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/1jwrzjzODC2n4Fs0...

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: ...

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 he...

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/1wqOX7HvkuMLCaiz1bFnzCJelJcMvwe...

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 epon...

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: @Grevisi...

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 fr...

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 Revisi...

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@gm...

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 u...

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/1sPSHTC145...

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. &nbs...

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....

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: english...

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 Suppo...

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....

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 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 Ema...

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 Follo...