ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE & COVERAGE
COMMON TEST (2016)
Hi peeps, here are some info on your upcoming Common Test in Term 2 Week 6.
Date (Day): 29 Apr 2016 (Friday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr 45m (Full Paper)
Format: SBQ and SEQ
Date (Day): 29 Apr 2016 (Friday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr 45m (Full Paper)
Format: SBQ and SEQ
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Section A: SBQ Case Study
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Section B: SEQ
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Suggested Preparation:
1) Refer to SS Landing Site (Weebly) for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills.
2) Attempt and review answers for GCE 2013 SBQ (Cod Wars) and GCE 2009 SBQ (Iraq-Kuwait War).
3) Read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested.
4) Refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision.
All the best for your Common Test preparations, and please consult your teachers when in doubt.
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
1) Refer to SS Landing Site (Weebly) for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills.
2) Attempt and review answers for GCE 2013 SBQ (Cod Wars) and GCE 2009 SBQ (Iraq-Kuwait War).
3) Read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested.
4) Refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision.
All the best for your Common Test preparations, and please consult your teachers when in doubt.
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
LEVEL TEST (2016)
Hi peeps, here are some info on your upcoming Level Test in Term 1 Week 9/10.
Date (Day): 3 Mar 2016 (Thursday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr
Format: SBQ and SEQ
Date (Day): 3 Mar 2016 (Thursday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr
Format: SBQ and SEQ
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Section A: SBQ Case Study
- 3 sub-questions for the SBQ Case Study, testing the answering skills on Inference, Comparison, Utility, Reliability. - SBQ will be on Terrorism (Sec 3 Ch 6 and Sec 4 Ch 1) |
Section B: SEQ
- 2 sub-questions for the SEQ (5m each) - SEQ will be on Northern Ireland case study (Sec 3 Ch 4) and Bonding Singapore (Sec 3 Ch 5) |
Suggested Preparation:
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
2) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper for Level Test 2016
3) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
4) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
Happy revision and all the best!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
2) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper for Level Test 2016
3) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
4) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
Happy revision and all the best!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
EOY EXAM (2015)
Dear Sec 3 students,
Your SS EOY exam is coming up very soon in Term 4.
Here are some information about your EOY exam and what you can do to prepare for it.
Date (Day): 29 Sep 2015 (Tuesday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr 45min (Full Paper)
Format: SBQ and SEQ
Your SS EOY exam is coming up very soon in Term 4.
Here are some information about your EOY exam and what you can do to prepare for it.
Date (Day): 29 Sep 2015 (Tuesday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr 45min (Full Paper)
Format: SBQ and SEQ
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Section A: 1 x Source-based Case Study
- 5 compulsory sub-questions for the case study, testing the answering skills on Inference, Comparison, Reliability. NO Utility qns. SBCS Coverage (decontextualised): Theme: Understanding Governance |
Section B: 3 x SEQ (choose 1)
- 2 compulsory sub-questions (5m and 10m) SEQ Coverage: 1) Rise and Fall of Venice (Sec 4 Ch 3) 2) Governance in SG - governance principles & population (Sec 3 Ch 2) 3) Healthcare in SG (Sec 3 Ch 3) 4) Conflict in Sri Lanka (Sec 3 Ch 4) |
Suggested Preparation:
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and answering templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
3) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper 1 and 2 for EOY Exam 2015
4) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
5) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
6) practice on SBQ and SEQ answering skills by reviewing past work done in the course of this year.
Happy revision!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and answering templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
3) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper 1 and 2 for EOY Exam 2015
4) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
5) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
6) practice on SBQ and SEQ answering skills by reviewing past work done in the course of this year.
Happy revision!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
LEVEL TEST 2 (2015)
Hi peeps, here are some info on your upcoming Level Test 2 in Term 3 Week 5.
Date (Day): 30 July (Thursday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr
Format: SBQ and SEQ
Date (Day): 30 July (Thursday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr
Format: SBQ and SEQ
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Section A: 1 x SBQ Case Study
- 3 sub-questions for the SBQ Case Study, testing the answering skills on Inference, Comparison (update as at 20 Jul: NO Reliability qns)** SBQ Coverage (decontextualised): * Theme: UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE - Sec 3 Ch 2 (Population) |
Section B: 1 x SEQ
- 2 sub-questions for the SEQ (5m each) SEQ Coverage: * Theme: UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE - Sec 3 Ch 3 (Healthcare in Singapore) |
Suggested Preparation:
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
3) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper for Level Test 2 2015
4) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
5) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
Happy revision!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
3) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper for Level Test 2 2015
4) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
5) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
Happy revision!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
COMMON TEST (2015)
Dear all,
to give you the heads up, here are some information about your upcoming Common Test:
Date (Day): 27 April (Monday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr
Format: SBQ and SEQ
Section A: 1 x SBQ Case Study
- 2 sub-questions for the SBQ Case Study, testing the answering skills on Inference & Comparison
Section B: 1 x SEQ (see coverage below)
- you will be given 2 SEQ options (choose 1 to work on)
- 2 sub-questions for the SEQ selected (i.e. 5m and 10m)
Coverage:
* Theme: FACING CHALLENGES & CHANGE
1) Sec 4 Ch 3 (Rise and Fall of Venice)
* Theme: UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE
2) Sec 3 Ch 2 (Governance in Singapore - except Population case study)
Suggested Preparation:
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
3) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper for Common Test 2015
4) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
5) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
Happy revision!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
to give you the heads up, here are some information about your upcoming Common Test:
Date (Day): 27 April (Monday)
Duration of Paper: 1hr
Format: SBQ and SEQ
Section A: 1 x SBQ Case Study
- 2 sub-questions for the SBQ Case Study, testing the answering skills on Inference & Comparison
Section B: 1 x SEQ (see coverage below)
- you will be given 2 SEQ options (choose 1 to work on)
- 2 sub-questions for the SEQ selected (i.e. 5m and 10m)
Coverage:
* Theme: FACING CHALLENGES & CHANGE
1) Sec 4 Ch 3 (Rise and Fall of Venice)
* Theme: UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE
2) Sec 3 Ch 2 (Governance in Singapore - except Population case study)
Suggested Preparation:
1) refer to SS Landing Site for assessment tips and SBQ Answering Templates to beef up your mastery of answering skills
3) attempt and review answers for Sec 3 Practice Paper for Common Test 2015
4) read your Textbooks, do up Mindmaps and Study Notes for the topics tested
5) refer to SEQ Summaries handouts from teachers to help you in revision
Happy revision!
Cheers from your SS teachers (Ms Alice Lim and Mr Seth Tan)
LEVEL TEST 1 (2015)
Dear all,
Here are the details for the upcoming Level Test 1...
Date: 2 Mar (Mon)
Time (duration): 0845 - 0945 (1 hour)
Coverage: Rise and Fall of Venice (Sec 4 textbook, Chapter 3)
Format: Source-based Questions and Structured Essays (short)
Suggested Preparation:
1) revise worksheets done in class
2) read textbook and do up popplet mindmaps
3) review your SBQ and SEQ work done on GoogleClassroom
4) do Practice Paper from last year's Level Test 1 (your SS teacher will be giving you the hardcopy in class)
Here are the details for the upcoming Level Test 1...
Date: 2 Mar (Mon)
Time (duration): 0845 - 0945 (1 hour)
Coverage: Rise and Fall of Venice (Sec 4 textbook, Chapter 3)
Format: Source-based Questions and Structured Essays (short)
Suggested Preparation:
1) revise worksheets done in class
2) read textbook and do up popplet mindmaps
3) review your SBQ and SEQ work done on GoogleClassroom
4) do Practice Paper from last year's Level Test 1 (your SS teacher will be giving you the hardcopy in class)
