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Hosted by Mr Baugh, this series will support you with both English Literature and English Language. Each week we’ll tackle some of the trickiest aspects of your set texts — including Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, and the poetry anthology — while also developing the key reading and writing skills you need for success in the Language exams.
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In this episode, we walk through the twelve most important quotations from Macbeth that every student should know before their mock exam. Each quotation is explored in play order, with clear context, precise word-level analysis, and ambitious thematic links across the play.This episode will help you strengthen your understanding of Macbeth’s tragic journey—from heroic warrior to “dead butcher”—and give you the language and ideas needed to write confident, well-structured exam responses.Perfect for last-minute revision ahead of Wednesday's mock exam!Featured quotations:“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.”“Unsex me here.”“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”“Vaulting ambition.”“Is this a dagger which I see before me…?”“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”“A little water clears us of this deed.”“Macbeth does murder sleep.”“Out, damned spot!”“Signifying nothing.”“This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.”
A shorter, focused episode exploring Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer and the emotional, moral, and psychological effects of war. Includes title analysis, three key quotations with word-level exploration, and comparison links to Remains, Poppies, Exposure, and Bayonet Charge from the AQA Power and Conflict anthology.
In this episode of Study Sessions, we turn to Week 6 and the description of a hot air balloon scene. The episode takes our typical approach to idea generation from the stimulus image, before moving onto the AQA descriptive cycle. Use this episode, in conjunction with your teacher's gold dust on Google Classroom, to produce a highly-successful descriptive response! Handout link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pPkhtcuDgtbyIeC_q4DtYpWQU5Ea2NbY/view?usp=drive_link
In this episode of The Key Three, we explore the key themes of happiness and joy in A Christmas Carol, considering how they link to Dickens' overall message of social responsibility and compassion. From Fezziwig's warmth and generosity to the Cratchit's familiar love, we trace joy and happiness across the entirety of the key. Use this episode as part of your homework preparation and revision!
In this week's video, I cover some misconceptions around present participles and tense, how to avoid writing a cliched horror story instead of an original description, and how we might plan and sequence our responses. The link to the slides used in this video, including all the sentence scaffolds, is available here.
In this episode of Study Sessions: The Key Three, I'm exploring our Week 5 homework comparing the power of nature in Storm on the Island and The Prelude. In this episode, I recap both poems, their titles and three essential quotations from both texts. Using this episode to support your homework completion will ensure you are practising being successful in your responses. Don't forget that we have our mock exams straight after the October break, and poetry will feature! Rehearsing the approach needed when you're in the exam hall will make the whole experience far more valuable and far less daunting!
In this episode of Study Sessions, we turn to Week 4 and the description of an underwater scene. The episode takes our typical approach to idea generation from the stimulus image, before moving onto the AQA descriptive cycle. Use this episode, in conjunction with your teacher's gold dust on Google Classroom, to produce a highly-successful descriptive response!Handout link here.
In this episode of Study Sessions, we explore how Shakespeare presents ambition as a dangerous and destructive force in Macbeth. Linking directly to your homework for Week 4, we examine “vaulting ambition” in detail and connect it to three more key quotations across the play: “Stars, hide your fires” (Act 1 Scene 4), “To be thus is nothing” (Act 3 Scene 1), and “Signifying nothing” (Act 5 Scene 5). Together, these moments reveal how ambition tempts, corrupts, and ultimately consumes Macbeth.
In this episode of Study Sessions, we explore Week 3 of the GCSE English homework booklet. You are tasked with writing a description of a celebration, inspired by a bustling street scene packed with people leaning from balconies and watching a parade below. We use our metacognitive framework — Observe, Associate, Sequence, Tone — to unpack the image and model how to turn it into a vivid piece of descriptive writing. You’ll also hear sentence-level scaffolds following the AQA descriptive cycle (Inform → Describe → Reflect → React → Connect), giving you a clear structure to shape four powerful paragraphs: Wide view of the street – first impressions and atmosphere. Balconies and people – faces, flags, anticipation building. Street level and the parade – rhythm, sound, colour, energy. Quiet hush afterwards – the aftermath, silence, reflection. By the end of this session, you’ll have the tools to create a polished, exam-ready piece of writing! 👉 For more support, check your Google Classroom page for resources and scaffolds.
In this Key Three mini-episode of Study Sessions, we explore how William Blake’s London exposes the abuse of power – linking directly to Week 3 of your exam preparation booklet.This episode focuses on three essential quotations – plus a close reading of the title – to show how Blake attacks abuses of power in the city:The title London → the whole city as a symbol of corruption“Charter’d street” → those in power control even what should be free“Mind-forg’d manacles” → people are chained mentally and physically“Marriage hearse” → institutions that should bring hope instead bring despairThe power word for this episode is oppression, explored as the abuse of power. By the end, you’ll see how Blake uses language to reveal how the rich and powerful in London crush ordinary people.Perfect support for your homework and exam preparation.
In this Study Session, we break down exactly how to approach AQA’s descriptive writing task. Learn how to avoid common errors (like sentence fragments and tense shifts), why third person is your best choice, and how to generate and organise ideas. We’ll plan a descriptive piece step by step using the AQA cycle — Inform → Describe → Reflect → React → Connect — and turn it into a crafted response with forward movement.The handout to accompany this episode is available via this link.
In this Key Three mini-episode of Study Sessions, we explore the theme of social responsibility in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.Designed to help you tackle the homework task with confidence, this shorter episode focuses on three essential quotations – one from the beginning, one from the middle, and one from the end of the novella. We’ll look at:Scrooge’s cold dismissal of the poor as “surplus population”The Ghost of Christmas Present’s warnings, including the figures of Ignorance and WantScrooge’s final promise to “honour Christmas” and live a life of generosityBy the end of the episode, you’ll see how Dickens uses Scrooge’s journey to argue that society has a duty to care for its most vulnerable members.Perfect for quick, focused revision – one theme, three key quotations, and a clear path to exam success.
In this episode, we explore Stave Four of A Christmas Carol to support Year 9 students reading the novella independently. We follow Scrooge’s encounter with the silent and terrifying Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, who reveals a bleak and lonely future if Scrooge does not change. From the callous treatment of a dead man’s possessions to the tragic death of Tiny Tim, this stave confronts Scrooge — and readers — with the consequences of a life without compassion. This episode will strengthen your understanding of tension, symbolism, and Dickens’ powerful message about personal responsibility and moral choice.
In this episode, we explore Stave Three of A Christmas Carol to support Year 9 students reading the novella independently. We follow Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Present, who reveals scenes of warmth, hardship, and generosity — from the Cratchit family’s humble feast to Fred’s festive party. We also unpack the significance of Tiny Tim and Dickens’ use of Ignorance and Want to criticise social neglect. This episode will strengthen your understanding of character development, symbolism, and Dickens’ powerful messages about compassion, poverty and the consequences of indifference.
In this episode, we explore Stave Two of A Christmas Carol to support Year 9 students reading the novella independently. We follow Scrooge’s encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past, who guides him through painful and joyful memories — from his lonely schooldays to his lost love, Belle. We explain how Dickens uses these scenes to reveal the roots of Scrooge’s misanthropy and hint at his potential for change. Perfect for strengthening your understanding of character development, memory, and the theme of redemption in Dickens’ powerful Christmas tale.
In this episode, we explore Stave One of A Christmas Carol to support Year 9 students reading the novella independently. We unpack Dickens’ powerful introduction of Scrooge as a cold-hearted misanthrope, highlight his harsh attitudes to poverty, and examine his chilling encounter with Marley’s ghost. Perfect for helping you build confidence in understanding the opening of the novella and clarifying key moments as you read a stave per week.
In this second episode supporting your independent reading of A Christmas Carol, we take a close look at the key characters and the novella's essential themes: social responsibility, inequality and the possibility of redemption. Make sure you listen to the historical context episode before moving onto this one!
In this episode, we turn to Charles Dickens’ iconic moral tale of poverty, greed, and the transformative power of redemption. Use this episode alongside your reading of the novella to place A Christmas Carol within its broader historical context — helping you understand why Dickens hoped it would strike, in his own words, like a “sledgehammer blow” against social injustice and the moral blindness of the Victorian elite.
In this special episode, a number of Year 8 students share their poetry responding to the Grenfell Tower fire on 14th June, 2017. Thank you to everyone involved and particularly to those students who shared their responses.
In this episode, we explore Seamus Heaney’s The Road to Derry, tracing its depiction of political and personal conflict after Bloody Sunday. Through powerful imagery and restrained anger, Heaney transforms grief into quiet defiance. Use this episode to support your revision of conflict poetry ahead of your end-of-year exams.
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