July Syllabus Extension Programme
English Comprehension Booster
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Creative Writing Exam Essentials + Vocabulary
- The course will aim to revisit and revise the various types of English multiple-choice and written style questions that appear in the exam, then hone the skills required to answer them.
- Decoding the various sorts of questions, the 11+ comprehension papers tend to ask, and how to go about deducing the answer.
- Our English Booster will be challenging. Sophisticated vocabulary and ideas will be used and discussed. Though challenging, it is to give our children the best chance to succeed.
- Retrieval, inference, word definition and language techniques will be discussed and practised.
- Comprehension questioning styles vary – acclimatise children through different styles of question papers.
- 200 Vocabulary Questions.
The course also includes creative writing.
We are looking forward to this English Extended Programme and anticipate that children will get the best from our teaching.
The English Comprehension Booster + Writing
DAY 1: English + Creative Writing + Vocabulary
| English | RETRIEVAL:
1. Strategies to extract information that exists within the text. 2. Encourage using the text to retrieve and physically find the answer rather than from memory. 3. Skim read and get the gist of each paragraph thereby cutting down time to locate the source of the answer. Work on a passage to cover questions relating to: Retrieval, inference, word definition and language techniques |
| Creative Writing | Knowing on what you are being measured – The Exam Checklist
Focus on figurative Language Handwriting & Presentation of work Practise writing in timed conditions.
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| Vocabulary
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50 Questions – VOCABULARY TEST – MULTIPLE CHOICE |
DAY 2: English + Creative Writing + Vocabulary
| English | INFERENCE:
1. Read texts to identify the jumping off points that lead to inference. 2. Pulling out information from the text rather than taking a wild guess. 3. Finding connections between sentences & ideas to support inference. 4. Use contextual clues to figure out the meaning of words 5. Strategies for figuring out new words through context Work on a passage to cover questions relating to: Retrieval, inference, word definition and language techniques |
| Creative Writing |
Analyse a piece of writing against exam checklist Rewrite and improve Focus on sentence structures.
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| Vocabulary
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50 Questions – VOCABULARY TEST – MULTIPLE CHOICE |
DAY 3: English + Creative Writing + Vocabulary
| English | Tips – Writing and presenting answers
1)‘ in your own words’ – written answers 2) ‘give your opinion’ – written answers. Tips – Handling multiple choice. |
| Creative Writing | Proof reading
Techniques to being creative with speed – tally against exam checklist. Timed Test. |
| Vocabulary
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50 Questions – VOCABULARY TEST – MULTIPLE CHOICE |
DAY 4: English + Creative Writing + Vocabulary
| ENGLISH | Test |
| Creative Writing | Test |
| Vocabulary | 50 Questions – VOCABULARY TEST – MULTIPLE CHOICE |
Results
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Day 4 Results will be emailed on 14th August (before end of the day).
200 Vocabulary Words – Day 1 – Day 4
Vocabulary Pack: There is no vocabulary pack.
Cost
Day 1 – 4: £150 (2.5 hours per day).
Location
| Date: 29 July – 1 Aug (Mon – Thu : 10 am – 12:30 pm )
Duration: 2.5 hrs each day
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Venue: ARU, Chelmsford |
TIME: 10.00 am -12.30 pm
NEXT STEPS
- Prebook the course by making an advance payment of £20. Upon booking, confirmation (Hall Ticket) will be emailed , if you don’t receive the hall ticket in 30 minutes , please email e-learning@masterbrainacademy.co.uk. Please bring the Hall Ticket to the Training.
- The balance £130 must be sent on the first day of course.