ELIAS PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL P5 Parents Workshop 2013

OBJECTIVE : To understand the expectations of Pupils in

Writing and Comprehension

Content Component
Paper 1 1h 10 min (55 marks)
Paper 2 1h 50 min Language Use & Comprehension (95 marks)

Item Type
OE OE

Number of Items
1 1

Weightin g
15 40

Situational Writing Continuous Writing

Booklet A Comprehension (Graphic Stimulus)* Grammar Punctuation

MCQ

MCQ MCQ

7 3

7 3

Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cloze

MCQ
MCQ MCQ

5
5 5

5
5 5

Comprehension MCQ

Component

Content
Booklet B Grammar Cloze
Editing for Spelling and Grammar

Item Type
FIB FIB

Number of Items
10 10

Weighting

10 10

Comprehension Cloze
Synthesis Comprehension

FIB

15

15

OE OE

5 10

10 20

Component
Paper 3 Listening Comprehension 20 m

Content
Listening Comprehension

Item Type
MCQ

Number of Items
20

Weighting
20

Paper 4 Oral Communication 30 m

Reading aloud Picture

Discussion* Conversation*

OE

1 Passage

10

OE OE

1 Picture 1 Topic

10 10

EPPS Tackling Comprehension P5

With
3 QMR

Lets recall the of Comprehension

3 Levels of Questions
O Level 1: Right there (Literal) O Level 2: Think and Search

(Inferential)
O Level 3: On Your Own (Application)

3 QMR
O Questions (5W1H) and C.U.B.

O
O O O

(Always read the Questions first and Circle the 5W1H, Underline the tenses and Bracket the key words) Make predictions to the Questions Read for Enjoyment Read for Understanding and summarise each paragraph. Read for Answers, looking out for the key words.

Types of Questions 5W1H

O WHO: Information related to people

Eg. Who was Mr Lee Ah Beng?

O WHEN: Information related to time

Eg. When did he see the parcel?

O WHERE: Information related to place

Eg. Where did he see the parcel?

Types of Questions 5W1H

O WHY: Information related to reasons

Eg. Why was he late for school? O WHAT: Information related to something or someone Eg. What were they doing? O HOW: To describe in what ways, in what condition, by what means, to what extent Eg. How did he get there?

Circle.Underline.Bracket
O Example:

found

Why did Mrs Raju find the man in the crowd

(familiar-looking) (line 16) Which word from (paragraph two) shows

that Tony was being (thrown off forcefully)?

Make Predictions
O Read the questions one by one O As you read the questions, think

of all the possible answers that

you can imagine for that given situation
O Form your own story

Make Predictions
O Some answers can be found in

the questions itself

O Spend about 3-5 minutes

thinking about and predicting

the various possible answers to all the questions

(1) READ FOR ENJOYMENT

O As you read for enjoyment,

think about your earlier

predictions
O Spend about 2-3 minutes

reading the text just to enjoy

the story

(2) READ FOR UNDERSTANDING

O After reading for enjoyment, it is now

time to understand the text

O Read line by line and think about what

the words and sentences mean

(2) READ FOR UNDERSTANDING

O You may have to do this step

more than once if you find yourself still not clear about some sentences or words.
O For difficult words, look for clues

and infer the meanings from prior and preceding sentences

(2) READ FOR UNDERSTANDING

O You can summarize the text as

you complete each paragraph

O Underline key sentences and

give an overall theme for the

paragraph

(3) READ FOR ANSWERS

O Look out for key words in the

question in the paragraph

O Link paragraph to question

(this may not be true at times)

CRAFT THE SENTENCES

O Answer straight to the point. O Write a grammatically sound answer, be

alert to the tenses used in the questions.

O If there are two parts to the Question,

write two sentences.

CHECK
O Critical that you check your work by

reading the sentences in your head

and checking if it makes sense and are grammatically correct

QMR3 Strategy

OTime frame 1h 10 min O2 Sections O Situational Writing O Continuous Writing

O Choose one of two questions
O Either picture or scenario

MARK SCHEME FOR SITUATIONAL WRITING

Content Language, Organisation & Context Total 6 marks

9 marks

15 marks

MARK SCHEME FOR CONTINUOUS WRITING

Content 20 marks

Language, Organisation & Context Total

20 marks

40 marks

SITUATIONAL WRITING
Content 6 points for content

Language, Organisation & Context 9 marks are awarded for language

STRUCTURE OF THE SITUATIONAL WRITING

STIMULUS

WRITING TASK
- SPECIFIED CONTEXT - POINTS TO INCLUDE

POSSIBLE TEXT TYPES

O Informal email, postcard or letter O Eye Witness Report
O Book Review O Report

O Formal Letter (Apology/Complaint)

O Speech O Recipe

Read and understand

O the purpose, audience and

context of the stimulus

O the writing task

O Select relevant information O Plan an appropriate focus and

format O Organise with purpose and audience in mind

Write O to express the main ideas O using appropriate grammar, punctuation and vocabulary O using an appropriate register

Date of email 1st Paragraph - State the purpose of email

2nd Paragraph - Write the details of email. (To include the 6 content points)
3rd Paragraph - Action that you require from the reader. Sign off

Date of report Proposal on. . . . / Accident on Basketball Court . . . 1st Paragraph - State the purpose of report 2nd Paragraph - Write the results of your findings or Recount of what actually happened 3rd Paragraph - Based on the results, what are your recommendations / Action that you require from the reader. Reported by ____________

18 July 2007 Senders Address Readers Address Dear Sir/Mdm, Complaint on./ Request for .. 1st Paragraph - Self-introduction and state the purpose of letter 2nd Paragraph - Write the details 3rd Paragraph - Action that you require from the reader. Yours faithfully/Yours Sincerely

TYPES OF STIMULUS & WRITING TASK

Your Task
Imagine you are Ben. Write an email to Roy to tell him of the choice of the gift.

You are to refer to the information on page 4 for your email.

In your email, include the following information: what you and your friends decided to buy for Sally why Sally would find the gift useful who disagreed to buying a watch and why why Devi thought a purse was not a good idea how you and your friends would make the gift special

You may reorder the points. Write in complete sentences.

TYPES OF STIMULUS & WRITING TASK

Your Task You saw a van hit a car while it was reversing in the school care park. You immediately took down some details about the accident. You informed the Principal of the accident and he asked you to write a report of what you had seen. You are to refer to the pictures and details for your report. In your report, include the following information: the date and time of the accident what the driver was doing while reversing his van two details about the van what the driver did when he realised that his can had hit the car You may reorder the points. Remember to write in complete sentences.