getting the best
education.

24. Concluding Sentences
1. Thus, it is undoubtedly clear that a comfortable
home is affordable for the rich.
1. Based on the justification, it is hard to deny the
fact that we can “trade” health with wealth.
1. By referring to the argument, it is undeniable
that those who are financially well-equipped are
able to get the best education that they desire.

26. A+
Other than that, it is worth considering that we can
choose to get the best healthcare services if we are
financially rich. In many cases, the sick are treated
based on their ability to afford the cost of the
treatment. For instance, there are quite a number of
cases where people with severe illnesses could not
afford the high cost of treatment posted and shared on
social media. These cases have eventually become viral
and caught the attention of others who could afford to
make donation. On the contrary, the rich can choose
any hospital of their preferences. In fact, they are
always prepared in case of emergency such as when
immediate treatment of high cost is needed. Based on
the justification, it is hard to deny the fact that we can
“trade” health with wealth.

31. This is your progress
 A statement that contains ONE stand and THREE main
points
 A statement that mentions the main point of a body
paragraph
 A language device used to make the flow of writing
smooth and cohesive
 A statement that sums up the main point and
elaboration in a body paragraph

32. TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO…
1. Identify the errors committed in your
previous writing
2. Correct those errors
3. Learn how to write introductory paragraph
4. Identify types of introduction based on the
samples given

33. SPOT the NOT!
a) Education is important to our life.
b) Spelling: argueable, aford, stationary,
reffering, nowday,
c) Students that do well in studies can further
their education to the higher level.
d) People from middle class society do not
afford the high study fee.

34. SPOT the NOT!
a) Good quality of furniture can we buy with
our own money.
b) When we choose a expensive house, it
always come with good supply of water and
electricity.
c) We can choose the housing area that is more
safe.
d) We do not have to lend money from others.

35. SPOT the NOT!
a) Many peoples want to further their studies at
their chosen universities.
b) They need to buy the materials for study such as
laptop, books and another/others/so on.
c) Students are asking for scholarship.
d) The rich can choose the best hospital. On the
contrary, they can also get treatment whenever
the need.

36. SPOT the NOT
a) The rich can buy expensive laptop. In contrast,
the books are expensive too.
b) The rich can choose the universities of our
preferences.
c) They will not have problem to pay for the fee.
We can also afford to have personal home
tutors.
d) So, it is important being financially rich is
necessary.

37. Take one out and scratch my head. I
am now black but once was red.

38. Which paragraph is this?
•an attention-grabbing first sentence
•informative sentences that build to
your thesis
•the thesis statement, which makes a
claim or states a view that you will
support or build upon
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39. Ways to write introduction
• moiid/etoqu
• crylis
• enoteadc
• opme
• tienidinfo
• nycraom
• itcsatsits
• tojinecrinet

41. Which type of introduction suits this
one?
The pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as are
necessary. The famous government building was
constructed in the 1940s, when segregation laws
required that separate bathrooms be installed for
people of African descent. This building isn’t the only
American icon that harkens back to this embarrassing
and hurtful time in our history. Across the United
States there are many examples of leftover laws and
customs that reflect the racism that once permeated
American society. With the world is moving fast
towards modernity, these laws and customs should be
abolished because….(main ideas)

42. Which type of introduction suits
these?
• “If you talk to a man in a language he
understands, that goes to his head. If
you talk to him in his language, that
goes to his heart”
• I learned that courage was not the
absence of fear, but the triumph over
it. The brave man is not he who does
not feel afraid, but he who conquers
that fear.
http://www.brainyquote.com

43. “There cannot be true democracy unless
women's voices are heard.”

44. Which type of introduction suits this
one?
Hillary Rodham Clinton once said that “There
cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are
heard.” In 2006, when Nancy Pelosi became the
nation’s first female Speaker of the House, one
woman’s voice rang out clear. With this development,
democracy grew to its truest level ever in terms of
women’s equality. The historical event also paved the
way for Senator Clinton as she warmed her own vocal
chords in preparation for a presidential race. As
women’s equality being widely debated, women’s
capability to rule the nations should not be doubted
because….(main ideas).

45. Which type of introduction suits this
one?
“I wish I could send my daughter to a specialist. I
couldn’t bear seeing her suffering like this,” said a
mother of three, whose third child was battling with
brain tumor. Her husband was at that time working as
a laborer at a construction site earning just enough for
them to eat daily. Never did they have more to repair
the dilapidated house they live in nor to buy a car that
could commute them to the hospital for weekly check
up. I read about them on a blog recently and I make up
my mind thinking that being financially rich is
necessary. It is my firm belief now that we must be
economically well-equipped to ensure good life
through having a comfortable home, getting the best
healthcare services and getting the best education.

47. “That’s amazing! My house! That’s my
house”, cried a classmate. Another cry sounded
“My dream house, absolutely! I want that,”.
Those were just some pieces of expressions by
most students of 5 SF when the picture of a
house was displayed via the projector. It seemed
like everybody start dreaming of having one of its
kind. Most importantly, everybody should realize
a house like that costs lots of money. As for me,
being financially rich is necessary not just to
ensure better future with a comfortable home
but also to afford the best healthcare services
and education.
Which type of introduction suits this one?

48. NOW, it’s YOUR turn to write =)
Based on the topic that we have discussed,
write an introductory paragraph.
Try producing an attention grabbing one!
Good luck!!!

49. SPM is the end of the world. Or is it the
beginning?