Year Six is an important year in the life of any child. In the last year of Junior school, children and their parents look forward to Senior school and new questions arise: - Does my child need extra help with his English? - Her class teacher just doesn't have time to help her with the basics. - He just can't seem to get started with story writing. - Her stories are lovely but she can't manage a time limit! - I am considering putting him in for an examination to a selective school, but is his English good enough? - She hasn't a clue about comprehensions. If you share any of the concerns listed above then this is the book for you. It is A Parent's Toolkit written to enable parents and children to work together on all aspects of English at the Key Stages Two/Three level i.e. the transition from Year Six to Seven and all that that means in terms of English for Senior school work. It is also specifically aimed at children who are going to take entrance examinations at 11+.

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2002 by Lucas Publications .

Katherine Hamlyn has taught English to children and adults for more than twenty-five years. She has much experience in helping parents choose the right senior school for their child and in helping children with English work at this important stage in their education.

This book has the following chapters: Essay writing. Starting work: Comprehensions Multiple choice papers Essays. Clarity and style: Ways of working at clarity and style Vocabulary Dictionaries More on vocabulary. Checking: Comprehensions Essays Developing the habit of checking Checking methods. Punctuation and spelling: Spelling book. Dylexia Starting post PART TWO Spellings and related problems: Spelling list Common spelling confusions Unscrambling and other games Common confusions and mistakes Punctuation Sentences and paragraphs Commas Punctuating conversation Speech marks and other things Starting a new line Apostrophes Hyphens. Writing skills: Descriptions and instructions Essay titles Letters and conversations Continuations Postscript - parts of speech. PART THREE Section One - Comprehension exercises. Section Two - Answers for Parts One and Two: Unscrambling Common confusions and mistakes Punctuation. Vocabulary. Section Three - Comprehension exercises: answers, suggestions and guidance. Postscript. Afterword: How to use this programme Programme.