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...]
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...]
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...]
5 Must-Do’s For Outstanding Essay Writing
Your teen needs to step up to the mark because school is getting harder. High school education continues to move away from tests with one word answers and towards students having to come up with paragraph or even full essay answers. And there’s a good reason for this. The internet has become so widespread and so accessible, that having a library of singular facts stored in your head is no longer helpful. The average cell phone can now access Google or Wikipedia anywhere. Type in your … [Read more...]