DS is in Y10.He is a very able student, he is good in most subjects. His strength is with math and science. However, his English has been good, he was entered Level 6 English in Y6, but didn't get it, but I think he was quite close.
In Y7, his English was quite good, teacher gave him a top grade. Then his English grade start to vary from Y8, sometimes, a top one, sometimes maybe down a grade. But yesterday, his report gave him only a middle grade.He said he didn't do well in a recent exam.
I am a bit worry about his English now, his original GCSE target would be A*/A, but now , it seems he may get a B , or even C.
I think originally, his English was good, because he is a very good reader, he read lots of books, and his memory is very good. So he has a really good vocabulary. That gave him some advance in English when it was simple. But know I guess as the English are harder, simply reading is not enough.
The trouble is I never get involved with his study since Y7, so don't know anything about what he studies, how he does it. I ask him to do a reading online programme eveyday now, so just 1 passage with questions. That's 5-10 munites a day. I also plan to buy some GCSE revision books to go through with him.
Do you have any suggestions?
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How to help DS with his English GCSE
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Autumnsky · 18/11/2015 11:43
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