At home, I can improve my skills in English by… At home, I can improve my At home, I can also learn by… knowledge and understanding by: Reading Trying reading as many different types of texts as possible: Talking about books with researching the kinds of jobs and novels, short stories, magazines, blogs, quality newspaper parents or guardians careers you can have using English articles that interest you… Visit/ join your local library Take opportunities to visit the Read for enjoyment! theatre to see plays being Take opportunities to hear performed Set some personal reading time aside every day; even 20 authors speak about their minutes work (See BBC Authors Live) Or go to the cinema to see films of novels or plays Try reading genres that you wouldn’t normally read at home, Ask for help with homework such as plays or anthologies of poetry. assignments Interactive Learning Resources Find newspapers aimed at younger readers. These can be Revise regularly for example Royal Shakespeare Company: borrowed from the school library. Try new grammar taught in www.rsc.org.uk/education Try accessing newspapers online class school clips BBC- Learning: online learning Visiting book shops to browse/ see what is new class clips resources – Swap books with friends Why not form a book club with your friends where you meet to talk about your favourite books? Get into the habit of looking up new words to broaden your vocabulary- maybe decide to learn two new words a week. You or can use online dictionaries if you don’t own one; www.collinsdictionary.com Keep a notebook especially for this. Note down the meanings Other websites of interest include: BBC Events- Authors Live www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006v267 www.bbc.co.uk/events/rhvg9 BBC Authors Live Writing
At home, I can improve my skills in English by… At home, I can improve my knowledge and understanding by: At home, I can also learn by… Reading Trying reading as many different types of texts as possible: novels, short stories, magazines, blogs, quality newspaper articles that interest you… Read for enjoyment! Set some personal reading time aside every day; even 20 minutes Try reading genres that you wouldn’t normally read at home, such as plays or anthologies of poetry. Find newspapers aimed at younger readers. These can be borrowed from the school library. Try Try accessing newspapers online Visiting book shops to browse/ see what is new Swap books with friends Why not form a book club with your friends where you meet to talk about your favourite books? Get into the habit of looking up new words to broaden your vocabulary- maybe decide to learn two new words a week. You can use online dictionaries if you don’t own one; or www.collinsdictionary.com Keep a notebook especially for this. Note down the meanings Other websites of interest include: BBC Events- Authors Live www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006v267 BBC Authors Live www.bbc.co.uk/events/rhvg9 Writing Talking about books with parents or guardians Visit/ join your local library Take opportunities to hear authors speak about their work (See BBC Authors Live) Ask for help with homework assignments Revise regularly for example new grammar taught in school BBC- Learning: online learning resources – class clips researching the kinds of jobs and careers you can have using English Take opportunities to visit the theatre to see plays being performed Or go to the cinema to see films of novels or plays Interactive Learning Resources Royal Shakespeare Company: www.rsc.org.uk/education class clips
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