English Language – Curriculum Matters

Area of Language Learning / Focus

Skills progression

Listening & Viewing

Listen and view attentively to respond to a variety of contexts (eg. note-taking exercises)

Reading & Viewing Respond and appreciate the implied meaning in a variety of texts(eg. Book ‘Whispers of Wisdom’, articles from What’s Up newspaper)

English Language – Curriculum Matters Area of Language Learning / Focus

Skills progression

Speaking & Representing

• Explore, gather and develop ideas from a variety of texts

• participate respectfully in discussions• speak with confidence and coherence(eg. Readers’ Theatre, 1-minute presentation)

English Language – Curriculum Matters Area of Language Learning / Focus

Skills progression

Writing & Representing

• Penmanship - letters formed must be neat and legible

• Apply skills for idea generation and organisation to address purpose, audience, context, culture

• write with awareness of structures and language features of texts

English Language – Curriculum Matters

Area of Language Learning / Focus

Skills progression

Grammar Identify and apply knowledge of language features in speaking, writing and representing(eg. Capital letters, punctuation marks, etc to be applied correctly)

Vocabulary Develop and strengthen vocabulary knowledge, and take an active role in learning new vocabulary items

English Language – Class Activities Activities Details

Reading Period • Book Review• Reading Bingo

Oral presentations

• Group (Readers’ Theatre)• Individual (1-minute presentation)

Spelling and Dictation

• Alternate weekly

Social Studies • Subsumed under English (taught by EL teacher)

English Language – In the classroom Administrative Matters

Details

Corrections • Students should use a green pen for corrections

Filing • Learning Sheets• Stellar Readers (Semester 2 only) • School worksheets• Companion Booklets• Compositions • Tests and Exam papers

English Language – P3 Assessments

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Composition Quiz 1 Quiz 2 SA 2

Non-weighted

(0 %)

Weighted

(15 %)

Weighted

(15 %)

Weighted

(70 %)

Total 100%

Components Marks WA 1 1. Note-taking

2. Synthesis3. Open-ended Comprehension

5510

WA 2 1. Unseen Dictation2. Vocabulary Cloze3. Editing 4. Synthesis 5. Open-ended Comprehension

555510

English Language – P3 Weighted Assessments

Component Item Type Marks Duration

Oral Communication OE 16

Listening

Comprehension

MCQ & OE 14

Continuous Writing OE 20 50 minutes

Language Use and

Comprehension

MCQ & OE 50 1 hour 15 minutes

English Language – P3 SA2