CGS SS Prelim 2024 LORMS

Crescent Girls’ Prelim 2024 Suggested Answer Key 1) Study Source A. What is the message of Source A? Explain your answer using details from the cartoon. [5] Suggested Answer Success Criteria Source A’s message is that the government prioritises development while Singaporeans prefer to prioritise conservation over development (A). This can be seen by the tractor that is attempting to remove the trees while the Singaporean telling the tree to ‘R un, Forest! Run!’ (E) away from the bulldozer shows that the government prioritises land for development while Singaporeans prefer conservation instead (E). ATQ Evidence Explanation 2) Study Sources B and C. How different are the two sources? Explain your answer. [7] Suggested Answer Note: Comparison question NO NEED to cross reference 0m if you used agree/ disagree/ support/ refute Success Criteria Difference based on content Sources B and C are different (ATQ) as they differ on which areas have been proposed as alternative areas for development. Source B gives a plausible alternative area for development while (CW) Source C gives a difficult alternative area for development (C C). Source B says that ‘instead of felling Dover Forest. If more flats need to be built, we have a solution in Ulu Pandan itself’ (evi1), suggesting an alternative to developing Dover Forest within Ulu Pandan itself (exp1). In contrast (CW), Source C states that ‘Do you know where the airbase is? Have you seen where most of the golf courses are? They are in the most inconvenient parts in the middle of nowhere’ (evi1), claiming that those who oppose developing Dover Forest present alternatives which are far away/isolated/inaccessible (exp2). ATQ Comparison criteria Comparison word Evidence Explanation Difference based on content ATQ

2 Sources B and C are similar (ATQ) as both (CW) sources talk about how the residents of Ulu Pandan being opposed to the development of Dover Forest (CC). Source B states that Dover Forest is ‘not just a forest but a shared and extended green landscape that the residents have, for a long time, admired and grown used to’ (evi1) suggesting that residents have grown attached to Dover Forest as a green space and are thus opposed to its development (exp1). Similarly (CW), Source C states ‘feel that many of those who oppose development on Dover Forest tend to come from the current residents’ (evi2), suggesting that the main group of people who object to the development of Dover Forest are those who live nearby. Comparison criteria Comparison word Evidence Explanation Difference in purpose **NOTE: Complete answer requires only 2 paragraphs. Writing 3 may take up too much time. So, for the ‘difference’ paragraph, write either this or the first paragraph above Sources B and C differ on the capacity from which they were presenting their perspective. Source B, as a member of parliament represent