Description

Essays don’t have to be quite so overwhelming, long, and arduous.

The 2-step 'Topic and Focus' System is a proven, simple and super-effective way to get your teen on the right track in their response and ensure they ‘actually answer the question’. ;)

In this episode I share a real life essay question and how to use the Topic and Focus system to help your teen avoid the ‘Topic Traps’ and answer the precise Focus of the question - even if you have no clue about the subject yourself!

YOU WILL LEARN:

- The most common pitfalls affecting students’ essays.

- How to help your teen avoid major re-writes, waffling, and low-level responses (all of which can happen, even when the info they include is factually correct and there’s lots of it!).

- The trick to checking the focus of the essay and making it super-clear to answer.

- How this will help your teen make strategic decisions on what points to include or evidence to select for their essay.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW

• Trick to Address the Key Focus of an Essay: Coaching Call video excerpt 
  
• 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Open to graduates of the 10WGT only. 
  
• Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
  
• Real parent feedback: “Lauren has been using … the essay writing skills on topic and focus to finish her latest English Literature essay last night. 
  She had received feedback on her draft that it had gone a bit astray, so last night she went back a step to review the topic and focus and reworked it a little. Well today she got her grade: an A!!!!”