by melaniewp | Apr 30, 2013 | English Language Exam, GCSE, IGCSE, liquid, Nasal, plosive, Poetry, sibilant, Technical Terms
How are sounds used to create mood?The main sounds that I teach to students are1. sibilant /s/ /sh/ /ch/ /x/2. plosive /b/ /p/ /t/ /d/3. liquid /l/4. (sometimes) fricative, voiced /th/ ‘the’ /v/ and unvoiced /th/ ‘theatre’ /f/5. (rarely) nasal...
by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | Common Entrance, Complex Sentences, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Writing
This is a lesson I did specifically for a student aged 13-14, who wanted to know how he could improve his writing level. We took a story that he had written for homework using pathetic fallacy. Most of his sentences started with a noun or pronoun. This is the...
by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Fragments, GCSE, Grammar, IGCSE, KS3, Punctuation, Technical Terms, Writing
A Fragment – is ‘an incomplete sentence’. In other words, it’s a sentence without a subject or a verb. What is the effect of using a fragment?[1] Sometimes this gives the effect of confusion, ragged thoughts. The incompleteness...
by melaniewp | Apr 29, 2013 | A View from the Bridge, Arthur Miller, GCSE, IGCSE
‘Tragedy and the Common Man’ is an article written by Arthur Miller in which he explains what he was trying to do in his play, A View from the Bridge. In the essay (which is a bit complicated), Miller explains his view of:- what is tragedy?- what is a...
by melaniewp | Apr 28, 2013 | 11+, Colloquial Language, Common Entrance, GCSE, Give, IGCSE, KS3
What is Colloquial Language?This is another word for everyday language – slang or informal expressions. These are often the hardest to translate if English isn’t your native language. Here are some examples:’give me a hand’ = ‘assist...
