GCSE-readyPearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0)
175 free lessons that follow the GCSE specification topic by topic. Each lesson has short notes, a worked example and a quick check with instant marking.
GCSE · Pearson Edexcel 1ET0
Starter: from Year 9 to GCSE
5 lessons · about 72 minutes
Exams and assessment objectives
2 lessons · about 31 minutes
Paper 1A Shakespeare: Macbeth
6 lessons · about 1 h 40 min
Paper 1A Shakespeare: The Tempest
5 lessons · about 81 minutes
Paper 1A Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
5 lessons · about 81 minutes
Paper 1A Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing
5 lessons · about 78 minutes
Paper 1A Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
5 lessons · about 81 minutes
Paper 1A Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice
5 lessons · about 81 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: An Inspector Calls
5 lessons · about 76 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Hobson's Choice
3 lessons · about 44 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Blood Brothers
3 lessons · about 46 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Journey's End
3 lessons · about 44 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Animal Farm
3 lessons · about 44 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Lord of the Flies
3 lessons · about 45 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Anita and Me
3 lessons · about 44 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: The Woman in Black
3 lessons · about 43 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: The Empress
3 lessons · about 43 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Refugee Boy
3 lessons · about 43 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Coram Boy
3 lessons · about 43 minutes
Paper 1B Post-1914: Boys Don't Cry
3 lessons · about 43 minutes
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Jane Eyre
6 lessons · about 1 h 35 min
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Great Expectations
5 lessons · about 82 minutes
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
4 lessons · about 67 minutes
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: A Christmas Carol
5 lessons · about 81 minutes
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Pride and Prejudice
5 lessons · about 82 minutes
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Silas Marner
4 lessons · about 64 minutes
Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Frankenstein
5 lessons · about 82 minutes
Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Relationships
20 lessons · about 5 h 10 min
- Relationships: idealised and dangerous love · video 16 min
- Relationships: power, control and love gone cold · video 16 min
- Relationships: family bonds · video 20 min
- Relationships: modern voices on love · video 20 min
- La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats: context, form and key methods 15 min
- A Child to his Sick Grandfather by Joanna Baillie: context, form and key methods 15 min
- She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron: context, form and key methods 15 min
- A Complaint by William Wordsworth: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: context, form and key methods 15 min
- My Last Duchess by Robert Browning: context, form and key methods 15 min
- 1st Date: She and 1st Date: He by Wendy Cope: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy: context, form and key methods 15 min
- One Flesh by Elizabeth Jennings: context, form and key methods 15 min
- i wanna be yours by John Cooper Clarke: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Love's Dog by Jen Hadfield: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Nettles by Vernon Scannell: context, form and key methods 15 min
- The Manhunt by Simon Armitage: context, form and key methods 15 min
- My Father Would Not Show Us by Ingrid de Kok: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Exam skills: comparing anthology poems · video 14 min
Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Conflict
19 lessons · about 4 h 55 min
- Conflict: war and the battlefield · video 16 min
- Conflict: inner conflict, anger and betrayal · video 15 min
- Conflict: identity, class and prejudice · video 20 min
- Conflict: the impact of war on people · video 20 min
- A Poison Tree by William Blake: context, form and key methods 15 min
- The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Extract from The Prelude by William Wordsworth: context, form and key methods 15 min
- The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Half-caste by John Agard: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Exposure by Wilfred Owen: context, form and key methods 15 min
- The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Catrin by Gillian Clarke: context, form and key methods 15 min
- War Photographer by Carole Satyamurti: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson: context, form and key methods 15 min
- The Class Game by Mary Casey: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Poppies by Jane Weir: context, form and key methods 15 min
- No Problem by Benjamin Zephaniah: context, form and key methods 15 min
- What Were They Like? by Denise Levertov: context, form and key methods 15 min
Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Time and Place
19 lessons · about 4 h 55 min
- Time and Place: cities and seasons · video 16 min
- Time and Place: memory, journeys and home · video 16 min
- Time and Place: places and identity · video 20 min
- Time and Place: travel, distance and absence · video 20 min
- To Autumn by John Keats: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth: context, form and key methods 15 min
- London by William Blake: context, form and key methods 15 min
- I started Early - Took my Dog by Emily Dickinson: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Where the Picnic was by Thomas Hardy: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Adlestrop by Edward Thomas: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning: context, form and key methods 15 min
- First Flight by U A Fanthorpe: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Stewart Island by Fleur Adcock: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Nothing's Changed by Tatamkhulu Afrika: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Postcard from a Travel Snob by Sophie Hannah: context, form and key methods 15 min
- In Romney Marsh by John Davidson: context, form and key methods 15 min
- Absence by Elizabeth Jennings: context, form and key methods 15 min