Today I handed out the exam spelling list as well as an oral examination package to the pupils. I have gone through both with them.
For the oral exam package, I highlighted certain points the oral examiner will be looking out for. The reading aloud component should be manageable as it is much like the poem reading AMODES. As for the picture discussion, I kept emphasizing the following:
1. Always begin with an overview of the setting - where? when? eg. "This picture depicts a scene at..."
2. Talk about 3 main points, starting with the most obvious/important one. For each one, describe who is doing what, suggest how he is feeling and explain why, then put yourself in his shoes.
3. Summarize.
4. Answer using present tense or present continuous tense.
5. Never use your hand to point at the picture.
I have attached 3 passages and 3 pictures for practice.
Meanwhile, the exam spelling list is for all the four components of the English final year exams - oral, listening comprehension, composition & the main paper. For the oral exam, your child only needs to know how to read the list of words but he must know how to spell them for the other papers.
Note that as much as possible, we will try to test as many students as we can on the first day of the oral exam so that lessons may resume quickly.
There is no homework for today. Please ensure that your child learns his spelling (unit 16.1) for tomorrow. That's all.
Best,
Miss Nurul
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