A complete, graded home-study series- developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support learning for the curriculumContains a progress chart to encourage children to learn new English skillsParents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage, what's being covered in the curriculum, and teaching methods so parents can support their childrenThis book provides practice in reading and understanding different types of text. It shows how to write descriptively and for specific audiences.Carol Vorderman, one of Britain's best known and loved TV personalities, feels passionately about the value of education. Carol joined forces with DK in 1999 to become DK's Educational Champion and has worked with them to build the bestselling Made Easy Series, which includes Maths, English, Science, and Computer Coding subjects. She has a degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and was awarded an MBE for services to broadcasting in 2000.
Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman.
Carol Vorderman can help your child succeed in English with this homeschool learning resource for 8-9 year olds. English Made Easy is one of Carol Vorderman's series of DK workbooks packed with notes and tips to make home learning about English easy and fun! Follow the exercises and activities with your child at home to strengthen their learning in school. Each title contains a progress chart so your child can keep track of all the exercises they have completed and colour in the topic stars as they go. Helpful parents' notes explain what children need to know at each stage and what's being covered in the curriculum so you can support and homeschool your child with confidence.
This book will help your child with reading and understanding different types of text. It shows how to write descriptively and for specific audiences. Developed in consultation with leading educational experts to support curriculum learning, English Made Easy is a great way to improve your child's English skills - "the more you practise, the better you'll be!" (Carol Vorderman)
- 1: Fact or fantasy?
- 2: The main points
- 3: Word-building
- 4: More world-building
- 5: Dictionary work
- 6: Split suffixes
- 7: More on plurals
- 8: Big, bigger, biggest
- 9: Tricky words
- 10: Punctuation practice
- 11: Reading and understanding
- 12: Silent w
- 13: A traditional story
- 14: Understanding the story
- 15: An Aboriginal myth
- 16: Another Aboriginal myth
- 17: A scientific explanation
- 18: Types of writing
- 19: Planning your own story
- 20: Your own traditional tale
- 21: Patterns in poems
- 22: Haiku and cinquain
- 23: Soft c and homophones
- 24: Protest letter
- 25: Plan an argument
- 26: Letter to the newspaper
- 27: Write an explanation
- 28: Instructions
- 29: Make a point
- 30: Onomatopoeia
- 31: Word game
