In both the P3 and P4 Paper 2, there is a section called Grammar Cloze. This is broken up into two parts. One (Passage 1) is choosing the correct pronouns, which is easy to score and the other (Passage 2) tests students on their knowledge of subject-verb-agreement. This is not Read more…
This week marks the start of Paper 1 for some of the P4 students. Most P4 students will be given a composition with three unlinked pictures and a theme to follow. Some schools may offer the choice of both a P4 format and a P3 format but I know that Read more…
Recently, I posted a model for the oral component for P5 students. Here is one for the P3s and P4s. Often, the P3s & P4s SBC poster will have a few choices. It can be a choice of books or games or sports. The first question is usually related to Read more…
P4 Synthesis & Transformation: how to use “Unless” Many of my students’ schools have been or will be giving their students assessments this month. This can be a good indicator of how well the students have managed their school and tuition home-based learning over the past few months. I have Read more…
A great English writing project for lower Primary students! During the Circuit Breaker period, I decided to get my P3 and P4 students to read in a big way. Stuck at home with nothing much to do, I felt that these months were the perfect time for them to take Read more…
I hope that the younger ones are weathering the Circuit Breaker well 🙂 I have been talking with my P3 and P4 students once a week when we have our live streaming classes and last week I gave them an assignment to give a short book presentation on a book Read more…
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 in English language cringe as they lose countless marks in this component. More and more, Read more…
As we begin the school year, I have been preparing Primary English Vocabulary lists for my lower primary students. The vocabulary section of examination papers have been steadily getting more challenging, even for lower primary students. Aside from the vocabulary sections of the examination papers, having a rich English vocabulary Read more…
Primary 4 English Model Composition: Caught in the rain This Primary 4 English composition was not done in one of my P4 classes. It was the SA2 Composition theme for one of my Primary 4 2019 students, Celine. During the year that she has been with us, Celine has grown Read more…
English Synthesis and Transformation is not consistently taught and tested in Primary 4 classes and examinations. However, a number of schools do test this component in their Primary 4 English SA2. During the PSLE Intensive marking days, my P4s and P5s were hard at work preparing for their upcoming SA2. Read more…