Grade 5-9 English videos

How to Approach Unseen Texts

How to Approach Unseen Texts

Featured, 3 Bird, BaileyYipiyap22 March 2024how to approach an unseen text, exam, structure, language, analysing a text

Palindromes

Palindromes

2 Bird, MelikaYipiyap16 February 2024palindrome, palindromes, what is a palindrome?, why do we use palindromes?, literary techniques, writing

The Role of Archetypes in Literature

The Role of Archetypes in Literature

Featured, Kate, 3 BirdYipiyap16 February 2024characterisation, building characters, creating characters, the role of archetypes, creative writing, fiction, characterisation and narrative voice, analysing fiction

Hyperbole

Hyperbole

Featured, Melika, 1 BirdYipiyap2 February 2024writing, analysing text, what is hyperbole?, how to use hyperbole, hyperbole, hyperboles, language and structure, analysing non-fiction

The Use of Setting

The Use of Setting

Featured, 2 Bird, MelikaYipiyap12 January 2024setting, place, position, themes, emotions, symbols, symbolism, extract, writing fiction, pathetic fallacy, historical context, writing, the use of setting

Poetry: Understanding Rhythm and Form

Poetry: Understanding Rhythm and Form

Featured, 3 Bird, EllaYipiyap15 December 2023poetry, rhythm, form, stanza, beat, iambic pentametre, trimetre, hexametre, trochaic, stressed, unstressed

Archetypes

Archetypes

Featured, Isabel H, 3 BirdYipiyap8 December 2023characterisation, building characters, creating characters, the role of archetypes, creative writing, fiction, making characters, what are archetypes?, characterisation and narrative voice, analysing fiction

Analysing Non-Fiction

Analysing Non-Fiction

2 Bird, Kirsty, FeaturedYipiyap17 November 2023analysing non-fiction, analyzing non-fiction, extracts, analysis, analysing texts, analyzing texts, analysing a text

Hyperbole

Hyperbole

Featured, Georgia, 1 BirdYipiyap3 November 2023writing, analysing text, language and structure, analysing non-fiction, hyperbole

Symbolism

Symbolism

Featured, 2 Bird, KateYipiyap6 October 2023writing fiction, analysing a text, shakespeare, extract, metaphors, symbols, symbolism, motifs, writing

Analysing Structure

Analysing Structure

Featured, 2 Bird, Isabel HYipiyap3 October 2023structural devices, focus, shifts, sentence structure, headings, subheadings, paragrapghs, foreshadowing, squid analysis, analysing a text

Poetry: Understanding Rhythm and Form

Poetry: Understanding Rhythm and Form

Karis M, 3 Bird, FeaturedYipiyap3 October 2023poetry, rhythm, form, stanza, beat, iambic pentametre, trimetre, hexametre, trochaic, stressed, unstressed

Using Contextual Information In Essays

Using Contextual Information In Essays

2 Bird, Karis MYipiyap3 October 2023essays, exam, english, context, contextual information, author, where, how, who, what, analysing fiction

The Art of Critical Analysis

The Art of Critical Analysis

2 Bird, KateYipiyap26 September 2023analysing a text, analysing an extract, analysis, quotations, answering an exam question, english literature

Irony vs Humour

Irony vs Humour

2 Bird, KateYipiyap19 January 2023irony, humour, analysing fiction, analysing texts, literary techniques, language techniques, responding to a fiction text

Types of Poetry

Types of Poetry

2 Bird, KirstyYipiyap19 January 2023epic poems, ambic pentameter, blank verse, sonnets, poetry

How to Write a Blog

How to Write a Blog

2 Bird, KirstyYipiyap12 January 2023writing, writing non-fiction, writing a blog, blogs, how to write a blog, writing non-fiction text types, audience and purpose

Motifs vs Symbols

Motifs vs Symbols

2 Bird, KirstyYipiyap12 January 2023symbolism, symbols, motifs, identifying symbolism, responding to a fiction text, analysing fiction

Flashbacks vs Flashforwards

Flashbacks vs Flashforwards

1 Bird, KateYipiyap4 January 2023flashbacks, flashforwards, writing fiction, writing

Whose, Who's, Who or Whom?

Whose, Who's, Who or Whom?

1 Bird, TyraYipiyap16 December 2022whose, who's, who, whom, synonyms, grammar, spelling punctuation and grammar