Dear Parents,  

Get your Instagrammer teenager reading more and doing better in the English exam

Inspire magazines are specially written with #trending topics in order to get your teenager to spend less time surfing the internet and more time reading enriching content.

Every issue of Inspire magazine has been written to help your teenager do well in all 4 papers of the GCE "O" Level English exam by covering #trending topics they care about and will want to read. 

Each issue also contains QR codes to YouTube videos to engage a young reader in digital ways, as well as inspirational stories to encourage your child to dream big and fight against hardships.

The issues are filled with articles discussing topics relevant to a teenager today, and are written in the below 5 essay formats to help your child master all 5 writing styles:

1. Argumentative Essay
2. Descriptive Essay
3. Expository Essay
4. Narrative Essay
5. Personal Recount Essay

Inspire magazine is written by a team of highly qualified former MOE teachers and also includes worksheets and even oral and listening comprehension exercises to help students do better in all 4 papers of their English exams.

Inspire magazine was nominated Best Education Title by Singapore Book Awards in 2018.  Inspire will help your child to:

1. Master the 5 essay formats
2. Develop critical thinking, writing, reading, listening, and oral skills 
3. Increase general knowledge 

Results-focused English enrichment resources that will get your child writing better essays for the O-Levels

Is your child struggling with how to write a good essay? We can help!

iThink Magazines are full of the best model essays and contain plenty of essay practice questions from past year exams. It is designed to help your child master essential tips on how to write an A1-quality essay.

Written by a team of highly qualified trained teachers and led by a former English Head of Department, every issue has been written to help your child increase their general knowledge, understand techniques of how to write a good essay, and apply their learnings with practice questions. 

iThink Magazines provide methods and strategies to master the below 6 essay formats that are tested in the O-Levels: 

1. Argumentative Essay
2. Descriptive Essay
3. Expository Essay
4. Hybrid Essay
5. Narrative Essay
6. Personal Recount Essay

Each issue also comes with worksheets and suggested answers.

Helping students write better essays since 2014, iThink Magazine was nominated Best Education Title by Singapore Book Awards in 2016 and 2018 and has been used by teachers in more than 50 schools. 

iThink Magazines contain:

Each issue contains 5 different O-Level essay formats that cover interesting hot topics. This allows your child to learn from model essay examples while growing in general knowledge.

Magazines in this selection cover the below content:

Issue 28 - "Go Eco"

From thrifting to veganism, efforts at sustainable living have taken the world by storm. This issue explores such efforts as the ban on plastic straws and the growing trend of BYO (bring-your-own). Zero-waste aficionado Lauren Singer can fit her one year's worth of trash into one mason jar. What can we do to live more sustainably?

Issue 29 - “On The Move”

From recent developments (drones, private hire car services) to old modes of transport that have been given a new lease of life (bike sharing, e-scooters), the world of transportation technology is ever evolving. However, there is a less-rosy side to transport - public transport disruptions, airline accidents and overbooked flights. Are new transport alternatives making our lives better?

Issue 30 and 31 - “The Write Issue” (double issue)

The Write Issue is a bumper issue, also known as the exam issue. Inside is a treasure trove of original essays (of different genres) and comprehension texts, paired with detailed notes and exam-styled worksheets, and peppered with thoughtful illustrations.

A range of topics will be covered, with an explicit focus on skills to ace the Paper 1 and Paper 2 components of the GCE O-Level English Language examinations. We also share tips and common errors.

Issue 32 - “Health Matters”

Is abortion murder? Is it acceptable to end the life of a loved one if it means putting an end to his suffering? Can AI replace doctors? The healthcare industry has no dearth of such controversies and dilemmas. We go on a mission to find out how to make the best decisions on health for ourselves and others. 

Every model essay comes with worksheets that analyze techniques used so that your child learns what about the essay makes it a model example, and how to do the same.  

Your child can immediately put the learnings into practice with a list of essay practice questions. We also feature selected essays in our upcoming issues as model essays, or essays that will be used as examples for areas of improvement. Selected essays will be rewarded $20 each. Interested? Send in your essays to editor@ilovereading.sg!

Don’t lose out on a chance to help your child write better essays for the O-Levels. Buy now!

Inspire issue 14 - The Miracle Boy

IThink issue 19 - Diverse

IThink issue 23 - A Tale Of More Than 2 Countries

Inspire issue 16 - From Trash To Treasure