GCSE English Literature Tutoring
Greenhill Academics connects you with GCSE English teachers and tutors using a specialised online tutoring platform designed for GCSE English Literature. Our UK-based tutors, educated at predominantly Oxbridge universities, are dedicated to providing online GCSE and IGCSE English Language experiences.
The online English private tuition is specifically targeted course texts and aligns fully with the GCSE English Language curriculum. Students often work with tutors on exam technique and strategy on mock papers.
We cater to students of all abilities, ensuring a tailored approach to enhance GCSE English Literature skills.
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What will your English Language Tutor teach you?
Shakespeare and 19th Century Literature
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| Literal and Inferential Comprehension | Teach students to understand texts in context, exploring plot, characterisation, events, and settings. Help students distinguish between explicit and implied meanings. Encourage students to explain motivation, sequence of events, and relationships between actions or events. |
| Critical Reading | Guide students to identify themes and distinguish between them. Support students in forming and justifying their own viewpoints using evidence from the text. Encourage students to evaluate different responses to the text, considering social, historical, and cultural contexts. |
| Evaluation of Writer's Choices | Analyse and evaluate how language, structure, form, and presentation contribute to the quality and impact of the text. Teach students to use literary terminology (e.g., metaphor, irony) for evaluation. Help students understand the significance of the writer's vocabulary, grammar, and structural features. |
| Writing Skills | Guide students in producing clear and coherent written responses for various purposes (e.g., describing, explaining, analysing). Teach students to discuss and maintain a point of view throughout their writing. Emphasise the use of relevant quotations and detailed textual references to support arguments. |
| Understanding Context | Ensure students grasp the relationship between the text and its various contexts, including the author's life, historical setting, social and cultural contexts, and reception over time. |
Modern Literature and Poetry
| Topic | How we will achieve this |
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| Literal and Inferential Comprehension | Emphasise understanding of texts in context, including plot, characterisation, events, and settings. Help students distinguish between explicit and implied meanings. Guide students in explaining motivation, sequence of events, and relationships between actions or events. |
| Critical Reading | Assist students in identifying and differentiating between themes. Support students in forming and justifying viewpoints with textual evidence. Encourage students to evaluate different responses to the text, considering social, historical, and cultural contexts. |
| Evaluation of Writer's Choices | Teach students to analyse how language, structure, form, and presentation contribute to the text's quality and impact. Guide students in using literary terminology for evaluation. Help students understand the significance of the writer's vocabulary, grammar, and structural features. |
| Comparing Texts | Teach students to compare and contrast texts studied, focusing on themes, characterisation, context, style, and literary quality. |
| Writing Skills | Guide students in producing clear and coherent written responses for various purposes (e.g., describing, explaining, analysing). Teach students to discuss and maintain a point of view throughout their writing. Emphasize the use of relevant quotations and detailed textual references to support arguments. |
Frequently Asked Questions for English Literature GCSE
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The English Literature GCSE is marked using criteria by exam boards such as AQA, OCR, Edexcel, and CIE. The assessment typically involves two to three exam papers that cover different areas of literature, including Shakespeare, modern texts, poetry, and unseen texts.
Each exam paper is marked according to set assessment objectives. These include skills such as understanding texts, analysing the use of language, form, and structure by authors, and using quotations to support interpretations.
The exam boards provide mark schemes that are followed by examiners. After marking, the total marks are aggregated and converted into a grade from 9 to 1, with 9 being the highest. The minimum marks required to achieve each grade can change each year based on national performance levels.
Exam boards moderate papers, which helps ensure that marks are consistent across different candidates. Also, each part of the exam has a different weight in the final grade calculation. For example, one paper might make up 40% of the total score, while another could be 60%.
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For the AQA exam board, students take two papers. The first paper focuses on Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel, exploring classic literature and its contexts. The second paper examines modern texts and poetry, providing a contrast with the older works studied in Paper 1.
Similarly, Edexcel requires students to sit two papers. Paper 1 covers Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature, offering insights into both historical and contemporary works. Paper 2 deals with the 19th-century novel and poetry since 1789, encompassing a broad spectrum of literary periods and styles.
The OCR exam board also divides the assessment into two papers. Paper 1 is dedicated to Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900, focusing on older texts. Paper 2, on the other hand, looks at modern texts and literature post-1900, engaging students with more recent literary developments.
WJEC Eduqas follows this pattern with two components. Component 1 examines Shakespeare and poetry, while Component 2 assesses students on post-1914 prose/drama, 19th-century prose, and unseen poetry. This structure ensures a comprehensive coverage of literature across different eras and genres.
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