What’s the big idea?
November 10, 2023
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What’s the big idea? Here’s a very telling comment from an AQA English GCSE resource that aims to help educators to get the best results
Category: Reading
7 ways to memorise quotatations
October 6, 2023
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If your child’s GCSE English exams are coming up in the summer, they’re probably feeling especially daunted by the closed book literature questions. By ‘closed
Top ten English resources to support your teen’s GCSE revision
August 12, 2023
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We’ve all been there. A teacher has explained something in detail in class. They’ve asked us questions; we’ve made notes and they’ve set us homework.
SPOTLIGHT ON A KEY GCSE ENGLISH TEXT: AN INSPECTOR CALLS
August 5, 2023
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Explaining the key theme of Responsibility If your teen is in year 10 or 11, chances are that they will have studied the play An Inspector
HOW YOUR TEENAGER CAN ACHIEVE TOP MARKS IN AN ANALYTICAL ENGLISH ESSAY.
August 5, 2023
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The grade ceiling Is your teenager consistently achieving a grade 4 or a 5 in their English literature essays? Are they at a loss as
WHY YOUR TEEN SHOULD READ THESE BOOKS
August 5, 2023
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As part of world book day, the public has voted on their favourite stories to share for teens. Interestingly, several of the books are GCSE set
WHY YOUR TEEN’S ESSAYS MIGHT NOT BE GETTING TOP MARKS
August 5, 2023
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I’ve recently started tutoring a student who works incredibly hard between her GCSE English lessons. She reads around a particular text or topic without even
HOW TO PLAN A GCSE ENGLISH POETRY COMPARISON ESSAY
August 5, 2023
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A student shouldn’t try to attempt all these steps at once: they’ll need to re-read sections of the poem and backtrack a few times before
THE KEY SKILL THAT YOUR TEEN NEEDS TO SUCCEED IN ENGLISH
August 5, 2023
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Did you know that there is one skill that GCSE English students can use with all language and literature texts that will make a huge
