Slides for GP

7/31/2019 Slides for GP

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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.

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