Amber Townsend: Tutor

English

I offer services tutoring English language and literature across a variety of ages and abilities. Individual learners have very different needs and areas of difficulty, which is why I like to discuss targets and areas of focus with students and their parents throughout the tutoring process. Below is a broad guide to the areas often covered at each Key Stage I offer tutition for.

 

KS1 (Reception - Year 2)

• Phonics & spelling

• Sentence structure & writing confidence

• Reading skills & comprehension

 

KS2 (Year 3 - Year 6)

• Developing comprehension & inference skills

• Grammar, spellings, vocabulary & punctuation

• Building confidence in written composition

 

KS3 (Year 7 - Year 9)

• Understanding and analysing form, structure and language

• Comprehension and confidence with varying forms of literature

• Confidence forming opinions and interpretations

• Developing new forms of written composition- analytic and creative

 

KS4-KS5/GCSE-A Level (Year 10 - Year 13)

• Exam preparation for various exam boards- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, iGCSEs and more

• Essay composition & paragraph structure

• Comprehension and confidence with varying forms of literature

• Understanding and confidence in key skills areas- interpretation, context, comparison & anlysis of form, structure and language

• Understanding of audience, content & purpose

• Creative writing & language skills

• Revision techniques & coping with time pressure