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07/08/2021

We are very strong advocates for this practice at home.

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08/07/2021

We at Compton Tutors do, do our little bit too, so students like Manasseh can rightfully celebrate THEIR success! Here are his own words...

'Hello Anthony. Manasseh speaking. I got an award for academic excellence in year 6 and I end up getting the same award 2 years on. Apologies for not letting you know in the lesson. I believe that it is you who is helping me to get such awards as this. Manasseh.'

02/07/2021

What more can we say!!!

True that!

01/07/2021

Another resource used to demonstrate flow and cohesion

28/06/2021

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26/06/2021

Another very simple breakdown as to the difference of Tone and Mood. Remember Tone: is for the author to set and represents their attitude, whereas Mood offers atmosphere and how the reader might feel about what has been written.

26/06/2021

We get asked this question frequently by our students. Here is a quick and simple breakdown as to the differences of English Language and Literature.

11/06/2021

Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of duality deconstructed in note form here

10/06/2021

10/06/2021

These words and phrases are the glue in writing that provide some cohesion to linking ideas and perspective; shifting focus from one aspect to another....there are😄 whole lot more called transitionals

09/06/2021

Taken from The Guardian newspaper, in relation to child-rearing and academic achievement

'I'm a former mathematics teacher, with 20 years experience in grammar and private schools. I quit teaching to home-school my daughters. It is simple to raise a child to shine academically. It is very easy, here is the recipe

1. read to child every single day
2. talk to child a lot and use good language
3. take child to libraries, theatres, parks, zoos.
4. Start teaching mathematics and formal English every day from age 4
5. Teach child every single day
6. Send child for music lessons, buy instrument and child to play 30 mins/day
7. Go to parks 3-4 times a week, play games
8. ABSOLUTELY no TV, until age 12.
9. Don't use baby-sitters
10. Don't let child mix with thick or badly behaved children

I have done the above, twice, and produced two girls, twins aged 11. Both piano grade 7, both got scholarships to the best public schools in Birmingham and both are well-behaved, happy and most importantly, they have a fierce ability to think independently.

09/06/2021

We cannot escape that poetry is part of English Literature with its own language and methods...look at these for a starter!