The Swiss Family Robinson
A shipwreck, an island and a family with rather a lot to figure out.
Featured in GL Assessment’s official 11+ English familiarisation material.
One more page? Thought so.
Adventure, mystery and “just one more chapter”. Explore 400+ books in Toku’s Reading Room, and help your child get familiar with the words and ideas they meet in 11+ English.
A bigger world
of 11+ words.
A story can sneak in a rather good vocabulary lesson. New words, longer sentences, the clues a character leaves behind: your child meets them while finding out what happens next.
Reading gives those ideas room to become familiar. Toku’s English lessons help your child break down the 11+ questions that follow.
Meet classics that have featured in 11+ entrance and sample papers, then discover what happens beyond the extract.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
A curious girl, a very odd tea party and a world that refuses to behave.
Featured in a Haberdashers’ 11+ English entrance paper.
A Christmas Carol
Three Christmas spirits have a few things to say to Mr Scrooge.
Featured in a Sir William Perkins’s School English specimen paper.
Pick a book.
We’ll keep your place.
Read on a laptop, tablet or mobile. Their next chapter can fit around the school run, a quiet afternoon or those last few minutes before bed.
A starting point,
then room to roam.
Use the year guide to find a starting point. Choose an earlier-year read for comfort or a later-year story for a challenge. Your child can explore the whole collection.
Continue reading
Back to their place, without a game of “which page was it?”
Saved books
A little pile of “I want to read that next” favourites.
Books you’ve read
Finished one? Admire the shelf, then revisit an old favourite.
Discover books
Search by title or author. Parents can pick books for their child, too.
Good word.
We’re keeping it.
Some words are too good to leave on the page. Your child can collect them in their own word bank, with the story that helped them make sense.
Choose the word.
Tap a word and add it to their word bank. Its original sentence, book and author come along too.
Make it their own.
Your child writes what it means, then tries it in a sentence of their own.
Talk it through.
Parents and connected tutors can read their entries and leave a helpful note.
Fritz was delighted with my stratagem, and rushing forward picked up some of the finest of the nuts.
The Swiss Family Robinson
Johann David Wyss
stratagem
- My meaning
- A clever plan, often using a trick.
- My sentence
- The fox’s stratagem was to pretend to be asleep.
Choose English.
Bring the bookshelf.
One subject, two or all four: whenever English is selected, the Reading Room and word bank are included. Add a good story to your child’s 11+ routine, at home or between tutor sessions.
Their learning profile comes with every plan, too. Get to know how they approach a challenge, as well as what they’re learning.