The student’s knowledge of language and structure in the English IGCSE exam is tested throughout the two exams. This post is primarily focused on question 4 of paper 1. It will walk you through answering this 12 mark question and so help your student be confident in gaining top marks. Find out more: You can……
Category: Homeschool English – Writing
How to Write a Good Paragraph
This post helps homeschool students learn how to write a good paragraph using an informational folder made especially for the job! So, if you’re a homeschooling mum and you want to find out how you can teach your child to write a good paragraph, read on! How to Write a Good Paragraph Learning how to……
Teaching Literary Devices
I love teaching literary devices, and all my children (including the English shy Thomas) have loved learning about them. I don’t use any worksheets, just teaching them as they come up in the children’s homeschool. My older children were much more avid readers than my younger two and therefore picked up writing styles quickly and……
How to Teach Homeschool Writing: Narration
Narration is another useful tool to have in your home school writing tool box. I have already talked about copywork as a first step in teaching your child to write, and narration can be used in conjunction with this. What is Narration? Narration is the telling back of something the child knows. It is the……
How to Teach Homeschool Writing: Copywork
Copywork: Introduction In our homeschool, writing starts as soon as the child shows an interest. Aside from the usual doodles, we also encourage the child to create their own copywork. Copywork is such a useful tool for encouraging natural and reluctant writers. Flexible and simple to use, it can be utilised from the moment a……
C13’s Chapter 1 of her Book: If Only I’d Known….
This year, as part of her delight learning, C is writing a short six chapter book using Here to Help Learning excellent curriculum. She is learning editing and re-editing, as well as following something through to its conclusion. She has worked consistently hard on this book since the beginning of the year, and I am very……
Review of Here to Help Learning
Teaching my children to write clearly and intelligently is my Achille’s heel. Most of the time I feel inadequate for the job, and yet writing well is arguably one of the most important skills I can give them. Enter Here to Help Learning, a home school parent’s dream come true. Just a few short weeks……
Who are you? And what have you done with my son?
We are all currently in different stages of a cold. Not a bad cold by any means, but one which has slowed us all down somewhat. This morning I dragged myself out of bed with no small amount of difficulty. I was tired from lack of sleep due to an irritating cough. I didn’t want……
Angelicscalliwags Homeschool Writing
The Angelicscalliwags approach to homeschooling emphasizes authentic writing linked to history and experiences. It integrates narration and re-enactment as foundational tools, encouraging children to express thoughts verbally before transitioning to writing. This method fosters natural, purposeful, and flexible writing practices, prioritizing communication over perfection, and supports steady growth and independence.
Crusades Activity Persuasive Writing
One of the joys of homeschooling is seeing your children’s personalities shine through their work, and nowhere is that more evident than in their writing. Recently, when I shared some of the writing activities I had set, a few readers asked to see more examples. So today, I’m sharing a little glimpse into one of……
Snowflake, The Least of Them All
C10 belongs to various wildlife organisations. One of them, the RSPCA, was running a writing competition. Unbeknown to Gary or I, a few months ago she began writing a story to enter into the competition. A few weeks ago she asked whether I would look over it and help her edit it. I really didn’t……
Importance of Picture Books for Learning Great Literature
Studying great literature has to be one of my most favourite times in home school. I think because I design our own studies, it gives us lots of freedoms that following a curriculum of any type would remove. I am able to keep it simple, complex or anywhere in between. We don’t have to ascribe……
Thomas’ battle and victory over writing
This week I was so proud of T11 that I almost cried. He wrote his first completely independent 5 paragraph essay using this tool . I asked T11 if he would mind me relating some of his story with regards to his difficulty with writing. Oh, and I asked if I could share his essay. T11 would……