Service Description

Phase 1: It is a 1-to-4 course. The main focus of each course is building comprehension skills, building understanding of English literature in various forms and learning how to answer a variety of different questions. It will focus primarily on reading and understanding a variety of literature, selecting ideas and information from the text and presenting it in a variety of forms. The course includes areas designed to build a student’s confidence, ways to improve their comprehension skills in all areas and lots of hints and tips for how to boost their mark in an exam situation. We also factor in past papers from a variety of well-known independent schools to prepare the students for the range of exams that they may take. 1 Student to complete Dulwich College 9+ Paper in advance Multiple Choice Questions Homework: Student to complete Comprehension 1 of Alleyn’s School 9+ Paper 2 Synonyms HW: Student to complete Comprehension 2 of Alleyn’s School 9+ Paper 3 Poetry Analysis HW: Student to complete Questions 1-4 of Emanuel School 9+ Paper 4 Prose Analysis, including similarities and differences HW: Student to complete Solihull School 9+ Paper 5 Explaining in your own words HW: Student to complete King’s College 9+ Paper 6 Selecting Quotations HW: Student to complete Student to complete Questions 5-6 of Emanuel School 9+ Paper 7 Punctuating HW: Student to complete Student to complete Kingston Grammar School Section A 8 Effects of Language 1 HW: Student to complete Magdalen College 9+ Questions 1-5 9 Effects of Language 2 HW: Student to complete Magdalen College 9+ Questions 6-9 10 Summary skills HW: Consolidation