Podcast by Mr Baugh
03 March 2026
In this episode, released just before your Paper 1 mock tomorrow (4th March), we work through 12 essential quotations from across A Christmas Carol. As with the equivalent episode for Macbeth, these are 12 high-value quotations that can be used in virtually any essay question. Each lends itself to detailed, work-level analysis and links to other quotations and moments across the novella. Listen to this episode, recap these quotations and use them in your mock tomorrow - and the real exam in May!
The 12 Essential Quotations (Chronological Order)
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13 February 2026
In this episode, we turn to the A Christmas Carol task in your half-term homework/revision Paper 1. The episode provides you with a clear thesis or argument around Dickens' exploration of the suffering of the poor, linking this to the novella's broader message of social responsibility and charity. Use the episode in conjunction with Mrs Colson's video to help you be as successful as possible!
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11 February 2026
In this episode of Study Sessions, we turn to the half-term Lady Macbeth task: 'Lady Macbeth is a female character who changes'. Using the work of literary critic Marjorie Garber as inspiration, we consider her 'loss of affect' and attempts to eliminate her capacity for feeling, a capacity that ultimately returns with destructive power in Act 5. Use this episode to support your completion of our half-term Paper 1 revision during the February break.
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02 February 2026
In this episode, designed to tie in with our weekly exam preparation homework, we discuss Wordsworth's poem Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 and how we can turn thinking into insightful reading and analysis. This episode isn't about telling you what the poem means, but focuses on the questions confident and successful students ask of an unseen poem to make it meaningful.
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26 January 2026
In this episode, we turn to Week 15 in your exam preparation booklet and the poem Eating Poetry. The episode focuses on how to approach the task, how to think like a successful student and then apply this thinking within our generic structure. Use the episode in conjunction with your teacher's guidance and scaffolds to ensure your response is the best it can be!
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20 January 2026
In this episode, we break down a clear, repeatable approach to the single-poem unseen poetry task in AQA English Literature Paper 2, Section C. Using Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken as our unseen poem, we model how to move from first reading to conceptual understanding, analyse the title, and track meaning across the beginning, middle, and end of the poem. The episode also explains how to select key quotations, interpret abstract ideas such as choice and hindsight, and shape a short, effective conclusion. Use this episode alongside your teacher’s guidance to support your Week 14 exam preparation and to practise writing a focused, high-quality response under exam conditions.
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