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Literacy Program

Epistemo is committed to build students’ literary skills and achieve excellence in languages from the early years to the senior level. The focus is on all four language skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. These skills enhance the student's talents and capabilities.

Reading

Engage in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR)
Text with ease and apply which will enable fluency and understanding
Increasing awareness of their own personal reading and limitations when selecting text
Make appropriate use of fiction & non-fiction
Identify the elements of outcome & climax
Scan a larger quantity of texts to locate specific information
Locate, accept and comprehend information from a range of resources
Use contents, pages, index and understanding the purpose of grasping
Read poems and understand the poet's feeling
Read to sequence, ideas, and facts
Read newspaper reports, storybooks and play scripts

At the sentence level
Adjust voice and expression with regard to punctuation
and signal words
At the word level

Reading the text for vocabulary
Recognize the Parts of the Speech (Nouns, adjectives,
verbs, adverbs &, etc)

Able to use Thesaurus to

Arrange in alphabetical order
Silent letter words
Infer meanings of unknown words
Factual reading biographies and autobiographies
Internal reading Prose, Poetry and for Vocabulary
Reading blog maintained at home

Viewing and Presenting
Analyze the purpose and point of view of a visual presentation i.e. TV Advertisement, Radio, Internet Advertisement, Billboards & Posters

Grammar

Forms of Verbs
Conjugation of Verbs, Correct usage of Verbs
Countable & Uncountable Noun
Distributive and Emphatic adjectives coordinating subordinating co-relating conjunctions
Kind of adverbs (Time, manner, frequency, place & degree)
Capital letters, Period, Comma, Apostrophe, Question mark, Exclamatory
Direct and Indirect Speech
Active & Passive Voice

Writing

Plan writing using a variety of sentences (brainstorming, webbing)
Describe and write a composition of the given picture
Write a report of the relevant or a field trip
Read & write the report of the book
Write short poems on the given topics
Write letters Formative / Informative
Notice writing

At the Word level

Spelling
Make use of unit words, lists and resources to spell words correctly
Apply understanding homo norms to choose the correct spelling of a word in context
Use known spelling patterns to apply to challenge words as well as knowledge of affix and word parts
Use dictionaries for word searching requiring a broad understanding of possible spelling patterns (visual)

Phonemes (sound) to locate words and check

At the Sentence level

Make use of Punctuation for the purpose of enhancing and improving understanding of the sentence
Appendix
Use note-taking to record new connections/understanding
Record author, Title and year in Biography

Speaking & Listening

Listen appropriately and for a sustained period of time and for a variety of purposes i.e. to seek specific information from speakers, to extract new information from videos, stories, discussion, speeches, commentaries, reviews, group discussions, and group presentations
Follow more complex stories in serial form
Use class talks to generate, develop, modify to present ideas
Appropriately prepare and deliver an individual presentation for a given purpose to
entertain, inform
Make use of note cards
Use specific vocabulary and more complexed structure with appropriate conjunctions
Be able to argue persuasively and defend a point of view
Be able to paraphrase and summarize

Vocabulary Building

Word Building

Treasure Hunt of Words

Library

Epistemo library is not just a vault of the best books stocked, rather it is a place for people from all walks of life to quench their thirst for knowledge. Our vast collection of books is a treasure trove for various readers. It has an exclusive collection of premium works of acclaimed writers and digital zones for exploration and research are a major attraction. Terms and conditions will apply for membership.

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