Students read passages of up to 70 words within one minute. 1 BII Students build on skills learnt in BI using passages from published books. CI Students reinforce skills in identifying parts of speech and write longer sentences. Students improve their reading comprehension ability and consolidate their understanding of ideas within a passage. Students read passages of up to 110 words within one minute.
Students further develop reading ability by identifying main ideas of longer passages.
E Students improve their reading ability through becoming familiar with how reasons, results and explanations are presented within passages, and understanding more of the logical flow and structure of passages. I Students read various types of passages with greater precision, including passages with persuasive and descriptive writing. Reading comprehension ability is improved further through completing pr cis or compact summaries. J Students are introduced to critical reading exercises through writing comments on aspects of passages and analysing literary characters. Using the concept of subheadings, students learn how ideas are organised in a passage.