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GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Wordsworth’s “Prelude” - About the Author
“Most GCSE English students will be tested on how well they understand the context of their poetry anthologies, and if you are taking English with the AQA exam board, you have been suffering with Wordsworth’s “The Prelude - stealing a boat”.
What The Fluff Wednesday: Wordsworth Wasn’t Great at Poetry
If you don’t understand the joke, please allow me to ruin it by showing you “Prelude” by William Wordsworth, a poem in which William steals a boat….
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Revise 19th-Century English with Punch!
“Alright guys, don’t worry, I’m not going to pretend revision is fun. I might be a several-hundred-year-old Goblin, but even I remember what revision was like.”
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Free Guide on Picking Good Quotes for English Literature and Language
Gather round quickly, Charles doesn’t normally spend long in the bog of eternal stench, and he will be back before we know it.
Anyway, I’ve finally finished making a guide to picking good quotes for the Evidence section of your PEAD (or PEEL or whatever) paragraphs for English Literature and English Language.
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Translations for Common Words in Shakespeare
“This week we are looking at some really simple words that come up all the time in Shakespeare, and their modern English translations.”
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Why We Procrastinate and its Relationship with Stress
“It’s really common to get very stressed out and it’s extremely common to procrastinate because of it. So, let’s explore the relationship between stress and procrastination, so you can see how important it is to look after yourself like you are an extremely valuable china vase.”
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: New PEAD Paragraph Tutorial Available
Anyway, I’m here to tell you about the GCSE and A-Level PEAD Paragraph Tutorial I made, and what it includes. So. let’s get stuck in.
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: There’s a New Infographic About Scrooge!
I’ve worked really hard, with a Wright English student I will call J, to create a helpful infographic (an educational picture) all about Marley’s intervention.
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: GCSE Poetry Analysis Table
So, today I want to introduce a neat way of analysing poetry for GCSE that makes sure you cover every topic you need to. Gareth! Draxos is tired now, stop kicking him!
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: The Best Audiobook Version of Macbeth
GAG: “Hello everyone thanks for dragging yourself to my muddy forest hut and office. Today I’m gonna recommend a brilliant audiobook to help you revise Macbeth for GCSE English Literature, because I basically have to.”
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin: New Christmas Carol Ghost Profiles
“This is more of an announcement than anything I suppose. I spent ages making one of those Infographic things that everyone likes. This one is all about the Ghosts in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.”
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Best Student Textbook for GCSE English
Today I want to talk to you about what I think is the best Student Textbook for GCSE English (for AQA anyway, I might find a different one for Edexcel and IGCSE). That textbook is the GCSE AQA English Language and Literature Complete Revision and Practice book by CGP.
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: A Contextual Timeline of An Inspector Calls
Hi. If you are new here I’m GAG, the GCSE and A-Level Goblin, and I seriously regret installing a microwave in my forest hole. I’m gonna talk about a timeline I made to explain the important context surrounding J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls.
GCSE and A-level Gremlin: Do I Need to Read All of My Set Texts?
Good afternoon everyone *sigh*. Today we are talking about whether you should read all of your A-Level or GCSE set texts for English Literature.
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin: AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Question 2 Advice
Alright guys, thanks for coming. We’re gonna look at some important information and advice about how to read and answer the comparison question in AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2, question 2. I mean… we will when Gale stops eating all my teaching materials.
The GCSE and A-Level Goblin: Free E-Books at Project Gutenberg
Good afternoon, smelly human students. Allow me to introduce myself, I am G.A.G, the GCSE and A-Level Goblin. I was summoned into existence by a weird English lady and my purpose is to talk about… well… GCSE and A-Level stuff.
Kids Corner: What’s the Best Way to Prepare for My GCSE English Literature Exam?
Many GCSE Students are already preparing for their English Literature Exams next year, and the pressure from teachers and adults is quite bad. With all that pressure, it can be hard to know what the best way to prepare really is. That’s why I’m here to give you impartial (not biased and not related to my own success) advice.
Kids Corner: GCSE Exam strategy for English Literature
The most important part of it is to know what the examiners are looking for in the marking scheme….
Kids Corner: How to identify themes in English literature
A lot of my students have difficulty identifying themes. If you also find this difficult…
GCSE and A-Level Goblin: GCSE “An Inspector Calls” resources
GCSE English Literature students in the UK will be studying “An Inspector Calls” by J.B. Priestley this academic year…