Course leader: Mr M Harris, mharris@tgschool.net
Examination Board: AQA
Examinations
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How parents and carers can best support their child
How parents and carers can best support their child in English Literature
A sound knowledge of the set texts is essential for success in English Literature GCSE. We have studied the Power and Conflict poems in the AQA poetry anthology, J B Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Students should have their copies at home with them, but both are possible to access in online versions. Parents should encourage their children to re-read the set texts and create flashcards on key quotes, themes and areas of context.
The following texts are available on Amazon to support your child in his/her studies as well as guides for the other key texts:
Websites
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Mr Bruff (Youtube) - good for - Literature knowledge - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM2vdqz-7e4HAuzhpFuRY8w
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Mrs Whelan's English (Youtube) - good for Language and Literature response. (She explains how to approach the question and then models high quality responses) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0jbf4wI1GPts6hpbKZ-7Bw
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staceyreay (Instagram) - good for high grade revision tips and knowledge - https://www.instagram.com/staceyreay/?hl=en
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Educake - good for knowledge recall - https://www.educake.co.uk/
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CGP revision guides for An Inspector Calls and A Christmas Carol - good for knowledge and essay responses as they have exemplars and practise questions.
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Snap Macbeth - good for knowledge.
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FlipsCo flashcards - good for knowledge.
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see the school website for more handy resources
Decide Commit Succeed
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Revision Activity |
Skill Developed |
Exam/Topic Link |
Useful learning Link |
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Create timelines for each key text. These should show, ideally in different colours: Key events in chronological order Contextual links and related quotes |
Knowledge of text, knowledge of context |
AO1, AO3 |
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Practice planning responses to past paper questions, where you show all of your thinking for each main body paragraph, including contextual links, quotations and relevant technical terminology. |
Critical essay writing |
AO1, AO2, AO3 |
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Memorise at least three key quotes for each poem and each key character in each text. Make flash cards for these and practice ‘exploding’ quotes. |
Knowledge of text |
AO1, AO2 |
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Watch the different adaptations of and commentaries about our key texts. |
Knowledge of text, knowledge of context |
AO1, AO3 |
https://edu.digitaltheatreplus.com. Username: student_825 Password: industrial@1156 |
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Useful online and physical resources: Mr Bruff (Youtube); Mrs Whelan’s English (Youtube); staceyreay (Instagram); Educake; CGP revision guides; Snap Macbeth, FlipsCo Flashcards. |
Knowledge checking, learning |
AO1, AO2, AO3 |
https://www.youtube.com/@mrbruff/featured |