Language: We follow the Edexcel exam board. Reading: Sample Paper from Exam Board: https://smartfuse.s3.amazonaws.com/171c8a78170f0512f8240c082e87317b/uploads/2017/02/GCSE-English-LangSAMs.pdf BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/examspecs/zgvg6fr Writing Skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67l21kmyPf8&list=PLxu20s76Q8bt6pgklVKl3bNCrKrMjUu2D
Literature: We follow the Edexcel exam board. A Christmas Carol Full copy of the text to revise from: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm Shmoop Revision Notes: https://www.shmoop.com/christmas-carol/ Mr Bruff (English Teacher and YouTuber) on A Christmas Carol: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mrbruff+christmas+carol BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zgwyk7h Film on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNj6XNvp25Y Key Quotations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2sb4BUiFBs
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth No Fear Shakespeare (translation of WHOLE play): https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/macbeth/ Shmoop Revision Notes: https://www.shmoop.com/macbeth/summary.html Mr Bruff (English Teacher and YouTuber) on Macbeth – 60 videos!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNNOq1Tx1Ek&list=PLqGFsWf-P-cCMpq89C0yaU5scvuYiIKuL Macbeth Animated Tales (cartoon version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNNOq1Tx1Ek&list=PLqGFsWf-PcCMpq89C0yaU5scvuYiIKuL Lit Charts: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/macbeth BBC Macbeth Easy to Understand Cartoon: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0572w00 BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zsctbk7 Mr Taylor (Edexcel specialist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeziwNHNdhk&list=PLxu20s76Q8bsBjX7hxxn0qmINADZFjnQ4 Ms Thompson’s Vimeos:
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/z2swhv4 Key Quotations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohShu4gfT6o Mr Bruff on An Inspector Calls (31 videos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75yUsyNySY&list=PLqGFsWf-PcDvuiSH8SycEDh1Ugke9tmb Revision World: https://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/english-literature/inspector-calls/play-overview-andbackground Spark Notes: https://www.sparknotes.com/drama/an-inspector-calls/ Mr Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQkXtbzrC0I
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/z92gj6f York Notes: https://www.yorknotes.com/gcse/english-literature/blood-brothers-2017/revisioncards/00_characters Dramatic Analysis of the Whole Play with Key Scenes: https://stageagent.com/shows/musical/1640/bloodbrothers Key Quotations: https://www.carshaltonboys.org/_site/data/files/files/curriculum/year%2011%20revision/english/lit/0C9DFDB92 2D809ABC2D933CDE6DBEA49.pdf Full Version of the text on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9mbfRiZ2Bk
Journey’s End by R. L. Sherriff BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zpqt7p3 Revision Notes done by a student: https://getrevising.co.uk/resources/journeys_end_revision_notes_as_english_literature Full Version of the Play: https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.209119/2015.209119.Journeys-End_djvu.txt Dramatic Analysis of the Whole Play with Key Scenes: https://stageagent.com/shows/play/8164/journeys-end Key Character Analysis: https://www.slideshare.net/andyfisher/journeys-end-3038880
Poetry (Relationships Cluster) Mr Taylor (Edexcel Spec): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuMz1g_a0BQ&list=PLxu20s76Q8bvNZp0YkKmy3KUcqtnjPT9t Mr Bruff (some cross over poems): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9h_csKEwxg BBC Bitesize ‘She Walks in Beauty’ https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zcdk9qt/revision/1 BBC Bitesize ‘Neutral Tones’ https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zpcgbk7/revision/1
Poetry Comparison: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5301678