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Wood odlands lands Ri Ring g Prim imar ary y Schoo hool Primary 4 Parents’ Briefing 19 Ja 19 Janu nuar ary y 20 2018 Eng nglish lish Depa partm tment ent

Agenda nda • EL STELLAR Curriculum • EL Assessment Structure • Challenging Components • Supporting Your Child at Home

P4 ST 4 STELL LLAR R Prog ogramm ramme

ST STELL LLAR R Curriculum rriculum Hopes to deliver children who • love reading and • have a strong foundation in the English Language

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Eng nglish lish Ass ssessment ssment Str Structure cture Paper Pap r / Content nt Marks Weighting Compo ponent Paper r 1 / • Guided Writing 20 20% Compos positio ition (with picture (50 min) prompts and helping words) • A theme with 3 pictures

Eng nglish lish Ass ssessment ssment Str Structure cture Paper Pap r / Content nt Marks Weighting Com ompo pone nent nt Paper 2 / Langua uage ge • Vocabulary 50 50% Use and nd • Grammar Compr prehe ehension nsion • Visual Text (1h 15 min) Comprehension • Synthesis & Transformation • Comprehension

Eng nglish lish Ass ssessment ssment Str Structure cture Paper Pap r / Content nt Marks Weighting Com ompo pone nent nt Paper 3 / Listenin ning g MCQ, Blank-filling 14 14% Compr prehe ehension nsion (approx. 40 min) Paper 4 / Oral Reading aloud 16 16% (approx. 10 min in Stimulus-based total inc. 5 min prep. Conversation time) Tot otal al 100 00 100%

Assessment for Learning (AfL) Grammar Vocabulary To develop pupils’ To facilitate pupils’ knowledge of and acquisition of a rich proficiency in grammar vocabulary

Cha halle llengin nging g Com omponents ponents  Comprehension (10 marks) • Up to 10 questions testing a variety of items (e.g. MCQ, sequencing, open- ended)

Comprehension 1 & 2

1. The two companies that are likely sponsors of the prizes are __________. 1) Cathy Plaza and John John 2) Highlands Lane and Cathy Plaza 3) John John and O-turn Healthcare 4) Authentic Food Restaurant and O-turn Healthcare ( ) 2.*Tom dislikes seafood. Which main course should he choose? 1) Grilled beef steak 2) Baked crispy peach fish 3) Clear lotus and fish soup 4) Cream of mushroom and chicken ( )

• 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

Str Strat ateg egies ies for or Com ompre prehe hension nsion • 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) • Remember that the questions follow the chronological order of the passage

Cha halle llengin nging g Com omponents ponents  Stimulus-based Conversation (10 marks) • 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

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?

Stra St rategies egies for r St Stim imulu lus-Based ased Conver ersation sation • Answer in complete sentences • Provide examples to explain reasons • Use the 5Ws, 1H ( w ho, w hat, w here, w hen, w hy, h ow) to elaborate on examples • Try to think of / predict possible conversation topics in relation to the given picture and reading passage

Enc ncou ouraging raging You our r Chil hild d to o Read ad • Make going to the library a habit • Set aside 30 minutes at least twice a week for family reading time • Spend time with your child looking through newspaper advertisements and talking about it (e.g. what it is about, whom it is targeted at, etc.)

Enc ncou ouraging raging You our r Chil hild d to o Sp Speak ak in and Li in and List sten en to o Eng nglish lish • Watch more English language programmes on TV e.g. make watching the evening news a family activity – it has subtitles! • Listen to English language radio channels • Encourage English to be spoken amongst your children at home