Zippy SingaporeSec 1 Headstart · English
Inference, 80-word summaries, explaining, arguing and editing, before Secondary 1 starts.
A self-paced head start for students moving from PSLE to Secondary 1 English: reading closely, summary, explaining and arguing, and editing. Ten lessons in four units.
- units
- 4
- lessons
- 10
About the course
A head start for students moving from PSLE to Secondary 1 English. Prove an inference with evidence from the text, write an 80-word summary in your own words, build paragraphs that explain and argue, and edit grammar in your own writing and in others’.
What you practise
- Inference with evidence
- Summary in 80 words
- Paraphrasing
- Claims, reasons and evidence
- Editing grammar
What the course covers
Reading closely
2 lessons- What inference is: clues plus what you already know
- Proving it: inference with evidence
Summary
4 lessons- What a summary is
- Main points in harder texts
- Paraphrasing: own words, same meaning
- Combining points to fit 80 words
Explain and argue
3 lessons- Paragraphs that explain
- Argument: claim, reasons and evidence
- Strong evidence, fair surveys and exact numbers
Editing
1 lesson- Editing: finding and fixing grammar errors