Some last-minute tips to help you guys with the final stretch of your revision. In this episode, we look at the main skills that turn grade four essays into grade six essays, and grade six essays into grade eight or nine. Best of luck! Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Support the show...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In this episode we explore the complexities of the relationship between Leon and Maureen and the challening lines their bond must traverse. Like all great characters, Maureen has many dimensions to her character and this, for you, is good news as it opens up a deeper and more interesting essay response. Download the all-important handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jwrzjzODC2n4Fs0I7dFaZfRcXEo2Pby...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In this episode, we look at the complexity of the character of Tufty. Is it possible to be a good role model while exhibiting bad behvaiours, or is it perhaps these very flaws in people's characters that make them worthy of looking up to? Download the all-important handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JO-QzMGKdFP34cwJAczI-hjlarPjDrsg/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: english...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In our second My Name is Leon episode, we look at whether the protagonist should be considered an admirable character. As with all good 'to what extent' questions, the first thing to get into is what admirable really means. Certainly not a word ever used to describe Mr Forster, but one that must be explored to unlock a more complex and thoughful essay response. Download the all-important handout here: https...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe We take on a brand new text for your revising pleasure today in the form of the excellent novel My Name is Leon. Our question appears simple on the surface, but like all good literature explorations, if you think a little deeper about it, you will find there is a very interesting essay to be written. Download the all-important handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqOX7HvkuMLCaiz1bFnzCJelJcMvweG2/v...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Our tenth episode on Romeo and Juliet means that we are starting to explore some of the more niche questions that could come up. But remember, just because this question is an unlikely one, there is a whole lot of stuff in here that could be used in other essays as well. So come with us as we explore how the passage of time - and particularly the speed of its passing - has such a huge effect on our eponymou...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe A dear friend in your time of need, or a traitor and a coward? No, not a question about Mr Forster - although, you'd have a point - but instead an exploration of a seemingly minor but actually very important character within the play: the Friar. Download the all-important handour here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JV3TEBNAU2hSX7ti4jVllMqNd5FxO7gS/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: ...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Fate... the idea that everything is predestined, that the very fact that you are here listening to this podcast was somehow preordained and written into the cosmos. Hopefully you will find the next twenty-five minutes less painful than the fated journey of our eponymous star-crossed lovers, and emerge confident in how to write an essay about this tricky but not too tricky theme. Download the free hand out h...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Hope is a beautiful thing. It rings through Dickens' novella like the bells of Christmas day, but is it the right kind of hope? Let's look at how a relatively simple idea can be transformed into a top-level essay response. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pzzc1eR2TEjcYlksI1CbFbVjDzAUZZzR/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the ...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Can you become a better person without the help of four spirits? Perhaps so, but it might not be as fun or filled with powerful imagery. Lock in for a spooky journey, as we look at how you turn Dickens' ghostly figures into a top level response. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GLBLMeO0R8Kf0lwT3HeQlNRQopOLi2U5/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe You can't really write about A Christmas Carol without getting into Dickens' social message; so why not turn it into an entire essay, we thought. Enjoy! Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LeEqKrpEIe-4Djdnet7PXjEaHQ_CyZD1/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the Show. Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsp...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe The best essays will move around a text and show a detailed understanding of the work as a whole. And you will need to be able to do this to ace this question. Can a man who murders his king be called a hero? In order to be a true villain, do you perhaps need something of the hero about you? Complex questions lead to great essays. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sPSHTC1454sIETJOCbVUp...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe A change is as good as the rest, they say. But is that true for our star-cross'd lovers? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how you would construct and execute a top level essay on what Shakespeare's tragedy teaches us about the power of change. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WvXdqveOo3-zJMOjs15rUVWYHzcuxKc/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@g...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe An unlikey character question? Perhaps, but one that may unlock interesting ideas for other questions as well. We explore the significance of the Nurse and how you could use her to explore the deeper themes in the play. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y7HXdcwJvmToxMSTmjwoB6n2umw2QLW_/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the Sho...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Happiness, the key to a long and... happy life. In this episode we look at the many forms happiness takes in the novella and ask what does it really mean to be happy (hint: it's not about money!). Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MmGVFxk6fvfoEOHanZHPsmY2wpjXuZul/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the Show. Subcsribe to GCSE En...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Death, death and more death. But does it have to be as gloomy as all that? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how your essay on death in A Christmas Carol may have a surprisingly uplifting vibe. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7vBA_hHnQDg7ObAUC3rwhYcXSDSHvIc/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the Show. Subcsribe to GCSE Englis...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In this episode of RevisionPod, we look at Macbeth and Banquo's contrasting attitudes to the supernatural and what it can tell us about beliefs at the time (hint: don't trust those witches!). Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hjc-y0fuRkQa-cNR9_zrbthNVv6Dlk4R/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the Show. Subcsribe to GCSE English...
A nice cheery one for you today listeners, as we explore the theme of death in Romeo and Juliet! Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGOFqnVS99TzJLhXY_nINm2kg2vrN6Og/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Support the show...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe This week, we use the same extract to look at how the writer has structured the text to interest us as a reader. Remember that magic question: when do things change and why? Here is the handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10NfhujHJ-9H6U2f_Xiq67vgDCBtIPsgC/view?usp=sharing And here is the revision pack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rJ5zh4MVU2FT3QZyWDwpQ8koW7nVU-Sb/view?usp=sharing Follow us on Twitt...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In this episode, we take you through how to analyse the writer's use of language for AQA Language Paper 1, question 2. Here is a link to the handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HxXHR--EtLV6wzh-GaylEhijPm9E2lt0/view?usp=sharing And here is a link to the revision pack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rJ5zh4MVU2FT3QZyWDwpQ8koW7nVU-Sb/view?usp=sharing Follow us on Twitter @Grevisionpod Email us: englishr...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, revision podders! We hope you enjoy this episode on one of Shakespeare's most interesting characters: Juliet. As ever, you can download the spectacularly helpful handout right here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C8QuEjMrPD3vs21AXfSQNlzifZpP7fWl/view?usp=sharing Follow us on Twitter email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: h...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe 9 episodes! 9 whole episodes--you lucky, lucky revisers! This week we look at Eric, his terrible deeds and Priestley's perhaps uncomfortable presentation of him at the play's end. Can a modern audience still relate to this message in the same way? We explore all this and more. Download the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QrwApBkInOKM4WGgw7KNHnSAGMM957-5 Email us englishrevisionpod@gmail.com...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe This episode we look at the role of pride in the older Birling's failure to learn Priestley's message. To what extent does their belief that they are simply better than Eva Smith play into their eventual downfall? Download the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I4fZP777l36PfgXRvlK_LOVHTjlemESu/view?usp=sharing Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter And find all our material...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe We explore how Gerald, in spite of having some fragments of good within him, ultimately is unable to learn the lessons he needs to learn. Download the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z29wWoIZEoXlIFb_y0AQN0lu4PjGBV9N Follow us on Twitter Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com And access all our resources and podcasts on our website Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.bu...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe We look at how through the depiction of Eva Smith and, to a lesser extent, Sheila, Priestley's play argues that the treatment of women is one of the many things that much change if we want to make a better world. Download the all important hand out here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i4ZexcizI-ySIVWPkwC07Tww45B5PTj7 Follow us on Twitter Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com And access all our other pod...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe What does it mean to be brave? Neither Mr Forster nor Mr Gallie have much of an idea, but thankfully Shakespeare does! Download the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tEDN-LstVhctUSOQHwH6Vorr4Zw-Pgn_/view?usp=drivesdk Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpod email us englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Support the show...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe We explore the way Dickens presents the disastrous consequences, both for ourselves and others, of not taking social responsibility but also the chance for redemption if we do take it. Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpod Download the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tWhJSMQT1RZ8EaTNZ4LsJpNIL8bFyPHX/view?usp=drivesdk Email us englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + ...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Two men of science, and yet so different... but also very similar. A man who sees himself as greater than God but also akin to Satan: Jekyll and Hyde is nothing if not full of delicious paradoxes. So sit back, download the hand out, and allow us to explore them for you. Get the hand out here: https://tinyurl.com/sddv7ku Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Subcsribe to G...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We hope you have all had a fantastic festive period and are super excited to get back to some hardcore revision. And what better way to start than with a look at Shakespeare's seemingly obvious portrayal of morality in 'Macbeth'? As with all RevisionPod topics, however, things are perhaps not as simple as they first seem... Download the all important hand out here: http...
Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Two poems today that explore the changing nature of parent child relationships, featuring one of Mr Forster’s top ten favourite words ever - you have been warned. Download the hand out here: https://tinyurl.com/y2qsrszk Email: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @Grevisionpod Englishrevisionpod.co.uk Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Supp...
