Here are a few things to think about when revising Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The advice works for A Christmas Carol too. 1) Make your quotations work for you.… Read More »GCSE English Mocks: Revision Ideas and Checklist. Bolton English Literature Tuition Private English Tutor.
Workshop. Look at the similarities between Macbeth’s speech about blood and guilt in Act Two and his wife’s in Act Five. Why is there a clear mirroring imaginatively? What does… Read More »Macbeth GCSE English Literature Act Two and Five MIRRORING ( English Tuition Bolton)
Lord of the Flies. In chapter four Jack is feeling thwarted in his ability to hunt down the pigs (and prove his violent masculinity) because the pigs can discern him… Read More »GCSE Lord Of the Flies Chapter Four: Analysis of Face painting ( Bolton English Tuition)
GCSE Eduqas Poetry Comparisons. Tip. Make sure you include the central idea of the question in your opening statement. Try to problematise the relationship between the two poems. So, you… Read More »GCSE Poetry Comparisons English Anthology ( Eduqas)
Lady Macbeth reading a letter. Act One, Scene Five. The audience first encounters Lady Macbeth one on stage, reading a letter from her husband informing her of the witches’ prophecies.… Read More »Macbeth Act One Scene Five: GCSE English Literature Tuition Bolton, Manchester.
GCSE English language/literature: writing about effects. (One) Top Tip! Be specific! Avoid generalisations and vagueness. Never just say, ‘this makes us want to read on.’ Read like a WRITER! Let’s… Read More »GCSE English language/literature: writing about effects. (One)
Macbeth and Ambiguity. (ONE) When critically reading any text it is always illuminating to explore the moments when something strikes you as strange or ambiguous. These moments are worthy of reconsideration because… Read More »Macbeth: Ambiguity in Act One, Scene Two- ‘What bloody man is that?’ ( GCSE English Literature Bolton)
GCSE Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Chapter 4 Analysis Questions and Prompts. (The Murder of Danvers Carew). Nearly a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled… Read More »Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Murder of Danvers Carew GCSE Questions and Analysis( Bolton English Tuition).
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Owen’s Dulce et Decorum est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And… Read More »Wilfred Owen: Dulce et Decorum est ( GCSE English Literature Tuition Bolton Manchester)
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GCSE English Literature and Language: Conflict words! When you write about Conflict in your essays on poetry or when studying texts or even producing your own stories, it is useful… Read More »GCSE English Literature and Language: Conflict Words!
GCSE English/English Literature: Analyses and explanations need a wider-ranging vocabulary to keep your ideas lively! Here’s the favourite verb used by students: SHOWS But obviously the verb ‘shows’ can become… Read More »GCSE English Language and literature: Useful words for your essay writing!
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“You must suffer me to go my own dark way.” How does this statement make the reader feel about Dr Jekyll’s situation and character? What can you say about the… Read More »GCSE English Literature: Writing about EFFECTs! ( Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) ANALYSIS.
Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book: How Questions and boost our understanding and help produce a meaningful analysis! How Nobody Came to the Graveyard There was a hand in the darkness,… Read More »Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book: Questions to Boost PEEL Paragraphs and Analysis!
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Summer is fading:The leaves fall in ones and twosFrom trees borderingThe new recreation ground.In the hollows of afternoonsYoung mothers assembleAt swing and sandpitSetting free their children. In my previous blog… Read More »Afternoons by Larkin(GCSE Eduqas Anthology)Analysis Two(Stanza One).
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Think about these questions and considerations as you build an answer to the comparison question. Who is speaking in each poem and where are they speaking from? Look at the use… Read More »GCSE English Literature Poetry Comparison TIPS!
Creative writing tips GCSE. What does your character want? And what do they need? Consider these questions in the light(and often darkness) of your title. All titles will give you… Read More »Creative Writing TIPS GCSE English Language Tuition Bolton Manchester
Scrooge: Word bank. Context Social and historical context Men sitting down to a workhouse meal The Poor Law was amended in 1834 to reduce the cost of helping the poor.… Read More »A Christmas Carol- Scrooge’s word bank and brief ideas. ( GCSE English Literature tuition Bolton)
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.
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
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.
“It is well,” replied my visitor. “Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession. And now, you who have so long been bound to… Read More »Dr Lanyon’s Narrative: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Analysis English Tuition Bolton Manchester.
GCSE English-Moments of change: Why metamorphosis is central to storytelling. ‘’Everyone in Shaker Heights was talking about it that summer: how Isabelle, the last of the Richardson children, had… Read More »GCSE English Tuition Bolton Manchester: Moments in GCSE English Questions.
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