by melaniewp | Mar 6, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, Age 8-12, KS2, Reading
What to read after The Hunger Games, when Horowitz isn’t challenging enough? My son keeps telling me he hasn’t got anything to read.The books below are the best of the KS3 booklists, prizewinners and nominees, blurbs and Amazon reviews. The Road of...
by melaniewp | Mar 5, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, KS2, KS3, Literature, Metaphors, Poetry, SATs KS2, Similes, Writing
Kids love anything ridiculous. Help them get to grips with metaphors and similes with this silly game. They draw a picture of the metaphor or simile, which helps them understand that the words put a picture, or ‘image’ in the reader’s head. Left...
by melaniewp | Mar 4, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Age 12-16, Common Entrance, GCSE, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, SATs KS2
A good way to ‘teach’ the rules is to get your child to do an investigation of the books on their shelf then write their own rules. Check what they wrote against this:The Rules of Speech1. Indent paragraphs as shown in the picture (above) with the pink...
by melaniewp | Mar 3, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Age 12-16, Common Entrance, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, SATs KS2, Semi-colon
Before we start, a semi-colon isn’t used to start a list! The thing you need for that is a colon (:). Correct UsageSemi-colons are used to join complete sentences. In this sense, they’re like connectives.e.g. I went home and had a bath.I went home; I had a...
by melaniewp | Mar 2, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, Age 12-16, KS2, KS3, SATs KS2
Level 6 Writing ranges from 6c, which is the lowest, up to 6a. A Level 6a would include most of the below, skilfully. 6c would show some features, with some degree of control. You might want to bookmark this page as I keep adding more links.In Level 6,...
