One of the questions parents most frequently ask at the Better Tuition Centre is: how can my child improve his/ her extended writing? Indeed we are asked so often that we have come up with a little toolkit for improving extended written work.
Better Tuition has the tools you need to improve writing.
We sometimes use it in checklist form and our Key Stage 2/3 students find it really does boost their national curriculum levels in no time at all.
Here it is:
1. Write in sentences and paragraphs.
2. Use full stops and capital letters.
3. Use commas and speech marks.
4. For an extra specially impressive piece of writing you may try to use colons and semi-colons.
5. Try to use accurate spellings, but it’s more important to use plenty of wow words than to spell everything absolutely correctly.
6. Complex sentences (using connectives such as although or however) will boost your level.
7. Handwriting should be neat and clear. It’s even better if your handwriting is neat, joined and fluent.
8. Take a few minutes to plan your piece of writing – make notes and think about sights, sounds, smells, textures and even taste (if relevant!).
9. Your writing should be colourful and interesting. It helps to withhold information (for example ‘Nobody could have guessed what was to take place that night.’).
10. Reread your work to make sure that punctuation and spellings are as correct as you can make them and to check that everything you have written makes sense!
We hope you find this helpful and if you need more support for reading and writing (or maths, science or Trafford entrance exams preparation), please don’t hesitate to contact us today!
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