GCSE English RevisionPod

English Revision Made Easy

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GCSE English RevisionPod was started in London in 2018. Mr Gallie and Mr Forster— two passionate and experienced English teachers—decided their students needed revision lessons that they could carry around in their pockets. In each episode, they take you through how to write an essay in response to a particular GCSE style question. There is also a completely free handout which details the structure of the argument, the analysis and the key vocabulary used.

Almost a year later, the podcast has been downloaded over 100,000 times and the inbox was flooded on results day with listeners who were thrilled with their results.

If you have a text you would like us to cover, you can contact us on Twitter or email us: englishrevisionpod@gmail.com

Love

How to write an essay on love in Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio

How to write an essay on the importance of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet

Family

How to write an essay on family in Romeo and Juliet

Hyde as a Dangerous Outsider

Hyde as a Dangerous Outsider

How to write an essay on Hyde as a dangerous outsider

The Importance of Place

The Importance of Place

How to write an essay on the significance of place in Jekyll and Hyde

Mr Utterson

How to write an essay on the dustiest, dreariest character in the novella

The Difference between Jekyll and Lanyon

The Difference between Jekyll and Lanyon

Two men of science who were once great friends, and yet so much divides them now

Wealth

How to write an essay on how money ultimately won't make you happy

The Cratchits

How to write an essay on how the Cratchits have something that Scrooge's money could never buy

The Change in Scrooge

The Change in Scrooge

How to write an essay on the power of change and whether Dickens really meant it

Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility

How to write an essay on social responsibility in A Christmas Carol

Sheila

How to write an essay on whether Sheila is worthy of forgiveness and what it means if she is

Class Divisions

Class Divisions

How to write an essay on Priestley's presentation of class divisions

The Inspector

How to write an essay on that ghostly ethereal figure who shakes the Birling's world to its very foundations

Eva Smith

You never hear her voice and yet she is arguably the most important character in the play. Find out how to write an essay on Eva Smith here

Responsibility

Responsibility. An absolutely key word in the play. Whether you take it or not may make all the difference in the world

Gender

How to write an essay on gender in An Inspector Calls

Gerald

How to explore the character of Gerald in An Inspector Calls

Exposure and Bayonet Charge

Exposure and Bayonet Charge

How to compare a war where nothing is happening to one where far too much is

Kamikaze and War Photographer

Kamikaze and War Photographer

How to write an essay on the effects of war on those that come back

Kamikaze and Poppies

Kamikaze and Poppies

How to write an essay on the different ways you can lose people to war

Storm on the Island and The Prelude

Storm on the Island and The Prelude

How to write an essay on the awesome power of nature

London and My Last Duchess

London and My Last Duchess

How to write an essay on the abuse of power, both by individuals and institutions.

Charge of the Light Brigade and Bayonet Charge

Charge of the Light Brigade and Bayonet Charge

Two poems linked by the word charge, and an awful lot more.

Tissue and Ozymandias

Tissue and Ozymandias

Two poems you might not think would go together. Think again!

Remains and War Photographer

Remains and War Photographer

Can either speaker escape from the things they have seen and done?

Checking Out me History and The Emigree

Checking Out me History and The Emigree

How to write an essay on the way we draw our identity from our personal histories

Valentine and A Red Red Rose

Valentine and A Red Red Rose

How to write an essay on unseen poems

Stop All the Clocks and Remember

Stop All the Clocks and Remember

Another guide to analysing poems you have never seen before

Harm and The Hunchback in the Park

Harm and The Hunchback in the Park

Your third instalment of this series on how to analyse unseen poetry

Choice

How does choice play its part in the tragic events of the play and can this coexist with fate

Lady Macbeth

An evil, manipulative character or one deserving of our sympathy? And how much does Lady Macbeth reflect the patriarchal beliefs of the time?

Morality

Is Macbeth an immoral character? 100% yes. Is Shakespeare's portrayal of morality simple? Perhaps less so.

Bravery

How to write an essay on bravery in Macbeth

Question 2

Develop your language analysis skills here

Question 3

Develop your structural analysis here

Question 4

How to evaluate the effect the writer creates

Question 5

How to develop your skills in creative writing and get those forty marks

Question 2

How to develop your skills of comparison and inference

Question 3

How to develop your language analysis skills

Question 4

How to compare the writer's viewpoints and perspectives

Question 5

How to write to argue and persuade

Winter Swans and Neutral Tones

Winter Swans and Neutral Tones

How to write a comparative essay on the way nature reflects romantic misery in these two poems

Follower and Mother Any Distance

Follower and Mother Any Distance

How to write an essay on the complexities of parent child relationships

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