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ULTIMATE EDEXCEL IGCSE: ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE COURSE
221 students
Overview
What You’ll Learn:
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Students will learn the entire IGCSE Edexcel English Anthology and the meaning behind all the texts in the anthology!
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Students will learn how to analyse written texts, learn the meanings behind these texts and do a word-level analysis
Requirements
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Interest in English
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English Literature interest
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Interest in non-fiction
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Interest in classic fiction
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Be able to read advanced texts
Curriculum
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Introduction to The Course
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PART 1, PAPER 1, SECTION A - NON FICTION TEXTS
- “The Danger of A Single Story” By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie analysed and explained
- “A Passage to Africa” By George Alagiah explained and analysed!
- “The Explorer’s Daughter” By Kari Herbert analysed and explained!
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- “Explorers Or Boys Messing About?” by Steven Morris explained and analysed!
- “127 Hours: Between A Rock And A Hard Place” by Aron Ralston explained!
- “Young and Dyslexic? You’ve Got it Going” By Benjamin Zephaniah explained!
- “A Game Of Polo With A Headless Goat” by Emma Levine explained and analysed!
- “Beyond The Sky And The Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan!” by Jamie Zeppa explained!
- “H is for Hawk” By Helen Macdonald explained and analysed!
- “Chinese Cinderella” by Adeline Yen Mah explained and analysed!
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PART 2, PAPER 2, SECTION A - POETRY AND PROSE TEXTS
- “Disabled” By Wilfred Owen explained and analysed!
- “Out Out” By Robert Frost explained and analysed!
- “An Unknown Girl” By Moniza Alvi explained and analysed!
- “The Bright Lights of Sarajevo” by Tony Harrison explained and analysed!
- “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou explained and analysed!
- “The Story Of An Hour” by Kate Chopin explained and analysed!
- “The Necklace” By Guy de Maupassant explained and analysed!
- “Significant Cigarettes” by Rose Tremain explained and analysed!
- “Whistle and I’ll Come To You” by Susan Hill explained and analysed!
- “Night” by Alice Munro explained and analysed!
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PART 3, PAPER 1, SECTION A - POETRY
- “If” By Rudyard Kipling annotated and analysed!
- “Prayer Before Birth” by Louis MacNeice annotated and analysed!
- “Blessing” by Imtiaz Dharker explained, annotated and analysed!
- “Search For My Tongue” By Sujata Bhatt explained, annotated and analysed!
- “Half-Past Two” by U A Fanthorpe explained, annotated and analysed!
- “Piano” by D H Lawrence explained, annotated and analysed!
- “Hide And Seek” by Vernon Scannell explained, annotated and analysed!
- “Sonnet 116: Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds” by William Shakespeare!
- “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” by John Keats explained, annotated and analysed!
- “Poem At Thirty-Nine” by Alice Walker explained, annotated and analysed!
- “War Photographer” by Carol Ann Duffy annotated, explained and analysed!
- “The Tyger” by William Blake annotated, explained and analysed!
- “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning explained, analysed and annotated!
- “Half-caste” by John Agard explained, analysed and annotated!
- “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas explained an analysed!
- “Remember” by Christina Rossetti explained, annotated and analysed!
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OF MICE AND MEN BY JOHN STEINBECK
- Of Mice and Men: Plot, Summary and Overview!
- Of Mice and Men: Plot, Character and Context Explained In Depth!
- Of Mice and Men: George’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: Lennie’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: Slim’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: Curley’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: Curley’s Wife’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: Candy’s Wife’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: Crooks’ Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Of Mice and Men: The Theme of Authority – Exam Model Answer Explained!
- Of Mice and Men: Candy’s Character On The Ranch – Exam Model Answer Explained!
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MACBETH
- Introducing Macbeth
- Macbeth: Act 1
- Macbeth: Act 2
- Macbeth: Act 3
- Macbeth: Act 4
- Macbeth: Act 5
- Macbeth character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Lady Macbeth character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- The Witches character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- King Duncan character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Macduff character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Banquo character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Macbeth: Last Minute Mindmap Revision!
- Macbeth Exam Question Practice: Let’s Look At A Model Answer!
- Macbeth Exam Question Practice: Let’s Look At Another Model Answer!
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ROMEO AND JULIET
- Romeo and Juliet: Overview
- Romeo and Juliet: Prologue
- Romeo and Juliet: Act 1
- Romeo and Juliet: Act 2- Chorus
- Romeo and Juliet: Act 2
- Romeo and Juliet: Act 3
- Romeo and Juliet: Act 4
- Romeo and Juliet: Act 5
- Romeo and Juliet: Last Minute Mindmap Revision!
- Romeo character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Juliet character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- The Nurse character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Mercutio character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Tybalt character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Benvolio character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Lord Capulet character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Friar Lawrence character and key quotes: word level analysis!
- Romeo and Juliet: Let’s Practice A Past Paper Question – Model Answer!
- Romeo and Juliet: Let’s Practice Another Past Paper Question – Model Answer!
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THE CRUCIBLE BY ARTHUR MILLER
- The Crucible: Plot, Summary and Overview!
- The Crucible: Act One, Act Two, Act Three and Act Four Explained!
- The Crucible: Salem Witch Trials and House Committee On Un-American Activities!
- The Crucible: John Proctor’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- The Crucible: Elizabeth Proctor’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis
- The Crucible: Abigail’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis
- The Crucible: Reverend Parris’ Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- The Crucible: Reverend Hale’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- The Crucible: Judge Danforth’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
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JANE EYRE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE
- Jane Eyre: Plot overview explained!
- Jane Eyre: Jane Eyre’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Jane Eyre: Mr Rochester’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Jane Eyre: Mrs Reed’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Jane Eyre: Helen Burns’ Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Jane Eyre: Bertha Mason’s Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Jane Eyre: St John Rivers’ Character – Key Quotes and Word-level Analysis!
- Jane Eyre: Let’s Practice A Past Paper Exam Question- Model Answer!
- Jane Eyre: Let’s Practice Another Past Paper Exam Question – Model Answer!
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MODEL ANSWERS: HOW TO WRITE WINNING MODEL ANSWERS IN A FEW SIMPLE STEPS
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Walkthrough Of The Exam Paper!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 2 | Walkthrough Of The Exam Paper!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language: Paper 3 | Walkthrough Of The Exam Paper!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Literature: Paper 1 | Walkthrough Of The Exam Paper!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Literature: Paper 2 | Walkthrough Of The Exam Paper!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Literature: Paper 3 | Walkthrough Of The Exam Paper!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Question 1 Model Answer!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Question 2 Model Answer!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Question 3 Model Answer!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Question 4 Model Answer!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Question 5 Model Answer!
- Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1 | Question 6 Model Answer!
- HOW TO WRITE WINNINGS ESSAYS: A SIMPLE FRAMEWORK EXPLAINED!
- HOW TO WRITE A COMPARISON ESSAY!
- PAPER 1: “THE EXPLORER’S DAUGHTER” AND UNSEEN EXTRACT – COMPARISON MODEL ANSWER
- PAPER 2: “STILL I RISE” MODEL ANSWERS
- COMPARISON ESSAY: COMPARING “SONNET 116” AND “REMEMBER” (ENGLISH LIT. PAPER 1)
- COURSEWORK MODEL ANSWER: “DISABLED” AND “OUT, OUT” (ENGLISH LANG PAPER 3)!
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