English Resources (page 14)

Scrolling through Facebook, I see the same types of posts and memes time and time again about the difficulties faced by parents and carers in engaging their children with their school...

Each of the three words in the title of Browning s My Last Duchess serve to introduce the reader to themes and ideas that run throughout the poem. The immediacy of the possess...

Paragraph structuring is a common query in essay based subjects. Examiners like well-structured paragraphs because they`re easier to read and help the essay to flow. It`s a good idea ...

According to Dweck (2000), there are two types of views on ability and intelligence which are held by children: the entity view and the incremental view. The entity perspective vie...

Read the following extract from Chapter 5 of Great Expectations and then answer the question that follows.At this point in the novel, Joe and Pip have just accompanied the soldiers as...

In this blog, we are going to explore the following:1. How to motivate reluctant writers 2. How to encourage children to expand their answers 3. How to magpie ideas.1. How to m...

Critical Thinking is important in almost all subjects. But what is it? One way into understanding critical thinking is to consider how we read a newspaper article, whether we trust ...

Fronted adverbialsAdverbials are used like adverbs. They are words or phrases that add more information to a verb, and explain how, when or where something happened.Fronted adverbials...

ExtractRight in the middle there lay the body of a man sorely contorted and still twitching. They drew near on tiptoe, turned it on its back and beheld the face of Edward Hyde. He ...

Reading is essential to make your child succeed at an English exam.But how to get your child to read? Children do nor always read what you want them to read. They prefer browsing the ...