Date: 30th June 2005 (Thu)
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Venue: School Hall
1) The new curriculum/ assessment criteria.
2) Print fiction / non-fiction.
3) Watching movies / documentaries.
4) Question / Answer Session.
5) Remarks from the Principal.
Standards-Referenced Assessment
The use of FIVE DESCRIPTORS to assess
students’ performance in
Paper 1
Paper 2
Paper 3
Reading & Writing (40%)
Integrated Listening, Reading &
Writing (30%)
Speaking (15%)
The introduction of
School-based Assessment
in
English Language (CE 2007)
Weighting: 15%
Number of Assessments: 4
Duration: 2 years
Watching English Films Enables Us To :
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Have cultural enrichment
Learn idiomatic expressions
Improve our listening ability
Have a lot of fun
Preparing For the School-based Assessment
(SBA)
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It accounts for 15% of the total subject
score.
It consists of a reading & viewing
programme.
You have to read & view at least 4 texts
within a course of two years (F.4-F.5)
Four Categories of Texts
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Print Fiction
e.g. novels,
detective stories
Print Non-fiction
e.g. autobiographies,
science books
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Non-print Fiction
e.g. films
Non-print Non-fiction
e.g. documentaries
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Choose the written/audiovisual texts
Read/View the chosen texts
Prepare for the assessment tasks:writing personal
comments for individual presentation & jotting down
questions to ask for the group discussion
Prepare for Individual Presentation & Group
Discussion
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Classics: e.g. The Pearl, Dracula
Romance: e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Emma
Adventure Story: e.g. Down the River
Thriller: e.g. Ghost in the Guitar
Historical Novel: e.g. Gladiator
Fantasy/Imaginative story: e.g. The Last Polar
Bear
Detective Story: e.g. The Royal Park Murder
Serious Reading: e.g. Tuesdays with Morrie
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Story about a person: e.g. Princess Diana
Themes about the future: e.g. Book of the
Future
Themes about religion/culture: e.g. Buddhism
Themes about advice: e.g. Fighting Fat-Fighting
Fit
Themes about science: e.g. Global Warming
True story of somebody’s success/adventure:
e.g. Women in Business
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Films: e.g. Finding Nemo, Titanic, Freaky
Friday, etc.
Television Programmes: e.g. ER, Sherlock
Holmes, The X-files, etc.
Documentaries of various topics on:
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A person’s life, biography: e.g. Bruce Lee:
The Immortal Dragon
Nature/Weather: e.g. Wild Weather
Geography/Travel: e.g. Michael Palin:
Pole to Pole
Things to consider when choosing a book
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Type of fiction I like?
Level of difficulty—challenging, average, easy
Number of pages?
Am I a serious/lazy reader?
What I like about a fiction—strong characters,
humour, moral values, thought-provoking stories,
suspense, fun etc.
While-Reading/Viewing Tasks
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Create a reading progress chart
Write reading notes on the setting of the
story, characters etc.
Write Book Reviews as written records
Keep an audio diary, if possible, about
your own opinions
Individual Presentation &
Assessment
Individual
Presentation
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Give the title of
the book
Give the main theme
of the story
Give personal
reflections or
comments
Group Discussion
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Accuracy in grammar
Range of vocabulary
Fluency
Pronunciation
Interactive &
discussion skills