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Wood odlands lands Ri Ring g Prim imar ary y Schoo hool - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wood odlands lands Ri Ring g Prim imar ary y Schoo hool - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wood odlands lands Ri Ring g Prim imar ary y Schoo hool Primary 3 Parents Briefing 19 Ja 19 Janu nuar ary y 20 2018 Eng nglish lish Depa partm tment ent STEL TELLAR LAR @ P @ P3 P3 STELLAR Programme STEL TELLAR LAR @
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hopes to deliver children who
- love reading and
- have a strong foundation in
the English Language
STEL TELLAR LAR @ P @ P3
STELLAR Curriculum
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Shared Book Approach Process Writing
STELLAR (P3, Semester 1)
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Process Writing
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Process Writing
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Grammar
To develop pupils’ knowledge of and proficiency in grammar
Vocabulary
To facilitate pupils’ acquisition of a rich vocabulary
Assessment for Learning (AfL)
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Allocation of Marks Semestral Assessment (SA) 1 & 2
English Paper 1 (Composition)
20
English Paper 2 (Lang use & Compre) 50 English Paper 3 (Listening Compre) 14 English Paper 4 (Oral) 16 Total 100 marks
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- Paper 2 / Language Use
– Vocabulary MCQ – Grammar MCQ/Cloze – Visual Text Comprehension – Synthesis & Transformation – Comprehension
Semestral Assessment
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- Up to 10 questions testing a variety of items
(e.g. MCQ, sequencing, open-ended)
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Comprehension 1 & 2
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- Both Comprehension sections require:
Good reading comprehension skills Strong vocabulary
- Pupils need to:
Read carefully Be alert to the clues/visuals in the passage and/or questions
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- Read the questions before the passage to get
an idea of what to look out for later
- Highlight the question word (e.g. why, what,
etc.) in each question
- Pay attention to the tense of the main verb in
the question (for open-ended questions)
Str Strat ateg egies ies for
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- A merge of Picture Discussion and
Conversation
- Pupils will be given a picture (i.e.
stimulus) during preparation time to analyse
- Themes in the topics are broadly linked to
those in the reading passage
Stimulus-based Conversation
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Prompts:
- Would you buy this product? Why or why
not?
- Do you like to eat snacks in between
meals? Why or why not?
- When you buy food products, do you pay
attention to the food labels? Why or why not?
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- Answer in complete sentences
- Provide examples to explain reasons
- Use the 5Ws, 1H (who, what, where, when,
why, how) to elaborate on examples
- Try to think of / predict possible conversation
topics in relation to the given picture and reading passage
St Stra rategies egies for r St Stim imulu lus-Based ased Conver ersation sation
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Summary of Skills
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Helping your child in this journey
Encourage your child to: LISTEN to it! READ it! SPEAK it! WRITE in it! Inp nput Ou Output put
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Helping your child in this journey
- Make going to the library a habit
- Set aside 30 minutes a day of
family reading time
- Let them listen to Standard
English programmes
- Encourage your child to speak
English to his/her friends in school
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Helping your child in this journey
Ensure that your child:
- completes his/her corrections and learns from
the mistake/s made
- studies for spelling/dictation
- Encourage your child to read widely across
different genres
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Helping your child in this journey
Check to see that he/she has used the strategies taught by the teacher:
- highlighting key words
- underlining
- backward/forward referencing for cloze
Encourage him/her to read aloud to you.
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