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Ds , 13, written English- help

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Jojojojo55 · 12/02/2021 22:54

Home schooling my ds, age 13 and getting really worried about his standard of written English. He has a limited vocabulary, rarely uses capitals and full stops, struggles to put reseat into his own words and form an opinion.

He is good at maths and science but struggles with English and history. He shows me the work before handing in and I probably help too much as I want him to get a good mark.
Any English teachers around that can advise. He’s not a great reader but I try and insist on a chapter a day. Is there any books I can by to try and tutor him. Can’t afford a tutor.

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Jojojojo55 · 13/02/2021 08:18

Anyone help please, really worried.
Was going to post in education but the chat is more focused on what school to go to.

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Xerochrysum · 13/02/2021 08:35

Not a teacher, just a parent to 13 yrs old dc. We use this to help with his writing.
What we do is dc picks an article, he reads it for me, and we talk about topic. Then he writes the summary.

readworks

I think you may get more reaction from secondary teachers if you post on secondary education.

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