by Joanne Oguntimehin | Dec 4, 2017 | Education, English, Students
Did you know Emma Watson (aka Harry Potter’s very own Hermione Granger) studied English Literature at university? Just in case this is not enough, the Get My Grades team have listed 5 of the best responses to give a student who asks ‘What’s the point of...
by Jenn Linning | Nov 9, 2017 | English, Exams, Students
Comprehension, analysis, and evaluation. These are just a few of the key skills that are developed and refined in English. Now, let’s turn our attention to the skill of comparison. You are presented with two texts and you are asked to compare their similarities and...
by John Nichols | Nov 8, 2017 | Mental Health, Students, Teachers, Tutors
In the next blog of this series, the Get My Grades Team is going to take a look at another set of functions in the brain, which we describe as the ‘Owl Brain’, because these functions are associated more with wisdom and deliberate, conscious thought. The Owl Brain The...
by Jenn Linning | Nov 1, 2017 | Education, English, Students
We’ve taken you through ‘How to analyse’ and now we are going to take you through the slightly more complex skill of evaluating. Evaluation is all about making a critical judgement. You would evaluate a film you watched at the cinema by weighing up its positives and...
by Jenn Linning | Oct 9, 2017 | English, Key Stage 4, Students
In the next of our ‘How to succeed in the new 9-1 English GCSE’ series, we look at how to improve how you analyse language in your exam. Many would describe analysis as the key to English. It is all about taking your imaginary magnifying glass and looking...
by Bryden Commons | Oct 5, 2017 | Politics, Students
Following last week’s exploration of democracy, this week we will be exploring what democracy looks like in Britain. Westminster As we touched on last week, during general elections the population are able to vote for Members of Parliament to represent their interests...
