BGS English Revision Podcast
A Bristol Grammar School revision podcast designed to help you revise for the CIE English Literature IGCSE and the Edexcel Language IGCSE.
Episodes
30 episodes
Literature Paper 1 - Prose - Purple Hibiscus - Violence
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss an extract question on violence in Chapter 11. Don't forget to download the handout
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27:14
Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - Animal Imagery in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are ...
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12:41
Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - Iago as the devil in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are...
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6:19
Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - Religious language and imagery in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are ...
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11:28
Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - The motif of light and dark in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are ...
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10:35
Literature Paper 3 - Bonus Bites - The motif of infection in 'Othello'
In our Bonus Bites episodes, we explore a single theme, idea, or motif in a short lecture. These are not exemplar essays. Rather, you should think of them as ideas you could transplant into different essays that you write—especially if you are ...
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8:50
Literature Paper 1 - Prose - Purple Hibiscus - Father Amadi
Two of our Year 11 students, Amelie and Evie, present a podcast on the presentation of Father Amadi. Don't forget to download the handout
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16:54
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Snowdrop'
Ms Yemenakis and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Snowdrop'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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19:43
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Football at Slack'
Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis talk about 'Football at Slack'. Don't forget to download the handout her...
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22:04
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'The Other'
Mr Evans and Mr Forster talk about the presentation of relationships in 'The Other'. Download the ha...
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21:52
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Relic'
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss the brutality of the natural world in 'Relic'. Don't forget to download the podcast
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24:20
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'A Memory'
In this episode Ms Yemenakis talks with two of our Sixth Form English scholars, Evie and Nat, about 'A Memory'. Don't forget to download the handout
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22:38
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Cat and Mouse'
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster explore one of the more tricky poems: 'Cat and Mouse'. Don't forget to download the handout
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18:35
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'The Horses'
Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'The Horses'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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20:33
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'The Jaguar'
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss Ted Hughes' poem, 'The Jaguar'. Don't forget to download the handout
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23:07
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Roe Deer'
Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Roe Deer'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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25:53
Literature Paper 1 - Prose - Purple Hibiscus - Ch 14
Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss an extract question on chapter 14 of the novel. Don't forget to download the handout
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23:20
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Telegraph Wires'
Mr Briggs and Ms Yemenakis discuss Ted Hughes' 'Telegraph Wires'. Here is a link to the handout....
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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25:37
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Hawk Roosting'
Mrs Bale and Mr Forster talk about 'Hawk Roosting'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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19:35
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'The Thought Fox'
Mr Biddle discusses 'The Thought Fox' with some of our U6th scholars. Don't forget to download the handout
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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23:45
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Wind'
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss the following question:Q) How does Hughes vividly portray the power of nature in ‘Wind’? Don't forget to download the handout
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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18:10
Literature Paper 1 - Poetry - Ted Hughes - 'Harvest Moon'
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss the following question:Q) How does Ted Hughes vividly present the moon in ‘The Harvest Moon’?Don't forget to download the handout
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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21:56
Othello - Female Characters
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss a whole-text question on the presentation of female characters in Othello. Don't forget to download the handout
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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23:54