by melaniewp | Jun 26, 2013 | Apostrophes, Punctuation, Punctuation Exercises
This is an apostrophe exercise I wrote for my sixth form student who appreciates my strange sense of humour. Please note that it may give small children nightmares.You are looking for two types:[1] possessive -‘s – something belongs[2] it is, it has >...
by melaniewp | Jun 26, 2013 | English Literature, GCSE, IGCSE, Metaphors, Technical Terms
They conjure up two ideas – the thing you’re literally describing, and something else as well.e.g. his hands were like ice = literally, his hands were cold.This example, which is a simile, describes ‘hands’ through a word-picture of ‘ice’. Or you...
by melaniewp | Jun 25, 2013 | Podcasts
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by melaniewp | Jun 24, 2013 | Alan Wake, Character, Creative Writing, GCSE, IGCSE
Here’s a lesson I did with a student to create a sense of character for a story he was writing based on Alan Wake.The character is looking at a brick wall which should not be there. It is impossible and now he is starting to panic.So how do we describe his...
by melaniewp | Jun 23, 2013 | Controlled Assessment, Creative Writing, English Language Exam, GCSE, Writing
What is in a forest?branches, leaves, tree trunks, bushes, thickets, twigs, fallen branches and logs, leafmould, blackened, wet rotting leaves, mushrooms and fungi, weirdly coloured and rippled, growing from and on trees, like the side of a dinner plate, rust...
