GCSE students often use weak and simplistic words to describe Mr. Birling in An Inspector Calls. I explain this in my latest YouTube video:

 

Why am I focusing on Mr Birling? 🤔

It’s because Mr Birling is a character you can bank on possibly coming up in your exams, meaning you need to...

Myself and the wonderful Mr Salles sat down and thought: what do exam boards love asking students each year and can we see a pattern? 🤔

Today in my YouTube video, we PREDICT what YOU will get in your May exams:

 

My GCSE Prediction:

I think Scrooge is going to come up - he’s a pop...

Happy Easter! 😃 Time to lock-in, make the most of this week and take your GCSE Grades from 2s and 3s to 7, 8 and 9. How to do this, you may ask? Firstly, watch my Easter revision plan video and make the most of your final holiday before you exams:

 

Join my LITERATURE WEEK (7-13 April)...

If you’re sitting your Christmas Carol exams in 33 Days.. I’ll start by what you SHOULD do in your practice this week. Anticipate what will come up in your exams and plan! I go over this in my GCSE Predictions video with Mr Salles (on Youtube):

 

🎄PS: At 5pm today, I’ll be running a Ch...

Today in my YouTube video, Mr Salles and I PREDICT what YOU will get in your Inspector Calls exams:

 

My GCSE Prediction:

I think SHEILA and SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY is going to come up. I actually made a Predictions Table with all GCSE questions AQA has asked in Literature Paper 1 & ...

⏰ GCSE Countdown: 12 Days Left!⏰

Year 11s.. with your Literature Paper 1 exams starting on 12 May, I want to keep this short, simple and sweet. How should you revise for English Literature?

I cover this in my latest YouTube video and you can download the FREE REVISION CHECKLIST here: https://www.f...

“Analysis” is where your marks reside.. improve this and you will SMASH your exams in 11 Days!

In my latest YouTube video, I explain how to analyse ANY extract in English Language & Literature exams:

 

It’s a 10 minute video and if you can’t be bothered to watch it, this is EXACTLY ho...

⏰ GCSE Countdown: 10 Days Left! ⏰

Earlier this week, I went over my 3 TOP TIPS to go up by 3 GRADES in Macbeth in this YouTube video (click on the image to view it): 

✨PS: I’m running MACBETH Last Minute Revision Class on Bank Holiday Monday (5 May) at 5pm - sign up here: https://www.firstratetuto...

⏰ GCSE Countdown: 9 Days Left! ⏰

Yesterday, I went over my 3 TOP TIPS to go up by 3 GRADES in Christmas Carol in this YouTube video (click on the image to view it): 

✨PS: I’m running CHRISTMAS CAROL Last Minute Revision Class on Tuesday (6 May) at 5pm - sign up here: https://www.firstratetutors.co...

TISSUE by Imtiaz Dharker is by far the most HATED poem in Power & Conflict Poetry. Not only do students HATE it, some teachers hate it so much, they don’t even teach it! Even if it’s part of the anthology that students must learn..

In my latest YouTube video, I go over what this poem means and how ...

Hey guys, TODAY at 3pm - 4pm, I’ll go live on YouTube and show you how to get the MOST out of Bank Holiday Monday:

As we’re now 7 Days away from the Literature Paper 1 exams, I’ll go over your revision plan for Bank Holiday Monday - especially if you’re panicking about Literature Paper 1 & 2 exams....