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RevisionPod - English revision made easy.Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpodEvery week, Mr Forster and Mr Gallie bring you a dose of high energy revision to help you achieve the best possible marks in your English GCSE's. Each episode will look at a different question from your set texts and explore how we would analyse the language and contextual factors and how you can then use this knowledge to boost your essay writing. Click on the bio of each episode to download your GCSE RevisionPod handout, complete with the question we are discussing, the quotations and vocabulary we use in the pod and some extra contextual information.
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Episode summary: In this episode we explore the complexities of the relationship between Leon and Maureen and the challenging lines their bond must traverse. Like all great characters, Maureen has many dimensions to her character and this, for you, is good news as it opens up a deeper and more interesting essay response. How to subscribe: You can listen to the full episode and get access to other bonus episodes by subscribing here: 👉 https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe When you...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In this episode, we look at the complexity of the character of Tufty. Is it possible to be a good role model while exhibiting bad behvaiours, or is it perhaps these very flaws in people's characters that make them worthy of looking up to? Download the all-important handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JO-QzMGKdFP34cwJAczI-hjlarPjDrsg/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X:...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In our second My Name is Leon episode, we look at whether the protagonist should be considered an admirable character. As with all good 'to what extent' questions, the first thing to get into is what admirable really means. Certainly not a word ever used to describe Mr Forster, but one that must be explored to unlock a more complex and thoughful essay response. Download the all-imp...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We take on a brand new text for your revising pleasure today in the form of the excellent novel My Name is Leon. Our question appears simple on the surface, but like all good literature explorations, if you think a little deeper about it, you will find there is a very interesting essay to be written. Download the all-important handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wqOX7HvkuMLCai...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Two poems today that explore the changing nature of parent child relationships, featuring one of Mr Forster’s top ten favourite words ever - you have been warned. Download the handout here: https://tinyurl.com/y2qsrszk Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishrevisionpod?igsh=MWlxNnIweXQzbmtzbQ== Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.c...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Welcome back podders! After a beautiful summer break, we hope you are all ready to get your teeth into some serious revision. This week, we embark on the other AQA poetry cluster: Love and Relationships. Specifically, we have a look at this summer's exam question and talk about how doomed (or perhaps not) romantic feelings are reflected in the bleak landscape of the two poems. As ever,...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In the absence of his dear friend Mr Forster, Mr Gallie takes you through everything you need for Language Paper 2, Question 5. Download the all-important pack right here: https://tinyurl.com/y449jfl9 Click here for examples of opinion based writing: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/commentisfree And click here for some great speeches: https://americanrhetoric.com/ Follow us on ...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Almost there! Keep on revising, revisers. Here’s a podcast to help you where we tackle AQA Language Paper 2, Question 4. Download the essential pack here: https://tinyurl.com/y449jfl9 Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishrevisionpod?igsh=MWlxNnIweXQzbmtzbQ== Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com How to subscribe: You ...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Our second pod of the day looks at question 3 in AQA’s Language Paper 2 and gives you an opportunity to practise those analytical skills. You will need the revision pack which can be downloaded here: https://tinyurl.com/y449jfl9 Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishrevisionpod?igsh=MWlxNnIweXQzbmtzbQ== Email us: englishrevisionp...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Welcome back, revisers! Today we take on AQA Language Paper 2, Question 2. You will need the revision pack which you will find here: https://tinyurl.com/y449jfl9 Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishrevisionpod?igsh=MWlxNnIweXQzbmtzbQ== Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com How to subscribe: You can get access to bonus ep...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In an ideal world, you would improve your writing by reading many novels over a period of many years. But do listen in to get some advice on what you can do to revise for this question. The handout is crucial this week: https://tinyurl.com/y46ovdrx And do also download the general Language Paper 1 revision guide: https://tinyurl.com/y4uganwu Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: All aboard the language train. In this episode we tackle question four. Lots of marks available and we tell you how to get them! Download the essential hand out here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_0orantjC4iKTi5CFkEQ6HWy2axgS4k3 And the Paper 1 revision pack here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rJ5zh4MVU2FT3QZyWDwpQ8koW7nVU-Sb Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instag...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: It’s time to step back, waaaaay back. So far back that you can observe the overall shape and structure of the extract. Put down your language analysis microscope, step back and enjoy the view. Forget about the effect of individual words and phrases and think about where the writer is pointing that focus and where and why that changes. Sounds like fun... right? Download the handout bel...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: It’s time to make the leap—the leap across borders and boundaries into a new world both beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. That’s right, we speak, of course, about the leap from literature to language. This week we tackle AQA language paper one, question two. Make sure you download the resources below as you listen along; they should really help you! Here is the handout for ...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In this episode of RevisionPod, we look at Macbeth and Banquo's contrasting attitudes to the supernatural and what it can tell us about beliefs at the time (hint: don't trust those witches!). Get the handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hjc-y0fuRkQa-cNR9_zrbthNVv6Dlk4R/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishrev...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We hope you have all had a fantastic festive period and are super excited to get back to some hardcore revision. And what better way to start than with a look at Shakespeare's seemingly obvious portrayal of morality in 'Macbeth'? As with all RevisionPod topics, however, things are perhaps not as simple as they first seem... Download the all importa...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Back we plunge into the murderous world of Scottish power games. This week, we take a look at Shakespeare’s presentation of Lady Macbeth. Is she a witchlike being, consumed completely by evil thoughts, or a victim of a cruel patriarchal society? Or perhaps a bit of both? And, of course, download the all important handout here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DZ7ZB2lpyblHzGD7MP01XaEE...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: A man governed by fate or an ambitious demon who makes his own choices? But enough about Mr Forster, today we are looking at an essay about choice in 'Macbeth'. You will also learn about our favourite weather systems. Download the handout here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wO9izQ9fUI2dPirD32R-fUlzDJonwH8p Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagra...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: For the third time, we plunge into murky waters aboard the good ship Unseen Poetry. This week's poem features some quite explicit material, although it is nowhere near as disgusting as Mr Forster’s onomatopoeia and for this we can only apologise. And download not one, but two(!) handouts below: Here is the handout for analysing any unseen poem: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EmvE...
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Unseen poetry round two! Make sure you pause the podcast and have a go at analysing the poem before you listen to us to make sure you get the full unseen experience. Download the two handouts below: Here is the handout on how to analyse any unseen poem: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EmvEG6IwYzv8tLWxdy1YDBes14xIROc- Here is the handout looking at the unseen question we study to...
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