 |
 |
Yes, Max, since posting I've noticed odd things lurking in the background on that particular page ( I haven't noticed the same on other parts of the site although I wouldn't claim I've spent much time looking for them) Very strange: it was recommended at a lecture. best dave 2009/5/9 Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> > > Quoting David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>: > > > http://www.jaapblonk.com/Organ/blonkorgan.html > > I didn't know about this till yesterday: hours of fun can be had. > > making the expressive face honk is fun. > Behind it lurk many online links, eg to > 'adult education', a commercial variety, which offers > creative writing... > > And - > > another website, trialtest, which helps your kid get into feepaying aussie > schools, even via creative writing, which it seems is now being universally > tested in twenty minutes flat...thus: > > Creative writing is an essential and very important component for > success not only in various exams but also in life. The selective school > exam > includes a 20 min creative writing test. Creative Writing Prep™ is a > specially > designed program tailored to enhance and improve your child's creative > writing > skills. Through this program your child not only works on various writing > tasks > but can also submit his/her work for assessment and feedback by experts. > > Creative Writing Prep™ is a comprehensive program which covers writing > tasks of > the following types: > > Recount > Procedure > Poetry > Narrative > Literary Response > Information Report > Explanation > Discussion > Factual Description > Exposition > > Our Assessment Rubrics are built to assess your child's writing with > Curriculum > Assessment Outcomes: WS3.9, WS3.10 and WS3.11 in focus. > > Every writing task submitted for evaluation by your child is measured and > carefully assessed against a set of criterion through a Rubric or a Matrix. > This > Matrix with your child's score for each individual criterion is e-mailed to > you > after assessment of each writing task submitted. Also included in the email > report are the teacher's comments. The feedback which your child receives > will > further improve his/her writing significantly. > > You can view the Summary Rubric online in the overall report for your child > along with the teacher's comments. > > Owing to the nature of this test, only 1 test is allowed per week. This > ensures > quality feedback as well as gives sufficient time to the child to review > and > build up on his/her efforts for the next writing task. > > Starting from only AU$30... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > -- David Bircumshaw "Nothing can be done in the face of ordinary unhappiness" - PP Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk