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English Language

• 1. Joy of Learning
• 2. Unit Coverage
• 3. Level Focuses
• 4. Level-Wide Strategies
• 5. Assessment Format
• 6. Home Support

Little Red Dot

• To expose pupils to current affairs in

Singapore and world issues

• To read a variety of text types
• 2 to 3 selected articles with reading

activities e.g. journal and presentation

• 1. The Sunflower that Went Flop
• 2. The Wolf’s Story
• 3. What’s This
• 4. Stephanie Investigates
• 5. Camille and the Sunflower
• 6. There’s a Boy Under My Bed
• 7. Houses in Singapore
• 8. The Perfect Birthday Present
• 9. Charlotte’s Web Chapter 1-5
• 10. Charlotte’s Web Chapter 6-10
• 11. Charlotte’s Web Chapter 11-15

12.Charlotte’s Web Chapter 16-20

• 13. Charlotte’s Web Chapter 21-22

Level Oracy Writing P3

• speak confidently by having eye

contact, smiles

• speak with common sentence

starters with ease and confidence

• able to justify, elaborate and

compare Generate and select ideas for writing and representing for a variety of purpose using Tell-Show strategy and A (adverb) S-V-O structure

SSR – Sustained Silent Reading

• 10 minutes of silent reading
• Sharing of book read by teacher or some students
• Promote reading for enjoyment and sharing of good books read

SR – Supported Reading (Narrative texts)

• Reading for understanding and enjoyment
• Making prediction and questioning
• Reading strategies
• Text types
• Text features

KWL – Know-Want to Know-Learnt (Non-fiction texts)

• Relate a new topic or information to what they already know
• Anticipate what they will be reading about
• Get involved in the text by having students look for information they want to find

Developing Language Skills

• Vocabulary words
• Grammar items
• Sentence manipulation
• Whole-text study
• Writing Process

Charlotte’s Web

• Literature text in Semester 2
• To expand students’ vocabulary
• To expose students to different sentence structures
• To deepen discussion for in-depth analysis of characters and

plots in the story

• To develop and promote reading for enjoyment and reading to

learn

• Read the text several times to increase understanding
• Using reading strategies such as retelling, questioning,

inferring, visualising, predicting and evaluating to deepen understanding

• Use prior knowledge to make connections with the text and

make sense

• Use TAPS (Tenses, Agreement, Punctuation and Spelling)

to check accuracy of answers

• Examine the question carefully

e.g. Write a composition of at least 120 words about a rainy day (theme)

• Use one or more of the 3 given pictures to develop a plot
• Expand main ideas with details
• Explore more on the characters – senses, thoughts and feelings, actions and

behaviour

• Use Tell-Show Strategies:

describe the scenes and events as if they are taking place in real time use vivid descriptions, actions and dialogues to put the readers in the story show the characters’ emotions through words and actions, not tell

Reading Aloud

• Pronounce every word accurately with clear ending sounds
• Read fluently, pausing at the right part of the sentences
• Vary tone, pitch and pace appropriately to convey the emotions

in the text

• Read clearly and loudly to be heard

Stimulus-based Conversation

• Use the pictures to engage in a conversation
• State choices with explanations
• Elaborate on ideas by giving opinions and reasons, describe

thoughts and personal experiences, and suggest possible actions

• Use a wide range of vocabulary and accurate language

structures

• Speak confidently and coherently
• Speak loudly and clearly to be heard and understood

Components

• No. of questions
• No. of marks per

question

Vocabulary MCQ 8 1 Grammar Cloze 4 1 Sentence Combining 3 2 Visual Text Comprehension 5 1 Comprehension OE Up to 6 1-2 Total : 30 marks Duration: 50 minutes

Paper Components Marks Weighting % Duration 1 Composition 20 marks 20 50 min 2 Language Use and Comprehension 50 marks 50 1h 15 min 3 Listening Comprehension 14 marks 14 Approx. 30 min 4 Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation 16 marks 16 Approx. 10 min Total 100 marks 100

Home Support – Reading and Discussion

• Provide a wide variety of age-appropriate books for reading
• Expose children to different authors and genres
• Read with, not read for, the child to involve him/her in reading

and understanding the text

• Set mini authentic writing tasks (e.g. diary, making a shopping

list and taking telephone messages) to increase confidence and interest in writing

• Model spoken Standard English Language
• Set a routine for homework and revision – recalling improves

retention

• Learn spelling and dictation timely

Thanks!

Happy 2019