Gan Eng Seng School

English and Literature Textbooks and Lesson Materials 2009

Lower Secondary

Level / Stream

Textbooks and Workbooks

Reading Programme

Sec 1 EXP
  1. Sec 1 Get it Right Comprehension (Marshall Cavendish)
  2. Focus on Writing Book 1 (Learners Publishing)
  3. More than words – Vocabulary Book 1 (Panpac Ed)
  4. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

LangLit Approach: Pupils are encouraged to read ‘Singapore Short Stories’. Text-based and vocabulary questions will be set by the EL and Lit teachers.

#Note: Comprehension Passages for Common Tests will be taken from the text.

Sec 1 NA
  1. Sec 1 Get it Right Comprehension (Marshall Cavendish)
  2. More than words – Vocabulary Book 1 (Panpac Ed)
  3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Sec 1 NT
    1. GCE Syllabus T EL Workbook 1
    1. Times-Chambers School Dictionary
 NT Graded Readers + Compilation of relevant Newspaper articles

Sec 2 EXP
    1. Distinction in English – Lower Secondary Comprehension (Marshall Cavendish)
    1. English Grammar for Students Workbook (Learners Publishing)
    2. More than words – Vocabulary Book 2 (Panpac Ed)
    3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

LangLit Approach: Pupils are encouraged to read ‘Bridge to Terabithia’. Text-based and vocabulary questions will be set by the EL and Lit teachers.

#Note: Comprehension Passages for Common Tests will be taken from the text.

Sec 2 NA
    1. Distinction in English – Lower Secondary Comprehension (Marshall Cavendish)
    1. English Grammar for Students Workbook (Learners Publishing)
    2. More than words – Vocabulary Book 2 (Panpac Ed)
    3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Sec 2 NT
  1. GCE Syllabus T EL Workbook 2
  2. Times-Chambers School Dictionary

NT Graded Readers + Compilation of relevant Newspaper articles

Upper Secondary

Level / Stream

Textbooks and Workbooks

Reading Programme

Sec 3 EXP
  1. Focus on Writing Book 2 (Learners Publishing)
  2. More than words – Vocabulary Book 3 (Panpac Ed)
  3. Literary Non-Fiction Collection (Pearson)
  4. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Literary Non-Fiction Collection (Pearson) Note: Comprehension Passages for Common Tests will be taken from the text.

Sec 3 NA
    1. Focus on Writing Book 2 (Learners Publishing)
    1. More than words – Vocabulary Book 3 (Panpac Ed)
    2. The Diary of Anne Frank (Longman imprint books, Pearson)
    3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

The Diary of Anne Frank (Longman imprint books, Pearson)

Sec 3 NT
    1. GCE Syllabus T EL Workbook 3
    1. Times-Chambers School Dictionary

+ Compilation of relevant Newspaper articles and stories by Catherine Lim

Sec 4 EXP
  1. Focus on Writing Book 2 (Learners Publishing)
  2. More than words – Vocabulary Book 4 (Panpac Ed)
  3. Literary Non-Fiction Collection (Pearson)
  4. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Literary Non-Fiction Collection (Pearson) Note: Comprehension Passages for Common Tests will be taken from the text.

Sec 4 NA
  1. More than words – Vocabulary Book 4 (Panpac Ed)
  2. Struck by Lightning: Singaporean Voices Post-1965
  3. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Struck by Lightning: Singaporean Voices Post-1965 #

Sec 4 NT
  1. GCE Syllabus T EL Workbook 4
  2. Times-Chambers School Dictionary

+ Compilation of relevant Newspaper articles and stories by Catherine Lim

Sec 5 NA
  1. Focus on Writing Book 2 (Learners Publishing)
  2. More than words – Vocabulary Book 4 (Panpac Ed)
  3. Struck by Lightning: Singaporean Voices Post-1965
  4. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Struck by Lightning: Singaporean Voices Post-1965 #

#Note: Comprehension Passages for Common Tests will be taken from the text.

 

Level / Stream

Literature Set Texts for 2009

Sec 1 EXP

Poetry: Poetry for Pleasure by Sadler and Hayllar
Prose: Singapore Short Stories
3 selected plays from 9 Classroom Plays by Stella Kon will be printed for the pupils (Incorporated in EL SOW)

Sec 1 NA

 

Prose: Singapore Short Stories
Poetry: A Compilation of selected Singapore Poems and other poems (Sandhu) 2 selected plays from 9 Classroom Plays by Stella Kon will be printed for the pupils (Incorporated in EL SOW)

Sec 2 EXP

 

Novel: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Play: Macbeth
Poetry: Poetry for Pleasure by Sadler and Hayllar (Pupils have this text)

Sec 2 NA

 

Novel: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Play: Macbeth
Poetry: A Compilation of selected Singapore Poems (Lineng)

Sec 3 EXP

Novel: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Play: Off Centre by Haresh Sharma
Unseen: Mining for Meaning

Sec 4 EXP

How to read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
To Kill A Mockingbird