Learning Persuasive Writing and Argument is an essential guide for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. It is the second book in the Teach your child to write good English series. Learning Persuasive Writing and Argument has been written by an experienced teacher and tutor and written with the needs of children in mind. This book concentrates specifically and in depth on the art of persuasive writing and creating a good argument. These are key skills required by the National Curriculum up to GCSE level. It is specifically targeted at Key Stage 2 and 3 (ages 8-14 years) but will also be a valuable resource for those taking GCSE up to grades C and above. It contains material suitable for UK National Curriculum SATS, for those taking 11+ entrance examinations, for GCSE exams and for students learning English as a foreign language. Learning Persuasive Writing will enable the student to write convincingly in letters, leaflets, brochures and newspaper articles for example. The book also sets out how to write a well-balanced argument. It teaches the pupil how to structure their writing, putting forward a point of view, backing it up with convincing evidence, building up a relevant counter argument and knocking it down, as well as, putting forward their own comments and opinions. It focuses on discursive writing enabling the pupil to examine points for and against in a variety of subjects suitable for older children and teenage readers, healthy eating, fashion, social issues and many more. It includes a lively collection of writings, poems and a play to inspire the pupil. These are designed as starting points, ideal for the pupil who finds it difficult to think up ideas for writing, challenging them to recreate their own persuasive pieces. In addition to this the book teaches organisational and literary devices in persuasive writing, including, figurative language, emotive words, repetition, connectives and use of good vocabulary. The student will learn how to consider writing for the appropriate audience, how to vary sentence types in order to make writing more interesting, and the importance of using good spelling, punctuation and grammar. They will learn vital essay writing skills that will assist their studies in other areas of the curriculum. Learning Persuasive Writing and Argument, includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. It is packed with vital hints and tips to enable the pupil to be successful and gain good grades. Learning Persuasive Writing and Argument is ideal for home study and will reinforce the work done in school. It is a companion to the other books in our series, Creative Writing and Information Writing. By working methodically through this book the student will grow in confidence and will learn to enjoy writing.

Learning Persuasive Writing and Argument (KS 2-3 +) (ages 8-14 years): Teach Your Child To Write Good English

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Jones, Amanda

Jones,Sally

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Guinea Pig Education

Information Writing is the essential guide for all students wanting to develop their literacy skills and improve their grades in English assignments and examinations. It is the third in the 'Teach Your Child to Write Good English series. Information Writing has been written by an experienced teacher and tutor with the needs of children in mind. This book concentrates specifically on information writing required by the National Curriculum, providing everything needed to stimulate a child to write. It is specifically targeted at Key Stage 2 and 3 (ages 8-14 years). However, it provides a useful aid for students taking GCSE at foundation level. It contains material suitable for SATS examinations, for those taking 11+ entrance examinations and for students learning English as a foreign language. Information Writing will guide students through all aspects of information writing, as if they had a tutor by their side. Information Writing teaches your child to recognize the difference between facts and opinions. It concentrates on different aspects of information writing including writing to advise, writing to inform, writing to explain, writing to analyse, review and comment, giving examples. It teaches the child how a newspaper article is structured, how to write formal and informal letters, diaries, police reports, e-mails, biographies, autobiographies, interviews, book reviews and many more. This book is designed as a starting point for writing, helping the child to form ideas, enabling him or her to structure their work and organize it into paragraphs. Attention is given to making writing more interesting by varying sentence types, using punctuation and good grammar. Information Writing includes an exciting range of model answers and sample texts written by children and provides practice questions to test them. Common errors made by students are highlighted and corrected. It is packed with vital hints and tips on gaining those top grades. Information Writing is ideal for working through at home or as a resource in the classroom. By working methodically through this book the students will grow in confidence and will learn to enjoy writing. Also available in the 'Teach your child good English' series are Creative Story Writing - ISBN: 9780955831508 and Information Writing - ISBN: 9780955831515.

Information Writing (KS 2-3 +) (ages 8-14 years): Teach Your Child To Write Good English

A FAST TRACK solution to reading. Teach your child to read with phonics in only 8 books, in as little as 6 months. Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends, colouring in the cartoon pictures and searching for the hidden phonic sounds in the stories.. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. The six readers consist of a structured course that builds 44 phonic sounds into the text. As the children read the adventures of a loveable boy called Sam, they can have fun searching for hidden sounds. They will build up 44 sounds in total. This will enable them to read 80% of words in the English language, by breaking them down into sounds or syllables - playing. A series of stories, The Bouncing Castle and The Famous Cousin From The Country reinforce the complex middle sounds being learnt. By the end of the scheme, the child will be ready to progress to solo reading books. The books have cut out practice pages for matching words to pictures and phrases to pictures, to fix the sound words in the child s memory. The simple text and fun sketches, appeal to young readers and have helped the authors teach many, many children to read.

Learn To Read Rapidly With Phonics: Beginner Reader Book 1: A fun, color in phonic reading scheme. (Learn to Read with Phonics)

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Learn To Read Rapidly With Phonics: Beginner Reader Book 2: A fun, color in phonic reading scheme (Learn to Read with Phonics)

<p>Guinea Pig Education is proud to be launching an exciting, new revolutionary phonic reading scheme. Learn To Read With Phonics teaches reading rapidly, in as little as six months PROVEN! Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends and colouring in the cartoon pictures. They hardly realise that within each fun story are disguised phonic sounds. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. This exciting scheme has been written by a Surrey teacher and tutor catering for the needs of the children she teaches. The scheme works well with young children starting out on reading. At the same time, it is ideal for older children who have failed to reach targets in literacy, for those who have experienced particular learning difficulties or where English is a second language. This scheme helps the student catch up fast. Books 1-6 are a structured course that systematically introduces new sounds, each one building on the ones that went before. Book 3 teaches the sounds, ea, oa, ai, ay, oi, oy and y. The child is encouraged to read each sound chapter several times and to learn the words using the matching activities with the help of an adult. When he or she is familiar with the material they can move on.</p>

Learn To Read Rapidly With Phonics: Beginner Reader Book 3: A fun, color in phonic reading scheme. (Learn to Read with Phonics)

A FAST TRACK solution to reading. Teach your child to read with phonics in only 8 books, in as little as 6 months. Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends, colouring in the cartoon pictures and searching for the hidden phonic sounds in the stories. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. The six readers consist of a structured course that builds 44 phonic sounds into the text. As the children read the adventures of a loveable boy called Sam, they can have fun searching for hidden sounds. They will build up 44 sounds in total. This will enable them to read 80% of words in the English language, by breaking them down into sounds or syllables - playing. A series of stories, The Bouncing Castle and The Famous Cousin From The Country reinforce the complex middle sounds being learnt. By the end of the scheme, the child will be ready to progress to solo reading books. The books have cut out practice pages for matching words to pictures and phrases to pictures, to fix the sound words in the child s memory. The simple text and fun sketches, appeal to young readers and have helped the authors teach many, many children to read.

Learn To Read Rapidly With Phonics: Beginner Reader Book 4: A fun, color in phonic reading scheme. (Learn to Read with Phonics)

Learn To Read Rapidly With Phonics: Beginner Reader Book 5: A fun, color in phonic reading scheme (Learn to Read with Phonics)

An essential series of mini themed booklets for all children who need additional practice in writing. The Creative Writing Tutor scheme provides a lively series of themed booklets that will stimulate your child's imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. The booklets provide a tutor for the child, fun features and stories to read, follow up activities to complete, harder vocabulary to prepare children for more advanced writing and many helpful tips and techniques to improve writing style. Written by an experienced teacher, they are recommended for use at school or at home by children aged 9-13 years, of all abilities. They are excellent for stretching fast workers and able writers or preparing for writing tasks in 11+ examinations.

The Present (Brush Up On Your Writing Skills): Creative Writing Tutor

A lively, up to date and action packed series of five themed study books that encourage children to write. Get Going With Creative Writing is a new up to date action packed series of five themed study books that encourage children to write. These books have a lively magazine style format: featuring short stories to read and a variety of non-fiction texts that will impact young readers and provide starting points for writing. Follow up activities will inspire even the most reluctant writers to write stories, poems, play scripts, diaries, reports, persuasive leaflets, letters and more. More than this, the child will learn writing techniques including: simple, compound and complex sentences connectives grammar tips harder vocabulary and punctuation from our guinea pig guide. They are aimed at children between the ages of 7-13 and provide excellent writing practice for those children preparing to take 11+ examinations or S.A.Ts. They will also benefit children with special needs, or where English is a second language. Although the themed books can be used in any order, the subject matter of About Me and We Love Animals may appeal to younger children, who start working through the series. Step-by-step guide to creative and other forms of writing. Fully based on the National Curriculum. Can be used to supplement work done in the classroom by teachers and parents. Packed with helpful hints and tips. Written by an experienced teacher. Titles in the series: All About Me: (9781907733130) We Love Animals: (9781907733161) Likes and Dislikes: (9781907733147) Out and About: (9781907733154) What We Do: (9781907733178)

Likes and Dislikes: Get Going with Creative Writing (and other forms of writing)

We Love Animals: Get Going with Creative Writing (and other forms of writing)

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