Study Sessions: STG English Revision
Episodes
William Wordsworth's 'The Prelude' (the boat stealing episode) - (AQA Poetry Anthology Revision)
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I'll be exploring 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth. We'll be looking at the sublime power of nature, feelings of guilt and inner c...
Romeo and Juliet: relationships and first meeting
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Focusing on Act 1 of 'Romeo and Juliet', this episode is designed to help Year 8 revise and prepare for their end-of-year assessment. We'll look at Ro...
Diction and rhetoric in Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce et Decorum Est'
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Designed to help you prepare and revise for your Year 9 end-of-term assessment, this episode examines Owen's much-anthologised poem 'Dulce et Decorum ...
Lord of the Flies: you couldn't stop Roger if you tried...
18 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another quick pre-exam episode, this time looking at the most unsettling character in 'Lord of the Flies', Roger. If you enjoy this episode, why not c...
Lord of the Flies: Ralph, reconsidered
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Short episode (with Paper 2 on Monday 20th May!) focusing on Ralph and an illuminating interaction with Piggy...
'Kamikaze' and the sacrifices of war
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Beatrice Garland's poem 'Kamikaze', from her 2013 collection 'The Invention of Fireworks', explores themes of sacrifice, nature and the consequences o...
Understanding the supernatural in 'Macbeth'
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we look at the role of the supernatural in the play, from the riddling, paradoxical witches (or weird sisters), to visions, hallucina...
History, the individual and war - Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes (AQA Poetry Anthology Revision)
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I explore the mechnical imagery in Hughes' 'Bayonet Charge' and the relationship between an individual soldier and the impersonal for...
Embracing transience - understanding 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker (AQA Poetry Anthology Revision)
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Often considered the trickiest poem in the 'Power and Conflict' anthology cluster, in this episode I'll show you how we can consider the poem in compa...
Maybe there is a beast? Understanding the beast in 'Lord of the Flies'
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of our new English Literature revision podcast from the fine English teachers at St George's School, Blackpool, we explore t...