GCSE English RevisionPod
by Mr Forster, Mr Gallie
RevisionPod - English revision made easy.Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpodEvery week, Mr Forster and Mr Gallie bring you a dose of high energy revision to help you achieve the best possible marks in your English GCSE's. Each episode will look at a different question from your set texts and explore how we would analyse the language and contextual factors and how you can then use this knowledge to boost your essay writing. Click on the bio of each episode to download your GCSE RevisionPod handout, complete with the question we are discussing, the quotations and vocabulary we use in the pod and some extra contextual information.
Episodes
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'Worlds and Lives' episode 2 - 'A Portable Paradise' and 'Homing'
Episode summary: In this episode we compare how 'A Portable Paradise' by Roger Robinson and 'Homing' by Liz Berry present the connection between family and identity. Download the all-important handout here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/115RpA7GiJLlprXqqyT9gSFbI05GN8s4U/view?usp=sharing Follow…
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'Worlds and Lives' episode 1 - 'Thirteen' and 'A Century Later'
Episode summary: In this episode we compare how 'Thirteen' by Caleb Femi and 'A Century Later' by Imtiaz Dharker present childhood. Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishrevisionpod?igsh=MWlxNnIweXQzbmtzbQ== Email us: [email protected]…
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Last Minute Literature RevisionPod
Episode summary: Some last-minute tips to help you guys with the final stretch of your revision. In this episode, we look at the main skills that turn grade four essays into grade six essays, and grade six essays into grade eight or nine. Best of luck! Follow us on X: @Grevisionpod Follow us on...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'My Name is Leon' episode 4 (of 4) - Leon and Maureen
Episode summary: In this episode we explore the complexities of the relationship between Leon and Maureen and the challenging lines their bond must traverse. Like all great characters, Maureen has many dimensions to her character and this, for you, is good news as it opens up a deeper and more...
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'My Name is Leon' episode 3 (of 4) - Tufty
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In this episode, we look at the complexity of the character of Tufty. Is it possible to be a good role model while exhibiting bad behvaiours, or is it perhaps these very flaws in people's...
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'My Name is Leon' episode 2 (of 4) - Is Leon an admirable character?
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In our second My Name is Leon episode, we look at whether the protagonist should be considered an admirable character. As with all good 'to what extent' questions, the first thing to get…
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'My Name is Leon' episode 1 (of 4) - A happy story?
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We take on a brand new text for your revising pleasure today in the form of the excellent novel My Name is Leon. Our question appears simple on the surface, but like all good literature...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'Romeo and Juliet' episode 10 (of 10) - Time
To listen to the rest of this episode, subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Our tenth episode on Romeo and Juliet means that we are starting to explore some of the more niche questions that could come up. But remember, just...
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'Romeo and Juliet' episode 9 (of 10) - The Friar
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: A dear friend in your time of need, or a traitor and a coward? No, not a question about Mr Forster - although, you'd have a point - but instead an exploration of a seemingly minor but…
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'Romeo and Juliet' episode 8 (of 10) - Fate
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Fate... the idea that everything is predestined, that the very fact that you are here listening to this podcast was somehow preordained and written into the cosmos. Hopefully you will find…
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'A Christmas Carol' episode 9 (of 9) - The Supernatural
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Can you become a better person without the help of four spirits? Perhaps so, but it might not be as fun or filled with powerful imagery. Lock in for a spooky journey, as we look at how you...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'A Christmas Carol' episode 8 (of 9) - Social Message
To listen to the full episode, don't forget to subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe You can't really write about A Christmas Carol without getting into Dickens' social message; so why not turn it into an entire essay, we thought. Enjoy! Follow…
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'A Christmas Carol' episode 7 (of 9) - Hope
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Hope is a beautiful thing. It rings through Dickens' novella like the bells of Christmas day, but is it the right kind of hope? Let's look at how a relatively simple idea can be transformed into a top-level...
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'Romeo and Juliet' episode 7 (of 10) - Change
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe A change is as good as the rest, they say. But is that true for our star-cross'd lovers? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how you would construct and execute a top level essay on what Shakespeare's tragedy...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'Romeo and Juliet' episode 6 (of 10) - The Nurse
To listen to the rest of the episode, don't forget to subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe An unlikely character question? Perhaps, but one that may unlock interesting ideas for other questions as well. We explore the significance of the Nurse...
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'A Christmas Carol' episode 6 (of 9) - Happiness
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Happiness, the key to a long and... happy life. In this episode we look at the many forms happiness takes in the novella and ask what does it really mean to be happy (hint: it's not about...
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'Macbeth' episode 6 (of 6) - Attitudes to the Supernatural
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In this episode of RevisionPod, we look at Macbeth and Banquo's contrasting attitudes to the supernatural and what it can tell us about beliefs at the time (hint: don't trust those…
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'Romeo and Juliet' episode 5 (of 10) - Death
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: A nice cheery one for you today, listeners, as we explore the theme of death in 'Romeo and Juliet'! Get the handout here:...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'Macbeth' episode 5 (of 6) - To what extent is Macbeth a hero?
To listen to the rest of this episode, subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: The best essays will move around a text and show a detailed understanding of the work as a whole. And you will need to be able to do this to ace this...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'A Christmas Carol' episode 5 (of 9) - Death
To listen to the whole episode, don't forget to subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Death, death and more death. But does it have to be as gloomy as all that? Mr Forster and Mr Gallie explore how your essay on death in A...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - AQA Language Paper 1, Question 2 - Life of Pi
To listen to the rest of this episode, don't forget to subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In this episode, we take you through how to analyse the writer's use of language for AQA Language Paper 1, question 2. Follow us on X:...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - AQA Language Paper 1, Question 3 - Life of Pi
To listen to the whole episode, subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: This week, we use the same extract to look at how the writer has structured the text to interest us as a reader. Remember that magic question: when do things...
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'Romeo and Juliet' episode 4 (of 10) - Juliet
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, revision podders! We hope you enjoy this episode on one of Shakespeare's most interesting characters: Juliet. As ever, you can download the…
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'An Inspector Calls' episode 9 (of 9) - Eric
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: 9 episodes! 9 whole episodes--you lucky, lucky revisers! This week we look at Eric, his terrible deeds and Priestley's perhaps uncomfortable presentation of him at the play's end. Can a…
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'An Inspector Calls' episode 8 (of 9) - Mr and Mrs Birling and pride
To listen to the rest of this episode, don't forget to subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: This episode we look at the role of pride in the older Birling's failure to learn Priestley's message. To what extent does their belief...
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'An Inspector Calls' episode 7 (of 9) - Gerald
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We explore how Gerald, in spite of having some fragments of good within him, ultimately is unable to learn the lessons he needs to learn. Download the handout here:...
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'An Inspector Calls' episode 6 (of 9) - Gender
To listen to the rest of this episode, don't forget to subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We look at how through the depiction of Eva Smith and, to a lesser extent, Sheila, Priestley's play argues that the treatment of women…
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TRAILER FOR BONUS EPISODE - 'Macbeth' episode 4 (of 6) - Bravery
If you want to listen to the rest of this episode, subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: What does it mean to be brave? Neither Mr Forster nor Mr Gallie have much of an idea, but thankfully Shakespeare does! Follow us on X:...
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'A Christmas Carol' episode 4 (of 9) - Social Responsibility
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We explore the way Dickens presents the disastrous consequences, both for ourselves and others, of not taking social responsibility but also the chance for redemption if we do take it....
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'Jekyll and Hyde' episode 4 (of 4) - The difference between Jekyll and Lanyon
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Two men of science, and yet so different... but also very similar. A man who sees himself as greater than God but also akin to Satan: Jekyll and Hyde is nothing if not full of delicious...
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'Macbeth' episode 3 (of 6) - Morality
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We hope you have all had a fantastic festive period and are super excited to get back to some hardcore revision. And what better way to start than with…
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'Love and Relationships' episode 2 - ‘Follower’ and ‘Mother Any Distance’
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Two poems today that explore the changing nature of parent child relationships, featuring one of Mr Forster’s top ten favourite words ever - you have been warned. Download the handout here:...
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'Love and Relationships' episode 1 - 'Winter Swans' and 'Neutral Tones'
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Welcome back podders! After a beautiful summer break, we hope you are all ready to get your teeth into some serious revision. This week, we embark on the other AQA poetry cluster: Love and...
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AQA Language Paper 2 - Question 5 - Writing to Argue and Persuade
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: In the absence of his dear friend Mr Forster, Mr Gallie takes you through everything you need for Language Paper 2, Question 5. Download the all-important pack right here:...
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AQA Language Paper 2 - Question 4 - Comparing Writers' Viewpoints
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Almost there! Keep on revising, revisers. Here’s a podcast to help you where we tackle AQA Language Paper 2, Question 4. Download the essential pack here: https://tinyurl.com/y449jfl9 Follow...
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AQA Language Paper 2 - Question 3 - Language Analysis
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Our second pod of the day looks at question 3 in AQA’s Language Paper 2 and gives you an opportunity to practise those analytical skills. You will need the revision pack which can be...
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AQA Language Paper 2 - Question 2 - Comparison and Inference
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Welcome back, revisers! Today we take on AQA Language Paper 2, Question 2. You will need the revision pack which you will find here: https://tinyurl.com/y449jfl9 Follow us on X…
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AQA Language Paper 1 - Question 5 - Creative Writing
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe In an ideal world, you would improve your writing by reading many novels over a period of many years. But do listen in to get some advice on what you can do to revise for this question. The handout is…
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AQA Language Paper 1 - Question 4 - Evaluation
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: All aboard the language train. In this episode we tackle question four. Lots of marks available and we tell you how to get them! Download the essential hand out here:...
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AQA Language Paper 1 - Question 3 - Structural Analysis
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: It’s time to step back, waaaaay back. So far back that you can observe the overall shape and structure of the extract. Put down your language analysis microscope, step back and enjoy the…
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AQA Language Paper 1, Question 2 - Language Analysis
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: It’s time to make the leap—the leap across borders and boundaries into a new world both beautiful and terrifying in equal measure. That’s right, we speak, of course, about the leap from...
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'An Inspector Calls' episode 5 (of 9) - Responsibility
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We all need to take more responsibility--both for those around us and, equally as crucially, for our GCSE revision. This Podcast will help, perhaps not so much with the former but certainly...
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'An Inspector Calls' episode 4 (of 9) - Eva Smith
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Happy last day of term! A little treat to send you off on your holid... revision break! Here we take a look at perhaps the most important character in the whole play--even though we never...
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'Macbeth' episode 2 (of 6) - Lady Macbeth
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Back we plunge into the murderous world of Scottish power games. This week, we take a look at Shakespeare’s presentation of Lady Macbeth. Is she a witchlike being, consumed completely by…
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'Macbeth' episode 1 (of 6) - Choice
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: A man governed by fate or an ambitious demon who makes his own choices? But enough about Mr Forster, today we are looking at an essay about choice in 'Macbeth'. You will also learn about our...
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Unseen Poetry episode 3 (of 3) - ‘Harm’ and ‘The Hunchback in the Park’
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: For the third time, we plunge into murky waters aboard the good ship Unseen Poetry. This week's poem features some quite explicit material, although it is nowhere near as disgusting as Mr...
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Unseen Poetry episode 2 (of 3) - ‘Stop all the Clocks’ and ‘Remember’
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: Unseen poetry round two! Make sure you pause the podcast and have a go at analysing the poem before you listen to us to make sure you get the full unseen experience. Download the two…
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Unseen Poetry episode 1 (of 3) - 'Valentine' and 'A Red, Red Rose'
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: It's big, it's bold, it's fresh... it's unseen. New format this week to help you with the skills you need to face the unseen poetry section of your literature exams. And download the two......
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'Power and Conflict' episode 9 (of 9) - 'Checking Out Me History' and 'The Emigree'
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We made it! It's been a journey, one filled with endless power struggles and conflict... and that was just us arguing over who got to host the pod. Our final Power and Conflict pod looks at...
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'Power and Conflict' episode 8 (of 9) - 'Remains' and 'War Photographer'
Subscribe to GCSE English Revisionpod + here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/227488/subscribe Episode summary: We are almost there! Keep with us, dear listener, as we near the end of our journey into power and conflict. This week, we look at the presentation of regret in both 'Remains' and 'War...
About this show
RevisionPod - English revision made easy.Follow us on Twitter @GRevisionpodEvery week, Mr Forster and Mr Gallie bring you a dose of high energy revision to help you achieve the best possible marks in your English GCSE's. Each episode will look at a different question from your set texts and explore how we would analyse the language and contextual factors and how you can then use this knowledge to boost your essay writing. Click on the bio of each episode to download your GCSE RevisionPod handout, complete with the question we are discussing, the quotations and vocabulary we use in the pod and some extra contextual information.
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