Me Time!
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Do ACS Barker or ACSI
put all their past years’ Sec (1 to 4) exam papers inside their school library, for students to zap anytime
- for English Literature ?
- for English composition Paper 1 ?
- for Chinese zuowen Paper 1 ?
If Yes, very spontaneous ! -
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For such papers, there are 2 \"tracks\" for preparation: the general, and the specific.
Agree. Exam like Paper 1 English composition & Chinese zuo wen, how to prepare ? because don't even know what compo topic coming out, nor Paper 2 Comprehension passage ... anything can come out.
Another subject hard to prepare is English Literature unseen poetry : how to prepare poetry test ?
Do you all like poetry ?
The specific is what Singaporeans tend to focus on - looking for the \"right answer\". But for humanities subjects, this is more in the form rather than the content (content is too varied to \"spot\" with any degree of certainty). For e.g., in unseen poetry, there will be guidelines given by teachers as to things to look out for (themes, alliteration, allusions, imagery, rhythm, word choice, ...), and also about how to structure and present the essay using the appropriate style, terminology, etc.
The general, because it is so inchoate, is often ignored. This would include reading widely, having a \"feel\" of the subject, being able to extract specific items and examples from general knowledge and understanding, and arrange them and present them in a way that answers the question. These can be prepared for in advance by building up the reservoir of knowledge and understanding, but a lot depends on the student being able to think, arrange his facts and arguments, and present them well, all during the time allocated in an exam. If students spent more time on this, and less on the specific parts, they would probably do better overall, and in the long run.
Note: I am NOT saying that a student should not spend time polishing up the \"specific\" skills for the purposes of exams. Just that many students seem to spend more time on that than necessary, at the expense of the other part. -
Forum is so quiet...are your kids still having exams? Busy with coaching them?
DS exams over last Fri...relaxed mode, whole weekend I let him play...On Sunday I sat him down and asked him to plan his own work schedule for this week. Surprisingly he is now mature enough to look at his calendar, and think about what tasks he needs to do each day, and write them down into a list. Previously I was the one planning it & he just followed. Now instead of nagging “have u done XYZ?” I merely ask “what do u plan to do today?” and he tells me a pretty responsible plan. :imcool: -
Done already. Reward dd with McD while waiting for sister. Watched few hours of tv while I napped. About bedtime time she took out the puzzle book and doing it. Never do this kind of things before haha.
Need to try ask her do some work everyday since (hopefully) momentum still there. They starting check/marking some papers I heard. This round after nagging she is abit better…not as if the exam is not hers. -
Some subject teachers finished marking already, but still waiting for their colleagues to finish then can return the papers to the kids. I’m quite nervous to see whether our new 作文 strategy worked (memorize chunks of good phrases orally) - already 2 weekends passed but still no news…I guess need 2nd marker & if got discrepancy need discussion?
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Chi dd on her own, this I worry too. We did Sci & Math together. More on Math coz her this subj swing alot.
Some subject teachers finished marking already, but still waiting for their colleagues to finish then can return the papers to the kids. I’m quite nervous to see whether our new 作文 strategy worked (memorize chunks of good phrases orally) - already 2 weekends passed but still no news...I guess need 2nd marker & if got discrepancy need discussion?[/quote] -
Math sometimes will swing based on which topic tested I think. Eg DS found it hard to grasp the Fractions problem sums, both P4 and P5 Term 1. But surprisingly in P5 Term 2 got some topics like Ratio problem sums & 3D cubes drawing + volume, he finds it very easy.
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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2023642\" time=\"1620742824\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2023642 time=1620742824 user_id=53606]
I never identify which topics weak. Some that she doesn't know or did wrongly, I will explain to her..some qns when I started drawing the model then she could see something from it and she took it over and continue. Some really dunno due to lack of practice. Some due to mistakes, redo can get it correct. Got scolding from me coz almost missed a chapter which was a P3 topic, she did it wrong and I (and dd) thought haven't teach.
Math sometimes will swing based on which topic tested I think. Eg DS found it hard to grasp the Fractions problem sums, both P4 and P5 Term 1. But surprisingly in P5 Term 2 got some topics like Ratio problem sums & 3D cubes drawing + volume, he finds it very easy.[/quote] -
Funny there is something I noticed…think those more than 1 kid will likely be same too. While doing the modelling, I was quite amazed that I m now much better than dd1’s time lol…
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Taking leave on Wed and Fri to have a super long wkend
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