GCSE Language and Literature Videos
Having marked thousands of GCSE exam papers, I know exactly what is needed for the top grades: detail, precision, terminology.
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Analysing made easy
Analysing is crucial to getting a good grade. It is easy if you use the Magic Line. Have a look to see how one sentence form can help you get grade 7
Analysing poetry
Paper 1 Evaluating
This question is worth a lot of marks but all you really have to do is analyse and use some words of AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT
Watch the video for some simple steps. The key thing is to
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SIMPLIFY the question
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Use SHORT QUOTES
Creative Writing
Paper 1
The Creative Writing task is worth all the questions put together so it's important to get it right. You will need to write about 3 pages so you need to be able to choose a task and make a plan quickly. Watch the video for some simple tips
GCSE Language Questions
Paper 2 Overview
The brilliant thing about Language questions is that every exam board follows the same format - year to year.
You need to write fast and be detailed. Our sentence stems help you get to the point quickly.
Q2 Summarising, comparing
Writing a summary means writing the main points of the text in short.
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Comparing means looking at similar and different
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Watch the video to see some GCSE examples
Q3 Analysing
Analysing means finding language and imagery techniques and explaining what they suggest. It can seem tricky but really it is simple if you know your techniques. The magic line is a simple sentence stem to help you analyse any text
Q4 Comparative Analysis
This is the big mark question and it can seem very tough but really it is just a combination of Q2 and Q3. If you keep the question simple and do some comparing and some analysing, you will do fine. Look at the video for a simple demonstration
Literature Questions
(simplified)
Don't over-complicate the task. Have a look at the video to see some simple ways to make any exam question easy
Exam Questions Simplified
Unseen Poetry
Simple ways to understand any poem. If you want to make any poem easy to understand and write about, have a look at this video
Unseen poetry
Want to know this year's literature Question?
If you look at past questions, it is easy to see what will come up. This video shows you what to expect for all of your literature texts - An Inspector Calls, Shakespeare, Dickens
Want to know the GCSE Question
Organising your literature essay
You need to be able to get your ideas together quickly. This video looks at how to do just that with reference to An Inspector Calls
Making GCSE Essays Easy
High-Scoring planning
If you have a great plan, the essay writes itself. Students often leave it out because they have no time. Let me show you how to make a 2 minute plan
High Score Essay Planning
Simple Steps to Grade 7
Writing your ideas down clearly is crucial. Look at the video for some simple ways to take your analysis to grade 7
Securing Grade 7 at GCSE
Securing grade 9
If you want to get the very highest grades in literature, you need to be a bit speculative. Have a look for simple steps to get the top score
