GCSE English RevisionPod

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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

Apr 28 2024 29 mins  
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.goo

🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 6 - The Supernatural

Apr 28 2024 28 mins  
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

🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 5 - Social Message

Apr 28 2024 29 mins  
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

🔒 Macbeth episode 5 - To what extent is Macbeth a hero?

Apr 28 2024 30 mins  
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 o

🔒 Romeo and Juliet episode 7 - Change

Apr 28 2024 27 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeA change is as good as the rest, they say. But is that true for our star-cross'd lovers? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how you would construct and execute a top level essay on what Shakespeare's tragedy teaches us about the power of change.Get the hand out her

🔒 Romeo and Juliet episode 6 - The Nurse

Apr 28 2024 26 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeAn unlikey character question? Perhaps, but one that may unlock interesting ideas for other questions as well. We explore the significance of the Nurse and how you could use her to explore the deeper themes in the play.Get the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file

🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 9 - Happiness

Apr 28 2024 27 mins  
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/1MmGVFxk6fvfoEO

🔒 A Christmas Carol episode 8 - Death

Apr 28 2024 27 mins  
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_hHnQDg7ObAUC3rwhYc

🔒 Macbeth episode 6 - Attitudes to the Supernatural

Apr 28 2024 26 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeIn 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 hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hjc-y0fuRkQa-cNR

Romeo and Juliet episode 5 - Death

Apr 28 2024 29 mins  
A nice cheery one for you today listeners, as we explore the theme of death in Romeo and Juliet!  Subcsribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribeGet the hand out here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGOFqnVS99TzJLhXY_nINm2kg2vrN6Og/view?usp=sharingFollow us on X: @Grevisionpod Email us: [email protected]   S