2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[snowyqueen]

PiggyLalala:

May i know what is considered to be a good mark for English paper 2?

Depending on aim is A or A*. DD's tuition teacher said min 85 but must aim higher for his target for them. 80+ is achievable but 90+ is so difficult DD's friend in Tuition, RGS GEP told her she aims for 90+, DD felt a bit pressurised but in a way motivated by her determination to want to break her own record （in 80+ range).

[Jennifer]

ngl2010:

Jennifer:

[quote=\"PiggyLalala\"]May i know what is considered to be a good mark for English paper 2?

I do not know either. It is not a fixed number for every child.

If a child is consistently getting > 80, then suddenly gets 60. This is a concern to me.

Is it more difficult than usual? How about his classmates?[/quote]He did not know:

1. panoramic
2. from his previous brush (with) the law
3. will be taken to (task)
4. have my cake and eat it
5. put all my eggs in one basket
6. dismay = unhappiness
7. react = respond
8. plush = opulent

careless mistakes in MCQ compreh, grammar cloze, synthesis

6 mistakes in vocabulary cloze, 2 mistakes in synthesis

not perfect score in OE compreh due to (i) incomplete answers and (ii) wrong preposition

= badly done paper.

[PiggyLalala]

Thank you Jennifer n snowyqueen for yr reply. All the best to the coming psle.

[Verysuperkiasu]

Actually, if Eng P2 can get 72/95, to me is quite good already. If you add 72 to say 89 (31 compo, 13 sit writing, 27 oral, 18 LC), then divide by 2 is already 80.5. Middle A.


dd did worse to be honest. But the teacher said it is an extremely tough paper, whole cohort only 2 of them got over 70. None of the whole of P6 got A*.

In then end, dd still manage to get an A but low A. For that reason, Tscore has been lowered by alot. Just hope this is not reflective of PSLE’s standard. After all, sch did say the level of difficulty is raised. I still don’t agree with the way the teachers in dd’s sch marked though. Some answers are acceptable verified by an Eng professor from NTU (formerly from NIE) - but they strictly adhere to the so called ‘answer key’. I didn’t raise this. No point.

[icy_mama]

Verysuperkiasu:

Actually, if Eng P2 can get 72/95, to me is quite good already. If you add 72 to say 89 (31 compo, 13 sit writing, 27 oral, 18 LC), then divide by 2 is already 80.5. Middle A.


dd did worse to be honest. But the teacher said it is an extremely tough paper, whole cohort only 2 of them got over 70. None of the whole of P6 got A*.

In then end, dd still manage to get an A but low A. For that reason, Tscore has been lowered by alot. Just hope this is not reflective of PSLE's standard. After all, sch did say the level of difficulty is raised. I still don't agree with the way the teachers in dd's sch marked though. Some answers are acceptable verified by an Eng professor from NTU (formerly from NIE) - but they strictly adhere to the so called 'answer key'. I didn't raise this. No point.

that sounded kinda reassuring. thanks, verysuperkiasu. her teacher mentioned that it was a difficult paper to start with. on the other hand, this made her sit up higher and put in a lil more effort into her work. blessing in disguise? i hope. :xedfingers:

[bitchymum]

Jennifer:

Jennifer:

[quote=\"bitchymum\"]
Hi Jennifer, can share how to lift key words/phrase from passage? My gal also has problem with MT compre

Kinda difficult to show you here. The CL paper is not returned to ah boy yet. He says should be tmr.

Once I get the paper, I will take a pic n post the passage n answer here.

Sorry, gotta wait a while.

Here are the part of the passage and 2 qns.

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Thanks

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[kiasuparentsirock]

For prelims, will students get to know their T-score? Is it calculated as the same way as the PSLE T-score?

[Jennifer]

kiasuparentsirock:

For prelims, will students get to know their T-score? Is it calculated as the same way as the PSLE T-score?

Elder boy time did not show t-score in report book, nor know his.

Not sure this year same practice?

[isetan]

kiasuparentsirock:

For prelims, will students get to know their T-score? Is it calculated as the same way as the PSLE T-score?

Yes, DD school practice giving out T score for prelims. However, the reference is based on its own school overall results whereas PSLE is based on national level.

[kiasuparentsirock]

isetan:

kiasuparentsirock:

For prelims, will students get to know their T-score? Is it calculated as the same way as the PSLE T-score?

Yes, DD school practice giving out T score for prelims. However, the reference is based on its own school overall results whereas PSLE is based on national level.

:thankyou: