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As we’re in mock exams season, I know when it comes to GCSE English Literature MACBETH is the one set text that GCSE students absolutely hate! Why?

1️⃣ It’s written in old English

2️⃣ It’s about themes like kingship and guilt that nobody cares about

3️⃣ Remembering quotes for all the c...

Lady Macbeth is a powerful and complex character. As one of the play’s central characters, you can certainly bank on her possibly coming up in your mock exams or your final GCSE exams.

Many students do badly when writing about her as they get often describe her a...

GCSE Poetry is arguably one of the most hated parts of GCSE English! Why?

1️⃣ Too many poems to remember

2️⃣ What on earth are these poems even about?

3️⃣ Overwhelm: which quotes should I pick?

If this is you - I’ll show you exactly how to make this EASY. GCSE Poetry doesn’t have to be this vagu...

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“Analysis” is where your marks reside.. improve this and you will SMASH your mock exams!

In my YouTube video, I explain how to analyse ANY extract in English Language & Literature exams (click on the image to watch):

But if you can’t be bothered to watch it, this is EXACTLY...

Every single year in mock exams season, teachers see the same terrible words that drives them crazy. Worse still, students end up doing badly and wondering where they went wrong.

Is your vocabulary holding you back? Here are the 10 WORST WORDS that TEACHERS HATE. Read the list.

Are you guilty of u...

If you’re studying An Inspector Calls, there’s one point most students completely forget. And it’s a shame, because it can instantly make your essay stand out and hit that Grade 8 or 9 level.

✨What is this point, you ask?✨

Most students focus on class, capitalism, socialism. But they ...

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to open Victorian eyes to the harsh reality of poverty — and this is one of the easiest themes to get top marks in – as long as you make clever analysis points.

Here is what you should talk about:

1️⃣ Society punished the poor

Scrooge is used to hig...

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The theme of war and conflict is arguably the most popular theme in Power & Conflict – even the anthology title contains the word “conflict”! What does that mean?

It means you absolutely MUST have some solid points you can write about if you are asked to answer a question on how war or c...

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol as a harsh and scathing criticism of his rich readers (many of whom were business owners and industrialists) to highlight to them how underpaying their workers was a form of greed.

Remember, this novel was written at the height of the Industrial Revolution where many...

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It’s finally here – our first half term break! If you’re in Year 10 & Year 11, you’ll probably have mocks soon after half term. Or maybe you’re lucky and your mocks are all the way in December.

Either way, it can be hard knowing how to spend half term guilt-free. School was intense. You ...

I want to go over one of my favourite Victorian novels.. Jekyll and Hyde! Specifically – I want to show you how to write the perfect essay if you get a character question on Dr Jekyll.

Remember – he isn’t just a scientist — he’s the symbol of Victorian duality and repression. If you’re writing abou...

I want to talk about a classic mistake GCSE students always make in poetry analysis. Specifically – Power & Conflict (and honestly – Unseen Poetry too!). This error which students always make loses them valuable A02 marks (technique) simply because they can’t tell the difference.