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Rubbish A level Eng Lit teacher

Hiya, I'm in year 12 and I have mocks in 2 weeks time. My teacher for The Handmaids Tale and A Streetcar Named Desire is literally the antichrist. That woman cannot teach to save her life. Now, I had planned to go through the texts to annotate and analyse things myself, but I quite literally don't have time. I'm just wondering what the best way to get good analysis is because my books are actually barren and bare.... PMT is probably my best option, but I feel like it's really lacking in close language analysis, which is kinda the bread and butter of English Lit.... Please let me know xxxx
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by orlaklein
Hiya, I'm in year 12 and I have mocks in 2 weeks time. My teacher for The Handmaids Tale and A Streetcar Named Desire is literally the antichrist. That woman cannot teach to save her life. Now, I had planned to go through the texts to annotate and analyse things myself, but I quite literally don't have time. I'm just wondering what the best way to get good analysis is because my books are actually barren and bare.... PMT is probably my best option, but I feel like it's really lacking in close language analysis, which is kinda the bread and butter of English Lit.... Please let me know xxxx

Hey! Im in year 11 but am doing IGCSE English Lit where we study A Streetcar Named Desire and got an A* in my mock. I would recommend using LitCharts as they have scene summaries, character analysis, theme analysis, symbols and motifs, literally everything you need. Then I'd recommend doing some past papers about the play and watch videos on youtube on how to make an effective analysis essay in an exam and just practice, practice, practice.

Sorry I can't be much help with The Handmaids Tail, but I'm sure LitCharts or SparkNotes have something on it which can help you and youtube is a lifesaver too, just look up 'The Handmaids Tail Analysis' and I'm sure something somewhat useful will come up.

Good luck!

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in year 13 predicted A* in eng lit and what i personally do is keep my analysis simple, but keep including different interpretations. the other massive thing is that i have word banks developed by chatgpt with rlly sophisticated terms as substitions for simple ones. for example, instead of saying the play can be interpreted in different ways for streetcar, say that there is hermeneutic subjectivity. you can also use chatgpt for advanced literary devices just double check that everything it says is correct. english is half ab sounding smart even if ur saying simple things

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by eirufifodoei
in year 13 predicted A* in eng lit and what i personally do is keep my analysis simple, but keep including different interpretations. the other massive thing is that i have word banks developed by chatgpt with rlly sophisticated terms as substitions for simple ones. for example, instead of saying the play can be interpreted in different ways for streetcar, say that there is hermeneutic subjectivity. you can also use chatgpt for advanced literary devices just double check that everything it says is correct. english is half ab sounding smart even if ur saying simple things

Hey what was your A star based on? Was it AS official exams you have done and u got an A?
also what is ur GCSEs grades?

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by Logic1
Hey what was your A star based on? Was it AS official exams you have done and u got an A?
also what is ur GCSEs grades?


predcited A* off year 12 mocks (got 88%) and got A* in year 13 jan mocks with 91%. my school mark pretty harshy so pretty happy with those scores.

GCSEs 9999999988
Predicted A*A*A a levels
law offers from cambridge, durham, warwick waiting on ucl and lse

Reply 5

Exemplars can be really helpful because it gives you an idea of what and how to write. Also YouTube and google scholar can be helpful. I’d say knowunity as well. Or studocu. You can do past papers, get AI like tilf.io. Good luck with your exams

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by eirufifodoei
predcited A* off year 12 mocks (got 88%) and got A* in year 13 jan mocks with 91%. my school mark pretty harshy so pretty happy with those scores.
GCSEs 9999999988
Predicted A*A*A a levels
law offers from cambridge, durham, warwick waiting on ucl and lse


Do you have any tips on the NEA?

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by eirufifodoei
in year 13 predicted A* in eng lit and what i personally do is keep my analysis simple, but keep including different interpretations. the other massive thing is that i have word banks developed by chatgpt with rlly sophisticated terms as substitions for simple ones. for example, instead of saying the play can be interpreted in different ways for streetcar, say that there is hermeneutic subjectivity. you can also use chatgpt for advanced literary devices just double check that everything it says is correct. english is half ab sounding smart even if ur saying simple things

Perf will do this. I normally do insanely detailed analysis of language which might be where I'm going wrong...

Reply 8

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by orlaklein
Hiya, I'm in year 12 and I have mocks in 2 weeks time. My teacher for The Handmaids Tale and A Streetcar Named Desire is literally the antichrist. That woman cannot teach to save her life. Now, I had planned to go through the texts to annotate and analyse things myself, but I quite literally don't have time. I'm just wondering what the best way to get good analysis is because my books are actually barren and bare.... PMT is probably my best option, but I feel like it's really lacking in close language analysis, which is kinda the bread and butter of English Lit.... Please let me know xxxx

I'm in year 13 and I'd really recommend googling 'Meadowhead Sheffield Handmaid's Streetcar' and this massive table full of comparable quotes comes up. Hope this helps xx

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