BASIC CREATIVE

WRITING SKILL
PPD HILIR PERAK 2016
 1. Sad story -
death, loss of
something
2. happy story -
get lot of money,
good result

PLOT
3. Ghost story - haunted house,
ghost in hostel

4. Crime story -
burglary, kidnap

DRAFT 1 : Think of a plot

 Q: Begin your essay with I could see dark clouds forming in the
sky. Write about a boy who regretted of what he had done.

Stole mothers money

Grandfather was sick

No money to send grandfather

To buy hand phone to a good hospital

Friends had hp Regretted stealing moms

money
Rich friends

Poor boy Sell back the hp

DRAFT 2 : Plan the plot

 I could see dark clouds forming in the sky.
I was a poor boy
However, I had many rich friends.
All of them had handphones
So, I wanted to buy a handphone too.
Therefore, I stole my mothers money to buy it.
One day my grandfather was sick.
Unfortunately, we could not send him to a good hospital
I regretted for stealing my mothers money
At the end , I sold back the handphone and gave the money back to
my mother.
78 words
272 words to go

Draft 3 : Write your plot

I could see dark clouds forming in the sky.
When did you see the clouds? I was walking from school
Why did you walk? I did not have a bicycle
Why did not you have a bicycle?
I was a poor boy

I could see dark clouds forming in the sky when I

was walking from school. I walked because I did
not have any bicycle. I was a poor boy

Draft 4 : Relate using

WHqs
1. I was a poor boy
Questions: Why was he poor?
His father died.
2. However, I had many rich friends.
Questions : Why are they rich?
Their fathers were businessmen.

3. All of them had handphones

Questions : What kinds of handphone?
Some had Samsung handphones and some had Apple handphones

4. So, I wanted to buy a handphone too.

Questions : why did you want to buy a handphone?
So that I could be like them.
 I could see dark clouds forming in the sky when I was walking from school. I
walked because I did not have any bicycle. I was a poor boy. My father was dead.
However, I had many friends. Their fathers were businessmen. All of my
friends had hand phones. Some of them had Samsung hand phones and some had
Apple. So, I wanted to buy a hand phone too because I wanted to be like them.
Therefore, one day I stole my mothers money to buy it. I took RM400 from her
purse when she was busy cooking in the kitchen.
One day my grandfather was sick. He had stomach ache
Unfortunately, we could not send him to a good hospital. My mother told me she
had lost the money in her purse..
I regretted for stealing my mothers money. I was sad to see my mother cried.
Luckily, my uncle gave some money ,
At the end , I sold back the hand phone and gave the money back to my
mother. I apologized to my mother and she forgave me. 178 words

Draft 5 : Rewrite the whole

essay (include the answers)
 I could see dark clouds forming in the sky when I was walking from school. I
walked because I did not have any bicycle. I was a poor boy. My father was
dead. I missed him very much.
However, I had many friends. Their fathers were businessmen. All of
my friends had hand phones. Some of them had Samsung hand phones and some
had Apple. I was jealous .So, I wanted to buy a hand phone too because I
wanted to be like them. Therefore, one day I stole my mothers money to buy it.
I took RM400 from her purse when she was busy cooking in the kitchen.
One day my grandfather was sick. He had stomach ache
Unfortunately, we could not send him to a good hospital. My mother told me she
had lost the money in her purse. She was very worried.
I regretted for stealing my mothers money. I was sad to see my mother
cried. Luckily, my uncle gave some money. We were extremely thankful to him.
At the end , I sold back the hand phone and gave the money back to my
mother. I apologized to my mother and she forgave me. I was happy that it was
over. 178 + 25 = 203 words

Draft 6: Add feelings.

I could see dark clouds forming in the sky when I was walking from school. I walked because I did not have any
bicycle. I was a poor boy. My father was dead. I missed him very much.
However, I had many friends. Their fathers were businessmen. All of my friends had hand phones. Some of
them had Samsung hand phones and some had Apple. I was jealous .So, I wanted to buy a hand phone too because I
wanted to be like them. Therefore, one day I stole my mothers money to buy it. I took RM400 from her purse when she
was busy cooking in the kitchen.
One day my grandfather was sick. He had stomach ache.
Unfortunately, we could not send him to a good hospital. My mother told me she had lost the money in her purse. She
was very worried.
Oh..I am so worried about your grandfather, she said on the way to grandfathers house.
Me too. What should we do ? I asked.
I dont know, she replied.
Lets pray mother, I suggested.

I regretted for stealing my mothers money. I was sad to see my mother cried. Luckily, my uncle gave some
money.
Here is RM500. Lets send father to hospital. Dont worry anymore, my uncle said to my mother.
Thank you Aznan. Lets go, mother said.
We were extremely thankful to him.
At the end , I sold back the hand phone and gave the money back to my mother. I apologized to my mother and
she forgave me. I was happy that it was over.
I promise I will not going to do it anymore mother. I will be a good boy from now, I said to my mother. 203+ 82
= 285 ( 65 words to go)

Draft 7 : Write dialogues

 Idiomatic expressions
Quotations
Advice
Descriptions

Other things you can add

to lengthen your essay.