p6 english language (standard)
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• Joy of Learning
• Topical Coverage
• P6 Level Focuses
• P6 Key Strategies
• Assessment Format
• Home Support
Content
Joy of Learning
Newspapers – Oracy
• Read on current affairs to find out what’s happening
around us
• arouse students curiosity to read and find out more
about related topics of interest
• representing views and ideas creatively by
responding to articles read
• working in groups/pairs to talk about ideas and share
opinions
P6 Level Focuses
Oracy Writing
Speak and
representing widely
for effective delivery
eg. register
Produce a variety of
texts for creative and
functional purposes,
What-Why-How
Chart
P6 Key Strategies
SSR – Sustained Silent Reading (10 min)
Sharing of book read by teacher or some students
To promote reading for enjoyment and sharing of good books
KWL – Know-Want to Know-Learnt (Non-fiction texts)
Helps readers to relate a new topic to what they know
Anticipate what they will be reading about
Become involved in the text by having them look for information they want
to find
Follow-up activities
Vocabulary
Grammar items
Sentence manipulation
Writing Process
SR – Supported Reading
(Narrative texts)
Reading for understanding
and enjoyment
Predicting and questioning
Assessment Format Standard- PSLE, SA1 & PRELIMPaper
(Duration)
Components Item Type No. of Items Marks Weighting
1
(1h 10 min)
Situational Writing Open-ended 1 15 27.5%
Continuous Writing Open-ended 1 40
2
Language Use and
Comprehension
(1h 50 min)
Booklet A
Grammar
MCQ 10 10 47.5%
Vocabulary MCQ 5 5
Vocabulary Cloze MCQ 5 5
Visual Text Comprehension MCQ 8 8
Booklet B
Grammar Cloze
Open-ended 10 10
Editing for Spelling & Grammar Open-ended 12 12
Comprehension Cloze Open-ended 15 15
Synthesis / Transformation Open-ended 5 10
Comprehension OE Open-ended 10 20
3
(Approx.35 min)
Listening Comprehension MCQ 20 20 10%
4
Oral
(Approx.10 min)
Reading Aloud Open-ended 1 passage 10 15%
Stimulus-based Conversation Open-ended 1 Visual stimulus 20
Total 200 100%
Home Support
• Find quality age-appropriate texts
e.g. school & national libraries
• Exposure to different authors and genres
(Read regularly)
• Discuss the book and article
• Self-study (with supervision)
Between 30 to 90 min a day
• Learn spelling & dictation weekly
• Joy of Learning
• Topical Coverage
• P6 Level Focuses
• P6 Key Strategies
• Assessment Format
• Home Support
Content
Joy of Learning
Newspapers – Oracy
• Read on current affairs to find out what’s happening
around us
• arouse students curiosity to read and find out more
about related topics of interest
• representing views and ideas creatively by
responding to articles read
• working in groups/pairs to talk about ideas and share
opinions
P6 Level Focuses
Oracy Writing
Speak and representing
widely for effective
delivery eg. register
Produce a variety of
texts for creative and
functional purposes,
What-Why-How Chart
P6 Key Strategies
SR – Supported Reading
(Narrative texts)
Reading for understanding and
enjoyment
Predicting and questioning
Reading strategies
Text types and features
KWL – Know-Want to Know-Learnt (Non-fiction texts)
Helps readers relate a new topic or information to what they already
know
Anticipate what they will be reading about
Become involved in the text by having them look for information they
want to find.
Follow-up activities
Vocabulary words
Grammar items
Sentence manipulation
Whole-text study
Writing Process
Assessment Format FEL- PSLE, SA1 & PRELIMPaper
(Duration)
Components Item Type No. of Items Marks Weighting
1
(1h 10 min)
Situational Writing Open-ended 1 10 26.7%
Continuous Writing Open-ended 1 30
2Language Use and Comprehension(1h 20 min)
Booklet A
Grammar
MCQ 8 8 40%
Punctuation MCQ 2 2
Vocabulary MCQ 5 5
Visual Text Comprehension MCQ 5 5
Booklet B
Form Filling
Open-ended 5 5
Editing for Grammar Open-ended 6 6
Editing for Spelling Open-ended 6 6
Comprehension (Completion of sentences) Open-ended 5 5
Synthesis Open-ended 3 3
Comprehension Cloze Open-ended 5 5
Comprehension Passages A & B Open-ended 7 10
3
(Approx.35 min)
Listening Comprehension MCQ 20 20 13.3%
4
Oral
(Approx.10 min)
Reading Aloud Open-ended 1 passage 10 20%
Stimulus-based Conversation Open-ended 1 Visual stimulus 20
Total 150 100%
Home Support
• Find quality age-appropriate texts
e.g. school & national libraries
• Exposure to different authors and genres
(Read regularly)
• Discuss the book and article
• Self-study (with supervision)
Between 30 to 90 min a day
• Learn spelling & dictation weekly