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