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GCSE English RevisionPod Mr Forster, Mr Gallie
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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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🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 7 - Hope
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeHope is a beautiful thing. It rings through Dickens' novella like the bells of Christmas day, but is it the right kind of hope? Let's look at how a relatively simple idea can be transformed into a top-level essay response. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pzzc1eR2TEjcYlksI1CbFbVjDzAUZZzR/view?usp=sharingFollow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englis...
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🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 6 - The Supernatural
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeCan you become a better person without the help of four spirits? Perhaps so, but it might not be as fun or filled with powerful imagery. Lock in for a spooky journey, as we look at how you turn Dickens' ghostly figures into a top level response. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GLBLMeO0R8Kf0lwT3HeQlNRQopOLi2U5/view?usp=sharing Follow us on X: @Grevisionp...
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🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 5 - Social Message
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeYou can't really write about A Christmas Carol without getting into Dickens' social message; so why not turn it into an entire essay, we thought. Enjoy!Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LeEqKrpEIe-4Djdnet7PXjEaHQ_CyZD1/view?usp=sharingFollow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support the Show. Subcsribe to GCSE E...
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🔒 Macbeth episode 5 - To what extent is Macbeth a hero?
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeThe best essays will move around a text and show a detailed understanding of the work as a whole. And you will need to be able to do this to ace this question. Can a man who murders his king be called a hero? In order to be a true villain, do you perhaps need something of the hero about you? Complex questions lead to great essays. Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.co...
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🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 9 - Happiness
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeHappiness, the key to a long and... happy life. In this episode we look at the many forms happiness takes in the novella and ask what does it really mean to be happy (hint: it's not about money!). Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MmGVFxk6fvfoEOHanZHPsmY2wpjXuZul/view?usp=sharingFollow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.c...
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🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 8 - Death
Subscriber-only episodeSubcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeDeath, death and more death. But does it have to be as gloomy as all that? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how your essay on death in A Christmas Carol may have a surprisingly uplifting vibe.Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l7vBA_hHnQDg7ObAUC3rwhYcXSDSHvIc/view?usp=sharingFollow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com Support ...