The Editing section of the PSLE Paper 2 is one of the easier components, that is if you are able to spot the grammatical and spelling mistakes. If a student has a good grammatical foundation (and that would be the aim by the time the student starts his P6 year), Read more…
I hope that everyone had a restful and fun December school holidays. As the last week of the holidays approach, I have begun to prepare the necessary materials for my Primary 6 students. One such material is the Vocabulary and Editing list. These lists are given throughout the year and Read more…
As I wait patiently for news from my P6 2018 students on their PSLE results, I thought I should blog about what we have been doing in class this month to prepare for the PSLE 2019. We have one more week till the end of our term. After which we Read more…
Yes, I know it is the school holidays. And yes I know that it doesn’t seem like the P6s get a real break in June. My own students were listing all the workshops/ extra Math, Science, Chinese language classes they were heading to after my class last week. Poor things. Read more…
P6 CA1 Vocabulary and Editing List 2017 Below are the vocabulary and editing words taken from the CA1 papers of the Top School Papers of 2017. Nan Hua 1) adhered – believe in and follow the practices of.2) acceded – agree to a demand, request3) appeased – pacify or placate Read more…
As we work on the upcoming CA1 for my P6s, it is a great time to focus on areas that every child needs to work on. An English Paper 2 has many components – Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension, Cloze, Editing and Synthesis and Transformation. Each student is different, whether they are Read more…
ACS Junior 1) aggravate –to annoy; irritate; exasperate2) assimilate – to take in and incorporate as one’s own3) the skin of our teeth – just barely; you only just succeed in doing something4) the rule of the thumb – a general principle regarded as roughly correct but not intended to Read more…
As promised, I have started on the P6 Vocabulary List taken from the CA1 2016 Top School Papers. Below are the first three schools. I will post more next week. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! NYPS 1) temperament – the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a Read more…
Today is the last day of school for most students and I’m sure many are waiting for all the fun during the 6 weeks of break! I have a few more lessons with my P4s and P5s before they have their well-deserved break from their English tuition. My P6s and Read more…
I hope that everyone has had a good break! My P6 students have started on their Preliminary Papers and I have prepared the Vocabulary list below. The words are taken from the Vocabulary MCQ section of the papers. Vocabulary List Preliminary Papers 2015 – Catholic High One 1) provoke – Read more…