Parents’ Seminar English Language Sharing 11 February 2017 EL Curriculum at Upper Primary Requirements of PSLE EL & Tackling EL PAPER 2 Springdale Primary School
Content of Presentation • Overview of Primary 5 & 6 EL Curriculum • Requirements of PSLE EL Papers • Tackling the challenging components in EL PAPER 2 • Editing • Synthesis • Reading Comprehension • Comprehension Cloze • How Parents Can Support Children’s Learning • Q & A Springdale Primary School
Our English Programme Springdale English Curriculum School-based Modified STELLAR curriculum Springdale Primary School
P5 EL Curriculum Coverage of 10 STELLAR books at P5 level • Pupil Handout (story) • STELLAR Learning Sheets / Companion Booklets • Student Response Log* Springdale Primary School
P5 EL Curriculum New Spelling Format • 15 mistakes for students to correct • Comprises 10 spelling mistakes & 5 grammar mistakes • Exposes students to commonly misspelt words • Serves as practice for Editing component • Provides reading exposure to different topics & genres Springdale Primary School
P5 School-Based Curriculum Structured teaching programmes for the following: • Composition & Situational Writing • Oral • Grammar • Synthesis & Transformation Component Mastery Booklets • Enables students to practise intensively certain skill sets or strategies Practice Papers • 6 practices to familiarise students with the new format Springdale Primary School
PSLE EL PAPER MARKS WEIGHTING Writing 55 27.5% (Paper 1) Language Use & 95 47.5% Comprehension (Paper 2) Listening Comprehension 20 10% (Paper 3) Oral 30 15% (Paper 4) Total 200 100% Springdale Primary School
Paper 1: Writing Total duration of paper: 1 hour 10 min WRITING COMPONENTS MARKS Situational Writing 15 marks Continuous Writing 40 marks Total 55 marks Springdale Primary School
Paper 1: Situational Writing Situational Writing is marked for: • Task Fulfilment (6 marks) • Language & Organisation (9 marks) Students would need to show awareness of purpose, audience and context while supplying key information. Springdale Primary School
Paper 1: Situational Writing Task You are a member of the school’s Green Club. You have been given this pamphlet about an art competition and would like all members to participate in it. Your friend, Paul, was sick that day and he missed the session. Write an email to Paul to tell him about the competition. In your email, include the following key information: • who organised the competition • theme of the competition • how to participate • why you think both of you should participate You may reorder the points. Write in complete sentences. Springdale Primary School
Paper 1: Continuous Writing Continuous Writing is marked for • Content (20 marks) • Language & Organisation (20 marks) Minimum number of words: 150 words Student’s writing must • be based on at least one of the given pictures • address the given topic / theme Springdale Primary School
Paper 1: Continuous Writing Springdale Primary School
Paper 3: Oral Assessment Total duration of paper: approximately 10 min ORAL COMPONENTS MARKS Reading Aloud 10 marks Stimulus-based Conversation 20 marks Total 30 marks Springdale Primary School
Paper 3: Oral Assessment Reading Aloud • Read with good pronunciation & clear articulation of the words • Use appropriate rhythm and stress to achieve a well- paced, fluent reading • Read with appropriate variation of pitch and tone in order to convey the information, ideas and feelings in the passage Springdale Primary School
Paper 3: Oral Assessment Stimulus-based Conversation • State an opinion / choice • Explain rationale • Illustrate with personal experience Students are expected to demonstrate the following: • Express oneself clearly in a conversation • Demonstrate wide range of appropriate vocabulary • Use grammatical structures accurately Springdale Primary School
Paper 3: Oral Assessment Stimulus-based Conversation 1. Look at this poster. Do you agree that you should always do your best? Why? Why not? – Do you think having posters around the school is good? Why? Why not? 2. What is your favourite subject in school? Why? – Do you think homework is important? Why? 3. What is something you are very good at? Tell me about it. – How do you spend your free time? Springdale Primary School
Paper 4: Listening Comprehension Listening Comprehension • 20 MCQ questions • Approximately 35 minutes Students are required to: • Practise active listening • Read the question stems carefully Springdale Primary School
Paper 2: Language Use & Compre Total duration of paper: 1 hour 50 minutes PAPER 2 COMPONENTS MARKS Booklet A Visual Text 8 Grammar MCQ 10 Vocabulary MCQ 5 Vocabulary Cloze 5 Booklet B Grammar Cloze 10 Editing 12 Comprehension Cloze 15 Synthesis & Transformation 10 Comprehension Open-Ended 20 Total 95 marks Springdale Primary School
Reviewing the Components in EL PAPER 2 Refer to Handout 1 - 2016 PSLE English Paper 2 (Booklets A & B) Springdale Primary School
Tackling the Challenging Components in EL PAPER 2, BOOKLET B Editing Synthesis & Transformation Comprehension Cloze Comprehension Open-Ended Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Editing • One given passage • 12 mistakes (12 marks) – Spelling mistakes – Grammatical mistakes Students are required to: • Rectify the mistakes and write the correct words in the corresponding boxes Springdale Primary School
Hands-on 1: Editing Correct the mistakes in the passage. Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Suggested Procedure for Tackling Editing • Read the entire passage once first before attempting to correct the mistakes • Identify the nature of mistakes – Spelling mistakes are words with wrong spelling – Grammatical mistakes are those spelt correctly Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Answers to Spelling Mistakes (40) adequately (42) physical (44) exhausted (45) absolutely (46) sufficient (48) nourished Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Answers to Grammatical Mistakes (39) competes Clue: use of ‘is’ in 1 st sentence and ‘will’ in 2 nd sentence) (41) have Clue: presence of ‘does’ in same sentence (43) Learning Clue 1: the verb before and after ‘and’ must be of the same tenses’(‘Lifting … and learning…) Clue 2: -ing noun phrase starts a sentence and is followed by a verb Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Answers to Grammatical Mistakes (47) performance Clue: ‘peak’ is used as an adjective hence what follows should be a noun (49) chosen Clue: use of participle after ‘having’ (50) so Clue 1: replacing connector with another connector Clue 2: ‘so as to’ is used as a common phase to mean ‘in order to’ Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Strategies for Tackling Spelling Mistakes (Editing) • Sound out the mis-spelt word to guess the content word • Be aware of the common types of spelling mistakes – Double or single consonants – Consonant sounds with different spelling – Vowel sounds with different spelling – Correct order for vowel pairs e.g. ‘ ei ’ versus ‘ ie ’ – Omission of vowels or consonants Springdale Primary School
Tackling Editing Strategies for Tackling Grammatical Mistakes (Editing) • For grammatical mistakes, identify the grammatical category of the underlined word • The correct answer for the underlined word should be of the same grammatical class e.g. replace a preposition mistake with another preposition; pronouns for pronouns; connectors for connectors • Re-read the sentence of the underlined word to check for the following: – Subject Verb Agreement – Tenses – Conditions for Base Form – Word Forms Springdale Primary School
Tackling Synthesis & Transformation Synthesis & Transformation • 5 questions testing different structures • Total of 10 marks for this component Students are required to: • Re-write the given sentence(s) using the given prompts • Ensure that meaning of the answer is the same as the meaning of the original sentence(s) Springdale Primary School
Hands-on 2: Synthesis & Transformation Look at the students’ answers in Handout 2. Spot the mistakes and correct them. Springdale Primary School
Tackling Synthesis & Transformation Did not check Subject Verb Agreement Did not use the correct tenses Springdale Primary School
Tackling Synthesis & Transformation ‘Do - er’of the action is not clear Did not use -en/-ed participle Springdale Primary School
Tackling Synthesis & Transformation Wrong use of ‘but’ and missing commas Wrong word order for statement Springdale Primary School
Tackling Synthesis & Transformation Change in meaning; ‘Do - er’of the action is not clear Did not use correct word form Springdale Primary School
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