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Strategies for General Paper
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What is General Paper?
Aims to develop in students the ability to
think critically,
To construct cogent arguments To communicate their ideas using clear,
accurate and effective language
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Scheme of Assessment
Paper Description Range of Marks
Paper 1
Essay
Paper comprises 12
questions
Topic Areas:
1. Issues drawn
from across
disciplines
2. Issues of localinterest and
global concern
Answer any one of
a total of 12
questions. 500-800
words
Content:30
Language: 20
Total mark: 50
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2010 Alevel Questions
Consider the view that most work these days could,and should, be done from home.
How far can an individual be held responsible for
crimes against humanity? Would it matter if all the performing arts venues in your
society, such as concert halls and theatres wereclosed down?
The person who dies rich dies disgraced. Discuss.
The book has no place in modern society. Discuss
To what extent has technology had a negative impacton the skill levels of people?
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2010 Alevel Questions
How effective are international efforts to ease theproblem of global hunger?
No politicians reputation can survive the judgement oftime. How true is this?
How important is it for people in your society to retaina sense of tradition?
The key to good health is lifestyle rather thanmedicine. How far do you agree?
Can mathematics be seen as anything more than auseful tool in everyday life?
Does sport merit the vast sums of money that arespent on it?
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Scheme of Assessment
Paper Description Range of Marks
Paper 2
Compre
hension
Text comprises 1 or
2 passages.
Questions cover:
1. Understanding,
including literal
comprehension
vocabulary and
inference(19marks)
2. Summary (8
marks)
3. Application (8
marks)
Answer all
questions.
The length of
text(s) will be
about 1200 words
in total.
Content:35
Language: 15
(A separate but
holistic score
based on the
entire script)
Total mark: 50
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Past Year Comprehension Topics
Choices (2004)
Aggression (2005)
Freedom (2006)
Gender Revolution (2007)
History (2008)
Work & Play (2009)
Food (2010)
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2010 Alevel Application Question
In this article, Patricia OASullivan describes
some current issues around the subject of
food. How applicable do you find her
observations to yourself and your own society?
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Lecture/Tutorial System
Lectures: Skills and Content
Grammar, Question Analysis, Error Analysis
Politics, Diversity vs. Inclusiveness, Tradition vs.
Modernity, Meritocracy vs. Egalitarianism, Individualismvs. Collectivism, Religion vs. Secularism
Tutorials:
GP Packages according to the topics listed above
Skills Packages: Paragraph development, Answering
Inference Question, summary, AQ etc.
Timed Assignments
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JC 2 Programs
Compulsory weekly GP remedial for weakstudents
Weekly GP Clinic for extremely weak students
(group of 5-6 students) Accelerated Program for the Top Band students
Film Review (once a term)
Book Sharing (once a term)
Weekly Skills lecture (in addition to timetabledlecture) in the 2nd half of the year conducted byHOD
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Self-study
Read the newspapers (Straits Times) EVERYDAY Watch T.V programs/websites such as BBC, CNN,
CNA, Discovery Channel etc.
Read Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Economist
Read Non-Fiction Books such as The End of
Poverty and Commonwealth Economics for a
crowded planet by Jeffrey Sachs, The World is
Flat by Thomas Friedman, 50 facts that shouldchange the world by Jessica Williams or
Denialism by Michael Specter
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Practice! Practice! Practice!
Students are advised to do additional
comprehensions and write additional
essays.
Comprehension papers and essay
questions are found in every GP Package.