Study Sessions: STG English Revision

Hosted by Mr Baugh, this series will support you with both English Literature and English Language. Each week we’ll tackle some of the trickiest aspects of your set texts — including Lord of the Flies, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, and the poetry anthology — while also developing the key reading and writing skills you need for success in the Language exams.

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01 December 2025

Week 9: Understanding Identity in Tissue

In this episode of Study Sessions, we take a clear, structured look at Imtiaz Dharker’s Tissue: an overview of the poem’s ideas, an analysis of the title, and a close reading of three key quotations. Designed to support Week 9 of your Exam Preparation booklets, the episode ends with some helpful points of comparison to Shelley’s Ozymandias — another powerful poetic exploration of identity.

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17 November 2025

Macbeth: The 12 Essential Quotations Every Student Must Know

In this episode, we walk through the twelve most important quotations from Macbeth that every student should know before their mock exam. Each quotation is explored in play order, with clear context, precise word-level analysis, and ambitious thematic links across the play.

This episode will help you strengthen your understanding of Macbeth’s tragic journey—from heroic warrior to “dead butcher”—and give you the language and ideas needed to write confident, well-structured exam responses.

Perfect for last-minute revision ahead of Wednesday's mock exam!

Featured quotations:

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”
“Stars, hide your fires; let not light see my black and deep desires.”
“Unsex me here.”
“Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”
“Vaulting ambition.”
“Is this a dagger which I see before me…?”
“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand?”
“A little water clears us of this deed.”
“Macbeth does murder sleep.”
“Out, damned spot!”
“Signifying nothing.”
“This dead butcher and his fiend-like queen.”

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19 October 2025

The Key Three: The Effects of War in Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer

A shorter, focused episode exploring Carol Ann Duffy’s War Photographer and the emotional, moral, and psychological effects of war. Includes title analysis, three key quotations with word-level exploration, and comparison links to Remains, Poppies, Exposure, and Bayonet Charge from the AQA Power and Conflict anthology.

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18 October 2025

AQA GCSE English Descriptive Writing | Hot Air Balloons Scene | Study Sessions Week 6

In this episode of Study Sessions, we turn to Week 6 and the description of a hot air balloon scene. The episode takes our typical approach to idea generation from the stimulus image, before moving onto the AQA descriptive cycle. Use this episode, in conjunction with your teacher's gold dust on Google Classroom, to produce a highly-successful descriptive response! Handout link here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pPkhtcuDgtbyIeC_q4DtYpWQU5Ea2NbY/view?usp=drive_link

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13 October 2025

The Key Three: Happiness and Joy in 'A Christmas Carol'

In this episode of The Key Three, we explore the key themes of happiness and joy in A Christmas Carol, considering how they link to Dickens' overall message of social responsibility and compassion. From Fezziwig's warmth and generosity to the Cratchit's familiar love, we trace joy and happiness across the entirety of the key. Use this episode as part of your homework preparation and revision!

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10 October 2025

AQA GCSE English Descriptive Writing | Isolated House Scene | Study Sessions Week 5

In this week's video, I cover some misconceptions around present participles and tense, how to avoid writing a cliched horror story instead of an original description, and how we might plan and sequence our responses. The link to the slides used in this video, including all the sentence scaffolds, is available here.

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