My school started our GCSEs in year 9 rather than the standard year 10. Lots of learning for these subjects was missed and impacted due to covid and i think that this is extremely unfair that the boundaries will be tougher despite impacts of covid
Got 9s in Lang and Lit, dropping 5 marks overall in the literature papers!! I couldn't have done it without your videos Mr Salles, you distilled what I've always found to be a daunting subject into manageable bitesize chunks and I'm sure it's all the complex and original ideas which you shared with us that got me my grades. I honestly learnt more through binging your videos the week before the exam than I did during the whole GCSE course. I'm not sure you could fully comprehend how big of an impact you've had on myself and thousands of other students across the country - what you do is amazing. Thank you so so much!
we have to consider that we can't really predict grade boundaries this year because we don't know if they'll return to 2019 percentages or go somewhere between 2019 and 2022
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish surely that would be unfair though because our year was still majorly impacted by covid in year 8 and 9 which meant i learnt most of macbeth online and had to teach myself parts of it in year 11 which wouldn't have happened if covid didn't occur
@@xyrex9567 its not unfair because of some reasons stated in the video, people learned more online. Also it was literally stated by the ofqual chief exam regulator that boundaries are going to be very close to 2019
@@seaba493 also if 25% of people learnt more online then it would've also had a major impact on top grades in 2022 but it didn't, particularly in english language
dont worry abt them too much as long as u get u get minimum grades u will be fine and if u worked fairly hard u will be able to get top grades but don't stress no point also u probs won’t even realise the effect as it will be fairly similar to pre pandemic levels
Mr Salles, I am stronger in maths and science, but you alone carried me from 6 and 7 to 9 and 9 in English with all your videos! Thank you sooooo much Sir, you have given me hope!
Sir, while your videos have been very helpful, I think you are placing too much faith in what students did over lockdown. Yes, many students did spend more time watching more educational content, but how much of that information did they retain? Very little. In fact, lockdown caused a "memory fog" due to the social isolation people had to endure. They watched videos because they were bored, and if you're doing something because you're bored, you're not going to remember it. For instance, if you scroll through TikTok (which many students do), you're not going to remember what videos you've just watched. Because you did it out of boredom, not out of passion. Furthermore, much of the educational videos people watched over lockdown had very little to do with GCSEs. They watched "edutainment" videos because they were interesting. Channels like Vsauce, Tom Scott, Numberphile, not channels like Freesciencelessons. GCSEs are much more about exam technique than about actual content, especially in English. And if they did watch channels like Freesciencelessons, it was probably because their schools set those videos to them as tasks. Anyway, thank you sir for all the videos you've made; they have helped me a lot. This is definitely the only video of yours I did not agree with.
Absolutely agree, I learnt so little over lockdown, it had such a huge impact on my learning. I preferred working at home in my own space but the leaning resources just weren't there plus there was no support system for ensuring your understanding was truly cemented/ ask for help when stuck, so many of the mistakes that I've been making are actually from habits, created by lockdown because I haven't been told what the right way of doing smthn is/ correct method or answers
I agree with most of what you say Alastair, but I would counter that with that some students really did learn out of passion for the subjects they love during lockdown. For example, I love computer science and during lockdown I had so much time to do all these extra coding projects and do online courses etc that by the end of year 8 I knew all of the programming content for GCSE computer science. For the next 3 years I just focused on theory, and worked on a couple big python projects in class when programming lessons were on. If it were not for lockdown, I would've learnt programming at the same pace as the rest of my class and would not have had any where near as much experience as I do now.
Thanks for your hard work, I managed to get a grade 9 in both English language and literature, so happy and thank you again. Your Macbeth videos were a life saver, went from a six to a 9, no exaggeration. Words can't express my gratitude since I have been watching since year 7, I hope you see this so you know your a beautiful person.
Hi Mr Salles! I’m not sure if you will see this message but I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all the videos you made before GCSEs 2023. I received my results today and thanks to you I got a 9 in English Literature as well as full marks in English Literature Paper 1 so couldn’t be more grateful for your help! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the summer and for anyone reading this, trust me, Mr Salles will absolutely save you!!
I don't take all of these measurement serious. Last year AQA being lied to us when they said the examiners will be generous. Most of student got grade 3 which is mean they failed them.
Ontop of lockdown, our teacher left at easter in year 10 and we didn't get another english teacher until year 11, we just had cover teachers who had no subject knowledge. English also very much isn't one of my strengths naturally anyway, so If Im hearing that a 4 is going to be easier to get, thats music to my ears.
Mr Salles, I am so nervous for tomorrow. I want to do well. Your videos are amazing! Just to let you know, in the exam on paper 2 Q5, I wrote about politics and about the PM of the UK, Rishi.
just wanted to say a massive thank you for helping me with my english gcse!! i managed to get an 8 in language and literature which i could’ve never dreamed of getting at the start of year 11! thank you so much again
Sir, thank you so much I got 157/160 on English lit. That's insane. That's my only 9 and I almost aced the exam. All down to you. Thank you so, so much
The thing is this this wont effect us much for sixth forms/colleges necause if hardly anyone gets grades 7-9, the schools will lower their standards of what you need to get in. Especially since they need to accept a certain amount of people.
Thank you so much I just got my GCSE results and I got a 9 in lit and lang. had such a bad teacher and your videos saved me so much. Cannot thank you enough !
Thank you so much for your videos! in my year 10 summer mocks I was getting 6s. I watched your videos and took loads of notes and managed to get a 9 in English lit and an 8 in English language. I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for all of the effort you put into your videos.
Fantastic! I'm going to make some videos on how students made great progress. Would you be happy to share some top tips on what you think had most impact in the ways you revised and prepared? Also any tips for what you did in the exam?
@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Yes, what helped was watching your videos, listening to my teacher, and then writing essays. I would then get my teacher to mark and give me feedback. It was important for me to focus on my specific errors, like if it was improved, my language analysis, or sprinkle. In more context, those sorts of subtle and specific improvements. Another thing is reading the texts and just having good knowledge of quotes and understanding The texts we'll but that should be somewhat obvious. But the main problem I couldn't overcome in exams was consistency. I would write a level 2 paragraph, then write a brilliant L6 paragraph. I only had one essay that was L5 and 6 all the way through, and for me, that was what I struggled most with in literature. I hope this is somewhat helpful. But again, thanks for your help. You got me from 3/4 to 6 and 7 between 3 months.
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH MR SALLES I GOT TWO 8S in English!!!!!!! ALL THANKS TO YOU. I was getting 6s in lit and 4-6 in lang, but now surpassed my expectations I had never even gotten a 7 before. I binged your videos for the exams and took on your advice and it worked ❤ I will be preaching your channel to any student I see #bestyoutubechannelever #fossemethod4life #mrsallesforking
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES. I remember panicking after getting my mock results back in March. I got a 5 in literature. I watched all your videos including the Macbeth plot breakdown and themes, Jekyll and Hyde themes and I purchased all of your guides for my 3 literature texts and English Lang. I watched your quote breakdowns and practised questions I struggled on (The 30 markers because I’ll end up going off topic. For language, I practised Q4 because it was my weakest one. Even though I began proper revision in April for Literature (it was definitely a challenge), I managed to get a grade 9 (140/160) in Literature. I also got a grade 8 in English Lang (I used to average at a 6) all thanks to you. Honestly, I never saw it coming. From a 5 to 9 in a month, I’m so thankful Mr Salles. You deserve so much more!
I wanna say a huge thank you to you U carried my gcse I remember the day before Macbeth exam and I was so stressed and left revsion till late but I’m grateful I got a 7 in lit and 6 in language which I was surprised about and u helped me get through it
Thank you so much! I’ve always gotten an 8 in english language, but after watching your videos, I was finally able to work out the mistakes I was making! This time I got a 9! Thank you so muchh!
Everyone accept that covid is over and we didn’t do so well, and we can only move forward from here. Don’t get bogged down. There are retakes. There are still opportunities for you. So do not beat yourself up for the past because it will never change. Accept it and not only do that but be better.
i mean in all honesty, if the results arent matching the grade boundaries (not as many people are passing) they'll lower the boundary anyway, they wont be the same unless we work to the same standard.
Science will be the worst 😭 I did combined higher and all my class found the paper 2 physics and I found it impossible. I think the score for that will drag everything else down
Don't worry abt it, it will be balanced now it won't be too high just similar to 2019 bc that was the highest. Many of the science papers were really good but out of its set at least one was a paper not many people were fond of so that will balance it all out
@@dazbalz yes but there was a paper in each science set that there was strong mixture response which would balance it out, meaning you were a person who found all papers pretty good for ur liking
Thankyou so much Mr Salles!! I used to be so frustrated with myself because i’d been on a grade 6 since the beginning of year 10 and I was so surprised when I found out that I got 2 Grade 9s for English as well as a Distinction in my English speaking exams. I honestly don’t think I could have achieved that without watching your videos and will always be greatful for this!! The crazy thing is that I only discovered your videos 2-3 months before my exams😂😂
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishApologies for not seeing your reply sooner! But i’d definitely say that 1. your predictions were very insightful and gave me more confidence before going into the exam 2. The In depth world level analyses and making sure to write a lot about a little, I also made sure to provide alternative explanations for the quotes and made sure to have a range of quote explosions ( that suited multiple themes/ characters) prepared beforehand! Thirdly,and most importantly , the enthusiasm that you show in your videos and your work definitely made it 100x more enjoyable to watch and made me enjoy revising to be honest! I’m still incredibly grateful that your channel exists thankyou so much! (I’m doing english lit for A levels now too 😁😁)
That's mad... it seems very unfair that so many of the grades given are gone. Anyway, hoping for the best, I'll come back in August when I get my results and let you know, as your videos have always been extremely helpful and informative :)
Thank you so much for all your hard work- I hated english and was working at a 6 at the start of year 11, but i managed to get a 9 in lit and an 8 in lang! You’re beyond helpful and, even though im not taking english any further, i thank you for helping me achieve my potential. Thank you Mr Salles ❤️
Hey！Mr.Salles! Thank you sooooooo much for all of your aqa English courses! I passed today🎉I’m a Chinese teacher who need aqa equivalent exam to get entry ticket for QTS. This subject is quite strange to me cause I never learn any of methods such as alliteration,metaphors, etc. I basically watched all of your aqa English videos. It’s really really useful!! Especially on the details for how you write for specific past papers! I watched other teachers’ video on TH-cam, definitely you are the best hhh(secretly tell you). Thanks again for your enormous help!!❤❤❤
hello Mr salles, with your help i was able to achieve an 8 in english language and a 6 in literature. i was predicted a 4 and a 5. i can't thank you enough!
THANK YOU MR SALLES! I got a grade 9 in English literature and I can’t tell you how much your videos helped. We do our English literature gcse in year 10 in my school and your videos were extremely useful when revising for English literature!!
Thank you thank you thank you. I watched your videos on Macbeth inspector calls and Jekyll and Hyde as well as you English language guides and I got 9s in both subjects
This is a wide ranging comment but I want to make it anway. I am a parent who is not from England. This was the first time I was working with one of my children on GCSEs. Of course my child was focused and attentive throughout these school years, even with the setbacks of Covid and the mental health struggles that many families suffered through it all, but I wanted to support my child in any and all ways possible in their academic pursuits so I also looked at what many students turned to for support (which in the 21st Century is rightfully some online support as well as their teachers, past papers, and fellow students). Therefore, I would like to thank ALL of their faculty, support staff, administration team as well as the following content creators in helping our students this year through GCSEs, A-Levels, BTechs, and the new T-Levels too: Mr Salles Mr Bruff Mr Everything English Primrose Kitten Seneca Science Cognito Freesciencelessons YT Science YT Maths Maths Tutor Physics Online GCSE Raps Dr de Bruin Science Quizes (and all the other quiz Shorts makers) Science with Hazel Your Science Teacher And all others who contributed to: Geography History Design Tech RE Food Tech MFL - French, German, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, Latin, Greek and all other subjects I may have missed As a parent, I am extremely grateful for the enormous time, effort, energy and focus you provided our children, on your own behalf, simply because you wish to support them. I had some good memories and laughs watching your creations as well. Thank you. ❤
This is a wonderful comment. It doesn’t surprise me that you are not from England. English families value education less. I’ve just returned from Vietnam where the average monthly wage is $330, yet parents still pay for their children to go to school. We could be so much more than we are!
Fantastic! Well done. I’m putting together a video and guide to show how top students prepared for the exams. Would you be happy to share your top tips?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Absolutely! - I would definitely recommend researching unique facts for AO3 context. For example, when My Last Duchess came up, I remembered researching that “Neptune” means “Nuptus” meaning “covering”, which I think won me a few more marks. - A really underrated revision method is listening to revision songs. For example, this one by Mr Bruff (th-cam.com/video/ZZ7UbyUkodc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=bTXzgo__YeEeSLSY ) helped me a lot to memorise quotes. It really gets stuck in your head 😂
Hi Mr Salles. Just wanted to say a HUGE “thank you” for all of your amazing videos. My daughter was a home learner and we relied on your resources heavily. We received her results by email earlier. She got an 8 in English Language (couple of marks off a 9) and a 7 in English Literature (she scored a mid point between grade 7 and 8). She is very happy with her results. English Lit/Lang are tricky subjects. Your materials helped her to achieve grades that she feels proud of. Thank you so much ❤🎉
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the school structure wasn’t suited to us, but we definitely need great teachers like you! Thanks again ♥️ Also, for anyone reading this thread, we found Mr Salles’ books super helpful too. Xx
this guy is the goat, i got 120/160 in gcse english language and literature. was 1 mark off a 9, listen to this guy jumped from a six to an 8 with 1 mark off a 9 by watching him the day before the exam/on the day of the exam. GOAT!
@@loldalegendmy unprofessional opinion yes especially if you plan on taking it further but either way the grade doesn’t matter but 8/9 is great but it’s worth going for a remark
@@johnggow8845 yeah true, I requested my scripts, waiting for them to arrive going to see where I lost mistakes then remark if I think they made a mistake
Hey I got a grade nine in language thanks to you! And a six in literature because I ran out of time… however youre videos exclusively got me here so thanks. The teachers never taught us how to game the system at our school, but your videos made me understand how it is marked and what examiners are looking for.
ur the goat honestly, started watching ur vids in beginning of year 10 and got an 8 for the first time, since then pretty much consistently getting 8s and 9s, ended up with a 9 in lit and 8 in language! thank youu so much!!
That's fantastic, thanks for letting me know. I'm putting together a helpsheet and video on how top students prepared for English. Would you be happy to share 3-10 top tips?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish 1) making essay plans (online was easier for me) - lots of quotes can be used for multiple themes and characters so can be easily copied and pasted - i would just write the quote + annotations and then made the point depending on the question 2) blurting themes + characters based of mindmaps made 3) writing essays or creative/transactional writing + giving them to teachers to mark 4) eng lang - reading exemplar answers + examiner reports!!! 5) eng lang - writing top level descriptions to use in an exam (things like diff settings, feelings so have a variety) 6) flashcards on quotes 7) context!!! - try and bring it in, always something you can turn too if can't think of anything else 8) online annotations e.g mr salles ofc, podcasts are reallyyy good, got into them a little late but defo an underrated form of revision - recommend GCSE English RevisionPod 9) poetry specifically - talk about form and structure!! so so important, hard to achieve top marks w/o talking about them ( can also be good for macbeth e.g iambic pentameter i think) 10) talk about alternative opinions and interpretations in essays e.g This suggests..... However some may say that...
Thank you Mr Salles for the amazing videos. With your help I went from a 5 to getting a 9 for lit and lang in my actual GCSEs! I’m so thankful thank you so much!!!!
That is amazing! Thanks for letting me know. I’m planning a video on how top students revised and prepared, and what tactics they use in the exam. Would you be able to share your top tips?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishSorry for the late response but for English language I bought a book which just had original practice questions did a paper in the time allocated and sent it off for my teacher to mark! As well as this, for some questions, rather than focus on time I focused on technique which really helped. For English lit, I made a summary sheet for every character/theme in every play and for poetry I grouped the similar poems together and wrote quotes in Flashcards for each theme that could come up. Hope this helps!
thank you so so much for literally SAVING my english grades!!! Since year 9 I was scraping 4s and 5s but managed to get a 6 in lit (2 marks off a 7) & 7 in lang (1 mark off an 8) thank you for all your help, your channel is amazing!!!
Hey Mr Salles, I'd like to say many thanks for the videos, I ended up attaining 159/160 in the literature exam doing Macbeth, J&H, AIC and the Love & Relationships poetry cluster. If you'd like for future videos I can try send the exam script? Your channel really was a gold mine and I hope more students will see it in the passing years.
Using your content for mock revision helped me get a grade 8 for literature and a 29/30 on the poetry essay, thank you so much for producing your videos, keep it up
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you Mr Salles!!! As I have received 9s in both English Literature and Language due to your exceptional videos.I have been watching your channel since year 8, when English Literature was my weakest subject and today I scored 152/160. It is my highest grade 9 score! ( I have 10 grade 9s and an 8).However I did not get a total mark for English Language.Nevertheless thank you so much and keep producing these extremely helpful videos. Also, the most useful videos for me were the ones where you looked through grade 9 answers and I would highly recommend these to those who want to improve their English grades.
Thank you so much Mr Salles, I don't believe I would've gotten Grade 9s in both lit and lang without your insightful videos. I used so many of your ideas in my Lit Paper 1 which got full marks and only dropped 4 marks in Paper 2. This has felt like a massive boost to me since I am taking English Literature A level. Once I get my papers back I would be happy to provide them in case you need exam papers for future videos. Your videos are a godsend to all English GCSE students and I cannot begin to describe how important they are.
hi, i moved to the uk in like december and didnt get any admissions into a school until the end of march which means i had about a month and a half to revise and catch up for my subjects AND to do all of english literature for the FIRST time in my life and i thought i was going to fail but i found your channel and watched your videos continuously and i got an 8 in eng lit and an 8 in eng lang. saved my grade 100% thank you so much!! ❤
Thank you for your help in both literature and language! My mocks in December i was on a 3 in literature and a 5 in language. After studying along with your videos i recieved a 6 in literature and an 8 on language. Your videos were a big big help in getting me there thanks!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the mad fathers croch acronym for persuasive writing was especially helpful for paper 2 but also your macbeth and Christmas carol analysis videos were a great help in me adding context to my essays. Also your video on poem comparisons was very helpful in the anthology part of the paper and all of the videos that specifically explained where marks are picked up on all the questions on the language paper. Your videos were a massive help thanks again!
Hi Sir, I'm so unbelievably grateful for all your help over these past 2 or so years. I managed to get two 8s when i was working at around a 5-6 range in year 10. I found your guides and videos so helpful for high grade interpretations, definitely for the J&H question where i discussed how society might be more dangerous and threatening than Hyde is 😮. I also used your memory weather description technique in my creativie writing story, which really helped make sure i got those techniques in. Thank you so much and I wish you all the best
I just got my GCSE results back this morning, secured a Grade 9 in Literature and an 8 in Language thanks to you! Thank you so much i'm so so happy. Went from a grade 5 in my yr 10 mocks to this :)
just got my grades back and turns out I got a 9 in English Literature and i’m not joking when I say i owe it all to Mr Sallas. all my ideas and revision was his videos. Watch his video now year 10s would have got a 4/5 without him ❤
Hi Mr Salles! I’m not sure if you will see this message but I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all the sacrifices you made for my GCSEs. I received my results today and thanks to you I got a 5 in English Literature and grade 6 in english language so couldn’t be more grateful for your help! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the summer and for anyone reading this, trust me, Mr Salles will absolutely save you! and he is the life saviour as i struggles wiht enlgiha quite a lot as i used to get grade 1s and 2s
Mr salles I honestly want to thank you for all your videos. I got my results today and I'm shocked I got a 9, and not only that I was 6 marks away from full marks. Thank you from the bottom of my heart you carried me and I'm gonna be doing the rest of my GCSEs nexy year (my school makes us do 3 gces a year early) and I'm definitely returning back here. In a month I managed to transform my 6 and 7 into a 9 so again thank you ❤
Mr salles, I am so delighted to come back and say i got 2 9s in english because of you. I bought all of your revision guides and watched your videos religiously, safe to say it payed off! Thank you so much for everything
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish I would say make sure to do as much of the activities as you can and revisit and reread, as well as watching the videos and taking notes. Highlight key points and practice putting them in your own words and into essays
Hi Mr Salles, I've watched practically all of your guidance videos as well as your books on eng Lit; thanks to you I could get 9s in said component and complete my set of 10 9's! Thank you so much for the help offered to us this year and I hope you're taking a great break!
Thank you sir, while I may not have gotten a 9 (I’m a little disappointed and may get my grade looked at) I still got a 7 in both English language and lit. Which is great considering I used to only be a grade 4 student. Thank you very much for all your videos and support this year!
i’ve come here to say thank you SO much. i haven’t been in school much for the past two years due to mental health and you single handedly saved my english GCSEs. i went from never getting above 3s in mocks to opening my results this morning and getting a 7 in english lit and an 8 in english lang! you’re an absolute legend. thank you 👑👑👑
Mr Salles!!! I have been watching your videos since Year 10 and it's safe to say you're the reason I was able to achieve 9s across English lit and lang! From constantly achieving an 8 in literature mocks to a 9 in the real thing, it's safe to say you are a gift to gcse students across the country.
Thank you! Well done. I’m putting together a video and guide to show how top students prepared for the exams. Would you be happy to share your top tips?
Im so shocked im writing this to you... but ive always had 6s in literature- ive had 9s in language once or twice- but my teacher in year 11 didnt suit me and i found myself not knowing barely any of what i needed for the literature paper! i came here and religiously watched your videos (and occasionally mr bruff), before school and after school just to try and ensure i could achieve in all my subjects. somehow yesterday i opened my envelope to a 9 IN LITERATURE!!!!?!!! I really dont know how i managed to self teach myself up 3 grades... but honestly thank you so much for the help! i really appreciate it- yet still dont understand quite how i did it lmaoo thanks again but sadly i wont be continuing english so this is goodbye and a final thank you Mr Salles! All the best
I got an 8 in my literature exam - your videos were packed full of helpful insights to make and really helped boost my writing to become more confident and interesting. THANK YOU!!!
I just wanted to thank you so so much Mr Salles, I did English Literature this year (our school makes students sit this GCSE in Year 10 rather than 11) and I managed to score a 9! Although I do Eduqas, I used your videos for my main ideas and your content really pushed me! Thank you so much 🙏🏼
That's fantastic, thanks for letting me know. I'm putting together a helpsheet and video on how top students prepared for English. Would you be happy to share 3-10 top tips?
Hello Mr Salles! Thank you so much for these videos - especially with paper 2 they were an absolute lifesaver! I am very pleased to say I dropped 4 marks in paper 2, and 10 marks in paper 1 English Language!!! I can't thank you enough 🙂
I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! I got an 8 in both lit and lang, after only ever getting 4s in my mocks (I struggled a lot with timing and not writing much in case I got it wrong) and I watched so many of your videos and they honestly SAVED ME . I couldn't have done it without you so thank you so very much!
Of course! 1. For me, I would always spend a lot of time on my homework or school work which actually didn't help as I could write a really good answer (but in like 1.5 hours for a 15 marker and even sometimes only a 6 marker) but when it came to the mocks or tests, I ALWAYS ran out of time. So my teacher made me answer questions for English language but I was only allowed to spend the recommended time on it,. This really helped me to write still quality answers but in a short time. Even though they wouldn't have been top quality, they were still good enough to get high marks. It helped me not spend too long agonising over how to word it and even made it come to me more naturally. 2. I found it useful looking at examiners' notes and looking at students' work and why they got top marks and why some didn't so I could make sure I included all the right things! This was really really useful, I think this helped me most as unfortunately, I couldn't watch all your videos for language as I did Edexel so I found the best way to know how to answer the questions was from the examiners themselves as different people would say different things. 3. For English literature, my cousin would give me a question and then I would come up with my into (I would have a set frame but would change it depending on the question), and then three points and plan it with her, and then keep doing that with different questions as I often found it tricky to come up with points so that helped. 4. For lit, I watched your videos and this is what made me improve the most as for my mocks, in November, I hadn't discovered your channel to revise from, but since I watched your videos I noticed myself improving in lit a lot- I knew what to write and what the examiners were looking for thanks to your videos! I practiced a lot of essays with the ideas in your videos, and when it came to the real thing, because I had already written essays, I found it much easier to know what to write as I could remember what I said in the practice essays- so I guess just lots of practice essays and remembering the ideas and purpose of the texts. 5. Another little thing I did to improve was I would read through articles from the style magazine and pick out little phrases that I liked to include in my writing. (This isn't a big thing but it made me feel a bit more prepared!) I hope this helps with your video, and thank you again! @@MrSallesTeachesEnglish
Thank you, Mr Salles, for all the time and effort you put into your English videos and revision guides. They helped me secure a grade 9 in both Literature (157/160) and Language (wasn't given the mark on my results sheet). I know this donation isn't much, but hopefully you can buy a week's worth of coffee with it!
Dear Mr Salles i have just got my GCSE eng lit back and have only dropped 2 marks on both papers, i can only put that down to your incredible videos moving mr from a grade 5-9 in just a few months. thank you so so much for your channels dedication. you truly are a star!
Hey Mr Salles just wanted to say thank you! Got a nine in both lit and lang and could not have done it without you. Your videos are filled with such amazing prompts and ideas that really got me through; clear and concise and super digestible. I hope you see this you’re an absolute lifesaver I can now study english at higher level for IB. Thank you ❤️
HEYYYYYY SIRRRRRR I GOT TWO 9'S IN ENGLISH BCS OF UUUUUUUUUUU I LUV U SO MUCH MAN ALL BCS OF U. since i started watching you in year 10 i got 7 7 in yr 10 mocks and then 9 9 in yr 11 mocks and now 9 9 for the real thing!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES!!! i came back because i achieved mostly 8s and your videos helped me a lot with english. i received a 3 in lit for the first mocks i did and i was hoping that i would at least get a 7, but i was so surprised when i opened my results yesterday and saw i got an 8. thank you so much, sir!! :)
Mr Salles!!!! I was getting 4s in English Lit before and had no idea why, but I started watching your videos for revision and I got an 8 in my GCSE I’m so happy! Thank you so so much!
I just wanted to say a massive thanks for helping me achieve my full potential . At the start of year 11 I was getting grade 4s in my mock exams but thanks to your amazing videos I ended up getting a grade 8! In my literature exam.
Thank you so much Mr Salles! You really are the GOAT. Your videos helped me go from a 5 to an 8 in English Language and get a 7 in lit. I found them so helpful in explaining how to structure the questions and essays. Keep it up! ❤
I was getting 4s and 5s in English before… but thanks to your incredible videos my results today are 9 for English Literature and 7 for English language!! Thank you very much, Sir - I am extremely happy. 😃😃
God bless you Mr. Salles thanks to your help I went from a 3 in the first mock in year 11 for language to a 9 today 🎉 I doubted the language method but I used it in some questions and it worked! Thank you
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Particularly on question four (paper one) I just ditched paragraph structure and just did point evidence explain a bunch of times... I also started on question 2 which isn't exactly what you said but you did say start wherever is best. Honestly I didn't think it would work because I wrote only about 2 paragraphs but I secured the grade 9 thanks a lot to you sir
Thank you Mr Salles, you carried me from two grade 3s at the start of year 10, to a grade 8 in English language and literature for my final exam grade.
This confirms that GCSE’s are basically the Hunger games 💀😭
We can’t all make it 😢
yep, not good, might fail combined science😢, but english might be fine
@@only_zozo lool, science is much easier than english
It’s level 2 not hard 😂
@@CL4SSiCS not for everyone (not that I'm good at english , i'm better at science and maths)
I’ll keep my subscription even if I shan’t touch English ever again , as a sign of respect and thank you to ‘The G.O.A.T’ , a.k.a Mr Salles
Same
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Same here man but hopefully I'm done with english 😂
Same
God forbid they’re tougher
Bro we got a question to describe how hyde is evil... the boundaries are going thru the roof 💀💀💀
@@mrpisOPand on Juliet 😔😔
And how Macbeth changes throughout the play 😭😭
@@havesomesaltytea2230 see u fell for it. the question said how macbeth changes as a male meaning the question was on masculinity
we got a q about romeo ahah
The grade boundaries will be high for everything except OCR Computer Science, if you know you know
Mhmm icl I still think imma get a 3 or smn
Bro those three six markers in paper 2 were very devious
@@meowcheese1238 fr
the questions in paper 2 about sensors ruined me 😂😂
paper 1 was the easiest paper I've ever done
paper 2 though, nah
My school started our GCSEs in year 9 rather than the standard year 10. Lots of learning for these subjects was missed and impacted due to covid and i think that this is extremely unfair that the boundaries will be tougher despite impacts of covid
tbf current year 11s started their gcses in 2022 much after the impact of covid and after regulations were lifted
@@cheeseboi8769 🤓🤓🤓 - School Defender 🏫 🤮
im js saying u cant use covid as an excuse for bad grades; if u get bad grades, that's on u and not covid or anything else@@ivanexell-uz4mv
Got 9s in Lang and Lit, dropping 5 marks overall in the literature papers!! I couldn't have done it without your videos Mr Salles, you distilled what I've always found to be a daunting subject into manageable bitesize chunks and I'm sure it's all the complex and original ideas which you shared with us that got me my grades. I honestly learnt more through binging your videos the week before the exam than I did during the whole GCSE course. I'm not sure you could fully comprehend how big of an impact you've had on myself and thousands of other students across the country - what you do is amazing. Thank you so so much!
That’s a fantastic achievement for one week of work! Well done. I’m delighted my videos helped.
we have to consider that we can't really predict grade boundaries this year because we don't know if they'll return to 2019 percentages or go somewhere between 2019 and 2022
I'm 99% certain there won't be a midpoint between 2022 and 2019.
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish surely that would be unfair though because our year was still majorly impacted by covid in year 8 and 9 which meant i learnt most of macbeth online and had to teach myself parts of it in year 11 which wouldn't have happened if covid didn't occur
@@xyrex9567 its not unfair because of some reasons stated in the video, people learned more online. Also it was literally stated by the ofqual chief exam regulator that boundaries are going to be very close to 2019
@@seaba493 literally not 1 person i know learned more online trust me that's literally like 3% of people so maybe a 9 will be harder but nothing else
@@seaba493 also if 25% of people learnt more online then it would've also had a major impact on top grades in 2022 but it didn't, particularly in english language
Thank you so much!
We need to know the truth, even if it's uncomfortable. You have always been upfront - thank you.
I just hope the people who mark my paper are fair 😅
They will be
Thank you Mr.Salles, thanks to your help I managed to go from 6s to 9s in both lit and lang
Excellent! Upside down results. I love it
This video isn’t very comforting 😭
😓
It’s better knowing the truth than failing in the Summer and not being able to prepare for another year of GCSE English though
@@DeIuIuu but I’ve already done my exam so 😀
dont worry abt them too much as long as u get u get minimum grades u will be fine and if u worked fairly hard u will be able to get top grades but don't stress no point also u probs won’t even realise the effect as it will be fairly similar to pre pandemic levels
@@hxmdnvye that's a very fair point
Mr Salles, I am stronger in maths and science, but you alone carried me from 6 and 7 to 9 and 9 in English with all your videos! Thank you sooooo much Sir, you have given me hope!
Excellent!
Sir, while your videos have been very helpful, I think you are placing too much faith in what students did over lockdown. Yes, many students did spend more time watching more educational content, but how much of that information did they retain? Very little. In fact, lockdown caused a "memory fog" due to the social isolation people had to endure. They watched videos because they were bored, and if you're doing something because you're bored, you're not going to remember it. For instance, if you scroll through TikTok (which many students do), you're not going to remember what videos you've just watched. Because you did it out of boredom, not out of passion.
Furthermore, much of the educational videos people watched over lockdown had very little to do with GCSEs. They watched "edutainment" videos because they were interesting. Channels like Vsauce, Tom Scott, Numberphile, not channels like Freesciencelessons. GCSEs are much more about exam technique than about actual content, especially in English. And if they did watch channels like Freesciencelessons, it was probably because their schools set those videos to them as tasks.
Anyway, thank you sir for all the videos you've made; they have helped me a lot. This is definitely the only video of yours I did not agree with.
Much appreciated!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish 🙏🙏🙏 thank you sir
I absolutely agree with you
Absolutely agree, I learnt so little over lockdown, it had such a huge impact on my learning. I preferred working at home in my own space but the leaning resources just weren't there plus there was no support system for ensuring your understanding was truly cemented/ ask for help when stuck, so many of the mistakes that I've been making are actually from habits, created by lockdown because I haven't been told what the right way of doing smthn is/ correct method or answers
I agree with most of what you say Alastair, but I would counter that with that some students really did learn out of passion for the subjects they love during lockdown. For example, I love computer science and during lockdown I had so much time to do all these extra coding projects and do online courses etc that by the end of year 8 I knew all of the programming content for GCSE computer science. For the next 3 years I just focused on theory, and worked on a couple big python projects in class when programming lessons were on. If it were not for lockdown, I would've learnt programming at the same pace as the rest of my class and would not have had any where near as much experience as I do now.
Thanks for your hard work, I managed to get a grade 9 in both English language and literature, so happy and thank you again. Your Macbeth videos were a life saver, went from a six to a 9, no exaggeration. Words can't express my gratitude since I have been watching since year 7, I hope you see this so you know your a beautiful person.
I feel beautiful today! Thanks and congratulations on your hard work and results
I was getting a 6 in lit then got a 5 in results. I literally got 15-20+ exams marked which were all grade 8 and 9. No idea what happened.
Hi Mr Salles! I’m not sure if you will see this message but I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all the videos you made before GCSEs 2023. I received my results today and thanks to you I got a 9 in English Literature as well as full marks in English Literature Paper 1 so couldn’t be more grateful for your help! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the summer and for anyone reading this, trust me, Mr Salles will absolutely save you!!
Fantastic results! Thanks for putting in all the hard work and letting me know how well you did.
I don't take all of these measurement serious. Last year AQA being lied to us when they said the examiners will be generous. Most of student got grade 3 which is mean they failed them.
That's really not trues. 27% of people got less than a 4 last year. That obviously means most people didn't get a 3.
@@Had-Yeni mean to be fair that’s still roughly around 2 million kids which is kinda alot
@@Had-Yen you said 27% Show me your resources ?
27 percent is close to a third of all the participants. So your basically saying 1 in 3 people who took the English exam failed that can't be right
@@MohamedAli-ks5qy did you watch the video? The video is my source. It literally is in the screen for most of the video 💀
Ontop of lockdown, our teacher left at easter in year 10 and we didn't get another english teacher until year 11, we just had cover teachers who had no subject knowledge. English also very much isn't one of my strengths naturally anyway, so If Im hearing that a 4 is going to be easier to get, thats music to my ears.
yes omg the exact same thing happened with my english teacher
Same but our teacher left us in Y11 and Y10
Mr Salles, I am so nervous for tomorrow. I want to do well. Your videos are amazing!
Just to let you know, in the exam on paper 2 Q5, I wrote about politics and about the PM of the UK, Rishi.
Good luck. It sounds like a great Q5
Good luck today bro we might need it
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish
I achieve a grade 3 😟 65 marks. I am disappointed however and I am not giving up.
I can resit the exam in November!
@@rajveersingh-gm2cz I am also going to sit the November exam! Good luck
You have got me shaking to my core. I tried hard in english as it's my worst subject, but omg the fact its going to be now harder is killing me ;
It’s all subjects, not just English
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish very comforting
Bro it’s done now u cant change it so why worry abt it
@@Endlesswastaken LOOL
@@Endlesswastakeni was gonna say-
I PASSED MY ENGLISH! Thank you Mr Salles for your irreplaceable help!
Excellent!
went from getting two 5s to a 9 in language and 7 literature. thank you so much
Love your hard work
thanks for stressing everyone out
just wanted to say a massive thank you for helping me with my english gcse!! i managed to get an 8 in language and literature which i could’ve never dreamed of getting at the start of year 11! thank you so much again
Fantastic!
Even though I wish I never found this specific video lol, I'd still like to thank you for everything :)
Sir, thank you so much
I got 157/160 on English lit.
That's insane.
That's my only 9 and I almost aced the exam. All down to you. Thank you so, so much
Wow that amazing ❤
That is pretty insane! Congratulations
Thank you for pushing me through the exams sir, i would be completely lost without your videos, ill come back in august to share my results
I look forward to it
thank you so much for my grade 9 in both English literature and English language
That’s very generous, thank you very much
Year 11 Well Done!
The thing is this this wont effect us much for sixth forms/colleges necause if hardly anyone gets grades 7-9, the schools will lower their standards of what you need to get in. Especially since they need to accept a certain amount of people.
Some universities increased their grade requirements by a grade because of higher competition from international students
Thank you so much I just got my GCSE results and I got a 9 in lit and lang. had such a bad teacher and your videos saved me so much. Cannot thank you enough !
Ha ha, I shouldn’t love this, but I do
Time to stress about results🥰
No point stressing, enjoy your summer break while you still have it
Thank you so much for your videos! in my year 10 summer mocks I was getting 6s. I watched your videos and took loads of notes and managed to get a 9 in English lit and an 8 in English language. I couldn't have done it without you. Thank you for all of the effort you put into your videos.
Thanks, Mr Salles!
I achieved a grade 7 in my lit and would just like to say thanks for your support through your videos.This really helped me!
Fantastic! I'm going to make some videos on how students made great progress. Would you be happy to share some top tips on what you think had most impact in the ways you revised and prepared? Also any tips for what you did in the exam?
@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Yes, what helped was watching your videos, listening to my teacher, and then writing essays. I would then get my teacher to mark and give me feedback. It was important for me to focus on my specific errors, like if it was improved, my language analysis, or sprinkle. In more context, those sorts of subtle and specific improvements. Another thing is reading the texts and just having good knowledge of quotes and understanding
The texts we'll but that should be somewhat obvious. But the main problem I couldn't overcome in exams was consistency. I would write a level 2 paragraph, then write a brilliant L6 paragraph. I only had one essay that was L5 and 6 all the way through, and for me, that was what I struggled most with in literature. I hope this is somewhat helpful. But again, thanks for your help. You got me from 3/4 to 6 and 7 between 3 months.
@MrSallesTeachesEnglish sorry my writing is a bit chunky 😂
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH MR SALLES I GOT TWO 8S in English!!!!!!! ALL THANKS TO YOU. I was getting 6s in lit and 4-6 in lang, but now surpassed my expectations I had never even gotten a 7 before. I binged your videos for the exams and took on your advice and it worked ❤ I will be preaching your channel to any student I see #bestyoutubechannelever #fossemethod4life #mrsallesforking
What a great message Evie. Thanks
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES.
I remember panicking after getting my mock results back in March. I got a 5 in literature. I watched all your videos including the Macbeth plot breakdown and themes, Jekyll and Hyde themes and I purchased all of your guides for my 3 literature texts and English Lang. I watched your quote breakdowns and practised questions I struggled on (The 30 markers because I’ll end up going off topic. For language, I practised Q4 because it was my weakest one.
Even though I began proper revision in April for Literature (it was definitely a challenge), I managed to get a grade 9 (140/160) in Literature. I also got a grade 8 in English Lang (I used to average at a 6) all thanks to you.
Honestly, I never saw it coming.
From a 5 to 9 in a month, I’m so thankful Mr Salles.
You deserve so much more!
That is fantastic progress! Well done
I wanna say a huge thank you to you
U carried my gcse I remember the day before Macbeth exam and I was so stressed and left revsion till late but I’m
grateful I got a 7 in lit and 6 in language which I was surprised about and u helped me get through it
Well done
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you
thanks so much for your channel!! i was predicted a 6 for english language and ended up getting an 8 thanks to your great videos!
Fantastic! What brilliant results! What were the top 3 things you did to get such high grades?
Thank you so much! I’ve always gotten an 8 in english language, but after watching your videos, I was finally able to work out the mistakes I was making! This time I got a 9! Thank you so muchh!
That's great!
Everyone accept that covid is over and we didn’t do so well, and we can only move forward from here. Don’t get bogged down. There are retakes. There are still opportunities for you. So do not beat yourself up for the past because it will never change. Accept it and not only do that but be better.
I’ve seen you everywhere
i mean in all honesty, if the results arent matching the grade boundaries (not as many people are passing) they'll lower the boundary anyway, they wont be the same unless we work to the same standard.
Science will be the worst 😭 I did combined higher and all my class found the paper 2 physics and I found it impossible. I think the score for that will drag everything else down
Don't worry abt it, it will be balanced now it won't be too high just similar to 2019 bc that was the highest. Many of the science papers were really good but out of its set at least one was a paper not many people were fond of so that will balance it all out
bruh exams were easy thou
U have 6 papers that count for ur grade, other papers will surely carry u
@@M5FTZ did u struggle as well? lmao
@@dazbalz yes but there was a paper in each science set that there was strong mixture response which would balance it out, meaning you were a person who found all papers pretty good for ur liking
Thankyou so much Mr Salles!! I used to be so frustrated with myself because i’d been on a grade 6 since the beginning of year 10 and I was so surprised when I found out that I got 2 Grade 9s for English as well as a Distinction in my English speaking exams. I honestly don’t think I could have achieved that without watching your videos and will always be greatful for this!! The crazy thing is that I only discovered your videos 2-3 months before my exams😂😂
That’s a lot earlier than most students started revising! Congratulations! What 3 things helped you get the grades?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishApologies for not seeing your reply sooner! But i’d definitely say that 1. your predictions were very insightful and gave me more confidence before going into the exam 2. The In depth world level analyses and making sure to write a lot about a little, I also made sure to provide alternative explanations for the quotes and made sure to have a range of quote explosions ( that suited multiple themes/ characters) prepared beforehand! Thirdly,and most importantly , the enthusiasm that you show in your videos and your work definitely made it 100x more enjoyable to watch and made me enjoy revising to be honest! I’m still incredibly grateful that your channel exists thankyou so much! (I’m doing english lit for A levels now too 😁😁)
That's mad... it seems very unfair that so many of the grades given are gone. Anyway, hoping for the best, I'll come back in August when I get my results and let you know, as your videos have always been extremely helpful and informative :)
Good luck for tomorrow 😅
Wishing you well 🎉.
I thought were getting the same protection as 2017 students got when the 9-1 system was first introduced
Same!!
Thank you so much for all your hard work- I hated english and was working at a 6 at the start of year 11, but i managed to get a 9 in lit and an 8 in lang! You’re beyond helpful and, even though im not taking english any further, i thank you for helping me achieve my potential. Thank you Mr Salles ❤️
I’m really glad you worked so hard. Congratulations!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you and i couldn’t have done it without you (seriously no one else did it like you did)
Like James Bond!
Hey！Mr.Salles! Thank you sooooooo much for all of your aqa English courses! I passed today🎉I’m a Chinese teacher who need aqa equivalent exam to get entry ticket for QTS. This subject is quite strange to me cause I never learn any of methods such as alliteration,metaphors, etc. I basically watched all of your aqa English videos. It’s really really useful!! Especially on the details for how you write for specific past papers! I watched other teachers’ video on TH-cam, definitely you are the best hhh(secretly tell you). Thanks again for your enormous help!!❤❤❤
Welcome to the UK! I hope you get the results you need.
hello Mr salles, with your help i was able to achieve an 8 in english language and a 6 in literature. i was predicted a 4 and a 5. i can't thank you enough!
Well done!
Dont stress our mocks where marked the same as the 2019 Grade boundaries
Not everyone's were
yeah and mine were shite
THANK YOU MR SALLES! I got a grade 9 in English literature and I can’t tell you how much your videos helped. We do our English literature gcse in year 10 in my school and your videos were extremely useful when revising for English literature!!
Thank you thank you thank you. I watched your videos on Macbeth inspector calls and Jekyll and Hyde as well as you English language guides and I got 9s in both subjects
That’s fantastic
THANK YOU MR SALLES!! I missed half of year 11 but your videos helped me so much!! I got an 8 in english lit!! You are the best teacher ever 😁😁😁
Well done Olivia!
This is a wide ranging comment but I want to make it anway.
I am a parent who is not from England. This was the first time I was working with one of my children on GCSEs. Of course my child was focused and attentive throughout these school years, even with the setbacks of Covid and the mental health struggles that many families suffered through it all, but I wanted to support my child in any and all ways possible in their academic pursuits so I also looked at what many students turned to for support (which in the 21st Century is rightfully some online support as well as their teachers, past papers, and fellow students).
Therefore, I would like to thank ALL of their faculty, support staff, administration team as well as the following content creators in helping our students this year through GCSEs, A-Levels, BTechs, and the new T-Levels too:
Mr Salles
Mr Bruff
Mr Everything English
Primrose Kitten
Seneca Science
Cognito
Freesciencelessons
YT Science
YT Maths
Maths Tutor
Physics Online
GCSE Raps
Dr de Bruin
Science Quizes (and all the other quiz Shorts makers)
Science with Hazel
Your Science Teacher
And all others who contributed to:
Geography
History
Design Tech
RE
Food Tech
MFL - French, German, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin, Latin, Greek
and all other subjects I may have missed
As a parent, I am extremely grateful for the enormous time, effort, energy and focus you provided our children, on your own behalf, simply because you wish to support them. I had some good memories and laughs watching your creations as well.
Thank you. ❤
This is a wonderful comment. It doesn’t surprise me that you are not from England. English families value education less. I’ve just returned from Vietnam where the average monthly wage is $330, yet parents still pay for their children to go to school. We could be so much more than we are!
Thanks for the 9 in lit and 8 in lang couldn't have done it without u 🙌🏾
Well done!
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES !!! I GOT A GRADE 8 BECAUSE OF YOU I LOVE YOU THANK YOU❤❤❤
Fantastic result, thanks for letting me know
Just want to say thank you so much Mr Salles! I’ve watched nearly all of your videos for English literature, and got a grade 8 in the end.
Fantastic! Well done. I’m putting together a video and guide to show how top students prepared for the exams. Would you be happy to share your top tips?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish
Absolutely!
- I would definitely recommend researching unique facts for AO3 context. For example, when My Last Duchess came up, I remembered researching that “Neptune” means “Nuptus” meaning “covering”, which I think won me a few more marks.
- A really underrated revision method is listening to revision songs. For example, this one by Mr Bruff (th-cam.com/video/ZZ7UbyUkodc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=bTXzgo__YeEeSLSY ) helped me a lot to memorise quotes. It really gets stuck in your head 😂
Hi Mr Salles. Just wanted to say a HUGE “thank you” for all of your amazing videos. My daughter was a home learner and we relied on your resources heavily. We received her results by email earlier. She got an 8 in English Language (couple of marks off a 9) and a 7 in English Literature (she scored a mid point between grade 7 and 8). She is very happy with her results. English Lit/Lang are tricky subjects. Your materials helped her to achieve grades that she feels proud of. Thank you so much ❤🎉
I’m really pleased the material helped. Who needs school! Congratulations
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the school structure wasn’t suited to us, but we definitely need great teachers like you! Thanks again ♥️ Also, for anyone reading this thread, we found Mr Salles’ books super helpful too. Xx
@@heynicky1109 That's also great to know. Thanks
this guy is the goat, i got 120/160 in gcse english language and literature. was 1 mark off a 9, listen to this guy jumped from a six to an 8 with 1 mark off a 9 by watching him the day before the exam/on the day of the exam. GOAT!
That’s pretty impressive
do u think i should get it remarked if i was 1 mark off for a 9
@@loldalegendmy unprofessional opinion yes especially if you plan on taking it further but either way the grade doesn’t matter but 8/9 is great but it’s worth going for a remark
@@johnggow8845 yeah true, I requested my scripts, waiting for them to arrive going to see where I lost mistakes then remark if I think they made a mistake
Hey I got a grade nine in language thanks to you! And a six in literature because I ran out of time… however youre videos exclusively got me here so thanks. The teachers never taught us how to game the system at our school, but your videos made me understand how it is marked and what examiners are looking for.
ur the goat honestly, started watching ur vids in beginning of year 10 and got an 8 for the first time, since then pretty much consistently getting 8s and 9s, ended up with a 9 in lit and 8 in language! thank youu so much!!
That's fantastic, thanks for letting me know. I'm putting together a helpsheet and video on how top students prepared for English. Would you be happy to share 3-10 top tips?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish 1) making essay plans (online was easier for me) - lots of quotes can be used for multiple themes and characters so can be easily copied and pasted - i would just write the quote + annotations and then made the point depending on the question
2) blurting themes + characters based of mindmaps made
3) writing essays or creative/transactional writing + giving them to teachers to mark
4) eng lang - reading exemplar answers + examiner reports!!!
5) eng lang - writing top level descriptions to use in an exam (things like diff settings, feelings so have a variety)
6) flashcards on quotes
7) context!!! - try and bring it in, always something you can turn too if can't think of anything else
8) online annotations e.g mr salles ofc, podcasts are reallyyy good, got into them a little late but defo an underrated form of revision - recommend GCSE English RevisionPod
9) poetry specifically - talk about form and structure!! so so important, hard to achieve top marks w/o talking about them ( can also be good for macbeth e.g iambic pentameter i think)
10) talk about alternative opinions and interpretations in essays e.g This suggests..... However some may say that...
Thank you Mr Salles for the amazing videos. With your help I went from a 5 to getting a 9 for lit and lang in my actual GCSEs! I’m so thankful thank you so much!!!!
That is amazing! Thanks for letting me know. I’m planning a video on how top students revised and prepared, and what tactics they use in the exam. Would you be able to share your top tips?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglishSorry for the late response but for English language I bought a book which just had original practice questions did a paper in the time allocated and sent it off for my teacher to mark! As well as this, for some questions, rather than focus on time I focused on technique which really helped. For English lit, I made a summary sheet for every character/theme in every play and for poetry I grouped the similar poems together and wrote quotes in Flashcards for each theme that could come up. Hope this helps!
thank you so so much for literally SAVING my english grades!!! Since year 9 I was scraping 4s and 5s but managed to get a 6 in lit (2 marks off a 7) & 7 in lang (1 mark off an 8) thank you for all your help, your channel is amazing!!!
Well done Isabella, thanks for working so hard!
Hey Mr Salles, I'd like to say many thanks for the videos, I ended up attaining 159/160 in the literature exam doing Macbeth, J&H, AIC and the Love & Relationships poetry cluster. If you'd like for future videos I can try send the exam script?
Your channel really was a gold mine and I hope more students will see it in the passing years.
That is a fantastic offer, thank you. You can email via the About section of my channel, or find me in Substack through my free newsletter
And what a brilliant grade!
woahh that's amazing
Using your content for mock revision helped me get a grade 8 for literature and a 29/30 on the poetry essay, thank you so much for producing your videos, keep it up
I will keep it up. Thank you.
I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you Mr Salles!!! As I have received 9s in both English Literature and Language due to your exceptional videos.I have been watching your channel since year 8, when English Literature was my weakest subject and today I scored 152/160. It is my highest grade 9 score! ( I have 10 grade 9s and an 8).However I did not get a total mark for English Language.Nevertheless thank you so much and keep producing these extremely helpful videos. Also, the most useful videos for me were the ones where you looked through grade 9 answers and I would highly recommend these to those who want to improve their English grades.
Thank you so much Mr Salles, I don't believe I would've gotten Grade 9s in both lit and lang without your insightful videos. I used so many of your ideas in my Lit Paper 1 which got full marks and only dropped 4 marks in Paper 2. This has felt like a massive boost to me since I am taking English Literature A level.
Once I get my papers back I would be happy to provide them in case you need exam papers for future videos.
Your videos are a godsend to all English GCSE students and I cannot begin to describe how important they are.
Well done! I will really appreciate the papers too. Good luck with A level
hi, i moved to the uk in like december and didnt get any admissions into a school until the end of march which means i had about a month and a half to revise and catch up for my subjects AND to do all of english literature for the FIRST time in my life and i thought i was going to fail but i found your channel and watched your videos continuously and i got an 8 in eng lit and an 8 in eng lang. saved my grade 100% thank you so much!! ❤
That is fantastic! A brilliant effort.
Well done! Thanks for letting me know
Thank you for your help in both literature and language! My mocks in December i was on a 3 in literature and a 5 in language. After studying along with your videos i recieved a 6 in literature and an 8 on language. Your videos were a big big help in getting me there thanks!
Brilliant! What 3-5 things helped you succeed so well?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish the mad fathers croch acronym for persuasive writing was especially helpful for paper 2 but also your macbeth and Christmas carol analysis videos were a great help in me adding context to my essays. Also your video on poem comparisons was very helpful in the anthology part of the paper and all of the videos that specifically explained where marks are picked up on all the questions on the language paper. Your videos were a massive help thanks again!
Hi Sir, I'm so unbelievably grateful for all your help over these past 2 or so years. I managed to get two 8s when i was working at around a 5-6 range in year 10. I found your guides and videos so helpful for high grade interpretations, definitely for the J&H question where i discussed how society might be more dangerous and threatening than Hyde is 😮. I also used your memory weather description technique in my creativie writing story, which really helped make sure i got those techniques in. Thank you so much and I wish you all the best
Well done and thanks for using the guides!
I just got my GCSE results back this morning, secured a Grade 9 in Literature and an 8 in Language thanks to you! Thank you so much i'm so so happy. Went from a grade 5 in my yr 10 mocks to this :)
Amazing progress
just got my grades back and turns out I got a 9 in English Literature and i’m not joking when I say i owe it all to Mr Sallas. all my ideas and revision was his videos. Watch his video now year 10s would have got a 4/5 without him ❤
Thanks for working so hard and for your support
I got a 5 when I did 15-20 grade 8+ exams. I have no idea what happened lmao.
Hi Mr Salles! I’m not sure if you will see this message but I just wanted to say a massive thank you for all the sacrifices you made for my GCSEs. I received my results today and thanks to you I got a 5 in English Literature and grade 6 in english language so couldn’t be more grateful for your help! I hope you have a wonderful rest of the summer and for anyone reading this, trust me, Mr Salles will absolutely save you! and he is the life saviour as i struggles wiht enlgiha quite a lot as i used to get grade 1s and 2s
That is a massive improvement! Well done on your hard work. Thanks for your support.
Mr salles I honestly want to thank you for all your videos. I got my results today and I'm shocked I got a 9, and not only that I was 6 marks away from full marks. Thank you from the bottom of my heart you carried me and I'm gonna be doing the rest of my GCSEs nexy year (my school makes us do 3 gces a year early) and I'm definitely returning back here. In a month I managed to transform my 6 and 7 into a 9 so again thank you ❤
What a fantastic achievement. Sounds like the Taheedul school (sorry if the spelling is wrong). Congratulations
Mr salles, I am so delighted to come back and say i got 2 9s in english because of you. I bought all of your revision guides and watched your videos religiously, safe to say it payed off! Thank you so much for everything
That is amazing! Thanks for letting me know. What top tips would you give students about how to use the guides?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish I would say make sure to do as much of the activities as you can and revisit and reread, as well as watching the videos and taking notes. Highlight key points and practice putting them in your own words and into essays
Really helpful, thanks Ellie
sir you got me a 9 in english lit and an 8 in english lang, you’re truly a legend ❤
Excellent!
Hi Mr Salles, I've watched practically all of your guidance videos as well as your books on eng Lit; thanks to you I could get 9s in said component and complete my set of 10 9's! Thank you so much for the help offered to us this year and I hope you're taking a great break!
Excellent! You’ve worked super hard if you bought my guides too! Well done and thanks
Thank you sir, while I may not have gotten a 9 (I’m a little disappointed and may get my grade looked at) I still got a 7 in both English language and lit.
Which is great considering I used to only be a grade 4 student.
Thank you very much for all your videos and support this year!
A three grade jump is amazing!
i’ve come here to say thank you SO much. i haven’t been in school much for the past two years due to mental health and you single handedly saved my english GCSEs. i went from never getting above 3s in mocks to opening my results this morning and getting a 7 in english lit and an 8 in english lang! you’re an absolute legend. thank you 👑👑👑
Brilliant. I hope the results also give you pride in your ability to overcome your problems too
Mr Salles! Thanks for all the help in this years exams, your videos helped boost my Lit grade from a 6 to a 9!
That is awesome!
Mr Salles!!! I have been watching your videos since Year 10 and it's safe to say you're the reason I was able to achieve 9s across English lit and lang! From constantly achieving an 8 in literature mocks to a 9 in the real thing, it's safe to say you are a gift to gcse students across the country.
Thank you! Well done. I’m putting together a video and guide to show how top students prepared for the exams. Would you be happy to share your top tips?
Im so shocked im writing this to you... but ive always had 6s in literature- ive had 9s in language once or twice- but my teacher in year 11 didnt suit me and i found myself not knowing barely any of what i needed for the literature paper! i came here and religiously watched your videos (and occasionally mr bruff), before school and after school just to try and ensure i could achieve in all my subjects.
somehow yesterday i opened my envelope to a 9 IN LITERATURE!!!!?!!! I really dont know how i managed to self teach myself up 3 grades... but honestly thank you so much for the help! i really appreciate it- yet still dont understand quite how i did it lmaoo
thanks again but sadly i wont be continuing english so this is goodbye and a final thank you Mr Salles! All the best
I love this efficient way of revising. Great progress, and you deserve the grade
I got an 8 in my literature exam - your videos were packed full of helpful insights to make and really helped boost my writing to become more confident and interesting. THANK YOU!!!
That’s great to know. I hope the confidence continues.
From this video I’ve learnt that I should probably say goodbye to my grade 9 🥲
same-
I just wanted to thank you so so much Mr Salles, I did English Literature this year (our school makes students sit this GCSE in Year 10 rather than 11) and I managed to score a 9! Although I do Eduqas, I used your videos for my main ideas and your content really pushed me! Thank you so much 🙏🏼
That's fantastic, thanks for letting me know. I'm putting together a helpsheet and video on how top students prepared for English. Would you be happy to share 3-10 top tips?
Hello Mr Salles! Thank you so much for these videos - especially with paper 2 they were an absolute lifesaver! I am very pleased to say I dropped 4 marks in paper 2, and 10 marks in paper 1 English Language!!! I can't thank you enough 🙂
Wow! Congratulations! What were the top 3 things which helped?
I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! I got an 8 in both lit and lang, after only ever getting 4s in my mocks (I struggled a lot with timing and not writing much in case I got it wrong) and I watched so many of your videos and they honestly SAVED ME . I couldn't have done it without you so thank you so very much!
Well done on your hard work. That’s brilliant! I want to make a video on how students improved. Would you share your top tips?
Of course!
1. For me, I would always spend a lot of time on my homework or school work which actually didn't help as I could write a really good answer (but in like 1.5 hours for a 15 marker and even sometimes only a 6 marker) but when it came to the mocks or tests, I ALWAYS ran out of time. So my teacher made me answer questions for English language but I was only allowed to spend the recommended time on it,. This really helped me to write still quality answers but in a short time. Even though they wouldn't have been top quality, they were still good enough to get high marks. It helped me not spend too long agonising over how to word it and even made it come to me more naturally.
2. I found it useful looking at examiners' notes and looking at students' work and why they got top marks and why some didn't so I could make sure I included all the right things! This was really really useful, I think this helped me most as unfortunately, I couldn't watch all your videos for language as I did Edexel so I found the best way to know how to answer the questions was from the examiners themselves as different people would say different things.
3. For English literature, my cousin would give me a question and then I would come up with my into (I would have a set frame but would change it depending on the question), and then three points and plan it with her, and then keep doing that with different questions as I often found it tricky to come up with points so that helped.
4. For lit, I watched your videos and this is what made me improve the most as for my mocks, in November, I hadn't discovered your channel to revise from, but since I watched your videos I noticed myself improving in lit a lot- I knew what to write and what the examiners were looking for thanks to your videos! I practiced a lot of essays with the ideas in your videos, and when it came to the real thing, because I had already written essays, I found it much easier to know what to write as I could remember what I said in the practice essays- so I guess just lots of practice essays and remembering the ideas and purpose of the texts.
5. Another little thing I did to improve was I would read through articles from the style magazine and pick out little phrases that I liked to include in my writing. (This isn't a big thing but it made me feel a bit more prepared!)
I hope this helps with your video, and thank you again! @@MrSallesTeachesEnglish
Wow Lola, this is amazing! Thank you again
Thank you, Mr Salles, for all the time and effort you put into your English videos and revision guides. They helped me secure a grade 9 in both Literature (157/160) and Language (wasn't given the mark on my results sheet). I know this donation isn't much, but hopefully you can buy a week's worth of coffee with it!
That is very lovely of you. I’m in San Francisco and the coffee is good! Well done on your results
Dear Mr Salles i have just got my GCSE eng lit back and have only dropped 2 marks on both papers, i can only put that down to your incredible videos moving mr from a grade 5-9 in just a few months. thank you so so much for your channels dedication. you truly are a star!
That is an amazing achievement! Congratulations
Hey Mr Salles just wanted to say thank you! Got a nine in both lit and lang and could not have done it without you. Your videos are filled with such amazing prompts and ideas that really got me through; clear and concise and super digestible. I hope you see this you’re an absolute lifesaver I can now study english at higher level for IB. Thank you ❤️
Thank you for commenting and well done!
I’m going to make a video on how top students revise, prepare and have tactics for the exam. Are there any tips you would be able to share?
HEYYYYYY SIRRRRRR I GOT TWO 9'S IN ENGLISH BCS OF UUUUUUUUUUU I LUV U SO MUCH MAN ALL BCS OF U. since i started watching you in year 10 i got 7 7 in yr 10 mocks and then 9 9 in yr 11 mocks and now 9 9 for the real thing!!!!!
Congratulations! What were the top 3 things which helped?
thank god our mocks were marked using 2019 boundaries
Not everyone
Thanks so much for your help this year! I was predicted a low 7 but ended up getting an 8 all thanks to you!! Wish you the best ❤
Thank you! You too!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I got 7 in both language and literature thanks to your videos.
Excellent!
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR SALLES!!! i came back because i achieved mostly 8s and your videos helped me a lot with english. i received a 3 in lit for the first mocks i did and i was hoping that i would at least get a 7, but i was so surprised when i opened my results yesterday and saw i got an 8. thank you so much, sir!! :)
I’m very pleased for you!
Mr Salles!!!! I was getting 4s in English Lit before and had no idea why, but I started watching your videos for revision and I got an 8 in my GCSE I’m so happy! Thank you so so much!
That is awesome!
I just wanted to say a massive thanks for helping me achieve my full potential . At the start of year 11 I was getting grade 4s in my mock exams but thanks to your amazing videos I ended up getting a grade 8! In my literature exam.
That is amazing. What were the top 3 things you took from the videos?
Mr Sales you legend, I owe you for my grade 9. Thank you for providing a priceless service to all for FREE!
I know, what a way to run a business
Thank you so much Mr Salles! You really are the GOAT. Your videos helped me go from a 5 to an 8 in English Language and get a 7 in lit. I found them so helpful in explaining how to structure the questions and essays. Keep it up! ❤
Fantastic!
Thank you sir for getting me through literature. 😅😭
I was getting 4s and 5s in English before… but thanks to your incredible videos my results today are 9 for English Literature and 7 for English language!! Thank you very much, Sir - I am extremely happy. 😃😃
Well done
God bless you Mr. Salles thanks to your help I went from a 3 in the first mock in year 11 for language to a 9 today 🎉 I doubted the language method but I used it in some questions and it worked! Thank you
Thanks for your faith and hard work! Which methods did you use?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Particularly on question four (paper one) I just ditched paragraph structure and just did point evidence explain a bunch of times... I also started on question 2 which isn't exactly what you said but you did say start wherever is best. Honestly I didn't think it would work because I wrote only about 2 paragraphs but I secured the grade 9 thanks a lot to you sir
@@meshach6748 That's super helpful, thanks!
Thank you Mr Salles, you carried me from two grade 3s at the start of year 10, to a grade 8 in English language and literature for my final exam grade.
That is awesome progress!