P6 English

Language

(Standard)

• 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

Topical Coverage

STELLAR Texts

Unit 1: Coolie Boy

Unit 2: The Bow Wow Brigade

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

P6 English

Language

(Foundation)

• 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

Topical Coverage

STELLAR Texts

Unit 1: Kusu Island

Unit 2: Working Dogs

Unit 3: Coolie Boy

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

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