Preparing .PSLE English

for

Format of Paper (Std)

• Paper 1 – Writing 55 marks

• Paper 2 – Language 95 marks

• Paper 3 – Listening Comprehension 20 marks

• Paper 4 – Oral 30 marks

Format of Paper (FEL)

• Paper 1 – Writing 40 marks

• Paper 2 – Language 60 marks

• Paper 3 – Listening Comprehension 20 marks

• Paper 4 – Oral 30 marks

What EL Teachers will be doing

Semester 1Completion of Stellar Syllabus (Units 1-6)Companion Booklets & Stellar Learning Sheets Consolidating Composition / Comprehension Strategies Listening Comprehension (Lessons 1-8 from LC book) EL Supplementary – Comprehension / Synthesis &

TransformationWeekly Little Red Dot Activity

What EL Teachers will be doing

Semester 2

Intensive Revision using PSLE BookletRevisiting / Drilling of Grammar PSLE Simulation PapersPast year actual PSLE LC Papers

Pupils find these sections more manageable…

• Oral – Reading Passage

• Listening Comprehension – Info in text appeals to pupils

• Situational Writing – Content (identification)

• Booklet A – Visual Text , Grammar/Vocab MCQ

• Booklet B – Grammar Cloze & Editing

Continuous Writing

REQUIRED RESPONSE• Continuous prose

(narrative/non-narrative)

• Make use of at least 1 out of 3 given visuals in any order

• Address the given pointers in any order and include other relevant points

Tackling Continuous Writing

A narrative that brings out the theme

• Plan the story for about 10 min – Sequence your ideas

• Writing time about 35 min

• Check – approx. 5 min

• Minimum length – 150 words (not less than 1 ½ pages long)

Common Misconceptions

Extensive use of Descriptive language

“Bombastic” vocabulary

Long and complex sentences

Complicated plot

What makes a story engaging?

A credible plot - How the problem started -led to the climax - how it was resolved ?

Characterisation - Actions / showing contrast

Add depth to the character through showing his emotions (SHOW not TELL)

What makes a story engaging?

Literary techniques: introducing points of tension

• Moral dilemma experienced by the character

• Suspense building

• Unexpected turn of events

Rich and appropriate vocabulary that allows the reader to feel as if he was watching the story unfold

before his eyes

Accurate structure so that it enables the reader to understand the story better

Tackling Comprehension Cloze

• Do not fill in the blanks immediately.

• Read the whole text once to understand the gist of text.

(Identify the theme & think of words associated with it)

• Look out for clues in the text (e.g. backward and forward referencing – there is information for the answer in the whole text.)

• If they are stuck on a particular question, they should skip it and continue reading and attempting the rest of the blanks

Mark Range for questions may vary depending on the skill tested

Requires student to evaluate statement and

support it with reasons from the text

Format of answer -graphic organiser of

statements, True/False withreasons

Comprehension OE

Tackling Comprehension Open-ended (Focus in Supp)

• Skim through the questions.

Read the passage at least twice.

ANNOTATE the text –helps to break down meaning!

• Highlight the question word (e.g. why, what, etc.) in each question

Understand the demands of the question

Extract the clues from the text and interpret them and

Craft the answer to the question in a clear manner

REPHRASE and answer to the question!

Note : - Read backward and forward to extract the clues to the answer as some are explicit while others are not; pupils to connect the clues

together to form an interpretation

Stimulus-based Conversation

Stimulus that provides scope for conversation

Tackling Stimulus-based Conversation

•Giving personal responses to the topic

• Expressing oneself clearly in a conversation, using appropriate vocabulary and accurate grammatical structures

Thoughts – Reasons – Examples –

Experiences - Suggestions

Encouraging Your Child to Read

• Is essential for academic success in any subject area

• Helps your child to build his/her vocabulary

• Develops awareness of sentence structures

• Develops ideas for good writing

Expose pupils to a variety of texts – not only through books but other platforms : Newspapers,

Newsweek/Geo Magazines ; News Apps (Little Red Dot/CL/ML)

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• Revise vocabulary taught or learnt through the practice papersas well.

• Model Compositions – good reference on how to use variousessay starters and useful phrases. (online ECAW)

• Frequent conversations – encourage them to support theiropinions to the topic that is being discussed, get them toelaborate on what they have said and persuade them toconverse with you in complete sentences reducing the usage ofcolloquial language.

• Look through the pupils’ files and monitor their progress- Seeif they have used the strategies taught.

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