2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[Coolkidsrock2]

Suspect my DS wrote out of point. Plot too complex and tripped.

[phtthp]

Oh My Gosh:

happyheart:

DS write about telling a secret and causing one person to be dismissed from a position. He hinted in the compo that he realised he did the wrong thing. BUT...he never reveal what is the secret that caused such an impact! :slapshead: Is he out of topic or will he be heavily panelised ? I did not probe it or comment further. Just wanted to get a sense here

I am not an EL teacher or EL expert... but IMHO, what the secret is must be revealed in the compo. However, your DS did mentioned a good flow on the impact of leaking the secret and the bad feelings he has for leaking out the secret. So he is not out of topic. In my DS's EL teacher words, it is called \"slight off-topic\" not out of topic. Such compo will not fail but unless his content and grammar is strong, my DS teacher mentioned before such compo will not get very high marks, maximum 32/40.

But which part is out of point ?

Secrets supposed to be a mystery

Even in drama watched, even if Top management in a company is corrupted, lower salary paid personnel may not even dare to disclose truth that the fella at the top is corrupted, in case lose his rice bowl, or harm brought to his family members, if he disclose the truth.

So, don't see why you say is out of point, just because author did not disclose the truth

[lynntan15]

phtthp:

Oh My Gosh:

[quote=\"happyheart\"]DS write about telling a secret and causing one person to be dismissed from a position. He hinted in the compo that he realised he did the wrong thing. BUT...he never reveal what is the secret that caused such an impact! :slapshead: Is he out of topic or will he be heavily panelised ? I did not probe it or comment further. Just wanted to get a sense here

I am not an EL teacher or EL expert... but IMHO, what the secret is must be revealed in the compo. However, your DS did mentioned a good flow on the impact of leaking the secret and the bad feelings he has for leaking out the secret. So he is not out of topic. In my DS's EL teacher words, it is called \"slight off-topic\" not out of topic. Such compo will not fail but unless his content and grammar is strong, my DS teacher mentioned before such compo will not get very high marks, maximum 32/40.

But which part is out of point ?

Secrets supposed to be a mystery

Even in drama watched, even if Top management in a company is corrupted, lower salary paid personnel may not even dare to disclose truth that the fella at the top is corrupted, in case lose his rice bowl, or harm brought to his family members, if he disclose the truth.

So, don't see why you say is out of point, just because author did not disclose the truth[/quote]I find as long as he used one of the picture given, it should be fine. Secret did not need to be told eventually. But rather, what is the \"impact\" of leaking a secret and what is the lesson learnt eventually.

[Yngmng]

I am also not an English teacher. But as a reader, will be curious to know what is the secret. Not sure what my DD wrote, she refuse to share.

[James Ang]

Heard that PSLE Maths paper 1 is hard, some students cannot complete the paper. Is it hard?

[James Ang]

Hope that paper 2 is easier.


Is the last question 30 easy or hard? DS left it blank, 2 marks lost.

[happyheart]

Thanks for sharing your views. I personally think DS is missing a big WHY in the compo and as a reader, I would want to know what is the secret.

He said he ended the story saying''some secrets are meant to be told, some secrets are not, and I am not telling you mine.''Just hope the marker will not deduct too many marks.

Well, can't reverse and have to move on!

[Almighty]

Is it ???Oh God! Y do they need to set so hard so that the little ones feel so stressed…fingers crossed

[Singkiasu]

James Ang:

Heard that PSLE Maths paper 1 is hard, some students cannot complete the paper. Is it hard?

Just now my DD called up during the break time,YES ! the Math paper 1 was quite tough for her, The little girl was really in an agitated mood, her voice was choking
Guess, after the exams the girls must have discussed the answers, she got couple of them wrong !!!
I advised her to focus on Math paper 2...hope it puts her back in good spirits ! :xedfingers:

[James Ang]

DS is quite agitated too, last question 30 left blank (2 marks gone). Generally it is a habit not to leave any question unattempted, but if he leaves it blank then it is probably harder than usual?