Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?

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  1. robert_ewbank's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls. I am so glad that after reading them millions of times and watching the dvd's over and over...I will never have to read them again!!!
  2. Faith01's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Why is everyone saying the question on Boo Radley? The question was about 'Mockingbirds' so Tom Robinson is a biggie.
  3. -aimz's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Wuthering Heights! I was the only one who liked it.And Romeo and Juliet as our Shakespeare. And the god awful Short Stories for the exam Which will lead to me failing!
  4. Ijustdon'treallyknow's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    To Kill a Mockingbird, Jekyll and Hyde, A View from the Bridge, Romeo and Juliet << AQA
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    We did Journey's End, Much Ado About Nothing and this ridiculously bad book of short stories from other cultures.
  6. hallix's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    (Original post by mamooshka)
    We did Journey's End, Much Ado About Nothing and this ridiculously bad book of short stories from other cultures.
    oh my life, another ocr'er. how did you find lit?
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Mcbeth,
    To Kill A Mocking Bird,
    Great Expectations,
    Twelth Night,
    And probably another one but can't remember it.

    Edit We did Romeo And Juliet too.
  8. Tishy's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    of mice and men!
    why? you strange thing you
  9. mamooshka's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    (Original post by hallix)
    oh my life, another ocr'er. how did you find lit?
    Hmm I thought it was okay, although I didn't quite get that prestigious A*; definitely more difficult than the language/coursework side. There was a massive hoo-ha over the grading of it though, loads were sent back to be re-marked.
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Of Mice & Men
    Blood Brothers
  11. Kinesthetic's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    For coursework we did:
    Romeo & Juliet
    Inspector calls
    Great Expectations

    And for the exam we did the short stories as there wasn't enough time for a whole novel.

    -Kines.
  12. heapatep5's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    (Original post by Faith01)
    Why is everyone saying the question on Boo Radley? The question was about 'Mockingbirds' so Tom Robinson is a biggie.
    Because we did AQA, i'm guessing you did Edexcel/OCR or somthing, but the question was out board was somthing like: How is Boo Radley porteyed by Harper Lee, talk about how he is used etc..
    What was your question?
  13. mays013's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    I did:

    The Catcher in the Rye (exam)

    The Crucible (coursework)
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (coursework)
    Othello (coursework)

    (AQA A syllabus btw)
  14. Yearforever's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    We did AQA Short Stories.
  15. ShyGirl95's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    To Kill a Mocking Bird
    A Christmas Carol
    Blood Brothers
    <3
    Just finished my last exam for English Lit GCSE on thursday for a Christmas Carol and Blood Brothers, i loved studying the two, i just pray that i get good results.
  16. Sami Leigh's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    I studied Act 3, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet for my coursework (I ended up with a B on that, thankfully) and we did a book of short stories called Opening Worlds, which was a load of stories from other cultures, for the exam. I can't remember for the life of me what exam board I was with, though. I got a C overall, so I was pleased!
    Last edited by Sami Leigh; 27-05-2012 at 23:03.
  17. Matt_96's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Of Mice& men (Exam & controlled assessment)
    Educating Rita (Exam)
    Jekyll &Hyde/Animal Farm (Exam)
    Macbeth(controlled assessment)
    Romeo & Juliet
  18. burgerrr's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Exams:
    Inspector Call
    Of Mice and Men
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    Plus Carol Ann Duffy poetry

    Controlled assesments (arrggg!)
    Romeo and Juliet
    Poems by Browning
    ...I'm sure there were others but i can't remember!
  19. iJess's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Of mice and men & an inspector calls for exam and macbeth for coursework
  20. Joshalos's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    For GCSE we studied:
    To Kill and Mockingbird, An Inspector Calls, Romeo and Juliet and Far from the Madding Crowd. And possibly Much Ado About Nothing, although I believe that was year 9 with Pride and Prejudice.
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