This is a condensed and concise revision notes for OCR English Literature Paper 2 – Dystopia. The notes will include: The exam structure Dystopia context timeline Synopsis of dystopian Novels + Texts An example essay beginning with analysis A 29/30 essay written under timed conditions by me With these notes I was able to achieve feel at ease whilst revising and achieve top grades. These notes are for the Comparative and Contextual study exam paper (paper 2).

A complete guide to approaching and answering Section A, Paper 2 of A Level English Literature (‘The Gothic’). Includes: Unseen Gothic One-Stop Shop (Mark scheme; Exam rubric; Luckhurst’s Gothic Waves; Gothic concerns, character archetypes and key conventions; Setting as character; Decay and language in the Gothic; Metonymy; Movements within the Gothic) Gothic Textual Survey (11 key Gothic texts across the periods of Early Gothic (1765-1788), High Gothic (1789-1813), Late Gothic (1814-1838), Post-Gothic (1839-1898), Postmodern (1960-) and the Female/Cosmic Gothic) Coverage for each text mentioned: Title, year, Author Key context Tropes Narration (1st, 2nd or 3rd person) Key characters, setting and language Resource from a student who achieved A* at A-Level in the 2022 series. Please leave a review if choosing to download, and credit if/when reusing! Thanks.

This 145-page study guide contains all of the poems in the OCR Conflict cluster and are accompanied with notes on poetic devices used by the artist and the effects on the reader; there are explanatory notes on each poem and biographical details on each poet. There are handouts on the Assessment Objectives with advice on how to maximise point scoring. As well the guide contains practice GCSE exam questions, compare & contrast chart, essay structure advice, mind mapping, essay structure tips and discursive markers advice and tasks for better essay writing results. In addition, there are handouts on poetic and rhetorical devices and poetry styles to help students identify techniques and comment on effects. This study guide is intended to focus the student on relevance to the exam. We have worked hard to make it simple for the student.

English Language Paper 2 Exploring Effects and Impact. OCR practice exam paper. Extracts from 'The Bluest Eye' by Toni Morrison and 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte. Complete set of Section A questions (including a strategic approach for how to answer them) as well as two imaginative tasks for Section B.

This is a condensed revision notes for OCR English Literature Paper 1 – Hamlet. The notes will include: The exam structure; Aristotle Tragedy structure and plot; Critics for the play Hamlet through the ages; Theatre + Film Adaptations of Hamlet; General context for Hamlet (written/received reception); Hamlet Key Quotes Act 1 – Act 5; Example phrases I have used in writing my essay. With these notes I was able to achieve feel at ease whilst revising and achieve top grades throughout my A-Levels. Drama and Poetry pre-1900 exam paper.

A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: all books/literature to be aware of for the course key dates quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… information of authors such as the Bronte sisters, Thomas Hardy and Goerge - Eliot in relation to the course including their lives and work AO3: key dates, social and historical context regarding women from 1800 to 2000 for the UK, Australia, Canada and America. AO5: critical literary interpretations AO2: 90+ terms for analysing structure, language and form Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: past questions 2017-2022 AO3 - context on Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, social and historical context and laws AO5: Quotes - literary interpretation and critics ESSAY PLANS for: • Lady of the house & hostess • Finance and property • Love and sexuality • Motherhood • Education • Women in opposition with each other • Communication and silence model essays as well. I achieved an A (1 mark from an A*) using these notes

Full lesson and contextual reading resource for ‘Twice’ by Christina Rossetti. OCR A Level English Literature but AOs can be removed and adapted to other exam boards.

Questions made for based on Hamlet, The Bloody Chamber and Dracula

This is a condensed and concise revision notes for OCR English Literature Paper 2 – Dystopia. The notes will include: The exam structure Key AO1 direct comparison points and how they link in both texts Context for 1984 Context for The Handmaid’s Tale Critics for 1984 Critics for The Handmaid’s Tale Key Quotes from 1984 Key Quotes from The Handmaid’s Tale With these notes I was able to achieve feel at ease whilst revising and achieve top grades. These notes are for the Comparative and Contextual study exam paper (paper 2).

A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes all books/literature to be aware of for the course key quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… E.g., Domestic duty and Angel of the domestic sphere: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, 1847 “it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing the piano and embroidering bags” – most explicit reaction to that women should be content with a merely domestic life within 19th century society. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott ‘Make this home happy, so that you may be fit for homes of your own’ – Marmee "I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good.”

An amazing set of A compiled notes of key American contexts going into detail about Literary movements that are essential for the OCR A Level!* Important technique analysis of literary movements (eg Realism, Sentimentalsim etc) for YOU TO ACE YOUR EXAM Also contains research into major literary texts for the Unseen part of the exam: -> My Antonia by Willa Cather -> Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser -> A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner -> The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James -> The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain -> Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway -> Native Son by Richard Wright -> The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald (see other notes for text analysis)

A PowerPoint which takes your students through Language Paper 1 of the OCR exam. This PowerPoint should be accompanied with the OCR English Language Book 2 as this has the extracts needed. Extracts that are not in this book will be uploaded with the PowerPoint.

Based on the OCR GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment materials, these 15 papers have both an extract and a general question, based on characters and themes in the play to provide effective revision and exam practice.

This is a fantastic student workbook which can be used from the beginning of Y10 GCSE English Literature. Completing the activities in their own workbook allows students to take ownership of the poems they are studying and increases their familiarity and comfort with each poem. Please note that this doesn’t contain any notes or analysis of the poems: instead, it’s a workbook created for students to complete. The workbook consists of a series of unnumbered pages, so that you can choose the order that best suits your class. The contents are as follows: 1. Front Cover – this page allows space for the student’s name/class details. 2. Assessment Objectives and Exam Information – this page gives a clear, concise explanation of exactly how the AOs are rewarded in the Mark Scheme, showing your students exactly what they need to do to gain marks. It also explains the format, layout and mark structure of the poetry section. 3. Previous Questions - the poems and questions that have featured on the exam papers since 2017. 4. Poems and Poets – a full list of all the poems in your selection. 5. Sound Effects and Visual Effects – a superb examination of eight of the most common language techniques used by poets. Each section explains clearly what the technique is and gives a variety of quotations to illustrate this to the students. This is an excellent revision aid that students can use at any point in the year. 6. Your Sound Effects and Visual Effects – these two pages feature grids for students to fill in as the year progresses, allowing them to note and thus memorise examples of the various language techniques from their poems. 7. Poetry Profiles – these two pages are where the students will record essential information about each poem, thus building up a full set of their own notes as their study progresses. The first page prompts them to add information under the headings Poem, Poet, Context, Subject Matter, Themes and, most importantly, Links to Other Poems. The second page uses the headings Form/Structure, Sound Effects, Visual Imagery, Tone, Vital Quotes and Favourite Lines. The PDF includes one copy of these pages, so you will need to print one pair of pages for each poem on your selection. I’ll be adding lots more GCSE poetry resources to my shop so please check back regularly! I hope this is useful for you and instructive for your students - as always, I’d love to hear any feedback you may have.

Poetry worksheet for the poem ‘Holy Thursday’ by William Blake. This is from the Youth and Age cluster of the OCR Towards a World Unknown anthology but could be used as an unseen for any exam board poetry analysis practice.

Here’s a link to audio recordings of selected poems from the 3 clusters, voiced by an ex-BBC Broadcaster and English Teacher. Listening to poems can help students embed sound, rhythm, vocabulary and quotations. Please share with students, colleagues and other schools. https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gcse-unseen-ocr

Two Dystopian extracts with OCR style exam questions.

8 lessons that hopefully will help with the OCR Shakespeare and film controlled assessment. I used Macbeth and the Doran 1999 RSC version, however as you can see you can use Polanski as well. Thanks x