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Introduction and Welcome

Pre-Course Questionnaire

Goals, Objectives and Outcomes: What Are We Supposed to Learn in GCSE English Language?

Mindset: Discussion on Mastery

Mastery Vocabulary PART 1

Mastery Vocabulary PART 2

Mindset: Is it Possible for Me to Achieve Mastery?

Discussion on 'Becoming an Expert Learner'

Mindset: What is an Expert Learner?

Becoming an Expert Learner Quiz

1. Introduction to Your GCSE English Mastery Study System

2. Setting Up Your GCSE English Study System

3. GCSE English Master Study System Checklist Sheet

4. GCSE English Mastery Study System Active Recall Sheet

5. GCSE English Mastery Study System Lesson Summary

6. GCSE English Mastery Study System Download

7. Self-Reflection Essay

Learning Assessment Techniques: Introduction to Our GCSE English Language Initial Skills Diagnostic Assessment

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1 Diagnostic and Benchmark Assessment Paper

EDEXCEL GCSE English Language Paper 1 Diagnostic and Benchmark Assessment Paper

How to Download and Install the GCSE English Skill Diagnostic Assessment Spreadsheet

GCSE English Diagnostic Assessment Spreadsheet Walkthrough Part 2

GCSE English Diagnostic Assessment Spreadsheet Walkthrough Part 3

GCSE English Diagnostic Assessment Spreadsheet Walkthrough Part 4

GCSE English Diagnostic Assessment Spreadsheet Walkthrough Part 5

GCSE English Diagnostic Assessment Spreadsheet Walkthrough Part 6

GCSE English Language Paper 1 Post-Diagnostic Self-Assessment

1. Unit Introduction-

2. DISCUSSION: Expert Learner Techniques

3. EXPERT LEARNER TECHNIQUE #1: Active Recall

4. EXPERT LEARNER TECHNIQUE #2: Spaced Repetition

5. EXPERT LEARNER GOAL #3: Automaticity

6. QUIZ - Expert Learner Study Techniques

7. DISCUSSION: What Are The Keys of Successful Analytical Writing-

8. DISCUSSION: Fiction and Non-fiction

9. SUCCESSFUL ANALYTICAL WRITING: Laying the Foundations

10. DISCUSSION: The Qualities of Successful Analytical Writing

11. WRITING TECHNIQUES: A PEE-Style Response

12. DISCUSSION: Your Opinion of the PEE-Style Response

13. WRITING TECHNIQUES: A 100% Analysis Response

14. DISCUSSION: Your Opinion of the 100% Response

15. MINDSET: The 100% Mindset

16. QUIZ: The 100% Mindset

17. DISUSSION: How Sentence Forms Affect the Quality of Your Writing

18. LANGUAGE: Why You Need to Get to Know Your Linguistic Tools

20. RECALL DISCUSSION: The Importance of Learning the Functions of Language

21. WRITING TECHNIQUES: Why The PEE Response Falls Flat

22. LANGUAGE: Improving Your Understanding of the Functions of the 8 Parts of Speech

23. LANGUAGE: Introducing the English Parts of Speech

24. QUIZ: The 8 Parts of Speech

GCSE English Language Paper 2

1. Introducing the Functions of the 8 Parts of Speech

2. Pronouns

3. Adjectives

4. DISCUSSION: Are Adjectives the Best Tool for Description?

5. Prepositions

6. QUIZ: The Meaning of Prepositions

7. Nouns

8. DISCUSSION: The Difference Between Concrete Nouns and Abstract Nouns

22. Adverb

23. Verb

24. Interjections

25. Conjunctions

25. Conjunctions

26. How to Choose The Right Words INTRO

26. How to Think About Analytical Writing

27. How to Think About Creative Writing

21. Nouns

20. Prepositions

1. Discussion on the Value of Definitions

2. Concept: Why Are Definitions Important?

3. Recalling the Value of Definitions

4. Concept: How do We Define Literature?

5. Quiz on the Value of Definitions

7. Discussion on the Definition of Literature

8. Download Our List of Literary Topics (Thematic Concepts)

9. Language Paper 1 Practice Analysis

10. Discussion on the Definition of Story

11. Concept: How Do We Define Story?

12. Language & Concept: How Do We Define Metaphor?

13. Remember this Mnemonic: MAD FATHERS CROPS For Language and Structure Devices

14. Seeing the World Through the Eyes of the Author: Language Paper 1 Practice Analysis

Wrap-Up

1. Should We or Should We Not Discuss Context in GCSE English Language?

2. Context: The Importance of Wider Knowledge

3. Research and Discussion on Context

4. Reading for Conflicts in Non-Fiction Texts

5. Reading for Conflicts in Non-Fiction Texts

6. GCSE English Language Paper 2 Section B Practice

7. GCSE English Language Paper 2 Section B Self-Assessment Sheet

8. Quiz About Wider Knowledge in GCSE English Language

9. Post-Diagnostic Self-Assessment

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1. Discussing Where Authors Get Their Ideas

2. Concept: Where Do Authors Get Their Ideas From?

3. Concept: Questions for Your Own Story Ideas

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1. Discussing the Most Important Elements of a Story

2. The Basic Elements of Story

3. Recall the Purpose of Conflict in Story

4. Quick Analysis of The Basic Structural Elements of Story

5. What is the Role of Empathy in Stories

6. Empathy in Your Own Words

7. What is Empathy?

8. Building Your Story- Your Logline

9. Recapping What a Logline Consists of

10. Building Your Story: Your Logline

11. The Objective and Subjective Aspects of Stories

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1. Examples of Loglines

2. PROJECT WORK: Creating Your Logline for Your Story

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1. Introduction to Campbell's Monomyth

2. CONCEPT: The Hero's Outer Journey

3. CONCEPT: Introduction to the Hero's Inner Journey

4. CONCEPT: The Hero's Inner Journey

5. DISCUSSION: Short Analysis of Paper 1

6. DISCUSSION: A 100% Model Answer

7. PRINCIPLE: What Makes the Hero's Journey Universal?

8. DISCUSSION: Sympathy, Empathy and the Hero's Journey

9. CONCEPT: Introduction to the Symbolic Meaning of Stories

10. CONCEPT: Stories Explore the Human Condition-

11. DISCUSSION: The Human Condition in Non-Fiction: Analysing Articles.

12. DISCUSSION: The Human Condition in Fiction

13. CONCEPT: How Do Authors Make Stories Universal?

14. DISCUSSION: Looking for Universal Clues in Stories

15. QUIZ: The Hero's Journey and the Classic Purpose of Stories

Wrap-Up

1. INTRODUCTION: Christopher Booker's 7 Plot Archetypes

2. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots- Overcoming the Monster

3. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots- Overcoming the Monster Stages Overview

4. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots- Rags to Riches

5. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots- The Quest

6. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots- The Voyage and Return-

7. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots- Tragedy

8. STRUCTURE: Booker's 7 Plots: Rebirth

9. ANALYSIS: A Christmas Carol

10. ANALYSIS: Your GCSE Literature Texts

11. PROJECT WORK: Choosing Your Plot Structure

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1. Unit Introduction

2. DISCUSSION: What Do You Understand About Themes?

3. CONCEPT: Difficulties in Defining Theme

4. CONCEPT: Introducing Thematic Concepts

5. CONCEPT: Introducing Thematic Statements

6. SUMMARY PRACTICE: Compare Thematic Concepts and Thematic Statements

7. CONCEPT: Themes as Imperatives

8. CONCEPT: Themes as Open-Ended Questions

9. CONCEPT: Themes as Conditional Statements

10. CONCEPT: So What is Theme?

11. CONCEPT CHECKING: Retrieval Practice About Themes

12. ANALYSIS: Thematic Concepts and Statement Exercise

13. Why is Theme so Important?

14. How Themes Can Help You Score Full Marks

15. Why is Theme So Important in Stories? Discussion

16. How do You Identify Themes - Intro

17. Thematic Concepts and Thematic Statements: QUIZ

18. Theme Assignment- Building Your Story Part 4

19. How to Upload Your Building Your Story Part 4 to Google Docs

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1. Patterns and Themes

2. Short Intro to Beginnings

3. EXAM TACTIC & DOWNLOAD - Note Down 3 to 5 Thematic Concepts

4. Thematic concepts in Fahrenheit 451

5. Dialogue and Thematic Statements

6. Thematic Statement in Lord of the Rings Dialogue

7. Introduction to Motifs and Symbols

8. Symbols and Motifs: DISCUSSION

9. Introduction to Foregrounding

10. Techniques and Purpose of Foregrounding

11. Foregrounding Exercise

12. Foregrounding Motifs and Symbols in Lord of The Flies

13. Semantic Fields

14. Semantic Field Exercise

15. Semantic Fields in Holes

16. LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE: Introduction to Repetition-

17. LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE: Repetition in Dune

18. STRUCTURE: Endings

19. SAMPLE ANALYSIS: Ending in Lord of the Flies

20. CONCEPT: How to Understand Themes

21. ANALYSIS: Thematic Analysis Exercise

1. INTRODUCTION: Emotions

2. VOCAB QUIZ: Emotions PART 1

3. PRINCIPLE: An Author's Primary Aim

4. DISCUSSION & CONCEPT CHECK - An Author's Primary Aim

5. PRINCIPLE: Emotion is Everything

6. CONCEPT CHECK QUIZ - Emotion is Everything

7. DISCUSSION - The True Purpose of the Author's Methods

8. PRINCIPLE: The Right Way to Think About Emotions

9. CONCEPT CHECK QUIZ - The Right Way to Think About Emotions

10. PRINCIPLE: The importance of the Emotional Journey

11. DISCUSSION & SELF-ANALYSIS: Thinking Like a Professional Writer

12. PRINCIPLE: How Understanding Emotions Helps in GCSE

13. CONCEPT CHECK QUIZ - Emotions and GCSE English

14. QUIZ - Vocabulary

15. CONCEPT: What Are Emotions?

16. DISCUSSION - What Are Emotions?

17. ANALYSIS & WRITING TOOLS: List of Emotions

18. EXAM TECHNIQUE: Predictive Exercise: The Lake

19. DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS: Reading Exercise- The Lake

20. CONCEPT: Visceral Emotions and Themes

21. QUIZ ON VISCERAL EMOTIONS

1. ACTIVE RECALL: Start With Brain Dumps

2. DISCUSSION & APPLICATION: What Else do You Know About Emotions?

3. PRINCIPLE: Character vs Reader Emotions

4. PRINCIPLE: Elicit Emotions from Situations, Not Characters

5. DISCUSSION: Dramatic Situations

6. STRUCTURE: Classic Dramatic Situations: BUILDING YOUR STORY PART 5

7. CONTEXT: What Are The Functions of Emotions- Intro

8. DISCUSSION: What are The Functions of Emotions?

8. Why We Need to Understand Emotions

17. Emotions Influence Decisions

18. Emotions Help us Act Without Conscious Awareness

19. Emotions Prepare the Body for Immediate Action

1. Why Do Authors Write - Aristotle

2. Why Authors Write - Cicero

3. Authors Use Stories to Teach us About Real Life

4. How do Authors Teach us About Real Life-

5. Predictive Exercise - And of Clay We Are Created

6. Reading Exercise Introduction

7. And of Clay We Are Created - Reading

8. And of Clay We Are Created - ANALYSIS QUESTIONS

9. More General Reasons Why Authors Write

10. Category of Author's Purposes INTRODUCTION

11. A Catalogue of Author's Purposes

12. Finding the Author's Purpose PART 1

13. Finding the Author's Purpose PART 2

14. Finding the Author's Purpose PART 3

What Makes Good Writing?

Aristotle's 'Ethos, Pathos and Logos' - Reading

Aristotle's 'Ethos, Pathos and Logos' in Your Own Words

Remember this Mnemonic: MAD FATHERS CROPS For Linguistic and Structural Devices

Download this Document for More Help With Structural Features of Writing

Discussing Ethos Logos and Pathos in a Speech.

Discussing Ethos, Pathos and Logos in a Student's Speech

Writing Your Own Speech

What is a Conceptualised Response?

Concept Maps: What Are They?

Why did the Government Make the GCSEs so Much Harder?

Why Use Concept Maps?

Quiz - Concepts

Concept Map of Structure

Creating Your Own Concept Map of Structure Part 1

Creating Your Own Concept Map of Structure Part 2

Creating Your Own Concept Map of Structure Part 3

Practice Outlining a Structure Concept Map

Use Your Concept Map to Write an Analysis

Make More Concept Maps of Structure

Creating Your Own Concept Map of Structure Part 4

Structure Concept Map Download

Installing Your GCSE English Structure Recall Sheet Part 1

Download Your GCSE English Structure Recall Sheet

Installing Your GCSE English Structure Recall Sheet Part 2

Installing Your GCSE English Structure Recall Sheet Part 3

Download and Install Your GCSE English Structure Recall Sheet

Putting Your Brain on Autopilot - VOCABULARY QUIZ

23. Authors' Main Purpose- Generating Emotions

3. The Virtue of Humanity-

2. The Virtue of Courage

4. The Virtue of Justice

5. The Virtue of Wisdom-

7. The Virtue of Temperance

9. What Does Archetype Mean-

6. The Virtue of Transcendence

10. What Are Jung's 12 Character Archetypes-

11. Are Archetypes Serious Science-

8. introduction to Jung's Archetypes

1. Universal Values

What is Alliteration?

Effects of Alliteration #1: Highlighting and Emphasising

Effects of Alliteration #2: Creating Rhythm

Effects of Alliteration #3: Constructing the Soundscape

1. Emotions Motivate Behaviour

2. Blind Interprative Exercise

3. Emotions Help Us Evaluate Our Circumstances

4. Emotions Behaviours and Actions

5. Emotions Influence Attention-

6. How to Guarantee Yourself Full Marks

7. How Do Authors Hold the Audience's Attention-

8. Emotions Help the Author Fulfil Their Writing Purpose

9. Emotions Affect our World View

10. Emotions and Themes

11. Why Do Authors Write-