by melaniewp | Mar 12, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, GCSE, KS2, KS3
Zoom in, zoom out. Whoosh around the canvas. Include photos, ‘clipart’, video and text in a user friendly format so simple an eight year old can do it. I use this all the time with my kids, with tutees and to make my own presentations. Go...
by melaniewp | Mar 7, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Comprehension, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3
What are pronouns*? They stand in place of a noun, e.g. they, it, I – and help you avoid repetition like: ‘Bob did this. Bob did that. Bob did the other.’I’ll explain how to use them, and how to write about them in another post.Below are...
by melaniewp | Mar 7, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, GCSE, KS3, Punctuation, Speech Punctuation, Trouble Shooting
ATeacherWrites.comThis is how to write speech (dialogue) in stories, assuming you’ve mastered the basics of speech punctuation:1. For elegance, use ‘said’ NOT ‘mumbled’, ‘yelped’, ‘shrieked’,...
by melaniewp | Mar 6, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, Age 8-12, KS2, Reading
What to read after The Hunger Games, when Horowitz isn’t challenging enough? My son keeps telling me he hasn’t got anything to read.The books below are the best of the KS3 booklists, prizewinners and nominees, blurbs and Amazon reviews. The Road of...
by melaniewp | Mar 5, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, KS2, KS3, Literature, Metaphors, Poetry, SATs KS2, Similes, Writing
Kids love anything ridiculous. Help them get to grips with metaphors and similes with this silly game. They draw a picture of the metaphor or simile, which helps them understand that the words put a picture, or ‘image’ in the reader’s head. Left...
