Thank you for taking the trouble to post. I would agree that the essay within this video is aspirational, and would achieve a HIGHER mark than 40/40. Please rest assured that examiners appreciate that essays written under timed pressure in an exam hall will not be quite as good as those produced when there is more time. However, my aim with these videos is to encourage you all to be as ambitious as possible. Remember also that the more you practise and write these essays, the more you will be able to produce under timed pressure. Good luck - and keep enjoying this wonderful play!

I'm delighted that you enjoyed the video. Point taken about my handwriting - I will try to use my Surface pen moving forward.

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According to the Urban Dictionary, this is not a compliment... However, repeated practice really makes a difference for these kinds of exams. Good luck!

Thank you for posting. I wouldn't actually recommend a particular text book, I'm afraid. My view is that independent reading, and rereading, and making notes, in combination with understanding the mark scheme and referencing my videos, is the best way to achieve the top grade. The best students enjoy thinking for themselves, thus the brand of text book, to my mind, doesn't matter a huge amount. Good luck for your preparation.

I am so pleased to hear this. Thank you for posting.

What a lovely comment. Thank you so much for posting. Is there any chance you could provide a little more detail? For instance, how many videos did you end up watching, and to what extent did you practise writing your own responses in order to achieve significantly higher marks? I suspect this would be helpful information for other viewers and pupils.

@@SchofieldonShakespeare Dear Sir, I can't recall how many videos I watched, but I watched a lot of your Q3 and Q4 videos. Especially the Q3 videos proved to be very helpful, to help me develop a sophisticated analasys and how to actually 'dig deeper' into the text. I tried to write my own responses, sometimes only a few paragraphs and then compared them with yours, and tried to understand your approach. Overall, I would recommend watching as many videos as possible and actually try to understand the WHY. I am truly grateful for your help.

My pleasure. I hope everyone finds this video helpful!

It's certainly a fascinating novel, which forces us to think more deeply about Lear's problematic relationship with his daughters. Thank you so much for your insight.

What lovely feedback. It would be interesting to hear exactly why you found the video so helpful, so that I can produce similar videos in the future. Good luck with your future exams!

Thank you for posting. My view is that using ellipses is relatively straightforward, and so I'm not sure I could make a video just on this. I typically use them at the end of a sentence to provoke the reader into thinking more deeply about what I have just written...

I tend to think that my piano playing is quite a bit better than my singing...!

My pleasure!

Congratulations on your 9. Wonderful news. Is there any chance you could provide a little more detail? For instance, how many videos did you end up watching, and to what extent did you practise writing your own responses in order to achieve significantly higher marks? I suspect this would be helpful information for other viewers and pupils.

@@SchofieldonShakespeare Of course, I watched every video of yours on how to answer each question successfully and studied your model answers, they helped so much, I recommend watching all videos on the english language playlist for anyone wanting that grade 9 because they go into so much detail. In terms of writing my own responses, I didn’t actually do this enough which is what I regret as I spent more time on my other subjects practising questions, but I highly recommend it to any students reading this. Thank you for your help sir!

Many thanks for your kind message. For question a), you should only use quotations from the extract provided. You wouldn't lose marks if you referenced other sections, but you wouldn't be credited for it. For question b), you can essentially choose your own moment, which can potentially span several pages from the play. If you also use one particularly enlightening quotation from another section, I think this would be fine. Does this answer your question?

@@SchofieldonShakespeare thank you for your response- just to clarify I can use another moment which is in an entirely different section of the play but if it is relevant to the question and the point I am making I will be credited?

What wonderful feedback. I enjoyed making those Frankenstein videos: and actually, I will be teaching the text for the first time this year to Year 9!

Thank you for posting. Isn't it a beautiful poem?!

How did your exams go? I hope you got the grade you deserved.

Thank you so much for posting. Might you be able to provide a little more detail? For instance, how many videos have you watched, and to what extent have you practised writing your own responses in order to achieve significantly higher marks? I suspect this would be helpful information for other viewers and pupils.

@@SchofieldonShakespeare Hi there! I watched almost all of the OCR videos for English Lit. (Love and Relationships for poetry and Rome & Juliet) and Lang. I tried a couple of questions myself, but they were usually unrelated to the video itself (mostly because I was a bit lazy!) However, as I watched, I made some quick notes regarding the method to tackle each type of question. Poetry was by far the most useful for me because of the layout of the videos. Thank you for all the help - it helped me tremendously secure a solid 8 on both my Lang. and Lit. GCSEs!!

My pleasure. I'm so pleased that you found the video helpful.

@@SchofieldonShakespeare Your videos helped me go from a 7 to a 9, very useful!

@@aprilllouise I'm so pleased to hear this. Many, many congratulations! It is not easy to get a 9 in OCR GCSE English Language - you must have worked very hard, and deserve your success.

How did your exam go? I would agree that my feet are particularly unattractive...

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I don't think there's any need or time.

@@SchofieldonShakespeare thank you

Whilst I won't be able to do this, do check out the full Great Expectations set of videos! kzbin.info/aero/PL82W2mD36CVqfsto7ol92P27sptETeiRZ

Good for you - I hope you get the mark you deserve! Keep me posted.

That's very kind - thank you!

Thank you for your kind words!

That is indeed correct!

Q2 - 200 words. Q3 - 400 words. Q4 - 600 words. The number of paragraphs doesn't matter particularly, but aim to fill up the lines in the exa paper. I would have a short introduction for Q4, putting the two texts into context. Yes, essentially one paragraph should be one point, which is developed / expanded upon as necessary. Good luck this morning.

Q2 - 200 words. Q3 - 400 words. Q4 - 600 words. The number of exact paragraphs doesn't matter too much. I would include a short introduction to Q4 putting the two texts into context. Yes, I would stick to making then developing one single point per paragraph.

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What a wonderful message to read. Thank you so much. Good luck this morning!!

I would aim to explore 5-6 quotations, and write 2 full sides.

Thanks!

I'm so pleased to hear this. GOOD LUCK!!

Last minute revision using my videos is likely to be helpful. Good luck!

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I'm so pleased that you are finding the videos useful. However, be careful: what is the difference between 'your' and 'you're'?

@@SchofieldonShakespeare my mistake, i meant to type you’re amazing!

It's so tricky to write two essays in 1 hour and 15 minutes. However, the more you practise writing under timed conditions, and the more you plan potential responses, the more ground you will be able to cover. Best of luck!!

@@SchofieldonShakespeare omg thanks for your response! I’m going to focus on that today ready for tomorrow, luckily my coursework can help me out a bit hahaha!

What a lovely message. It takes so much time to produce these videos, which I make predominately during the holidays. These kind of messages make it all worthwhile. Good luck tomorrow!

I'm very pleased to hear this! Isn't Rebecca a wonderful novel?

@@SchofieldonShakespeare It really is, just a very long one so this video is very helpful