Title: TSA and PS1
1TSA and PS1
2TSA Format
- 3 reading comprehension passages
- 1 writing
- E.g. story writingcreate your own ending
- essay guided questions
- --- mind map etc
3PS1 ( 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. - (DONT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME!!!)
- 1 long essay (Same as TSA) 30
- Write THE LONG ESSAY FIRST!!!!!!!!!!
4 Question types
5Factual questions???????
Knowledge Comprehension
What Who Where When
??
How
??
6- Knowledge
- What is the name of the fast food shop?
- When does the shop open?
- Comprehension
- Lily wants to eat sweet chicken wings, she
can choose ________ chicken wings.
7Higher Order Thinking questions ???????
- Application ??
- Analysis ?? e.g. What does he refer to in line
3? - Synthesis ?? e.g. What is the book about?
- Evaluation ?? e.g Which one do you like , why?
8Application
Happy Tour Tour A
300 600 600 1500
- Adult 600
- Child/Student 300
- Senior 300
John is twelve years old. How much should John
pay if he joins the trip with his parents?
9Higher Order Thinking questions ???????
- Application ??
- Analysis ?? e.g. What does he refer to in line
3? - Synthesis ?? e.g. What is the book about?
- Evaluation ?? e.g Which one do you like , why?
10Synthesis
- Chapter 1 Little elephant
- Chapter 2 The Lion King
- Chapter 3 The beautiful rabbits
- and the ugly tiger
animals
This book is about_______.
11Application Peter has 12, how many chicken
wings can he buy?
12- Analysis
- Mary wants to buy the chicken at a good price,
she will go to the shop at______ - 2 p.m. on Monday.
- 4 p.m. on Wednesday
- 3 p.m. on Saturday.
13Analysis Yummy chicken shop has _____shops in
Kowloon.
14Synthesis This advertisement wants people to try
__________.
chicken wings
15Evaluation If you have 100, what will you buy
in this shop, why?
16Learn to read the questions
17- Write the answer on the answer sheet.
- (Remember to follow the number)
- Blacken the correct answer.? ?
- Sequence the events.
18Learn these words.
- 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?
19Text type
- What is it?
- Where can you find this?
20Letter
address
Flat F, Block 3, King Too Estate, Tseung Kwan
O May 2, 2007.
date
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
Greetings
21Poem
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
22Poster
LOST!
Title in capitals with exclamation mark to
bring attentions
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.
23Play
- Speech in italics
- Actions in brackets
- Person speaking bold
Scene 2 At the Party Jason Hello Sam, Its
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. Lets finish this computer game, then
we can eat. Sam OK. I want to win this game!
24Advertisement
AAA Supermarket is good for you!
25Diary
Tues 14th 10am Pick up rabbit from
vet. Wed 15th 2pm Piano lesson. Thurs
16th 9am Meet Sally at McDonalds .
26Postcard
Name and address
Hi John I am having a wonderful time on holiday
here in London. See you soon, Jacky
to
Mr. J. Lau Block C, 11D Sun Lan Estate Hong Kong
write news
from
27Envelope
Ms. Shirley Lit, Flat 11B, Area 23, King Lam
Estate, Tseung Kwan O New Territories, Hong Kong
name
floor
building
town
area
country
28Riddle
A riddle gives you clues. It starts with
difficult ones then gets easier.
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?
I am a bird
29News article
Headline
Man 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.
30- 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_____?
31- 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.
32Questions
- 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
33Tips
- Be calm.
- Read the questions FIRST!
- Underline the key word.
- Read the passage.
- If you dont know the answer, still choose the
one possible answer. - NEVER GIVE UP!
- Allow 10 minutes for writing essay and checking.
34GOOD LUCK!