S1
SET
The step-by-step method, prompts and a worked example are inside the toolkit.
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The School Ready Guide English Toolkit
Every framework a private English tutor would teach your child, in one printable toolkit. Creative writing, comprehension and grammar for ages 7 to 11.
Parents preparing a child for 11+ or school entrance exams (English papers and creative writing tasks)
Parents whose child is in Years 3 to 6 and needs structure for writing and comprehension at home
Families who want a tutor-style system without tutor-style invoices
A peek inside
The frameworks, not the full method
Every strong story has four parts, and examiners reward six language devices by name. Here is the shape of both frameworks. The step-by-step method, prompts and worked examples come with the toolkit.
S2
SPARK
The step-by-step method, prompts and a worked example are inside the toolkit.
S3
STRUGGLE
The step-by-step method, prompts and a worked example are inside the toolkit.
S4
SETTLE
The step-by-step method, prompts and a worked example are inside the toolkit.
POEMS+A: the six language devices
Examiners look for language devices by name. POEMS+A gives your child all six in one memorable word. The full meanings and worked examples are inside the toolkit.
P
Personification
O
Onomatopoeia
E
Exaggeration (hyperbole)
M
Metaphor
S
Simile
+A
Alliteration
What's inside
Four parts, one complete system
Everything is printable, parent-friendly and mapped to what schools and 11+ examiners actually reward.
Part one
Creative writing
- The Four S Story Path: SET, SPARK, STRUGGLE, SETTLE, with a worked example story
- POEMS+A language devices with child-friendly definitions and examples
- The Wide-Senses-Zoom method for describing a picture in three paragraphs
- Six Ways In: six sentence openers so no two sentences start the same
- Fronted adverbials with comma rules
- Show, don’t tell: a swap table for scared, angry, tired and more
- Wow-word banks: alternatives for said, nice, big, ran and looked
- A five-senses word bank for instant atmosphere
Part two
Comprehension
- The READ method: Read the questions, Examine the text, Answer with evidence, Double-check
- Retrieval vs inference: how to tell which one the question wants
- Name it, Quote it, Explain it: the three-step formula for literary device questions
- Mark-grabbing answer frames for 1, 2 and 3 mark questions
Part three
Grammar toolbox
- All nine word types with memorable examples
- Every punctuation mark, from full stops to semicolons, with when to use each
- Sentence building: subject, object, clauses, phrases and connectives
- Verb tenses made simple
Part four
Progress checklist
- A tick-off skills checklist across reading, comprehension, vocabulary, devices, grammar, punctuation, spelling and presentation
- 12 writing genres to master, from diary entries to news reports
- Designed for a parent to see at a glance what is secure and what needs another pass
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