by melaniewp | Apr 10, 2013 | Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Close Focus Third Person, First Person, Frankenstein, GCSE, IGCSE, Inclusive Language, Narrative, Omniscient Narrator, Point of View, Second Person, Third Person
How can I tell what point of view a story, poem or extract is written in? First, you need to know what the options are: Third Person (i.e. he, his, him /she, her /it /they, their /[name]) Second Person (addressed to: you, your, thee*, thou* or thine*...
by melaniewp | Apr 9, 2013 | Commas, Commas Exercises, Connectives, Full Stops, Full Stops Exercises, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation Exercises, Subordinate conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions turn a sentence: Cats make me sneeze. into a non-sentence: it’s like magic!When cats make me sneeze.orBecause cats make me sneeze.orIf cats make me sneeze.orAs long as cats make me sneeze.orAlthough cats...
by melaniewp | Apr 8, 2013 | A Different History, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Where I Come From
These poems are from the Cambridge IGCSE poetry anthology. If you’re not taking IGCSE, you can use them to help with the unseen poetry, or how to write about, or compare, poems in general.First, find the poems, then an essay comparing them both. The essay is 885...
by melaniewp | Apr 8, 2013 | An Inspector Calls, Exam Essays, Extract Question, GCSE, IGCSE, Inspector Goole, Model Essays
This essay was written for the extract question, focussing on the key scene where Birling first meets the Inspector. In my edition, this appears on pages 10-12. Please note that the extract I chose is longer than that which is usually set.What’s important...
by melaniewp | Apr 7, 2013 | Capital Letters, Commas, Complex Sentences, Full Stops, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises, Simple Sentences
Here are some fun sentences to teach the correct use of full stops – and capital letters.For What Age? 8-16Difficulty: increases gradually. If the first section looks stupidly easy (to them), skip to something that just looks ‘fairly easy’...
