Hi all!

How did your second paper go today?

We did the Immigrant Experience OCR in my school, and it seems that lots of my students were quite happy with the extract!

And how many more exams do you all have (in general)?

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This is a joke i love english and ocr and ofqual

HOW DO I GET OUTTT!!!!

Heya, this is an open question to literally anyone. I am stronger generally on paper 2 (I will NEVER look at the t*mpest again!), however, one thing that gets me is the fact that the questions have been getting longer in recent years.

Eg: "In Gothic literature, fantasy is used to reveal truth about human nature"

Does anyone have any gothic section b qs? because lately ocr has been having fun making hese longer style question, nice to unpack but they kind of deviate from the older style in the sense that I dont know whats "likely" to come up etc

Hi Year 13s!

How did the exam go? Let me know in the comments here!

Also, feel free to ask any questions you might have that I can answer, up to and including 'is it ok that I wrote...'!

Hi all!

Since all of the major exam boards are having their first paper on Wednesday, I'm going to be running a pre-exam catch-up tomorrow evening!

It's just a chance for you all to ask any final questions and get any extra help you need.

It's completely free! You can dip in and out as necessary. I've booked it for two hours to make sure that people have as much opportunity to talk to me as possible.

Completely free of charge! Just come along – and let me know if you're going to be there!

If people don't have questions, I might just look through a few past papers from each one and tell people how I would plan them!

https://shanistutoring.com/community/space/literature-a-level-ib/events/pre-exam-chat

Hi I really need an A in English literature, and constant feedback I get is ‘clarity in my arguments’ and trying to do too many ideas at once, idk how to correct this whilst also meeting the A03/A05 criteria. For reference I do Paradise Lost and the Duchess of Malfi

hey! any suggestions or tips for how to write my own questions or statements to practise answering/planning, particularly for the comparative question in OCR paper 1? thanks!!

Heya! I just handed in an essay, thought it was pretty good, but my teacher capped it at 26 because I did not adress the concept of the gothic enough. I know that the gothic as a genre plays on the fears and concerns in society and stuff but how do I talk about it while still making it relevant and not feel like it is "shoved in"

Hi everyone!

Sorry I've been MIA this week! It's been a really busy week at work, as I've had to moderate a bunch of NEAs for English! But I'm back now!

The Unseen Masterclass from last week is now available for purchase via my shop! Same protocol: the people who attended the webinar live and filled out the form at the end should now have access.

The masterclass is available on the Learning Hub! Right now, it's a separate website, so you'll need to purchase the course before you can have access to the hub!

If you didn't attend live on the day, you can purchase access here: https://shanistutoring.com/shop/unseen-analysis-masterclass/