Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to an Inspector Calls written by Georgina Bottomley and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know about the popular play. Chapters include:The PlaywrightSocial and Historical ContextSetting and StructureTimeline of the play, how to read a play rather than a novelCharacters - Mr BirlingCharacters - Edna and SheilaCharacters - GeraldCharacters - Mrs. BirlingCharacters - EricCharacters - Eva Smith/Daisy RentonCharacters - Inspector GooleAge - Old vs Young - who accepts responsibility and why?The Opening Stage Directions - an analysis.Act One - A SummaryAct Two - A SummaryAct Three - A SummaryThe Inspector's Final Speech - an analysisThe End of the Play - Unanswered Questions and FAQKey themes: Class, love, relationships, selfishnessStructure: Dramatic Irony, time, conflict and tensionSample essay - How does Priestley reveal a message of socialresponsibility in the play?Sample essay - How does Priestley present the characters of Mr.Birling and Sheila in 'An Inspector Calls'?Key quotes (who said them and what do they mean?

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to GCSE English Language written by Andrew Bruff and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2011, I began creating online tutorial videos on Youtube, with a vision to share my GCSE expertise in English language and literature. As I write, these videos have been viewed over 10 million times across 214 different nations. My GCSE English Youtube channel has over 60,000 subscribers. To accompany these videos, I have published over 20 revision guide eBooks-one of which you are currently looking at! My guide to the previous GCSEs in English language and literature sat at the top of the Amazon bestseller's list for over 45 weeks and achieved huge acclaim; this book aims to build on those strengths.In this ebook, you'll receive detailed guidance on every question in the AQA GCSE English Language exams. Please note that this ebook is not endorsed by or affiliated to any exam boards; I am simply an experienced teacher using my expertise to help students. However, if you read some of the 100+ reviews for this guide, you will see that it has already helped students, teachers and parents across the UK.As an extra bonus, this ebook contains links to five special video tutorials which are only available to those who purchase this guide. These links appear later in the text. I hope you enjoy the ebook. You should also purchase the accompanying eBook which covers the English Literature exams.

Download or read book An Inspector Calls written by John Boynton Priestley and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1972 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The members of an eminently respectable British family reveal their true natures over the course of an evening in which they are subjected to a routine inquiry into the suicide of a young girl.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to GCSE English Literature written by Andrew Bruff and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2011, I began creating online tutorial videos at youtube.com/mrbruff, with a vision to share my GCSE expertise in English language and literature. As I write, these videos have been viewed over 7.5 million times across 214 different nations. To accompany these videos, I have published over 15 revision guide eBooks-one of which you are currently reading! My guide to the previous GCSEs in English language and literature sat at the top of the Amazon bestseller's list for over 45 weeks and achieved huge acclaim; this book aims to build on those strengths. In this ebook, you'll receive detailed guidance on every question in the AQA GCSE English Literature exams. Please note that this eBook is not endorsed by or affiliated to any exam boards; I am simply an experienced teacher using my expertise to help students. Over the past five years, I have received thousands of messages of praise and support like those you've just read in the preceeding pages. I've heard from students, teachers, parents and the authors themselves, all of whom have offered gratitude for my work. As an extra bonus, this ebook contains links to five special video tutorials which are only available to those who purchase this guide. These links appear later in the text. I hope you enjoy the ebook. If you want to contact me for any reason, please do not hesitate to do so. My personal email address is [email protected] You should also purchase the accompanying eBook which covers the English Language exams, available here on Amazon or at mrbruff.com.

Download or read book Spies written by Michael Frayn and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the quiet cul-de-sac where Keith and Stephen live the only immediate signs of the Second World War are the blackout at night and a single random bombsite. But the two boys start to suspect that all is not what it seems when one day Keith announces a disconcerting discovery: the Germans have infiltrated his own family. And when the secret underground world they have dreamed up emerges from the shadows they find themselves engulfed in mysteries far deeper and more painful than they had bargained for. 'Bernard Shaw couldn't do it, Henry James couldn't do it, but the ingenious English author Michael Frayn does do it: write novels and plays with equal success ... Frayn's novel excels.' John updike, New Yorker 'A beautifully accomplished, richly nostalgic novel about supposed second-world-war espionage seen through the eyes of a young boy.' Sunday Times 'Deeply satisfying . . . Frayn has written nothing better.' Independent

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to Romeo and Juliet written by Andrew Bruff and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed English teacher Andrew Bruff sets out to explain everything you need to know in order to understand 'Romeo and Juliet'. This guide contains the entire original text, line by line translation into modern English, and scene by scene analysis.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to a Christmas Carol written by Andrew Bruff and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents include:The Author: Charles DickensHow are Dickens's beliefs reflected in "A Christmas Carol"?Is "A Christmas Carol" still relevant today?Structure: Understanding the title & What is a novella?What is a stave? & The structure of the storyWhat is an allegory?Context - A Victorian Christmas & Poverty in Victorian BritainA summary of the storyCheck your understanding - a quick quizAnalysis of the Characters - Ebenezer ScroogeAnalysis of the Characters - Fred ScroogeCheck your understanding - compare Scrooge and FredAnalysis of the Characters - The Cratchit FamilyAnalysis of the Characters - Fan, Fezziwig, Ignorance and WantAnalysis of the Characters - Belle, Jacob MarleyAnalysis of the Characters - The Three SpiritsCheck your understanding - compare the three spiritsKey themes and techniquesCheck your understanding - Dickens's use of descriptionWriting about the novellaSample essay - Explore the transformation of Ebeneezer ScroogeSample essay- Discuss the ways in which Dickens presents wealth and poverty in "A Christmas Carol"Check your Understanding - some answers!

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide To Macbeth written by Peter Tobin and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed English teacher Andrew Bruff has achieved twenty million views on YouTube with his English revision videos. This eBook sets out to explain, in detail, everything you need to know in order to understand William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. This eBook contains the complete original text, a translation into modern English and a detailed analysis of every scene.

Download or read book AQA English Language Paper 1 Practice Papers written by Grainne Hallahan and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're at this point, you must be getting ready for your English language exams, so we have a few words of advice for you: Exams aren't bad. They're your opportunity to show off just how much you know about English--and you have been studying it since you were five, so you definitely know a thing or two! Don't worry about your exams--worry never changes anything--instead, try and see them as an opportunity to show off what you know. Practising exam papers is a good way to revise and, because this exam is still relatively new, there aren't that many past papers out there. The papers in this book have been created to try and replicate the exam experience for you. Some people might suggest using your literature texts for practice, but the whole point of this exam is that it is unseen: it's best to work on extracts you've never read before. There is more than one way to tackle an exam paper. You could sit it in one go and complete it in exam conditions from start to finish. You could go at the papers gently, with modelled examples in front of you to help (check out the videos at youtube.com/mrbruff). Another method is to try three question threes all in a row, slide tackling your way through the paper. You might want to complete all of the Section B questions before beginning Section A. However you do it, take your time, and use the indicative content at the end to check your work. The indicative content isn't everything. You might make a point that we haven't included. Marking your own work is quite difficult so, although these are good to practise on, you should share with someone who understands the marking system to mark your work and give you feedback. This book is not a guide to the exam: it is a set of practice papers. For a detailed question-by-question guide to AQA English language, you should pick up a copy of 'Mr Bruff's Guide to GCSE English Language' in paperback on Amazon, or eBook at mrbruff.com. Please note: we are not endorsed by or affiliated to the AQA exam board. We are simply two experienced teachers creating resources.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to the Merchant of Venice written by Andrew Bruff and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title contains the complete original text, with a line by line translation into modern English. As if that's not enough, there's also detailed analysis of everything you need to know for your GCSE exams, including language, structure, form, themes, context, author and more.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to the Great Gatsby written by Grainne Hallahan and published by . This book was released on 2018-03 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gatsby's world of indulgence and excess, set against a recent history of mindless war, seems to be just as appropriate now as in 1925. Our somewhat heroic, somewhat feeble Jay Gatsby has continued to capture the imagination of the readers of 'The Great Gatsby'. The book continues to sell, and movie adaptations continue to be watched, and tickets to 1920s style Gatsby parties are sold year in, year out. The Leonardo Di Caprio meme will be used again and again. Gatsby prevails. In this guide from Grainne Hallahan, chapters include: context, setting, character analyses, themes, symbolism, Greek allusions, feminism, marxism, tragedy, sample question and answer.

Download or read book The Slightly Awesome Teacher written by Dominic Salles and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books on teaching ask teachers to be inspirational, to operate at 100 miles an hour with creativity oozing out of every pore. Dominic Salles says that's unsustainable. But you can get brilliant results using some simple practices taken from the myriad of educational research on classroom practices. It isn't a guide to all the extra stuff you should do to become cool and awesome. It is a book that will get you to forget about teaching and think about learning: another way of saying, it will help you to stop stressing about what you do, and get the students to work harder and smarter at what they do. Dominic Salles believes that every teacher can be slightly awesome. And here he shows you how.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to Much Ado about Nothing written by Edna Hobbs and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revision guide contains the original text, a line by line translation into modern English and detailed analysis of every scene.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to Grammar written by Kerry Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever felt that you need to brush up on your spelling, punctuation and grammar? Mr Bruff's Guide to Grammar has everything you need to know for your GCSEs.Containing jokes, fascinating facts and lots of useful examples from a wide range of literature, this lively, conversational self-study guide is like no other grammar book ever written. It even has optional extension activities for those of you who want to take your writing further!After you have revised spelling, punctuation and grammar, the ebook doesn't stop there! Learn how it all fits together to help you--not just with your GCSEs but in the real world. Enjoy playing with words and developing the skills to get your own way!This guide contains 20 detailed chapters* and is an absolute bargain. Some people think that grammar is boring...not any more!*Chapters include: punctuation, active and passive sentences, nouns, determiners, interjections, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, prepositions and adverbs, simple and compound sentences, complex sentences, conjunctions, paragraphs, spelling and rhetorical devices.

Download or read book The Mr Salles Guide to 100 in AQA English Language Exam written by Dominic Salles and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide takes you through Paper 1 and Paper 2 of the new AQA GCSE English Language Exam. Mr Salles teaches you how to aim for the top level 8 and 9 grades. In fact, he shows you how to get 100% and beyond.

Download or read book The Mr Salles Guide to Awesome Story Writing written by Lee Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-17 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So 500,000 English students a year are examined on how to write a short story. Well, this should be brilliant, because being able to write a short story is an art, a gift, a talent that will last long after the GCSE is replaced by who knows what. And do the exam boards give us examples of how to write them? Well, I couldn't find any that my students could write in 45 minutes, and still get top marks. Seriously, not one. So, I wrote some. And then some more. It was more than fun, it was playful, and I felt (I know, we're English and I'm not supposed to talk about feelings) a sense of joy. I was already an author, but now, I was becoming a proper writer. And here they are, over 20 short stories which will teach you to become a writer. Oh, and yes, how to get the top grades in an exam. Then I asked my friend Lee, another teacher and a writer, if he could help me out, so you now have a collection of stories which are awesome. Some of them show you how to get a grade 5 or 6, because you aren't all ready for grade 7, 8 and 9.But follow the tips in this book, and you will be. Because after every story, I show you 10-15 skills in the story. They'll train you to be a writer.And it's OK if you don't want to be brilliant at writing stories, you just want to pass the exam. Because you can just remember a couple, and reproduce them in the exam. Yes, really. That's totally ok, and legal. And you'll find your brain changes them anyway as you write because that's what brains do.So, if you feel the exam grind has drained all the creativity out of education - I've got the cure. Try it.

Download or read book Mr Bruff s Guide to Frankenstein written by Andrew Bruff and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-09 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed English teacher Andrew Bruff has achieved over 2.5 million views on YouTube with his English revision videos. This eBook sets out to explain, in detail, everything you need to know in order to understand Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. This eBook contains the complete original text as well as chapters covering:The Author: Mary ShelleyThe ContextGenre: Horror, Gothic or Science Fiction?Importance of the TitleSettingCharacter Analysis: Victor FrankensteinCharacter Analysis: The CreatureSimilarities between the Creature and Other CharactersShelley's Use of LanguageShelley's Use of StructureThe Role of WomenReligious Imagery and MetaphorRomanticism vs. EnlightenmentThe Theme of FateNature vs. Nurture