593 prompts matching "Author's Toolkit: one short sentence after a long one"
Exaggeration station: understanding hyperbole
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me what hyperbole is with clear examples, then qu
Word pictures: choosing vivid adjectives
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise choosing vivid, precise adjectives ins
Idiom or literal? spotting the difference
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to tell whether a phrase is being used as
Skimming skill: getting the gist fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to skim a short passage quickly to get the
Scanning skill: finding an answer fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to scan a passage quickly to find a specif
Using quotation marks to prove my answer
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to lift a short quotation from a text as e
Reading the question before the passage
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me why reading the question first can help me rea
Checking my answer matches the mark scheme
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to check whether my comprehension answer c
Inference questions: reading between the lines
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to answer inference questions by reading b
Vocabulary-in-context questions: guessing meaning from clues
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to work out the meaning of an unfamiliar w
Comparing two passages under exam conditions
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to compare two short passages quickly and
Checking my writing against the success criteria
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to check my finished writing against a sim
Connectives that show cause and effect
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of connectives that show cause and effe
Connectives that add more information
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of connectives that add information, su
Repetition as a deliberate cohesive device
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how writers sometimes repeat words on purpose
Using 'however' and 'therefore' correctly
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the correct punctuation and placement for usin
Time connectives for a recount
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of time connectives useful for writing
Taking notes while listening to a talk
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to take short, useful notes while listenin
Chairing a group discussion fairly
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to chair a group discussion fairly, making
Following an oral recipe step by step
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Give me a short spoken recipe and check whether I can f