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The 5 Best Ways to Begin a Narrative Without Stress or Worry
The 5 Best Ways to Begin a Narrative Without Stress or Worry

Getting started in narratives is often the hardest part. Once a story is begun, it is a lot easier to continue and finish it.

Here in Australia, narratives and stories are required to be taught from a very young age. It is covered as early as kindergarten focusing on one single event and with every year beyond that, it increases in difficulty and complexity in terms of the way it is written and assessed. It is a key component in the NAPLAN test, Selective and all throughout high school including the HSC exam in year 12. There are many components of a narrative but they all will require an introduction.

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English Essays, HAST, NAPLAN, SelectiveJohn Huangprimary school, new south wales, Selective, Opportunity Class, OC, Department of Education, Tutoring, coaching, private coaching, selective preparation, year 6 selective, year 6, education, learning, pre uni, NAPLAN, english, highschool, format, bostes, syllabus, sydney, ICAS, cambridge assessments, alpha one, Alpha One Coaching College, comprehension, swot shop, swot, kumon, edu kingdom, matrix, ruse, reading, selective, oc, thinking skills, books, plan, begin, story, introduction, sizzling start, start
5 Ways You Can Introduce Independent Reading
5 Ways You Can Introduce Independent Reading

Everyone knows that knowledge is power and, in this day, and age, nearly everyone under the sun knows that you can read to improve your knowledge. There are a few initiatives to encourage students and children to read more yet many teachers and parents do not introduce anything at all. It is a growing problem that needs to change.

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Selective, Opportunity Class, NAPLANJohn Huangprimary school, new south wales, Selective, Opportunity Class, OC, O.C test, Department of Education, Tutoring, private, coaching, private coaching, selective preparation, year 6 selective, year 6, year 5, education, learning, student, pre uni, nsw, NAPLAN, english, highschool, format, bostes, syllabus, sydney, ICAS, cambridge, cambridge assessments, structure, alpha one, Alpha One Coaching College, comprehension, swot shop, swot, kumon, edu kingdom, matrix, ruse, reading, selective, oc, naplan, read, parent
How to Make Your Writing Stand Out - Plot Twists
How to Make Your Writing Stand Out - Plot Twists

In most writing tasks in Australian schools, students sometimes struggle to be top performers because they are unable to make their writing stand out. Following a set formula can get you some marks but the ones who get really high all have one thing in common, they incorporate unique twists in their ideas. John goes through some examples of this in popular movies today and breaks them down to show how students can incorporate twists in their own writing to stand out.

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English Essays, NAPLAN, SelectiveJohn Huangprimary school, new south wales, Selective, Opportunity Class, OC, O.C test, Department of Education, Tutoring, private, coaching, private coaching, selective preparation, year 6 selective, year 6, year 5, education, student, pre uni, nsw, NAPLAN, english, highschool, format, bostes, syllabus, sydney, ICAS, cambridge, cambridge assessments, structure, alpha one, Alpha One Coaching College, cloze passage, comprehension, swot shop, swot, kumon, edu kingdom, matrix, ruse, school holidays, writing, twist
How to Plan School Holidays For Students to Get Ahead
How to Plan School Holidays For Students to Get Ahead

School Holidays can fly by so quickly if you do not have a plan. Do not keep letting them be wasted. Instead, try to make it more balanced and productive so you can get more out of it.

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John Huangprimary school, new south wales, Selective, Opportunity Class, OC, O.C test, Department of Education, Tutoring, private, coaching, private coaching, selective preparation, year 6 selective, year 6, year 5, education, student, pre uni, nsw, NAPLAN, english, highschool, format, bostes, syllabus, sydney, ICAS, cambridge, cambridge assessments, structure, alpha one, Alpha One Coaching College, cloze passage, comprehension, swot shop, swot, kumon, edu kingdom, matrix, ruse, school holidays, artofsmart
Verbal Reasoning Questions for Thinking Skills
Verbal Reasoning Questions for Thinking Skills

Does the Thinking Skills exam in the NSW OC & Selective Exam trouble you? What do we do when approaching verbal reasoning type questions from the beginning? Is there important information to keep in mind to best answer these types of questions?

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Selective, Opportunity ClassJohn Huangprimary school, new south wales, Selective, Opportunity Class, OC, O.C test, Department of Education, Tutoring, private, coaching, private coaching, selective preparation, year 6 selective, year 6, year 5, education, student, pre uni, nsw, NAPLAN, english, highschool, format, bostes, syllabus, sydney, ICAS, cambridge, cambridge assessments, structure, alpha one, Alpha One Coaching College, cloze, cloze passage, comprehension, swot shop, swot, kumon, edu kingdom, matrix, ruse, thinking skills, verbal
How to Figure Out The Meaning of Unknown Words
How to Figure Out The Meaning of Unknown Words

If you want to find out the meaning of words you don’t know in reading comprehension texts, how do we do it? There are a few different strategies we can employ. Beyond the long-term strategy of naturally growing your vocabulary, I’ll go through a method that may give you a clue to words you don’t know the meaning of.

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English Essays, NAPLANJohn Huangprimary school, new south wales, Selective, Opportunity Class, OC, O.C test, Department of Education, Tutoring, private, coaching, private coaching, selective preparation, year 6 selective, year 6, year 5, education, learning, student, pre uni, nsw, NAPLAN, english, highschool, format, bostes, syllabus, sydney, ICAS, cambridge, cambridge assessments, structure, alpha one, Alpha One Coaching College, cloze passage, comprehension, swot shop, swot, kumon, edu kingdom, matrix, ruse, khan, khan academy