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’...
by melaniewp | Apr 6, 2013 | Commas, Full Stops, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation
ATeacherWrites.com + Get all Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Resources hereTeachers will usually correct some punctuation. But they don’t have time to pick out the billion or so errors that they will encounter in the average week. This one’s down to...
by melaniewp | Apr 5, 2013 | Commas, Complex Sentences, Full Stops, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Main Clauses, Punctuation, Simple Sentences, Sub-Clauses
Full stops are used at the end of a sentence. Here are some examples:1. The dog chased the ball. [simple sentence]2. The dog chased the ball across the park. [simple sentence] 3. Quickly, with its tongue hanging out, the dog chased the ball across the park and...
