9's at GCSE English - AMA + Advice

this is the one question I was hoping someone would ask Go on writing prompt websites and also read funny tumblr posts to give you ideas

for me, my story was about a man who was sexually attracted to a vase only to find a crack in it who then went through the 5 stages of grief. I found inspo from tumblr and honestly, just write something original or obscure, itll be fun to write but also for the examiner to read

I'll be posting them tomorrow

Thats amazing!Please send me some of your notes as English is my worst subject since I'm predicted an 8.

Oooh yeah 1984 is great! I actually read both of them over the summer and yeah the hand maids tale had me very confused I might read it again though
For a-levels I’m thinking of doing maths, fm, physics though my English teacher does keep trying to get me to do English
GCSEs are going okay, I had my English lit mock today which was pretty...lit

I need your advice please. I did lit paper 1 and I nearly got a 7 but during the exam I was ill and in intense back pain so I took 15 minutes off which I could have used to write another paragraph but I was too ill. I wrote about 4 quotes for each section (romeo & juliet and a christmas carol). I have a similar system to you and I did include context and themes so where did I go wrong. I even linked. Do i need more quotes or?

aha thank you also, do you think it’s necessary to make mind maps of each character and theme of a text, for example an inspector calls, or are there any other quicker methods? Because I feel like the process of making mindmaps for every character and theme from every novel/play i’m studying and finding quotes as well as analysis points for each and every one will take up a lot of time and there isn’t enough time

whattttt an 8 is your worst grade?!!!

Join the club, I got 3 9s, 7 A*s and a 98% Scholarship to Harrow School (A nice reward)!

Okay so first of all well done on getting a good grade (6/7's are really great at this point in time so dw) secondly, if I remember correctly, context is only needed for poetry and Christmas Carol (it might differ depending on exam board though so dont quote me) so you may need to check with your teacher/exam board whether you actually need to include it

I can't really say "thats too little quotes" or "thats too many", it depends what you do with those quotes. It does sound like a good number, however do you make only one interpreation from it? For every quote you do, it's better to give developed and linked answers but also try to make two or more points in order to gain extra marks as it shows you're really digging deep

Check what your teacher said to you and really make a conscious effort to improve yourself, sometimes you may think youre doing something when actually you arent.

Just constantly remember PEEL and what the question wants to know With GCSE's its really about showing off your knowledge tbh

After every book I read I usually wikipedia the story plot to make sure I understood it -some of the book is so deep I felt shook that I didnt notice all the subtle references. Do you know any books? We're starting coursework soon and I need to start reading a lot more than I have been recently (only read 1 book in like 2 months which is absolutely awful oops i know)

Daaaaamn that is pretty intense, why Maths + FM?

ayee

well done thats amazing

Hi, I received two 9's at GCSE for both English Lit and Lang (Englishes? English's? whatever) I've been around TSR recently giving advice for what I did and I surprisingly received a lot more questions than I expected.

As a result, I'll be adding my tips and tricks that helped me through GCSE English and will be happy to answer any questions

Inspector Calls:


(still more to come)

thanks! I'll try to link my quotes better with an explanation and give alternative interpretations and implications of the quotes I pick thanks!

Well done on your 9s, I am only on 7s but I would really like 2 9s as well but that just seems to be impossible at the moment. Thank you for the advice you gave on Inspector calls, I will try your method soon. What texts did you do apart from 'An Inspector Calls'?

ooh that’s a good idea, I might start doing that!
Yes, I know many books
Some good ones are the runner by Christopher reich, girl on the train and slum dog millionaire. I also just finished a book called the girl with all the gifts which was really good! (I like reading...GCSEs always get in the way uGh)
I kinda thought about the subjects I like and was like woah I like maths...I’ll do maths but now the idea’s in my head, I’m definitely doing it now It'll be hard but I think I can do it
Just curious, how did you structure revision (generally) for GCSEs? Like was it in short chunks or huge blocks etc?
Thanksss

Which exam board did you do?
Wat were the books/plays and poems in your lit?