How we build Scholar Structures for essays

Scholar Structures is a set of writing frameworks developed by top scholars, backed by data analysis.

This is how we create it.

Step 1:
Our top scholars from NUS Law and other universities write model 27/30 essays (marked by ex-MOE teachers).

Step 2: We break these model essays down into their fundamental components and map out all the methods commonly used to construct each component.

Step 3: We track which methods perform best under real exam conditions — using multi-year data from hundreds of students — and eliminate the methods that consistently underperform.

The result: a set of proprietary data insights on what actually works in the O-Level English exam.

We then convert these insights into a repeatable system that any student can follow in the exam.

This means students finally get clear action steps, instead of vague and outdated writing methods like ‘elaborate more’ or ‘be clearer’.

If you’re still using rhetorical questions and statistics in your hook without the High Connotation Problem, if you’re writing points with no Thesis–Reason Matrix, if you’re elaborating without Insight + Process, or using examples without Contextual Evaluation, you’re doing it wrong.

Outdated methods simply aren’t designed for high-level exam application.

But with data-backed Scholar Structures, students stop taking the exam in “guess-mode”.

This is why our students don’t just score As — we produce cohort toppers and consistent 25, 26, and 27/30 essays, year after year.

*Classes cover all components except Listening Comprehension.

Practice like a Scholar, 2x a Week

2 times a week means 1 homework session on Wednesdays (8.30 - 10 pm) + 1 main teaching session.

Since there’s no travel needed for online classes, the time you save becomes the homework session time.

If students can't attend the homework session, they can complete the work independently.

How many essays do you think it takes for you to go from a B to an A? 

10? 20? 30?

And how many are you doing a year?

Because of our additional homework sessions, our students complete one extra assignment every week, each undergoing 2–3 rounds of rigorous feedback and rewriting.

While other centres complete 1–2 essays a term, our students complete 10–12, each with multiple feedback cycles.

This is not a 2x increase.

It’s a 6–10x increase.

Types of students who excelled under our programme

Type 1: Motivated ‘B’ Student

The motivated average B student is fluent in English as a daily language but has gaps in exam techniques.

The student can get an A in English but fluctuates between A/B or is stuck at a B.

He/she doesn’t have many grammar issues and has a fairly competent vocabulary.

He/she unfortunately thinks that getting better results means doing more practice.

Representative Results:
1. HCI Sec 3 - First A Ever
2. Poly Private Candidate O levels - A1
3. MGS Sec 3 - Top in Class for Situational 24/30
4. DHS Sec 2 - Top in Class for Expository 26/30
5. Bukit Batok Sec 1 - Top in Class Compre 19/20

Type 2: Strugling ‘C/B’ Student

The struggling student is fine with conversational English but has major technical gaps.

Writing shows decent ideas but is filled with grammar and vocabulary weaknesses.

The student also has a limited understanding of what is tested/how to study and just ‘floats’ in school. He/she usually scores around a C or B, only touching the A-band for minor tests and assignments, if at all.

Representative Results:
1. Sec 3 Student from China - D7 to B4 Overall Weighted
2. Sec 4 Temasek Secondary - B4 to A2 Argumentative Essay
3. Sec 1 Bedok Secondary - Fail to A2 Situational Writing