Comments for Mrs Beasley's Blog http://www.poyntontutorials.co.uk/blog Learning from a tutors perspective Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on How to Pass the Grammar School Entrance Exams by Joyce http://www.poyntontutorials.co.uk/blog/?p=17#comment-528 Joyce Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:42:07 +0000 http://www.poyntontutorials.co.uk/blog/?p=17#comment-528 Dear Rosalind, I am delighted to hear that your son is doing so well in the VR and maths tests. The answer to your question is yes, you most certainly can get a 'model' story together and adapt it on the day. I often do this with my pupils who struggle with story writing - (many children do!) If he is taking the exam in September, I presume he is sitting for Altrincham Grammr, and as you no doubt know, they only give you twenty minutes to write the story. You have to make the story really interesting from the start, therefore, as you will not get time to finish it. What the examiners are looking for is a beginning which 'grabs' the reader, good use of punctuation and grammar, and a story line which is obviously going to develop. I have written several different 'openers' to stories, which can then be developed in different directions, according to whatever they give you as the title. If you like, I will email some through to you, with suggestions as to how they can be expanded. If you would like to email the story through to me when it is written, I will give you some advice on how to make it even better. Good luck with it all, Joyce Dear Rosalind,
I am delighted to hear that your son is doing so well in the VR and maths tests. The answer to your question is yes, you most certainly can get a ‘model’ story together and adapt it on the day. I often do this with my pupils who struggle with story writing – (many children do!) If he is taking the exam in September, I presume he is sitting for Altrincham Grammr, and as you no doubt know, they only give you twenty minutes to write the story. You have to make the story really interesting from the start, therefore, as you will not get time to finish it. What the examiners are looking for is a beginning which ‘grabs’ the reader, good use of punctuation and grammar, and a story line which is obviously going to develop.
I have written several different ‘openers’ to stories, which can then be developed in different directions, according to whatever they give you as the title. If you like, I will email some through to you, with suggestions as to how they can be expanded. If you would like to email the story through to me when it is written, I will give you some advice on how to make it even better.

Good luck with it all,

Joyce

]]> Comment on How to Pass the Grammar School Entrance Exams by rosalind dunn http://www.poyntontutorials.co.uk/blog/?p=17#comment-493 rosalind dunn Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:54:21 +0000 http://www.poyntontutorials.co.uk/blog/?p=17#comment-493 I am convinced that my son is grammar school material and would thrive in such an environment, his maths and VR papers often score above 90%. His creative writing is, however very poor and I am afraid that this will leave his overall score short of the mark. He sits exams this September and I am sorely tempted to get him to memorise a template story that he can modify to any creative writing question... what do you think??? I am convinced that my son is grammar school material and would thrive in such an environment, his maths and VR papers often score above 90%. His creative writing is, however very poor and I am afraid that this will leave his overall score short of the mark. He sits exams this September and I am sorely tempted to get him to memorise a template story that he can modify to any creative writing question… what do you think???

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