Secondary 2Comprehension

and Composition(Skillful 3)

Pre-School Primary University

• Develop your comprehension of challenging non-fiction texts

• Improve your composition in a range of MOE text types

• Widen your vocabulary and general knowledge

• Track your progress with regular assessment tasks

Secondary

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Secondary 2

Sample course structure from Term 1 (each unit is covered over 5 lessons):

10 Lessons/ Term

• Identity• Thought

• Reading to understand the main idea of the text

• Reading to pick out specific information

• Making predictions about the text

• Making inferences from the information given

• Reading to understand the main idea of the text

• Reading to pick out specific information

• Summarising essential ideas• Making inferences from the

information given

• Reading to understand the main idea of the text

• Summarising essential ideas• Distinguishing between fact

and opinion• Asking questions about the

text

• Reading to understand the main idea of the text

• Reading to pick out specific information

• Making predictions about the text

• Making inferences from the information given

• Fire• Movement

• Disease• Survival

• Drive• Sound

• Descriptive essay• Exposition

• Personal recount• Descriptive essay

• Exposition• Personal recount

• Exposition• Personal recount

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

Unit Titles(2 Units/Term)

MOE Composition Text Types

MOE Comprehension Skills

Grammar and Vocabulary Students will learn and practise specific aspects of grammar that will help them to write the composition texts and better understand comprehension texts. Students will also learn sets of vocabulary within commonly used ‘O’ Level topics.

Assessment Book Students will be given an assessment book with MOE-aligned practices that are to be completed after each lesson. Each practice follows the same format as the ‘O’ Level English exam.

Text: ‘Discuss it Online’

Students will develop these skills to improve their comprehension grades:

• How to make predictions about the text • How to read to understand the main idea • How to pick out specific information for comprehension questions • How to answer inference questions

Text type: Descriptive essay

Students will develop these skills to improve their composition grades:

• How to structure each paragraph • How to write complex sentences • How to plan their essay using prompt questions, within the features of this text type

Lessons 1-2:Comprehension and Vocabulary

Lessons 3-4:Composition and Grammar

Lesson 5:Review and Reflection on Learning

Assessment task: Descriptive essay and editingAssessment task: Comprehension and vocabulary

During this lesson, students will receive individual and group feedback on mistakes made in previous lessons and assignments. They will then be given the opportunity to redo tasks, rewrite parts of their written texts and make corrections based on teacher feedback.

They will also carry out supervised peer marking which helps improve their editing skills.

End-of-term assessment task: Record of progress