CXC English A video tutorials

Videos: How to develop an outline for an argumentative essays

This series of videos models the steps in developing an outline of an argumentative essay. An essay outline is a plan for writing the essay.

Video tutorials: How to write argumentative essays

Here are a series of videos which model the process of writing an argumentative essay. They show you how to develop and write argumentative essays.

Video tutorial: Reading comprehension -looking at the structure of poems

Here is an examination of the types of forms that poems may take.

Video tutorial: Reading comprehension - the art of poetry

CXC English A exam: persuasive essay writing:

How to develop the body of your persuasive essay (video clips)

Remember we explained here that all essays were composed of three parts: the introduction, the body and the conclusion?

CXC English A exam: persuasive essay writing

How to write 'advantages and disadvantages' essays

This is the final part of the series of three (3) clips in which Clay Burell shows how to answer a literary analysis question on a poem under timed exam conditions.

These clips are useful for CXC English A students who have difficulty with the reading comprehension section - paper 2, section 2 of the CXC English A exam.

In this clip he is completing writing his answer to the exam question.

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Here is part 2 of the series of three (3) clips in which Clay Burell shows how to answer a literary analysis question on a poem under timed exam conditions.

These clips are useful for CXC English A students who have difficulty with the reading comprehension section - paper 2, section 2 of the CXC English A exam.

How to use CXC past exam papers to help you study

Video tutorial: why use CXC CSEC past exam papers to help you study?