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Ponits are allocated in all mark schemes for contextual discussion of the text/texts. This can often mean a whole grade difference if context is used effectively, as well as enriching and polishing an ...

The aim of the game with a closed book examination is to test your memory, knowledge and understanding of a text, things you should have built upon in class over the year. However, the thought of having t...

I found this difficult at first, especially coming from GCSE where the book was there for you to constantly refer to. However, I found that the best way for me to remember quotations, was for me to rel...

Essay writing is never easy to get right, so here are several points (in my mind indispensible) to help you sail over those grade boundaries!

1) READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY

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Taking the student through a sample poem, here e e cummings' '1a', I would guide them to look at content, form, and images, as well as the concrete nature of the poem. I would then ask them to tease out t...