1. Preparation for English TSA --Speaking --Listening, Reading & Writing

2. Speaking Date: 4th May 2011 (or 5th May 2011) Preparation Time: 2 mins. Assessment Time: 3 mins. Reading Aloud Expression of Personal Experiences Picture Description

3. Reading Aloud----Example 1

4. Example 2

5. Expression of Personal Experiences Example

6. Picture Description

7. Example 2

8. Example 3

9. Example 4

10. Students with best performance in Speaking: Give relevant answer with some elaboration Give answers to “Why” / “Why not” questions. Speak clearly and readily with just a few pronunciation mistakes.

11. Listening, Reading & Writing Written Tests ( 紙筆評估 ) Date: 16th June 2010 (or 17th June 2010) Listening assessment: around 25 mins. Reading & Writing Assessments: 25 mins. “OSM” barcode labels

12. Listening

13. Example 1

14. Example 2

15. Example 3

17. Reading Comprehension: In Context 3 parts --posters / food menu / notice / book cover / table of content / letter / table (time-table) / short story / calendar / a club-house leaflet / poem / guessing a riddle / postcard / birthday card / …

18. Reading ----Example 1

19. Example 2

20. Example 3

21. More difficult questions:

24. Maths? / common sense?

26. Writing Write a short story based on given pictures OR Write a letter about a topic with the help of given prompts (a few words / a mind map)

27. Example 1 --- Writing – The School Picnic

28. Example 2---Writing --- “The Frog”

35. Daily Assessment (homework) Writing Description of an animal

37. Responding to descriptions of characters:

38. Completing a story

39. Description of a good friend

41. In tests / exams

42. Some tips on Studying note book Grammar Book and supp. worksheets Do more exercises Read extensively (Broaden the horizon, build interest + confidence, widen the range of vocab.) Train reading speed, guess the meanings

43. Silent reading + reading aloud Re-checking all the answers in tests/ exams: –All questions completed? (read the Rubrics of questions) –Answers correct? –Grammar (tense / preposition etc.) –Spelling –Punctuation

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