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ENGLISH PAPER SYLLABUS: WRITING

  ENGLISH PAPER ONE SYLLABUS WRITING FORM ONE WRITING 1. Handwriting 1. Legibility and tidiness 2. Spelling 1. Spelling rules: 3. Building sentence skills and paragraphing 1. Writing clear and correct sentences 2. Structure of the paragraph. - Topic sentences Supporting - Sentences - Clincher sentences - Sequencing of ideas - Unity in paragraphs 4.        Punctuation 1. Capitalization 2. Final punctuation marks 3. Commas 5. Personal writing 1. Diaries 2. Addresses 3. Packing lists 6. Social Writing: 1. Informal letters 7. Study Writing 1. Making notes 2. Taking notes 8. Creative Writing 1. Imaginative compositions 2. Poems 9. Institutional Writing 1. Public notices 2. Inventories   FORM TWO WRITING 1. Spelling 1. Commonly misspelt words 2. Building sentence skills and paragraphing 1. Sentence variety; using simple, compound and complex sentences 2. Devices of developing paragraphs 3. Giving reasons/examples comparing and 4. Contrasting using idiom...
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SOUNDS AND LETTERS OF ENGLISH - INTRODUCTION

  Introduction; Sounds and Letters: Human language is based on sounds produced primarily by the oral cavity. These sounds are described by the following characteristics, and examples are given in an attached annex. a.     Vowels i.                Long vowels ii.               Short vowels iii.             Rounded iv.              Back v.               Front b.     Consonants i.                Voiced ii.               Unvoiced iii.          ...
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PINKY E SHOPPERS

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READING HABITS TO AVOID

  Reading Habits : The best practices for effective private reading are to place your text about a feet away and read phrases rather than words, silently . You should as well abstain from the bad reading habits mentioned above.   There are many more reading habits to cultivate, (and others to shun); a.      Head movement; moving the head along as in following the words along the sentence. b.      Sub-vocalising: moving the vocal cords as you read c.      Vocalizing: uttering words audibly d.      Lip movement: moving the lips while you read e.      Regressing: going back to the same words you have read aloud to confirm the pronunciation f.       Finger pointing: placing your finger upon the words you read
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KCSE ENGLISH PP1 POETRY

  KCSE ENGLISH PP1 POETRY   The following are some of the possible questions one may be asked to respond to in an exam.   (i)        Identify and explain any two features that would make a poem easy to recite .                      (ii)       Describe the rhyme scheme of a poem.                                                                         (iii)      In an oral performance of a poem, how would you say the given line?    ...
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KCSE ENGLISH LESSONS SERIES 01

  ENGLISH LESSONS 01 Introduction; Sounds and Letters: Human language is based on sounds produced primarily by the oral cavity. These sounds are described by the following characteristics, and examples are given in an attached annex. a.     Vowels i.                Long vowels ii.               Short vowels iii.             Rounded iv.              Back v.               Front b.     Consonants i.                Voiced ii.               Unvoiced iii.       ...
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KCSE ENGLISH PAPER 2 TIPS

  THE BASIC GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPERATION FOR A LITERARY APPRECIATION EXAM SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY FIND IN PAPER 2 ENGLISH Supply the appropriate title for the excerpt Describe what is happening in the excerpt Identify and illustrate the characters (characterization), i.e. a.      names b.      traits of a main characters c.      roles of the characters Identify and illustrate themes in the excerpt. Identify and illustrate the stylistic devices/features of style/narrative techniques/language devices Describe the    significance of the stylistic devices Describe the events that lead up to the events in this excerpt Describe what happens later after the events in this excerpt Explain the meaning of the words in the excerpt with contextual meaning GRAMMAR IN THE EXCERPT Some of the topics covered in the grammar question in the excerpt include:        ...
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