MOE Hater:

Hi Almighty,


I thought that one of the pointers was what did your friends do but that's not mentioned in your compo.

That aside, I think it is quite well written.

Cheers :celebrate:

Brenda10:

Hi Almighty



This is a very well written compo. and appreciate if you could kindly share a few more.

Thank you and have a nice day. :lol:

Mathmaniac:

Excellent piece of essay for psle standard!

Almighty:

JieTing:

[quote=\"Almighty\"]Wow, enjoy reading your compo. I beleive you should be able to score high mark Dont worry, just relax and enjoy free time.


21 Days to go!!! :celebrate:

:thankyou:

JieTing:

Almighty:

Wow, enjoy reading your compo. I beleive you should be able to score high mark Dont worry, just relax and enjoy free time.


21 Days to go!!! :celebrate:

Almighty:

I normally do Compo's very well and so had been asked by my teachers to type in my compo which i wrote for my PSLE. Thought it might be useful for those who will be writing PSLE in future and so, i'm sharing my compo on the old lady walking towards the bus stop ..Please feel free to comment...


The school bell resonated through the lifeless hallways of my school. Students sat ram-rod straight, their stare boring holes onto the teacher. As soon as they received the cue, students dashed towards the school gate. I chattered incessantly with my friends as I made my way towards the bus stop, though I could hardly hear myself over the din created by the students. We sat heavily on the benches as we reached the bus-stop.
Just then, an old lady caught my eyes. Old age had reduced her movement to a painful hobble. My heartstrings pulled to see her edge her way towards the bus-stop at a snail’s pace. Instinctively, I shot up from
my seat to give it up to the elderly lady…
Suddenly, the elderly lady shot past me and snatched a well-dressed lady’s handbag with brute force before making her gateway. I was baffled. ‘How could the elderly woman run so fast? Why did she pretend to hobble on her walking stick when she could run at lightning speed? Why did she steal the lady’s handbag…?”. Questions swirled in my mind. The expression on the faces of the people around me depicted that they were stupefied as me. The victim’s jaws began to drop as reality sank in. Instantaneously, a scream escaped the victim’s mouth.
Seconds later, I recalled a brainwave of a radio host announcing that a convict was on the loose. Being a master of disguises, the convict could disguise as practically anyone. It suddenly dawned upon me that the elderly woman was actually the escaped convict and had disguised as an elderly lady to avoid recognition. With no time to lose, I fished out my phone and dialed the police hotline.
Meantime, two public spirited men gave chase to the convict. Realizing that he was being trailed, the escaped convict let out an agitated roar as his speed took a sharp incline. However, the men were hot on the convict’s trail. The unmistakable wail of the police cars shattered the serenity of the placate afternoon. Police men trouped out of the cars and surrounded the convict. The convict was in hot soup. Realizing that escape was beyond his reach, he surrendered. The crowd cheered as the convict was hauled into the police cars. The handbag was promptly returned to the well-dressed lady. The two men were regarded as heroes. That was another villain put behind bars. From that incident, I realized never to judge a book by its covers.

gladtobemom:

cascada:

One school I know did the same comprehension passage as this year's PSLE for their practice. Coincidence? Why so many any coincidences?

Exactly. According to my ds, the comprehension passage was also done in a tuition centre that his classmate attends. Too much of a coincidence here, comprehension and cloze passage involved.

cascada:

mummyjoyce:

For those kids that did the paper before, it is like spotting the right questions in exam... like strike 4D.

Wa, like Toto grand prize being shared with so many lucky punters?

Usually, cloze passages & comprehension passages are extracted from newspaper, storybooks or Readers' Digest. What is the possibility of extracting the exact same paragraphs from a 200 pages storybook or from so many issues/articles from Readers' Digest? :?

My guess is MOE invited many teachers to submit some questions for MOE's consideration and selection. However, these teachers don't know if their submitted questions will be eventually selected as PSLE questions. So the teachers then use what they submitted as practice or prelim or they shared with other schools/friends (don't waste mah!). If this is the case, then maybe MOE should consider adding a clause that all submission cannot be shared or used as practice materials for the same year.

cascada:

mummyjoyce:

For those kids that did the paper before, it is like spotting the right questions in exam... like strike 4D.

Wa, like Toto grand prize being shared with so many lucky punters?

Usually, cloze passages & comprehension passages are extracted from newspaper, storybooks or Readers' Digest. What is the possibility of extracting the exact same paragraphs from a 200 pages storybook or from so many issues/articles from Readers' Digest? :?

My guess is MOE invited many teachers to submit some questions for MOE's consideration and selection. However, these teachers don't know if their submitted questions will be eventually selected as PSLE questions. So the teachers then use what they submitted as practice or prelim or they shared with other schools/friends (don't waste mah!). If this is the case, then maybe MOE should consider adding a clause that all submission cannot be shared or used as practice materials for the same year.

mummyjoyce:

For those kids that did the paper before, it is like spotting the right questions in exam... like strike 4D.

cascada:

One school I know did the same comprehension passage as this year's PSLE for their practice. Coincidence? Why so many any coincidences?

mummyjoyce:

Any leak ???

Trapwithin:

jtoh:

Same thing happened with the Chinese paper last year. One of the compre passages appeared in a school's prelim exam and also at a tution centre's worksheet.

How did they managed the issue last year?
They will probably use the same method to resolve it.

Seriously, MOE has always talked about having ORIGINAL questions for PSLE. Guess what happen this and last year ... speaks for itself.

gladtobemom:

My ds just told me that some students had also practised on the same comprehension passage as that in the PSLE English paper's in their tuition class :!:

Sounds fishy, no?

jtoh:

Same thing happened with the Chinese paper last year. One of the compre passages appeared in a school's prelim exam and also at a tution centre's worksheet.

mrswongtuition:

PSLEmom:

Ref : The Straits Times Oct 16 2010 (Pg A 8 )

PSLE PAPER DRAWS GROUSES

:? Whaddaya think Guys?

The original source is a newspaper article which is read by public. It's not a secret document which only SEAB had access to.
If the teachers had the 'luck' or 'foresight' to use the same article to develop their teaching materials, then it is really coincidence.

As long as none of the teachers/tutors in those schools/centres are part of the team that writes up the PSLE paper, I think there isn't any 'unfairness' to grumble about.

Teachers have always encouraged students to read newspapers, naturally, we will also take articles from newspapers. Especially if the difficulty level is just right for their level.

Every year, there are bound to be parents who complain about such 'coincidences'. How?
As I mentioned last year, if you don't want your child to lose out, then make them read and read and read. And develop your own materials in hope that you will be that lucky one with the 'coincidence'.