Whether you're preparing for your GCSE or A-Level English Literature exams, having the right study guides, critical analysis, and exam practice books can make all the difference. This curated reading list covers everything from easy-to-understand summaries to in-depth scholarly interpretations. Get ready to master key quotes, themes, characters, and Shakespearean context with these top resources—perfect [...]
Category: Revision
The content introduces a low-stakes quiz for middle and high school students to review Pidgin and Creole languages, featuring multiple-choice and short-answer questions. It also highlights additional resources for teaching Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," including essay plans on key themes and character analysis. Subscription offers full content access.
A-level English Language: Language Change
Various models of language change are presented, including Aitchison’s stages of change, Chen's S-curve, Bailey's Wave Model, and Substratum Theory. Additional theories highlight lexical gaps and the randomness of change. Deutscher identifies economy, expressiveness, and analogy as driving factors, while Aitchison parodies prescriptivism. Language evolves to meet user needs.
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Patience Agbabi: Eat Me
A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning: Femininity & Relationships Revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bekjCZQhQE0
DNA by Dennis Kelly: Knowledge Organiser
A DNA Knowledge Organiser, based on Dennis Kelly’s play, including key vocabulary available for download. Making our British curriculum more accessible for EAL and ESL students by embedding key vocabulary and knowledge into the curriculum planning to support their language acquisition. The Knowledge Organiser is structured into three key areas: context, content and concepts. Use [...]
Poems of the Decade: Essay Questions
Use this tool to prepare for potential and past paper essay questions for English Literature Poems of the Decade and see which texts and themes have appeared in recent years for examinations. Useful revision tools for 9ET0 and WET0 specifications alike. Subscriber Content 8ET03 Poems of the Decade Past Paper Questions 24 marks June 2016 [...]
A-Level English Language: Individual Variation Accent & Dialect Wider Reading
Texts you may be interested in to explore further the concepts we are covering in class. Useful for stretching and challenging your understanding to a deeper level. Beal, J. C. (2010). An Introduction to Regional Englishes: Dialect Variation in England. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Hughes, A., Trudgill, P. & Watt, D. (2012). English Accents and Dialects: An [...]
EXPLORERS OF BOYS MESSING ABOUT?: Analysis Breakdown
A breakdown of the non-fiction text from the Edexcel English Language Non-Fiction Anthology, 'Explorers or Boys Messing About? Either Way, the Taxpayer gets the Bill' . Exploring GAPS, title analysis and exemplar written analysis on the major techniques, purpose and tone throughout. Useful for supporting student revision and embedding sound understanding of linguistic features within [...]
War Horse: Knowledge Organiser
A War Horse Knowledge Organiser, based on Michael Morpurgo's novella, including key vocabulary available for download. Making our British curriculum more accessible for EAL and ESL students by embedding key vocabulary and knowledge into the curriculum planning to support their language acquisition. The Knowledge Organiser is structured into three key areas: context, content and concepts. [...]
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