GCSE English Literature Study Group 2023-2024

Hi there!!
I was so excited to see this thread!
Exam board: AQA B
What I love most about the subject: I LOVED coursework and I actually enjoy writing the essays! Oh and I’m a bit of a crime fiction fanatic so I really love the crime side of the spec!
What I find difficult: currently finding memorising quotations and key references a bit difficult but I’m working on it over the next few weeks!

Looking forward to hearing from everyone else! Good luck guys!!

Oooh, what kind of crime fiction are you into?

I've always been rubbish at quotes. I found sticky notes and flashcards were a lifesaver!

Heyyy
I’m doing aqa english literature
The texts I’m doing are: An Inspector Calls, Love and Relationships poetry, Much Ado About Nothing and Pride and Prejudice
I find this a lot easier than english language but the poetry section I find hardest as i’m not great at comparing two poems. I enjoyed studying Inspector Calls and know quite a few quotes for that and am currently learning about Pride and Prejudice

Hi,
Do you have any good quotes for Pride and Prejudice yet? Our school suddenly decided to change from Jekyll and Hyde to this, and I cannot find many quotes on the internet. x

Heyyy
I would recommend using Sparknotes for chapter summaries, character analysis and quotes as this saves me all the time. Another one that my teacher told me about is Course Hero which has all the same stuff as sparknotes but also has helpful infographics and quotes
Hope this helps xx

Any tips for grade 9? I’m being constricted to grade 7

I need hepl pease

Hiii I do AQA: Macbeth, An Inspector Calls and A Christmas Carol, and Power and Conflict

I wonder what poem they'll have for this years exams, like is it gonna be war or an identity poem? ig we'll see. I kinda hope its not the war poems coz i DO NOT like them😭

I don’t like any poems tbh. I do blood brothers, Christmas carol and Macbeth so I can get my marks there ig

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Good luck with the next few months. Remember, ask for help, support where you can and together we can do this!