Section
A : Directed Writing
[ 35 marks
]
During the
holidays, you went camping in the jungle with some of your friends. All of you
had an enjoyable time there. Write a description
of your camping adventure. Elaborate on the notes below and include other
relevant details.
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(a) First day
Camp site – river – jungle – set up our tents – meal – chatted – tired – sleep
(b)
Second day
Morning – packed some food – trek –
identify animal footprints – plants – picnic – waterfall – bathed –
returned to our camp
(c)
Third day
Climbed some nearby hills – cave – found
bats – unusual insects – that night – made a camp fire – sang
songs – enjoyable time
(d)
Fourth day
Packed – hiked back – memorable
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When
writing your composition, remember:
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To use all
the notes given
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Marked your paragraphs with names of days
Section A – Directed Writing
It was second week of school term. After a few discussions
with my good friends, Amin, Zamir, Keong and Prasit, we decided to go for a
camping at Lata Lembu, near Lata Mengkuang waterfalls. We can still remember
the most peaceful surroundings the last time we were there. So, we went there
on 19th November, Saturday. It was a sunny day. We went by our own
vehicles, motorcycles.
On the first day – Sunday, we hiked up ahead in the
jungle to look for a suitable campsite, but close to the river. The site was in
the middle of the jungle; there we decided to set up our tents. Zamir and Keong
were good at survival cooking, so we let them cooked our meal. After had one,
we chatted among ourselves until we felt so tired and not long after that, we
went to sleep. It was my first watch with Amin, we must stay awake as long as
we could to make sure no harm can come closer to our campsite. We drank coffee
to stay awake. The night was too cold as we were surrounded with trees and the
river was just next to our campsite, we could hear the water flowing and
crickets were singing happily. But that night was a dark as our coffee.
On second day – Monday, that morning Prasit woke me and
Amin up as the time shown was already 6.30 a.m. I hurriedly woke Zamir and we
performed our Subuh prayer together. While it was too early for us to have our
bath, so we decided to packed some foods for jungle trekking first. Keong was good
at identifying animal footprints as he learned it from his dad; he showed us
some from deer’s, tiger’s, and wild boars too. There were lots of herbal plants
grew freely along the path. The most usual plant was mengkuang plants as it grows everywhere. When we reached the
waterfall, we stopped there for picnic. We ate our food, bathed joyfully, and
after we had enough, we returned to our camp. It was 6.45 p.m. when we reached
there. This time it was Zamir and Prasit turn to watch us over. We could see
moonlights shining through the trees that night.
Third day – Tuesday, it was cloudy that morning, so we
waited until noon so we can climbed some nearby hills. We packed our lunch and
continued our plan. We found a cave, and it was full with bats. Amin forbid us
to switch on our torch lights as it might scares of the shy creatures. After resting
in the cave, we head back down the hill. I found several unusual insects – some
of it looked like flies, a giant ant and things that I could not explain. They also
smell awful. That last night, we made a campfire near our tents. Our ‘famous
artist’ Zamir sang a few songs accompanied by his acoustic guitar followed by
us. It was among the most enjoyable time we ever felt. That night, Keong and I volunteered
to watch the campsite. Strangely, that night, I can hear the owls never stop making
its spooky sounds and it gave me the nerves to shut my eyes.
Fourth day – Wednesday, Amin woke me up as Keong already
started to packed things up. He did not wake me up earlier as he knew that I
could not sleep last night during our last watch. At 9.30 a.m., we hiked back
and returned safely to our home. It was memorable to all of us, and surely it
won’t be the last time. We decided to go somewhere more adventure than this
time!
