IGCSE English Literature Tutoring & Prep Course

Poetry

Anthology and unseen poetry — analysis of voice, form, structure and language.

Sınavda yeri: Comparative poetry questions reward planned, thesis-led essays over feature-spotting.

Prose

Set novels and short-story study — character, theme, narrative voice, social/historical context.

Drama

Set plays (often Shakespeare plus a modern play) — staging, dramatic irony, soliloquy, audience effect.

Unseen extract analysis

Close reading under timed conditions; structuring an analytical response without prior knowledge of the text.

Comparative essay skills

Linking texts thematically, balancing evidence, embedding short, well-chosen quotations.

HataEssays that summarise the plot rather than argue.

DüzeltmeTop bands argue a thesis with quotations and analysis. Plot summary caps the response.

HataQuotations dropped without analysis.

DüzeltmeEach quotation must be unpacked at the level of word choice or technique.

HataUnseen-poetry answers without form/structure analysis.

DüzeltmeForm, rhyme, line breaks and metre are explicitly examined alongside content.

HataContext bolted on at the end of paragraphs.

DüzeltmeWhere context is examined (Edexcel AO3), it must be integrated into the analysis, not appended as a separate paragraph.

HataMemorised PEEL paragraphs without question framing.

DüzeltmeStrong essays answer the specific prompt. Pre-memorised paragraph templates often miss the question.

Annotation as habit

Set texts are annotated systematically — theme, character, motif, technique — so essay material is ready by Year 11 spring.

Argument before evidence

Every paragraph leads with a thesis sub-claim, then quotes, then analysis. Quote-led paragraphs lose argument.

Board-specific AO discipline

Edexcel uses explicit AOs (AO1/AO2/AO3); Cambridge uses different language. We teach the rubric the student's board actually uses.