Secondary 1 English: An introduction on how to create interesting characters As Secondary 1 students manoeuvre life in their first year at secondary school, they realise that the writing component is somewhat more challenging than what they had experienced in Read more…
P6 English Composition model: Being punished Bullies and bullying are common characters and themes that students like to use in their compositions. This is understandable because this topic is ever present in children’s lives, be it through books, the media Read more…
PSLE Oral: Stimulus-based conversation key questions Every year, I get my P5 & P6 students to prepare the questions on the list. The list was created by one of the ‘top’ schools a few years back as a means to Read more…
Secondary 2 English – Editing through clue-finding The 10-mark editing section might be a breeze for some and a struggle for others, especially if you’re not familiar with grammatical rules. The good news is that just knowing your grammatical rules Read more…
Primary 4 English: Cloze Passage The Vocabulary cloze passage component is one of the most challenging components of the PSLE Paper. From Primary 5, students have to face filling in 15 blanks with appropriate grammar or vocabulary. Even students confident Read more…
SEC 1 English: Listening Comprehension (Advice for Part 3) The Listening Comprehension (LC) paper used to only consist of multiple choice questions and as such, students usually count on this paper to pull up their total average marks. However, the Read more…
Primary 5 English Oral: Key questions We have begun working on the oral component from the start of March in all our classes. The oral component is one that requires practice and preparation. While some students have the gift of Read more…
A Sneak Preview of English Writing in the Secondary 2 class At Thinking Factory, we believe that English writing skills are developed over time with consistent practice. That is why we have weekly writing exercises, to help ease away your Read more…
Visual Text Analysis for Sec 1 Posters, advertisements, brochures, webpages. These are just some examples of visual texts we see around us. We are bombarded by visual stimulus every day wherever we are, so much that we do not seem Read more…
PSLE Oral : Gadget Addiction It is a little early in the year to be posting about PSLE Oral. After all, we are all in the midst of CA1 revision. However, some schools this year seem to have scheduled the Read more…