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English Language – Curriculum Matters
Area of Language Learning / Focus
Skills progression
Listening & Viewing
Listen and view attentively to respond to a variety of contexts (eg. note-taking exercises)
Reading & Viewing Respond and appreciate the implied meaning in a variety of texts(eg. Book ‘Whispers of Wisdom’, articles from What’s Up newspaper)
English Language – Curriculum Matters Area of Language Learning / Focus
Skills progression
Speaking & Representing
• Explore, gather and develop ideas from a variety of texts
• participate respectfully in discussions• speak with confidence and coherence(eg. Readers’ Theatre, 1-minute presentation)
English Language – Curriculum Matters Area of Language Learning / Focus
Skills progression
Writing & Representing
• Penmanship - letters formed must be neat and legible
• Apply skills for idea generation and organisation to address purpose, audience, context, culture
• write with awareness of structures and language features of texts
English Language – Curriculum Matters
Area of Language Learning / Focus
Skills progression
Grammar Identify and apply knowledge of language features in speaking, writing and representing(eg. Capital letters, punctuation marks, etc to be applied correctly)
Vocabulary Develop and strengthen vocabulary knowledge, and take an active role in learning new vocabulary items
English Language – Class Activities Activities Details
Reading Period • Book Review• Reading Bingo
Oral presentations
• Group (Readers’ Theatre)• Individual (1-minute presentation)
Spelling and Dictation
• Alternate weekly
Social Studies • Subsumed under English (taught by EL teacher)
English Language – In the classroom Administrative Matters
Details
Corrections • Students should use a green pen for corrections
Filing • Learning Sheets• Stellar Readers (Semester 2 only) • School worksheets• Companion Booklets• Compositions • Tests and Exam papers
English Language – P3 Assessments
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Composition Quiz 1 Quiz 2 SA 2
Non-weighted
(0 %)
Weighted
(15 %)
Weighted
(15 %)
Weighted
(70 %)
Total 100%
Components Marks WA 1 1. Note-taking
2. Synthesis3. Open-ended Comprehension
5510
WA 2 1. Unseen Dictation2. Vocabulary Cloze3. Editing 4. Synthesis 5. Open-ended Comprehension
555510
English Language – P3 Weighted Assessments
Component Item Type Marks Duration
Oral Communication OE 16
Listening
Comprehension
MCQ & OE 14
Continuous Writing OE 20 50 minutes
Language Use and
Comprehension
MCQ & OE 50 1 hour 15 minutes
English Language – P3 SA2