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Making suggestions
Scenario
There are a lot of complaints about the poor service of the school canteen. You are filling a form of suggestion to your school principal to present your suggestions to improve the service of the school canteen. Write three paragraphs with about 150 words, state your suggestions and the reasons.

The insufficient variety of foods is the mostly complaint item. Almost all of the students in my class said that they were not satisfied with the foods sold in the canteen. They tasted badly and the variety of foods was not enough. There were only five dishes in the menu and they were prepared at least an hour before served.
I would like to suggest improving the service of the school canteen by increasing the number of dishes and warming the food so students can eat hot food during lunch or at recess.

The food sold in our canteen is more expensive than in the nearby restaurants. For example a bowl of instant noodle costs $16 in our canteen but it costs only $14 in De Carle. Also, the amount of noodle is not enough for a teen like us and there is no drink included. I would like to suggest decreasing the price of a bowl of noodle to $14 and free hot tea should also be available in the canteen.

The poor service of the canteen is mainly due to a lack of staff members. There are always long queues during lunch hour. We had to wait for at least 15 minutes before we got our food. The attitude of the staff was poor, they were sometimes impolite to us. I would like to suggest increasing the number of part-time staff, especially during lunch hours. It will be nice if the staff can get some training to improve their attitude.

What is story?
Story is a piece of writing that describes a chain of related events. Every story is about one or more characters trying to deal with some sort of difficulty.

What is a story map?
A story map is a map that helps writer organise the story by focusing on characters, setting, and plot with some related series of events that starts with beginning, rising, climax and ending.

What is a story plot? What are the eight types of plot we can find in story?
A plot can be defined as the arrangement of narrative events in a story. It is usually organised in such a way as to create interest and involvement for the reader. It also helps to establish and emphasise causality. There are usually eight types of plot mapped by writer to devise the sequence of events in the story. The eight types of plot can be devised and mapped from:
1. problem to solution,
2. mystery to solution,
3. conflict to peace,
4. danger to safety,
5. confusion to order,
6. dilemma to decision,
7. ignorance to knowledge, and
8. questions to answers.