ELIAS PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

P5 Parents Workshop 2013

OBJECTIVE :

To understand the expectations of Pupils in

Writing and Comprehension

Component

Content Item

Type

Number of

Items

Weightin

g

Paper 1

1h 10 min

(55 marks)

Situational Writing

Continuous Writing

OE

OE

1

1

15

40

Paper 2

1h 50 min

Language Use

&

Comprehension

(95 marks)

Booklet A

Comprehension

(Graphic Stimulus)*

Grammar

Punctuation

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Cloze

Comprehension MCQ

MCQ

MCQ

MCQ

MCQ

MCQ

MCQ

5

7

3

5

5

5

5

7

3

5

5

5

Component Content Item

Type

Number of

Items

Weighting

Booklet B

Grammar Cloze

Editing for

Spelling and

Grammar

Comprehension

Cloze

Synthesis

Comprehension

FIB

FIB

FIB

OE

OE

10

10

15

5

10

10

10

15

10

20

Component Content Item

Type

Number of

Items

Weighting

Paper 3

Listening

Comprehension

20 m

Paper 4

Oral

Communication

30 m

Listening

Comprehension

Reading aloud

Picture

Discussion*

Conversation*

MCQ

OE

OE

OE

20

1 Passage

1 Picture

1 Topic

20

10

10

10

EPPSTackling

Comprehension P5

With QMR3

Lets recall the

of

Comprehension

3 Levels of Questions

O Level 1: Right there (Literal)

O Level 2: Think and Search

(Inferential)

O Level 3: On Your Own (Application)

QMR3

O Questions (5W1H) and C.U.B.

(Always read the Questions first and Circle the

5W1H, Underline the tenses and Bracket the key

words)

O Make predictions to the Questions

O Read for Enjoyment

O Read for Understanding and summarise each

paragraph.

O Read for Answers, looking out for the key words.

Types of Questions 5W1H

O WHO: Information related to people

Eg. Who was Mr Lee Ah Beng?

O WHEN: Information related to time

Eg. When did he see the parcel?

O WHERE: Information related to place

Eg. Where did he see the parcel?

Types of Questions 5W1H

O WHY: Information related to reasons

Eg. Why was he late for school?

O WHAT: Information related to something or someone

Eg. What were they doing?

O HOW: To describe in what ways, in what condition, by what means, to what extent

Eg. How did he get there?

Circle.Underline.Bracket

O Example: found

Why did Mrs Raju find the man in the crowd

(familiar-looking) (line 16)

Which word from (paragraph two) shows

that Tony was being (thrown off forcefully)?

Make Predictions

O Read the questions one by one

O As you read the questions, think

of all the possible answers that

you can imagine for that given

situation

O Form your own story

Make Predictions

O Some answers can be found in

the questions itself

O Spend about 3-5 minutes

thinking about and predicting

the various possible answers to

all the questions

(1) READ FOR ENJOYMENT

O As you read for enjoyment,

think about your earlier

predictions

O Spend about 2-3 minutes

reading the text just to enjoy

the story

(2) READ FOR UNDERSTANDING

O After reading for enjoyment, it is now

time to understand the text

O Read line by line and think about what

the words and sentences mean

(2) READ FOR UNDERSTANDING

O You may have to do this step

more than once if you find

yourself still not clear about some

sentences or words.

O For difficult words, look for clues

and infer the meanings from prior

and preceding sentences

(2) READ FOR UNDERSTANDING

O You can summarize the text as

you complete each paragraph

O Underline key sentences and

give an overall theme for the

paragraph

(3) READ FOR ANSWERS

O Look out for key words in the

question in the paragraph

O Link paragraph to question

(this may not be true at times)

CRAFT THE SENTENCES

O Answer straight to the point.

O Write a grammatically sound answer, be

alert to the tenses used in the questions.

O If there are two parts to the Question,

write two sentences.

CHECKO Critical that you check your work by

reading the sentences in your head

and checking if it makes sense and are

grammatically correct

QMR3 Strategy

OTime frame 1h 10 min

O2 Sections

OSituational Writing

OContinuous Writing

OChoose one of two questions

OEither picture or scenario

MARK SCHEME FOR SITUATIONAL WRITING

Content 6 marks

Language,

Organisation &

Context

9 marks

Total 15 marks

MARK SCHEME FOR CONTINUOUS WRITING

Content 20 marks

Language,

Organisation &

Context

20 marks

Total 40 marks

SITUATIONAL WRITINGContent

6 points for content

Language, Organisation & Context

9 marks are awarded for language

STRUCTURE OF THE SITUATIONAL WRITING

STIMULUS

WRITING TASK

- SPECIFIED CONTEXT

- POINTS TO INCLUDE

POSSIBLE TEXT TYPES

O Informal email, postcard or letter

O Eye Witness Report

O Book Review

O Report

O Formal Letter (Apology/Complaint)

O Speech

O Recipe

Read and understand

O the purpose, audience and

context of the stimulus

O the writing task

O Select relevant information

O Plan an appropriate focus and format

O Organise with purpose and audience in mind

Write

O to express the main ideas

O using appropriate grammar, punctuation and vocabulary

O using an appropriate register

Date of email

1st Paragraph - State the purpose of email

2nd Paragraph - Write the details of email. (To include the 6 content points)

3rd Paragraph - Action that you require from the reader.

Sign off

Date of report

Proposal on. . . . / Accident on Basketball Court . . .

1st Paragraph - State the purpose of report

2nd Paragraph - Write the results of your findings or Recount of what actually happened

3rd Paragraph - Based on the results, what are your recommendations / Action that you require from the reader.

Reported by ____________

18 July 2007

Senders Address

Readers Address

Dear Sir/Mdm,

Complaint on./ Request for ..

1st Paragraph - Self-introduction and state the purpose of letter

2nd Paragraph - Write the details

3rd Paragraph - Action that you require from the reader.

Yours faithfully/Yours Sincerely

TYPES OF STIMULUS & WRITING TASK

Your Task

Imagine you are Ben.

Write an email to Roy to tell him of the

choice of the gift.

You are to refer to the information on page 4

for your email.

In your email, include the following

information:

what you and your friends decided to buy for Sally

why Sally would find the gift useful who disagreed to buying a watch and why why Devi thought a purse was not a good idea

how you and your friends would make the gift special

You may reorder the points. Write in

complete sentences.

Your Task

You saw a van hit a car while it was

reversing in the school care park. You

immediately took down some details about

the accident.

You informed the Principal of the

accident and he asked you to write a

report of what you had seen.

You are to refer to the pictures and details

for your report.

In your report, include the following

information:

the date and time of the accident what the driver was doing while reversing his van

two details about the van what the driver did when he realised that his can had hit the car

You may reorder the points. Remember to

write in complete sentences.

TYPES OF STIMULUS & WRITING TASK