TSA and PS1

Primary 6

TSA Format

• 3 reading comprehension passages

• 1 writing

• E.g. story writing—create your own ending

• essay– guided questions

• --- mind map etc

PS1 ( Format )• 3 or 4 passages 60%• 1 short writing (30 words) 10%• E.g. There are many tourist attractions in Hong

Kong. Suggest a place for your uncle to visit in 30 words.

• (DON’T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME!!!)• 1 long essay (Same as TSA) 30%

• Write THE LONG ESSAY FIRST!!!!!!!!!!

Question types

Knowledge

Comprehension

Factual questions著重事實的問題

知識

理解

What Who Where When

How

Knowledge

1. What is the name of the fast food shop?

2. When does the shop open?

Comprehension

Lily wants to eat sweet chicken wings, she can choose ________ chicken wings.

Application 應用 Analysis 分析 e.g. What does

‘he’ refer to in line 3?

Synthesis 綜合 e.g. What is the book about?

Evaluation 評價 e.g Which one do you like , why?

Higher Order Thinking questions 高階思維的問題

• Adult $600

• Child/Student $300

• Senior $ 300

Happy Tour

Tour A

John is twelve years old. How much should John pay if he joins the trip with his parents?

Application

$300 + $600 +$600

= $1500

Application 應用 Analysis 分析 e.g. What does

‘he’ refer to in line 3?

Synthesis 綜合 e.g. What is the book about?

Evaluation 評價 e.g Which one do you like , why?

Higher Order Thinking questions 高階思維的問題

• Chapter 1 Little elephant

• Chapter 2 The Lion King

• Chapter 3 The beautiful rabbits

and the ugly tiger

Synthesis

This book is about_______. animals

ApplicationPeter has $12, how

many chicken wings

can he buy?

Analysis

Mary wants to buy the chicken at a good price, she will go to the shop at______

A. 2 p.m. on Monday.

B. 4 p.m. on Wednesday

C. 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Analysis

Yummy chicken shop has _____shops in Kowloon.

Synthesis

This advertisement wants people to try __________.chicken wings

Evaluation

If you have $100, what will you buy in this shop, why?

Learn to read the questions

• Write the answer on the answer sheet.

• (Remember to follow the number)

• Blacken the correct answer.

• Sequence the events.

• word e.g happy

• sentence e.g. I am a boy.

• phrase e.g. as soon as possible

• paragraph

• line

•Punctuation mark e.g. ? , !

•meaning

•refers to e.g. What does ‘he’ refer to?

Learn these words.

Text type

• What is it?

• Where can you find this?

Letter

Dear Annie,

How are you? I hope you are OK. I am having a good holiday with my family here in Hong Kong. What about you? What are you doing in your holidays? Please send me your news.

Love,

Sally

Flat F, Block 3,King Too Estate,Tseung Kwan O

May 2, 2007.

address

date

Greetings

Poem

Flowers, flowers.

Pink, yellow, red,

Green, purple, blue.

Smell sweet,

Look beautiful.

We pick them.

We give them.

We love them

Flowers, Flowers.

Capital letter first letter in the line

PosterLOST!

A beautiful white pet rabbit. Her name is Fluffy. She was lost in Tseung Kwan O on January 26th.

If you find her, please phone 62456980 and ask for Sally Tam.

Title in capitals with exclamation

mark to bring attentions

Play

Scene 2 At the Party

Jason: Hello Sam, It’s good to see you here. (Standing)

Sam: Thanks Sam, I am hungry. When can we eat? (Bowing)

Jason: I think my mother is setting the table now. Let’s finish this computer game, then we can eat.

Sam: OK. I want to win this game!

•Speech in italics•Actions in brackets

•Person speaking bold

Advertisement

•Oranges $20 for six

AAA Supermarket is good for you!

DiaryTues 14th:

10am: Pick up rabbit from vet.

Wed 15th:

2pm: Piano lesson.

Thurs 16th:

9am: Meet Sally at McDonalds

.

Postcard

Mr. J. Lau

Block C, 11D

Sun Lan Estate

Hong Kong

Hi John

I am having a wonderful time on holiday here in London.

See you soon,

Jacky

Name and address

to

from

write news

Envelope

Ms. Shirley Lit,

Flat 11B,

Area 23, King Lam Estate,

Tseung Kwan O

New Territories,

Hong Kong

name

country

area

town

buildingfloor

Riddle

I have two feet and two eyes.You can see me in Hong Kong.

I am small and I am brown.I lay eggs and I can fly.

What am I?

A riddle gives you clues. It starts with difficult ones then gets easier.

I am a bird

News articleMan dies with dog!An old man died in his home yesterday afternoon, a police officer said.

Friends called an ambulance, but it was too late. A dog was sitting next to him. The police officer took it to the vet.

His family called the police because they had no news from him for two days.

The police think he fell down in his home.

Headline

• In line 6, XX refers to ________?

• In line 5, which punctuation mark should be put in the box?

(Skills: not just read line 6, read line 5 and 7 as well)

What do you think of?/What do you think about_____?

• What is the main purpose of the passage?• =What is the passage about?

• Write 80 words or more to write the story.• Write an account of ____________.

• Write a short passage in 30 words about ________.

• Create your own ending.

Questions

• Which one should not be put in ____________?• Which one is not true about____?• Which one is not correct about_____?• Which one is correct?• Which sentence is true about__________?

• None of the above• All of the above• Both a and b

Tips

• Be calm.• Read the questions FIRST!• Underline the key word.• Read the passage.• If you don’t know the answer, still choose the

one possible answer.• NEVER GIVE UP!

• Allow 10 minutes for writing essay and checking.

GOOD LUCK!