Mr Salles Teaches English
The easiest and most rewarding ways to get top grades in GCSE English language and literature.
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How Easy is Grade 5 Unseen Poetry? (opens the original)
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✅ Paid subscribers get a grade 9 answer with my comments every week except the summer holidays, and access to the over 350+ already published. 🎓✅ Substack thinks this is so good, that you can sample them free for a week. 👏QuestionIn ‘Table’, how does the poet present feelings about home and family?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y0DM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaw
How to Answer the Unseen Poem Question (opens the original)
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If you read 100 answers for the unseen poetry question, you can work out exactly what gets the grade.I use a shorthand for this:The Mr Salles Method = OTTEROpening - Quote from the beginning - link to the poet’s purpose or big idea.Technique - Quote and explain the meaning of an image - metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance etc Technique - Quote and explain the meaning of an image - metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance etc Ending - Quote from the end an
Paper 2 Question 4: Grade 9 (from 2022) (opens the original)
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Paper 1 Question 4 The Examiner’s Answer (opens the original)
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How to Prepare for English Literature (opens the original)
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