by melaniewp | Apr 1, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, Creative Writing, Describing Words, GCSE, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, SATs KS2, Sensory Language, Verbs, Vocabulary, Writing
If you want to write a story with more interesting description, try this – from age 8 to age 18. Sometimes a thesaurus is too big, too hard to use and you don’t know what word you’re looking for anyway. This sheet is for inspiration for stories....
by melaniewp | Mar 27, 2013 | 11 plus, Command Verbs, Common Entrance, Exam Essays, GCSE, Grammar, IGCSE, KS2, KS3, SATs KS2, Technical Terms, the Imperative
The Imperative is a type of verb also known as ‘command verbs’. They’re fairly easy to spot and beloved of bossy types like teachers, parents and cookery programme presenters.Go! Run! Jump! Fetch! Row faster! Don’t put your finger in...
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...
by melaniewp | Mar 4, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Age 12-16, Common Entrance, GCSE, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, SATs KS2
A good way to ‘teach’ the rules is to get your child to do an investigation of the books on their shelf then write their own rules. Check what they wrote against this:The Rules of Speech1. Indent paragraphs as shown in the picture (above) with the pink...
by melaniewp | Mar 3, 2013 | 0 FOR KIDS, 11 plus, Age 12-16, Common Entrance, GCSE, Grammar, KS2, KS3, Punctuation, SATs KS2, Semi-colon
Before we start, a semi-colon isn’t used to start a list! The thing you need for that is a colon (:). Correct UsageSemi-colons are used to join complete sentences. In this sense, they’re like connectives.e.g. I went home and had a bath.I went home; I had a...
