by melaniewp | Aug 12, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, First Person, KS2, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Second Person, Third Person
What is First Person?Any writing that is told mostly using: I I I I I I I I I I I I I me me me me me me. It is from the point of view of someone telling their own story to the reader.Is it still first person if… there is more than one person telling their...
by melaniewp | Aug 12, 2013 | 11+, Connectives, English Tuition, Grammar, KS2, Private Tutor
These simple connectives can help KS2 students add more detail to their writing. The most basic connectives are: and, or, but, because, then. Then: who, which, that – which all introduce a relative clause. Words like however, therefore and as...
by melaniewp | Aug 11, 2013 | 11+, Adjectives, English Tuition, Grammar, KS2, Private Tutor
Today we learned about describing words, also known as adjectives. We were a mixed age KS2 group of ages 7-10 and we tried to think of as many adjectives as we could. We wrote them on the board with the explanations of what the words mean. The older students then...
by melaniewp | Aug 10, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, English Exam, English Language, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Writing, Writing to Argue, Writing to Persuade
Raise your grade with these top tips for writing to argue. Scroll down to find out what AFOREST stands for, with definitions and examples.Ingredients: 1. Paragraphs 2. Connectives 3. Sentence Starts 4. Punctuation 5. Skilful Techniques...
by melaniewp | Jul 15, 2013 | 11+, Burgess Hill, Common Entrance, East Grinstead, English, English Classes, English Tuition, English Tutor, GCSE, Haywards Heath, IGCSE, Oxford Graduate Tutor, Private Tuition, Private Tutor, Tuition, Tutor
Older teenagers face an intense schedule of public examinations from GCSE to AS and A-Level or IGCSE to IB. Younger teens have Common Entrance to contend with.Recent Results:GCSE and A-Level tutees raised their grades from C to A – even D to A in one...
by melaniewp | Jul 9, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Complex Vocabulary, GCSE, KS3, Vocabulary
Essential vocabulary for reading comprehension for ages 11-16.These words are taken from poetry from Shakespeare to the present day. I use this list to teach meanings and concepts – to boost students’ comprehension. It is not intended as a spelling test,...
