{"id":1095,"date":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepixelcurve.com\/edubin\/lp\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2026-10-22T22:25:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:25:32","slug":"how-to-improve-your-english-essay-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/how-to-improve-your-english-essay-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Improve Your English Essay Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1095\" class=\"elementor elementor-1095\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc562f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bfc562f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e29d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed5e29d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60171d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60171d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGood essays start before the first sentence. Read the question twice and underline the key words. Then write a short plan with three or four points.\n\nOpen with one clear sentence that answers the question. Give each paragraph one idea and one example from your own life or your set work.\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">Write the plan first. Marks follow when the reader can see your thinking.\n\n<cite>Charlene Jacobs, English Tutor<\/cite><\/blockquote>\nLeave ten minutes at the end to read your essay aloud. You will hear the mistakes your eyes skipped.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89124e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89124e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f9db8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13f9db8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1fdfe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1fdfe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-768x432.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1072\" alt=\"Smiling young Black South African male tutor holding an open textbook and a pen, standing in front of a green chalkboard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-smiling-young-black-south-african-male-tutor-holdi-214ef.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a5365 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94a5365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5143ecf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5143ecf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1073\" alt=\"Close-up of a study table with plain notebooks, a past-paper practice sheet, highlighters, a calculator and a smartphone\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/education\/learning-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/leerkring-close-up-of-a-study-table-with-plain-notebooks-a-p-2166f.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550d9f2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"550d9f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e21e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e21e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more to write better<\/h4>\n\n<p>Read a short article or a chapter of your set book every day. Note down three new words and use each one in a sentence of your own. Your vocabulary grows faster than you expect.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise with feedback<\/h4>\n\n<p>Write one paragraph a week and ask your tutor or study group to mark it. Fix the same mistakes twice and they stop coming back.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good essays start before the first sentence. Read the question twice and underline the key words. Then write a short plan with three or four points. Open with one clear sentence that answers the question. Give each paragraph one idea and one example from your own life or your set work. 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