Pre-School Secondary and Pre-University

University

Primary 3

Primary

• Explore texts for early comprehension through engaging literature

• Experiment with MOE text types using supported writing tasks

• Gain the confidence to speak in communicative classrooms

• Learn to take pride in your work through peer and teacher feedback

Primary 3

NarrativeLetter

Personal recountFactual recount

NarrativeProcedure

Fables and AdventuresNon-Fiction and Biographies

Fairy Tales and PoemsHedgehogs and Riddles

Mansions and MysteriesMonsters and Mayhem

Fantasy MagiciansMagic Tricks and Illusions

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Themes

Text Types

Throughout this course you will develop your English by:

Term

• Planning and organising ideas to produce a range of texts e.g., narrative, letter, etc.

• Writing and editing a variety of text types

• Developing characterisation using narrative techniques

• Using text features appropriate to the text type

• Organising texts using paragraphing and punctuation

• Analysing a range of written texts

• Taking notes and identifying main ideas and details

• Making simple generalisations, predictions and inferences

• Identifying text features

• Responding to a variety of texts

• Engaging with a wide range of media e.g., poetry, visual, audio, etc.

• Identifying details

• Identifying main ideas

• Making predictions

• Making inferences

Writing and Representing Reading and Viewing Listening and Viewing

• Producing spontaneous and planned spoken texts

• Speaking with accurate pronunciation and intonation

• Reading aloud with confidence

• Presenting ideas and opinions with clarity

• Collaborating, sharing ideas and points of view

• Demonstrating knowledge of spoken grammar and register

• Using appropriate level metalanguage to talk aboutlanguage in use

• Applying knowledge of grammar to complete writtenand oral tasks based on course themes

• Using appropriate level metalanguage to develop a greater range of vocabulary

• Developing skills for deducing meaning of unknown words

• Applying learned words and phrases to support the development of reading, writing, listening and speaking

Speaking and Representing Grammar Vocabulary

NarrativeInformation report

Letter

This course contains a range of graded activities that covers the core content of the Singaporean MOE English Language Primary Curriculum (2010), building towards the new format PSLE (2015). By using a variety of themes, language and skills can be recycled and built on throughout the year, increasing our students’ ability to succeed in both local examinations and effectively engage with the wider community.

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