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Ankit Aich 

The course covers all sorts of writing assignments that a school student needs to complete in his school life. From essays to letters and reports. The course covers everything. The problems arise when one needs to balance the marks along with format imagination and everything together. 

The course is divided into three parts. The first part is for essays and deals with all five types of essays. The second part deals with letters and the third with reports and reviews. Every sort of writing has been provided with marks structure which shows what mistake costs how much marks and how can one score high. Tags: Writing Skills in English, Writing Skills for Students, Essay Writing Tips

English

Writing Skills for School Level Examination

Improve English

The overview lesson showing the course curriculum. The syllabus we'll be covering along with its target audience. 
Essays 
Letters
Precis
Reports
Reviews
are the areas we shall cover with more subdivision and detailing into all of these. The overview lesson will discuss exactly what's to come, and will help the student or viewer to understand what they are up against and what are the stepping stones to get there. We wish you happy learning. 
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Overview

This lesson deals with different types of essays and details related to it. A question paper has about 6 essays including descriptive, narrative, argumentative and one word essays and picture study. This lesson introduces each essay and sheds some light on them.  The lesson is important as, it shows a glance of what is to come in the course in upcoming lessons. 
Essays carry 25-30 marks in a paper and needs to be written very nicely for a high overall score. This lesson is a stepping stone to that path.

The lesson discusses in brief each type before we actually move on to essays in detail in upcoming lessons. This lesson should be watched before watching the essay lessons.

Introduction to Essay

Third person descriptive essays are the easiest and the first essay in a question paper. Usually written in third person, this essay has a lot of hidden detail to it, as where do our marks get deducted and where do.we score high. What happens if we don't understand a topic,  and how do we write an essay. The lesson answers all these questions. 
To add to it, it also takes two essays and solves them for the viewers to get a better idea of the approach needed to score high. 
This is the first essay on the list and usually the longest one. But needs to be interesting too. While sample outlines are shown here, it's recommended to read CBD'S essays for more experience.

Descriptive Essays

First person, narrative essays are the second easiest thing on the list of essays given. These essays are usually told in a first person perspective and needs a bit more than descriptive ones, where personal feelings or memories are concerned. The topic also needs to be written in a specific format and breakings which are shown.

Also sample topics have been taken and discussed here with given outlines. It shows where the marks are given and what to avoid. CBD's book of essays is a recommended reader for those looking to practice in accordance to school level essays.

Narrative Essays

Taking a stand and scoring in debateable topics is not as easy as it sounds. Not just arguments, one word essays too can be a problem for a lot of people. This lesson deals with both topics. It shows us how to approach a one word essay without any given lead to follow and also shows us how to write an argument and score high.

Both these topics are low scoring topics and needs extra attention. This lesson possibly will serve that purpose. It's shown where marks are given and how to score high. I also recommend viewing the last few lessons of my public speaking course in order to get a better idea of how to analyse an argumentative topic.

Argumentative Essays

Study of pictures and their analysis is something that can get quite tricky if one doesn't know the correct approach to it. This lesson tells you the most important ways to analyse a picture. And also details on connection of the points. 
To further exemplify things, we have solved the picture composition of the Year 2001 from ICSE. Picture composition is usually the last resort for a candidate, but if one has to do it, then one should follow this way only.

Picture Composition

Writing formal letters to important respectable people is something most people need to do. From asking for a leave to disclosing news to an editor, or asking a policeman to take action. Formal letters are an integral part of our lives now.

But in reality most of us write it wrong when it comes to format. The lesson shows how to correctly write the format and also what are the percentage marks on them. How to write a subject and also the salutation to the signing. The lesson aims to help all write proper Formal Letters.

Formal Letters

Writing friendly and casual letters are a dying art nowadays. But the issue is that, letter writing is in most school curriculum right from class 5. In class 10 and 12 however, there are two options given to the candidate. A friendly casual letter, or a formal one. This is the former. 

The course discusses intricate details about the format, drawing envelopes and signing the letter. It also solves a sample question for the viewer to give them an idea of what to write.

Informal Letters

Intro to reports and writing newspaper reports. In the age where news is formed by the hour, it's important that one can report properly with format and important points maintained, so as to attract a reader fast. The lesson introduces reports and also discusses the format. Then moves on to show how to describe an incident properly, how to add dialogues and make it interesting on a holistic basis.

Reports and Newspaper Reports

Analysing and reviewing movies in an age where books are being read less often is needed. This is not just for school students, but also for anyone looking to read between the lines and look beyond the screen.

For students this shows the important places where they are marked. The weightage and of course the points they need to include in such a review.
It also covers the format of such a review, given that it comes without options.

Movie Reviews

Analysing and reviewing books is a common question at the plus two level. It's highly important that in the absence of points, one is able to extract the most important points from a book along with facts and write a review.

Such reviews carry 20 marks and are also compulsory to attempt. This makes this an unputdownable course for school students. All the important points and strategies are shown with suggestions for further reading

Book Reviews

This lesson helps to take a passage or. a part of one and summarise it. This summary may be based on a given length. If so, then the lesson shows how to write them, if not it shows how to calculate the length and write the precis. 

Comes at ICSE exams for 10 marks
and at ISC exams for 12 marks

The process of writing the title and it's justification is also added here.

Lessons

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Overview

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Introduction to Essay

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Descriptive Essays

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Narrative Essays

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Argumentative Essays

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Picture Composition

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Formal Letters

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Informal Letters

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Reports and Newspaper Reports

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Movie Reviews

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