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Resources for face English lit please

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covidandborisandworld · 17/06/2021 19:27

Can anyone recommend some really good resources for gsce English lit please.

Dd will need extra help and I never did English lit so I'm a bit rusty and dont know what the examiners will be looking for. She is in year ten.

Thank you

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GhostTypeEevee · 17/06/2021 19:46

Ds has been watching Mr Bruff videos on YouTube and has found them really good

Seeline · 17/06/2021 19:48

Which exam board?
Which texts/ poems etc?

covidandborisandworld · 17/06/2021 20:30

Thanks. I've just ordered
Mr gruff and will check them out.

I'm not sure what exam board but dd has email teacher for curriculum.
she has done Macbeth and lord of the flies

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covidandborisandworld · 17/06/2021 20:31

Bruff even

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Bobbybobbins · 17/06/2021 20:36

Study guides for those texts for the exam board they are doing

Revising plot, character, themes, key quotes etc - create revision cards, diagrams

Lots of practise questions - my 10s have just done their first set of mocks.

clary · 17/06/2021 22:40

Yes agree, study guides (tho I don't find them wonderful). What sort of grade will she be looking at OP? I mean, is she hoping for 6/7 or will she be happy to gain a grade that means she doesn't need to retake (4/5)?

It makes a difference IMO as if you are aiming for 4/5 you need to think about more basic things such as structure of text, what happens when and why, rather than learning heaps of quotes.

What the examiner is looking for is knowledge of the text - better to have a short quote which you can use aptly than learned a paragraph that has no relevance.

Agree lots of practice questions is the way forward. Look at themes that will come up - eg Macbeth - violence, power, the supernatural, key characters (M, Lady M). Remember she gets an extract (not for Lord of the Flies if it's AQA) so she can use that as a big starting point.

The key to practice essays is explaining and showing the significance - don't just say "Shakespeare uses xx metaphor here" - say why, what effect it has.

Context of the extract is important; there are also marks for context of the whole text eg Shakespeare's audience would have believed in ghosts which make the witches more credible to the audience of the time.

oooh sorry long answer! Lots of other MN-ers know more than I do tho.

covidandborisandworld · 17/06/2021 22:43

Thanks clary

Your post is really useful and appreciated

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TeenMinusTests · 18/06/2021 08:20

Also, you can't beat actually watching Macbeth. Various performances went online over lockdown (there was a good RSC version with David Tennant(?). My DD never got as far as studying it due to missing y11, but we had seen it at least twice, once live and one RSC live screening at the cinema. She actually knows it pretty well considering. The more you watch and maybe just discuss at home, the more some quotes fall naturally into the brain.

Zandathepanda · 18/06/2021 09:47

I watched the old Ian mckellan judi dench one with Dd as it is one of the more faithful adaptations. Urgh we could only do it in 20 min bursts. I have never done Shakespeare before. She had the text (and explanation of the text) in front of her. We both watch a bit, then stop it and she would tell me what they were going on about Confused. It worked well.

TeenMinusTests · 18/06/2021 09:57

I love Macbeth. Studied for O level in the 80s.
The recent RSC production was probably the best one I have seen, though the one we saw in Chichester in 2019 was probably 'better' for GCSE as it was more straightforward.

Zanda When DD1 did Henry V for GCSE a few years back we watched it in exactly the same was as you describe. The rubbish thing was they didn't even study the whole play, only bits.

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