by melaniewp | Mar 22, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Common Entrance, GCSE, KS2, KS3, Literature, Poetry, Semantic Fields, Technical Terms
A semantic field is a group of words that belong together – like sheep in a field. You can find it in a poem, play, novel or any other type of text. Read through and underline words with a similar meaning. For example:[1] cling, possessive, stay > Here,...
by melaniewp | Mar 17, 2013 | KS2, Shakespeare, Shakespeare 6-9
This is the second part of my evil plan to force my kids to be interested in Shakespeare. Mwahaha!IngredientsAll the excellent Tony Ross Shakespeare BooksManga Shakespeare – Julius CaesarThe most gorgeous felt pens and crayons ever. I love these so much and...
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 9, 2013 | Grammar, KS2, KS3, Verb
A verb is sometimes called a ‘doing’ word, e.g. go, run, jump, fly, sit, eat, write, do, want, give, love, hit, hug.Each verb comes in lots of different forms: to run > run, runs, am running, is running, ran, had run, will run, could run,...
by melaniewp | Mar 9, 2013 | KS2, KS3, Shakespeare, Shakespeare 6-9
What’s the best way to get your kids into Shakespeare?Marcia Williams’ quirky, energetic comic-strips for kids are a perfect first step. Snips of Shakespeare’s language from the plays give a gentle introduction to a writer whose work can seem...
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...
