The Schofield & Sims Progress Papers provide rigorous all-round practice for the
end of Key Stage 2, and may also be suitable for some younger and older childre
n. The series is designed for use as revision or extension work, or as preparati
on for the 11+ examinations, including those set by CEM (Durham University) and
GL Assessment. The papers are intended for children to work through systematical
ly with an adult who can provide assistance and diagnose key issues.
Covering
more than 40 topic areas, all of them indexed in a useful 'Topics chart', the P
rogress Papers in English develop children's grammar, punctuation, spelling, voc
abulary, comprehension and composition skills. Questions increase in difficulty,
providing a clear measure of progress. Every book provides six papers, each con
taining 85 questions, and a total of 100 marks is available per paper.
Each p
aper is split into three sections: 'English skills', 'Comprehension' and 'Short
writing task'. Pull-out answers make scoring easy and include guidelines for mar
king the 'Short writing task'. The percentage result generated may be added to t
he 'Progress chart' following marking.
The topics covered in the 'English ski
lls' sections of book 1 cover the following areas: abbreviations, alphabetical o
rder, antonyms, comparative and superlative, homonyms, word choice, word meaning
s, apostrophes for abbreviation and possession, nouns, parts of speech, past ten
se, similes, direct and indirect speech, joining sentences. The 'Comprehension'
passages include fiction, non-fiction and persuasive text and a stimulating sele
ction of 'Short writing tasks' is provided.
