BGS English Revision Podcast
The BGS English Department
A Bristol Grammar School revision podcast designed to help you revise for the CIE English Literature IGCSE and the Edexcel Language IGCSE.
A Bristol Grammar School revision podcast designed to help you revise for the CIE English Literature IGCSE and the Edexcel Language IGCSE.
Literature Paper 3 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 2.2 - Confusion
Epizodes
Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss how Shakespeare presents a growing sense of confusion in an extract from 2.2. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Ms Yem and Mr Forster talk about the extract we used for the 2025 Trial exam on Helena and Demetrius in Act 2 Scene 1. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Ms Yem and Mr Forster discuss an extract from the opening to 2.1 on the following question: How does Shakespeare present the fairy world at this moment in the play? Don't forget to download the handout with the question, thesis, and essay plan here.
Ms Yem and Mr Forster discuss a question on the following: How does Shakespeare make this a humorous moment in the play? A deceptively tricky question so a bit of a stretch-and-challenge episode. Don't forget to download the revision handout here with the question, key vocabulary we use, and essay plan.
Ms Yem and Mr Forster discuss a question on the dramatic opening of Act 1, Scene 1 of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Don't forget to download the revision handout here: AMND - Act 1 scene 1 -Dramatic Moment.docx
Mr Forster and Mr Evans discuss Sonnet 18. A truly last minute revision podcast you lucky lucky people. Here's the handout.
Mr Evans and Ms Yemenakis discuss a question on 'A Different History'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Mrs Ravenscroft and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Report to Wordsworth'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Mr Evans and Ms Yemenakis discuss Carol Rumens' poem, 'Carpet-Weavers, Morocco'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Mr Forster and Ms Yem discuss a whole text question on Okonkwo. Don't forget to download the handout.
Dr Briggs and Ms Yemenakis discuss the poem 'The Cockroach'. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Mr Evans and Mrs Forster discuss an extract from Chapter 16 of Things Fall Apart. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Mr Evans and Mr Forster discuss an extract from Chapter 13 of Things Fall Apart. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Ms Whitehead and Ms Thomas discuss 'Hunting Snake' by Judith Wright. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss Blake's 'The Chimney-Sweeper' from the Songs of Experience. Don't forget to download the handout here.
In this episode Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster look at an extract from the end of chapter 11. Q) How does Achebe powerfully present Ekwefi’s emotions at this moment in the novel? Don't forget to download the handout.
In this episode Mr Forster and Ms Yemenakis discuss how Achebe presents Ikemefuna's death at the end of chapter 7 as a disturbing moment in the novel. Don't forget to download the handout.
In this episode Mrs Ravenscroft and Ms Yemenakis discuss 'Before the Sun' by Charles Mungoshi: Explore how Mungoshi vividly portrays the natural world in 'Before the Sun' . Don't forget to download the handout here.
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Forster discuss 'Follower' by Seamus Heaney: How does Heaney strikingly convey the figure of his father in this poem? Don't forget to download the handout here.
Mr Forster and Ms Yem talk about the following question: How does Behn present the power of love in 'Song: Love Armed'? Don't forget to download the handout here: Song Love Armed.pdf
Ms Yemenakis and Mr Evans discuss 'Where I Come From' by Elizabeth Brewster. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Ms Yemenakis and Mrs Ravenscroft discuss ‘Storyteller' by Liz Lochhead. Don't forget to download the handout here.
Here's a new episode by Ms Thomas and Ms Whitehead on one of the short stories some classes are studying for Literature Paper 1. They are discussing Showing the Flag” by Jane Gardam. Don't forget to download the handout here.