by melaniewp | May 6, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Model Essays
This is a creative writing / descriptive writing piece to help with the GCSE and IGCSE English Language exam, for non-fiction (autobiographical) writing, and fiction. If you’re super bright, or applying for a scholarship, you may also find this helpful for...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Model Essays, Prospero, Shakespeare, The Tempest
Typical Cambridge IGCSE questions on Prospero in The Tempest focus on power, control, magic and civilization. You might even be asked the horrible question: Why is Prospero’s character so interesting?Caliban describes Prospero as a controlling, tyrannical man; other...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Short Stories, The Monkey's Paw, Third Person
This story is scary. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…The Monkey’s PawW.W. Jacobs, 1902WITHOUT, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess,...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Short Stories, Third Person
The Gift of the MagiO. HenryOne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Revision
A friend of mine at Eton College kindly passed on this beautiful advice as used by the English Department there. Want to find out how to write an essay in exam conditions? Look no further.The first paragraph…• Open your essay by stating your understanding of the...
