How To Write Perfect Literature Essays Every Time!
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00:00 What you want from this video
01:05 WHAT to do
04:24 HOW (AIC example)
05:55 HOW (ACC example)
07:35 HOW (Macbeth)
09:02 HOW (Romeo and Juliet)
11:16 HOW (Macbeth cont.)
13:41 HOW (R + J cont.)
15:10 WHY
16:41 The EXTRACT
18:27 PLAN in advance
GCSE Lit on Monday wishing every1 the best of luck, cook or be cooked
gl gang
I’m a feast atp
same but igcse
aye, got the exam on monday as well and am revising
I got a grade 2 in my mocks, can I get a grade by Monday?
To cook or to be cooked ! Goodluck for tomorrow guys
anyone taking english lit in 2024 LISTEN TO MR SALLES you won't regret it. this is coming from someone who got a 9 and almost full marks with a few weeks of revesion before the gcse. you can do this!
SO TRUE 💯
Do you have your scripts?
I am...
@@user-ok7iq8wt1y my exam paper?
I GOT 1 DAY IM COOKED
Bit late to this but I just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos!! Just done my GCSEs and went from 4/5 in Y11 Xmas mocks to 9s in both literature and language!! Couldn’t recommend Mr Salles more :)
How?
Only a true magician reveals their secrets
Awesome! Could you share 5 top tips for how you did so well?
What videos?
bros not spilling the secrets gatekeeping is wild (we are cooked)💀💀💀💀
Hey Mr Salles, I am now an A-Level Lit student, and I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for the part you and your videos/resources played in helping me to achieve 9s for both Lang and Lit at GCSE. I am a visually impaired student, so other than the deduction of SPaG marks, I managed to achieve full marks in both papers! To all future GCSE cohorts, it may seem a long and tedious process, especially with these rather demanding essay-subjects, but let me tell you, it is absolutely possible to to succeed! So, once again, I thank you Mr Salles for all your help! I would wholeheartedly agree with the general consensus that you are indeed the internet’s most prized English teacher. :)
I have already done my GSCEs! However I would like to thank you very much! Without you I would not get the grades I did, because of you I moved from getting 4s to getting two 8s! I think everyone should watch your videos!
Awesome! Could you share 5 top tips for how you did so well?
If you get low in your mocks our tests DO NOT let it make you feel down, you can imrpove if you try, try ,try again. Hardwork pays off so give it your all Yr11 you can masively improve your gcse English grades if you try enough, beleive in your self, that is all you need
This helped me so much! I’m in year 10 and I just did my mock exam for ‘an inspector calls’ . I got 29/34 (AQA exam board) which is the maximum teachers are allowed, in my school, to give as a 30 is a grade 9 (it’s too early in the course to be given 9s in mocks).
English teaches and their strange ways! Congratulations on doing so well.
thank you so much
you always upload at crucial stages
The internet's best English teacher.
nope mr everything english
Nope, mr salles
@@user-td6cf5kr5khe’s great too, they’re both great and they both work to help students like us, why compare them
Just wanted to say such a huge thank you to Mr Salles. English lit was my worst subject in the mocks scraping a 7 after being predicted a 6 as I have a very mathematical brain. Ironically it became my best subject and I got 155/160 - a grade 9!! It would never have happened without Mr Salles!
Same with me for now, but I only have a month left, hope I can get 8 or 9
If you can let us know how you did that please do share 😭 I'm also scraping 7s rn and I really want that 8/9
Thank you for the upload! This'll come in handy for November mocks revision
Yes, I think I will make a video about that!
Finished my GCSE’s, and was so happy with my results and wanted to say thank you Mr. Salles for your brilliant help, will miss watching all of your brilliant videos x
Thanks
Mr Salles thank you!
I did my GCSEs in may/June, and after being stuck on 6s in both Language and Literature for years, I managed to get an 8 in Literature and 1 mark off a 9 in Language (I’m getting my paper remarked). But it’s all thanks to you! Your videos are fantastic and clear.
did u get a 9 then?
Hi Mr Salles, I just wanted to say thank you so much for all of your videos and the amazing language guide! I got low 6s in both of my English in my mocks and then went up to a 9 in literature and an 8 in language thanks to you!
Fantastic! Thank you
Just wanted to say thank you so much. I was predicted a 4 for both language and literature and came out with a 7 in language and 6 in literature!! couldn't of done it without you
That’s brilliant
Thank You sir, your videos helped me a lot for the exams.
Thank you so much for your help.
Just wanted to thank you sooooo much i got grade 9s in both english lit and lang. In English Literature paper 2 i got 90 marks on the AQA paper and full marks in An Inspector Calls because of your prediction about it being on women😊
Much like all the other comments, I would love to thank you Mr Salles for your tremendous care and effort to put out such quality material- your youtube videos in addition to revision guides are absolute perfect tools to get great grades. Throughout the course of year 11 I viewed the content you put out, and it paid off with an 8,9 for my mocks and 9,9 in 2023 GCSE's. This is not solely a thank you in regards to these grades however, but the confidence and comfort youve given me for Alevels and beyond in regards to my writing skills, analytical skills and more. I cannot recommend your videos enough! May you always be blessed.
This is such a wonderful post. Congratulations and thank you so much. I’m preparing a guide on how top students revised. Could you offer 5 top tips?
Thank you for the reply sir.
1- I watched all your videos religiously. This allowed me to have a vast amount of alternative interpretations, as well as gain a deeper understanding on the books/concepts and different opinions. I occasionally wrote notes, but mainly it was just for exposure. In addition, all context I needed was found in your videos, however using the British library was also a nice tool for context.
2-I read alot of grade 9 essays as well as your guides, even if they were not for my allocated gcse texts, it aided me to form an articulate response. Also, being able to write a solid introduction as well as using PEE sentences (as taught by you).
3- I would revise with friends in groupchats by posing a theme or question, then all responding/'blurting' with our different viewpoints/quotes/analysis/context. We later then compiled the best ideas. It also allowed me to gain deeper understandings of the text, and have the ability to 'argue' my thoughts on a certain theme or character.
4- I had a positive mindset to english, trying to actually enjoy the texts inevitably makes learning and revising easier.
5- In the last few weeks before gcses, doing practise questions really aided me. At that stage, it was just about trusting my ability to write quality in the allocated time. I would do as many questions as I could and realised that the themes and characters all tie in. By this time, I had around 6 key quotes per text (in addition to a few quotes I intended to embed) that were heavily analysed. Therfore all that was required in the exam was to rewrite what I already practised time and time again.
@@zahra.psosjsbhdusYou did so good! I’m assuming the 6 quotes you chose went with every theme no matter the question so you were able to reuse them
Could you give some advice as to how u chose the quotes and the analysis that came with it
Our class only does example questions up to grade 6, I’m trying to push my grade from 8 to 9 and despite asking how have literally never seen an example grade 9 question, THANK YOU
Thank you for the grade 7 and 8 in English! Highly recommend Mr Salles
Editing this comment with my grade on results day 😁😁
Bet ill do it too
@@guilhermefonsecaalves9046 yes!
😎
Finally moving away from a 5 to a 9 thanks to you
hi sir! i did my gcse’s this year and used your videos, i ended up with 95/96 on my literature paper two and i’d be happy to send in my answers if you need to analyze any ! thank you so much for your help
Hi are u possible to send the essays?
Thank you
Profoundly helpful, sir! Thanks!
you got me a 9 in lit and language Mr sales. bless!
Awesome! Could you share 5 top tips for how you did so well?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish your videos.
hi mr salles! thank you, came out with a 9 and an 8 (1 off a 9, getting it remarked) and my only revision was watching your videos the night before the exam! hugely grateful, and your enthusiasm inspired me! i had a quick question: i've just started a level english literature, will you be making any videos about a level english? thanks again:)
Will do. Put in a request for a video! Also, would you share 5 top tips for how you did so well in English exams?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you! where would i be able to put in a request? and also i can definitely share 5 top tips, shall i comment them or send them to your email? thank you again!
@@itsshreyshrey hey can you write them in this comment and what board did you do and what year
I've got a month until my final exam in English literature (aqa) and I'm peaking at a grade 8+. I'm super close to a 9, but I keep writing too much (32 pages overall for both mock exams 😅) but watching this video has really helped, thank you!! ❤
Wish me luck everyone!!
Thanks! Do u have any tips for lit p1 and p2?
could you also do merchant of venice
Low key a savior
You probably won’t see this, but thank you so much for your help these GCSEs. Thanks to you, i was able to get 2 9s. 😄
What else did you do??
Hi mr salles, I revised for my English GCSEs using all your videos and got an 8 for both literature and language. Im now wanting to do English a levels (both), but wanted to know if you do a level revision for English as I can’t seem to find any videos for a level?? many thanks 😊
Wow! Everyone is talking about such high grades in english! I'll put in the effort and hard work and hopefully you can help me out too! I'll be back in a less than a year with my results. I hope i can bring you good news!!
Good luck
Hi sir, can you please make videos on how to handle A-level questions from OCR please?
Hi sir, I'd really appreciate it if you'd do another video on Never Let Me Go (Paper 2)...
You haven't covered much of the novel, and I'd really appreciate to see your take on it! Plus, there's not many revision resources out there for this book...
Thanks for the 7s in English!!
No problem! Well done.
Sir, have you thought about doing videos for any other texts for paper 1? Thanks!
Frankenstein
Hey Mr Salles! I've been studying for my English Lit exams abroad with an online course as I recently moved countries but still want to complete them, and your lessons have worked a charm, I've learnt so much for my exam next year :) I was wondering what are the differences between Edexcel and AQA for English language and Literature, as I'm set to study Edexcel Literature with my course, but I was thinking of learning English Language as well with your lessons so I can complete my GCSEs quicker.
Thank you!
I think the Edexcel exam is a better test of English. To find out, I am going to sit the English GCSE as a student in November
How would you talk about structure in this essay plan? Do you recommend doing so?
can your thesis loosely link to the question or does it have to stay exactly on topic?
E.G could you discuss how Scrooge's fears control and create his need for redemption and go into the idea of using guilt (and fear) to control the readers or would that be too off topic?
Question: explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s fears in A Christmas Carol.
Those are totally on topic
Thank you for this video! In terms of planning in advance, can you always use the same thesis statement for one text? Or should it be adapted depending on the question?
One, which is very easy to adapt to the key word of the question
Do u do blood brothers?
I have a question on the passage based question. For example a question on how this passage is made terrifying....can the student make any reference to outside the passage....is there a need to show off any knowledge...or can the answer just focus on the language used in the extract.
Got my Paper two English literature mock exam tomorrow! This is a very good video and is actually informative, I will update with my grade when I get it back!
Best of luck!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you very much! It was actually quite easy thanks to this video
Just a question. So does this mean that if we have a question for example on Macbeth, do we write about him in a particular extract and in the play as a whole in the same essay in those 4 chronological points?
Yes, the extract will be one of your 6 chronological points
can u use this no matter the exam board
Hi Mr Salles! Just wanted to say thank you for helping me with my GCSEs. Also, I gained full marks (40/40) in my Language Paper 1 question 5. Would you like me to email you my story if ever you needed an example or anything for a future video? Thanks in advance!
I would love to hear itttttt, what was the story about??
@@ckay4665 it's about this girl named Evette who is ordered to sacrifice herself and meet a possibly personified Death in order to rid of the plague spreading across her village. sounds strange but i promise you i tried my best lol :))
Yes, I would love that. My email is in the About section of my channel. Could you share 5 top tips for how you did so well?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Just submitted the email, Sir. Hope it's all good!
Hi Mr Salles, I was wondering in the language paper 1 question 2 or 3, when listing out 8 points , do you put numbers next to each point like (1. 2. 3.) to make it clear?
Try it in your mock. It tells the examiner how many explanations you are writing, so it is very hard not to give you the marks
I am slightly confused cz they ask the question in two parts In the extract given and then in the story as a whole.... So how should we then structure our paragraph ?
last video i watch before my romeo and juliet and christmas carol essays, gonna edit this with my results on results day
prediction ; 8
reality ;
Good luck!!
On my last mock, I wrote about the whole text first and then the extract but my teacher didn’t give me any marks for the whole text section and thought I was off the topic. At first I thought it was not clear but it was clear enough that I started with the whole novella and then the extract. So do you have any advice on how to make it clear ?
And I would appreciate a video on how to plan in advance.
Thank you Sir.
If you always refer back to the words in the question you will always be relevant
Hello sir I’m a year 8 student, i want you to mark this description about a zombie chasing you, the lesson is sentence lengths and various sentence openers,
Running away, the zombie chased and gained on me,closer. closer. Closer. Oh no, I’m going to die. Suddenly, the zombie stumbled,thank god, he was like a starving cat chasing a mouse.
Quickly, he got up and was so close , he held my shoulder, he felt like metal , I felt his warm breath on me , it smelt like rotten tuna, I look back , i punch him , I look at his face, it was my principal, you can see his ribcage .Suddenly, a tree fell in him, thats it , i will never find my way out of this dark forest. This is the end
Thank you sir please send me an answer
Are these tips also useful for eduqas?
Hello, thank you so much for this guide, but does this structure apply to the CIE board too?
It should
I dont get what im doing in english tbh when I revised I got a 6 but when I did my mocks without revising and just wrote random stuff I got a 7 :sob:
What is meant by 'equating the profit motive with the desire to treat men as goods in order to earn profit.' Which piece of context is this? It sounds really interesting.
Hi sir i have a question - since there were two "theme" questions on the 2023 aic paper, is it possible that there could be 2 "character"-focused questions for 2024? thanks!!
99% no
Sir can you please do a video on English language paper 1 Q2
I have loads on that
Watching the morning of lit paper 1, (hopefully im not cooked)
Mr Salles, do I need to analyse 6-8 quotations in my literature essay, or can I just analyse 3 quotations but in much more detail?
You can’t do it with less than 6 unless you are a genius
Ok, Thanks!
Could you please do videos for people retaking English or recommend someone who does videos for people retaking English
Yes
Your website is down, Mr Salles. Any idea when it'll be up running again?
I’m going to create a new one. November I hope
i am wandering if your thesis statement for ACC works for every question
I think it does
Hi sir, do you think that chat gpt is able to mark Q5 Paper 1 english language. Before, i emailed about Q5 Paper 2 and you said that the feedback was accurate to an extent. Would that accuracy drop due to it being creative writing?
It would be the same. The best use is in asking ChatGPT what you could do to improve. And then compare your writing to any page of a novel you like.
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish oh ok thanks sir
Hi mr salles. Thank you for your help. I am an english literature student and i am taking my gcse on monday. I wrote an essay on Romeo and Juliet and i was wondering if there is any way that i could send it to you so that you could give me some feedback? I completely understand if not but i can't tell whether its good or not. Thank you :)
Too late in the day. Try an essay for the next literature paper, and post it on my Substack as a comment
I am not an essay person at all, and I’m really struggling to get my head around this idea,
so should using the development idea in a paragraph sound something along the lines of:
At the beginning of the play/novel ..
this develops to when….. this implies (from extract)
develops to when….. this implies (extract)
developing onto… implying…. (Extract)
developing again…… implying (extract)
To finally being fully developed at the end of the play/novel when……
Yes, that will work
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you 🙏
English literature paper 1 on Monday - I went from getting 2s in November to 7s in march. I still feel like I don’t know how to write an essay. I’m going to be COOKED in the exam 😭
Your hand seems to know how to write them then!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishI’m just worried about the time tbh. Gotta write so much in under two hours 😭 it usually takes me HOURS to write an essay
So you’re saying not to include anything about the character or theme that’s in the question in the thesis? Just the writers purpose of the book/play?
Not at all. The writer’s purpose has to link to the question
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Promo sm 🙋
Im failing English so this might be my last hope
Hi Sir, Id like to email you how may I contact you please?
Through the About tab on my channel, or on Substack