Secondary 1
Comprehension
and Composition
(Skillful 2)
Pre-School
Primary
Secondary
• Develop your comprehension of
challenging non-fiction texts
• Improve your composition in a
range of MOE text types
• Widen your vocabulary and
general knowledge
• Track your progress with
regular assessment tasks
University
Secondary 1
Comprehension
and Composition
Term
1
2
3
4
Themes
(every 5 weeks)
Nourishment
Community
Space
Success
Pressure
Fear
Water
Persuasion
MOE
Comprehension
Skills
MOE Composition
Text Type
Grammar and
Vocabulary
Assessment Book
• Skimming for the main idea
• Scanning for specific information
• Making predictions
• Using contextual clues
• Skimming for the main idea
• Using contextual clues
• Sequencing details
• Distinguishing between cause
and effect
• Skimming for the main idea
• Paraphrasing information
• Making inferences
• Distinguishing between fact
and opinion
• Skimming for the main idea
• Scanning for specific information
• Categorise and classify details
• Distinguishing between cause
and effect
• Descriptive essay
• Descriptive essay
• Personal recount
• Descriptive essay
• Exposition
• Reporting verbs
• Modal verbs
• Suffixes
• Verbs of compulsion and prohibition
• Latin and Greek roots
• Passive voice
• Synonyms
• Past continuous
• Opinion adverbs
• Conditional sentences
• Verb / preposition collocations
• Present perfect
• Cause and effect
• Passive voice
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Indirect quotations
All themes are assessed and reviewed with MOE aligned tasks after each lesson. Students also take a quiz at the end of term to assess what has been learnt.
Example Unit Structure:
Lessons 1 and 2
Lessons 3 and 4
Assessment Book
All themes are assessed and reviewed with MOE aligned tasks after each lesson. Students also take a quiz at the end of termLesson
to assess
5 what has been learnt.
Comprehension and Vocabulary
Composition and Grammar
Lesson 1
Lesson 3
Text: ‘Food as Communication’
Comprehension skills:
• Making predictions
• Skimming for the main idea
• Scanning for specific information
Text Type: Descriptive essay
Composition skills:
• Compound sentences
• Modal verbs
• Planning using a chart
Assessment task:
• Unit 1: Comprehension and vocabulary
Assessment task:
• Unit 1: Descriptive essay and editing
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Individual and group feedback on mistakes in
previous lessons and assessments