Two more weeks before the PSLE English paper.
This week, we're doing yet another PSLE picture composition, the picture composition from either 2012 or 2013.
Video 1 - Picture Analysis
Is the storyline as simple as a pair of children giving their father a surprise birthday party? Or can we add more plot points to make the story more interesting?
Video 2 - Sample Story
Quite a long story this week, but don't worry. As you know, if you miss anything, you can always stop the video and replay the bit that you didn't catch.
Video 3 - Figures of Speech
There are dozens of different types of figures of speech out there. But at the primary school level, we're only concerned with the more common ones. Previously, we've done one type already - metaphors. Today, we'll revise that and cover some new ones.
This video is quite long, in excess of 23 min. I tried to keep it as short as possible, but there are really too many things to cover in this segment. I hope that the length doesn't deter you from watching the video and that you find it useful.
Resources
Assignment
Figures of Speech
Note:
In Video 2, when I went through Paragraph, I mentioned the ellipsis, a punctuation mark that is denoted by 3 full stops (...).
To recap, ellipses have a couple of functions:
1. They are used to indicate missing words, and we use the ellipsis for this function very often in our sample stories.
2. They are also used to indicate an unfinished thought or speech. And this is their function in the last 3 ellipses in Paragraph 1. Hence, the last 3 ellipses in Para 1 should be written out as they are seen; that means instead of replacing them with words, write out the 3 full stops as you see them. They are used to indicate the incomplete sentences when Faye and John spoke, as well as the last sentence in Paragraph 1 trailing off as we leave the timeline and return to the beginning of the story.
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