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Check my understanding: sentence variety
Act as my SS1 English tutor and check my understanding of sentence variety: length, type,
Practise: error correction at paragraph length, naming each fault type
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Quiz me: separating a paragraph's main idea from its supporting detail
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Exam-style practice: tracking how a writer's tone modulates across a whole passage
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Writing task: planning and writing a narrative of at least 450 words with a controlled
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Teach me: summarising a paragraph in my own words without lifting phrasing
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Writing task: writing a formal letter with correct layout, register and a clear request
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Writing task: writing an argumentative essay with a stated position and an answered counter-argument
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Writing task: summarising an argument so its concession and conclusion both survive
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Exam-style practice: writing a descriptive piece of 450+ words that sustains one impression
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Teach me: writing a commissioned report that opens with a summary of findings
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Writing task: summarising a passage in exactly the number of sentences specified
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Writing task: meeting an aspect restriction, an own-words rule and a sentence limit at once
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Exam drill: interpreting tones that signal attitude
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Discuss: point, quotation and comment as an essay-writing method
Act as my SS1 English tutor and discuss turning a paragraph away from retelling and toward
Essay practice: writing a comparative answer across two prescribed texts
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Teach me: the syllabic n sound
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Quiz me: replacing nouns with the right possessive pronoun
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Practise: sorting verbs into regular and irregular groups
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Discuss: interpreting a prose passage together
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