by melaniewp | Nov 11, 2022 | A Streetcar Named Desire, A-Level English, Carol Ann Duffy, Caryl Churchill, How to Write an Essay, IB English, The World's Wife, Top Girls
I often use model essays with students to help them to develop their own essay writing style. Here are some examples of model essays that I share with students I have worked with.Get in touch if you would like to work with me to improve your essay writing style.The...
by melaniewp | Jun 5, 2013 | GCSE, GCSE English Literature, How to Compare, How to Write an Essay, Poetry
Help! Your teacher’s just told you to write a comparison between two or three poems, but you don’t know how…Don’t panic! Just follow these simple steps: first, figure out what’s the same and what’s different. This is where a...
by melaniewp | May 11, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Conclusion, GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, KS3
You’ve sweated ink all over the page for the last forty five minutes and now you’re losing the will to live. What next? The conclusion, of course! Here are some quality tips from the masters at major public schools.’Make sure you finish...
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...
by melaniewp | Apr 20, 2013 | GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Love, Poetry, Romeo and Juliet
Yay! It’s everyone’s favourite activity: essay-writing! This post will focus on how to write the introduction, and make sure that when you start laying down track, it takes you where you want to go. When you’re done, check out this post to...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | 11+, A-Level, Common Entrance, GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, KS3
A student explained today that she had a problem. Maybe it’s one that you have too. When writing about a text – novel or poem, or play, she kept repeating the phrase ‘this creates a feel of’, or ‘this suggests’.We figured out there...
