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The Importance of point of view in any text: First Person viewpoint. Consider the following ideas concerning the use of the first-person point of view or perspective. Remember to ask… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton: Ideas for Analysing First-Person Narration in English GCSE Examinations.
The presentation of Mr Edward Hyde. Think of a list of words or phrases that evoke the character of Edward Hyde. Remember that ‘Hyde’ is not real. He is a… Read More »GCSE English Literature Revision: Mr Hyde’s Character in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
This is a transcript of an ‘interview’ published on Superprof to accompany my profile. ( Superprof took over web tutor pages last year). Many of the thoughts are explored elsewhere… Read More »English Tuition Bolton Manchester: Why English Tuition can Transform you!
MACBETH : WORD BANK FOR GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE RESPONSES. Try and use some of these words or phrases in your analysis of Macbeth. You may like to look at a… Read More »Macbeth GCSE English Literature Word Bank
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Story of the Door. The opening chapter is challenging for readers because it seems densely delivered and even awkward in its initial, contradictory characterisation… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Chapter One The Story of the Door( Analysis)
Strangers on a Train: Creative Writing Prompt GCSE English. Imagine a crowded train heading home to a city or town. It’s nearly Christmas Eve. The weather could be better. There… Read More »English Tuition Bolton: Creative Writing-Strangers on a Train.
A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine;… Read More »Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease: Chapter 3 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde English Literature GCSE ANALYSIS(Bolton English Tuition)
Bring out the tall tales now that we told by the fire as the gaslight bubbled like a diver. Ghosts whooed like owls in the long nights when I dared… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton : Best Christmas Writing Ever?
Descriptive writing should have a purpose. Very often students forget that descriptive writing has a function and that this involves supporting the narrative through the creation of atmosphere. This atmosphere… Read More »GCSE Descriptive Writing: Bolton English Tuition
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Stave three. In a nutshell. The Ghost of Christmas Present reveals the aspects of Christmas that have become very popular in early Victorian England. The Ghost is very… Read More »A Christmas Carol by Dickens: GCSE English Analysis Stave THREE! ( English Tuition Bolton)
Macbeth Act V, Scene V: Words for a fallen world. Sometimes students realise that their language needs a boost when they analyse a text. They worry about too much repetition… Read More »Macbeth Act V, Scene V: Short analysis and Wordbank for Macbeth’s fallen world!
Stave one. In a nutshell. Scrooge’s miserly character is established. He refuses to share any Christmas greetings or preparations. He behaves callously to his impoverished clerk, Bob Cratchit as… Read More »GCSE Christmas Carol by Dickens -Summary and Notes Stave two: English Tuition Bolton Manchester
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OCR offered an extract from Sarah Waters’ novel, The Paying Guests as a way of exploring an example of question 4 on their literary fiction paper ( Paper Two OCR).… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton Manchester: GCSE Language Paper- Sarah Waters and The Paying Guests.
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I recently posted parts of the following ‘interview’ on Superprof’s excellent new site. I reproduce aspects of the interview below, as the interview about English Tuition proved very fruitful in terms… Read More »English Tuition Bolton GCSE/GCE Literature and Creative Writing: How English Tuition boosts Confidence and Grades!
The demolition of Horwich Leisure Centre inspired this brief sketch. I was fascinated by the way that the new Centre coexisted with the old, as uneasy mirrors of each other,… Read More »Creative Writing Tuition Bolton: Bricks and Mortar-Or The Demolition of Horwich Leisure Centre!
Kate Atkinson visited Bolton Library last week and offered an inspiring(and wry!) discussion of her new novel, Transcription as well as many fascinating insights into the writing process. I was… Read More »Creative Writing Tuition Bolton Manchester: GCSE English Tuition/Tutor
In Hawk Roosting Ted Hughes bestows on his hawk the gift of language and then imagines the outcome of such a gift in this dramatic monologue. The hawk’s words create such… Read More »Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes: GCSE English Literature Analysis of Violence and Introspection.
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After the heatwave, here’s a reminder of the sun’s implacable power. Notice the askew positioning of ‘one day’ at the end of the first line. How cunningly effective this invitation… Read More »GCSE English Reading Aloud: Little Dorrit by Dickens. ( Bolton Manchester Private English Tuition)
Learning requires investment. Investment of time and investment of emotion and applied curiosity. When we learn anything we have to pay attention, we have to focus, even unconsciously on the… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton Manchester Bury: How to read more deeply- Excavate don’t Skate!
A few thoughts about comprehensions: reading and writing. 1) Who is speaking/narrating in the extract? How does the choice of narrator or speaker affect the passage? Ask yourself why the… Read More »English Tuition Bolton: Comprehensions and Writing tasks. A few ideas!
An atmosphere of secrecy and danger Anxiety around respectability and sexual disquiet. Protective behaviours surrounding friendship and reputation Sexual ambivalence and unease Anxiety around reputation linked to blackmail and secrecy… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde-Wordbank: GCSE Revision English Tuition Bolton Manchester
Act four. A cavern. Cauldron. World of the witches.‘Signs’ of fallen place. Audience would be horrified, yet perversely fascinated? King James intrigued by witchcraft too? Contamination continues. A sense of conspiracy and purposeful… Read More »Macbeth Act Four and Act Five Overview and Analysis(Two) GCSE English Tuition Bolton
Act one. ‘Desert place’ creates a sense of isolation and wildness. Lack of morality. Moral depravity. ‘Otherness’.The absence of moral orientation. The aridity of the place reflects the moral emptiness… Read More »Macbeth GCSE Revision : Overview and Brief Analysis. ( English Tuition Bolton Manchester)
Comparing Texts. Compare how Boat Stealing and Darling Thrush present a spiritual experience. Introduction. Identify a common theme using the title. Indicate how the idea of spirituality can be… Read More »English GCSE Tuition Bolton Comparing Poems.
