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Why Simple Essays Are The Best Essays

October 1, 2013 by thestudygurus 5 Comments

Why Simple Essays Are The Best Essays

Developing their writing skills will be a crucial part of your teen's academic success at high school and beyond. At College, it’s very rare that a subject won’t require essay writing. Arts, science – most disciplines will involve written skills in one way or another. And once you’re at College, you’re on your own. You’re stuck with whatever writing skills you developed at high school. I’d say the majority of high school students don’t feel comfortable writing essays. They may not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: College, Essay Writing, Studying, Writing Tagged With: essay writing, vocabulary, writing skills

What Subjects Require Practice And Why

July 25, 2013 by thestudygurus Leave a Comment

What Subjects Require Practice And Why

There’s this thing that students who get good grades do throughout the year. To some students it comes naturally, while others have to work at it. It's the thing that separates the teens who get fantastic grades, and the ones who get less fantastic grades. It's this little thing called PRACTICE. There's no getting around this one I'm afraid. To get good grades in Math, your teen HAS to do practice problems. To get good grades in English, your teen HAS to write practice essays. (This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discipline, Exams, Math, Science, Studying, Writing Tagged With: good grades, practise, reaching potential, studying effectively

The Inside Scoop On Writing A-Grade Essays

February 14, 2013 by thestudygurus 3 Comments

The Inside Scoop On Writing A-Grade Essays

Writing essays is like serving in tennis. Most people when they start out make it way more complicated than it needs to be, and produce something that doesn't look quite right. The pros do it smoothly and easily. It’s uncomplicated and easy to follow. Well if that doesn’t make any sense, what I’m saying is that good essays are simple. Everything about their structure is simple – the structure as a whole and also paragraph and sentence structure. Examiners hate seeing long convoluted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essay Writing, Exams, Homework Help, Studying, Writing Tagged With: essay writing, exam essays, Writing tips

3 Simple Rules To Help Massively Improve Your Teen’s Writing Skills

July 23, 2012 by thestudygurus 5 Comments

3 Simple Rules To Help Massively Improve Your Teen’s Writing Skills

When you’re at elementary school a huge part of the day is taken up with developing your writing skills. But if my memory serves me correctly, developing our writing skills grinds almost to a complete halt at high school. I don’t know where in the world your teen goes to school, but at my high school, if you were naturally a good writer then yay for you, but if you struggled with English and stuff involving written words, you probably weren’t going to improve a whole lot… And if your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essay Writing, Homework Help, Studying, Writing Tagged With: essays, grammar, spelling, writing, writing skills

Reading Your Way To Better Writing

April 24, 2011 by thestudygurus Leave a Comment

Reading Your Way To Better Writing

Did you know that every time you read something (and yes, I do include food labels and ads in that statement!) you are learning something about writing? And the more you read, the better writer you will become by default. However, if you just read one style you are missing out on opportunities to broaden your horizons and truly improve your writing skills. So encouraging your child to read some different materials can be a constructive way to help with their school work at no risk of doing it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essay Writing, Homework Help, Writing Tagged With: essay tips, essay writing, new, read to improve, reading

Why all teachers need sales training

February 13, 2011 by thestudygurus 2 Comments

Why all teachers need sales training

“...and so, if you divide that number by this number you get x”. Wow. I don’t know about you but I’m bored. It’s human nature to not want to do something unless we have a reason to. Unless there’s something in it for us. So why are we surprised that so many students think school’s boring? At school we’re told what we have to learn, but not why it’s important. It’s not often explained to students how their subjects relate to the real world and how they’ll benefit from understanding them. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discipline, Math, Motivation, Science, Studying, Writing Tagged With: doing well, motivate, reasons why, sales training, teachers, why

Why Your Teen Needs To Make Essay Plans

April 15, 2010 by thestudygurus Leave a Comment

Why Your Teen Needs To Make Essay Plans

Essays are a large and important component of any high school exams. Your teen will definitely have to write essays in their exams at the end of the year, particularly for their arts subjects. Examiners are not only looking for an essay with sound content, they’re also looking for a well constructed essay. This is why writing an essay plan is something anyone should do before they write any essay. What is an essay plan? An essay plan is simply a rough outline of what each paragraph in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Essay Writing, Organisation, Studying, Time Management, Writing

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