by melaniewp | Mar 13, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Mark Schemes, Revision
1. Start early. It gives you more time to fill in the gaps.2. A revision checklist is essential. Some teachers give these out. If yours don’t, find out the code of the exam you’re taking. Ask your class teacher for this. Go to...
by melaniewp | Mar 13, 2013 | GCSE
Use the links below to download GCSE and IGCSE past papers, mark schemes and model answers for every exam board, every subject and every tier: higher (H) or foundation (F).How1. click on the exam board icon;2. select the ‘subject’ you need;3. select the...
by melaniewp | Mar 13, 2013 | Dyslexia, Reading, Trouble Shooting
Here are some good books for reluctant readers, especially if dyslexic. Bookmark this page as you’ll be able to use if from age 6-18. Get more posts on dyslexia here.1. Search ‘dyslexia books for children’ on Amazon*, or ask your local librarian...
by melaniewp | Mar 12, 2013 | Common Entrance, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Vocabulary
vivid = lifelike, very real, potent (strong)tension, suspense = building up a feeling that something is going to happenominous, foreboding = feeling, or mood, that something bad is going to happento portray = show, e.g. in what way does Steinbeck portray Curley’s...
by melaniewp | Mar 12, 2013 | Complex Vocabulary, GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Revision, Vocabulary
Useful words and complex vocabulary for essays in all subjects from GCSE B-A* up to A-Level A* grade or University.1 In Addition(1) besides this (as well as this), (2) furthermore (also), (3) also, (4) as well as, (5) on top of this, (6) foremost (most important, e.g....
