Jittery means nervous.

Instigator is a person who brings about or initiates something.

accomplice is a person who helps another commit a crime.

Dumb means not showing or having good judgment or intelligence stupid or foolish.

Muffle is to make a sound quieter and less clear.

Hunch: a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.

Content

You are to write a letter to your friend in another country telling him/her about your plans after leaving Senior Secondary School.

Organization

This is an informal letter, and the following features are mandatory:

1. Your address
2. Date
3. Salutation: Dear + first name of friend
4. Introduction
5. Body
6. Conclusion
7. Subscription: Yours sincerely/Yours/Your friend/Yours ever, etc.
8. Your first name

Expression

1. This is a letter to a friend; therefore, the language should be chatty to reflect the close relationship between you and your friend.

2. Contracted forms and slang are acceptable but should be controlled.

3. There should be a variety of sentence types.

Mechanical Accuracy

1. Your concord (subject-verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions and punctuations must be accurate.

2. Your spelling must be accurate.

3. You can either use American or British spelling but must be consistent

4. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Mark is deducted for using "i" instead of "I" for the first-person pronoun, etc.

Content

1. You are to write on bullying among students and discuss its effects.

2. Both parts should be well discussed/illustrated to earn a good mark.

Organization

This is an article, and the following formal features are mandatory:

1. The heading of the article with your name under it or at the end of the article

2. Your contact (address)

3. Paragraphs should be well developed and properly linked

Expression

1. The language should be formal.

2. Slang, colloquialism and contracted forms are out of place

3. Sentence patterns should vary, and you are expected to use appropriate vocabulary.

Mechanical Accuracy

1. Your concord (subject-verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions and punctuations must be accurate.

2. Your spelling must be accurate.

3. You can either use American or British spelling but must be consistent

4. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Mark is deducted for using "i" instead of "I" for the first-person pronoun, etc.

CONTENT

You are expected to write a letter to the Principal giving him at least three reasons why your school should take part in sports

ORGANIZATION

The following features are expected:

1. Writer's address
2. Date
3. Recipient's designation and full address
4. Salutation - Dear Sir/Dear Madam
5. Title/Heading
6. Subscription - Yours faithfully/Yours sincerely
7. Writer's signature
8. Writer's full name

Coherent, well-developed and properly linked paragraphs are expected.

EXPRESSION

The language should be polite, clear (unambiguous) and persuasive (to move the powers that be to take action).

The use of contracted forms, slang and colloquialism is not allowed. You are expected to use appropriate vocabulary and a variety of sentence patterns/types.

MECHANICAL ACCURACY

Concord (subject - verb, noun-pronoun), tense, determiners, prepositions, punctuation, spelling should be used correctly. Each sentence and proper noun should begin with a capital letter. Be careful not to use "i" instead of "I" for the first person pronoun (subject).

You speech should include areas in the school where the Old Students Association's assistance is needed.

Your speech should have the following features:

1. Welcome the audience
2. Introduce yourself
3. Involve the audience (personal pronouns / ask questions / interactive)
4. Use humour
5. Include facts & statistics
6. Use quotes
7. Use rhetorical questions
8. Thank the audience at the end

You are expected to write a story to illustrate the saying: I wish I had never met him.

The story may be real or imaginary.

You are expected to give an account of events or tell a story which expresses regret.

Your story should have good plots and paragraphs.

You are expected to use vocabulary that reflects the right atmosphere.