Josh's English
Five steps, in order
Each step is a section of your folder and a part of the website. Tick them off as you go. You do not have to rush, just keep moving.
Know the play
Watch a version of Othello, then use the play guide: the story act by act, the characters, the themes.
Learn how to write it
How the essay is marked, how to decode any question, the big analysis move, and building one argument across the whole essay. Plus your Othello quote bank.
Practise writing
Write it, then compare to a strong version. Theses, analysis sentences, paragraphs. Five honest minutes beats an hour of reading.
Work the real questions
Practise on past exam questions, sorted into the three shapes, with model plans to check against.
Polish your craft
The small sentence habits that lift your marks: embedding quotes, thinking verbs, linking words.
The weekly rhythm
About twenty minutes
- One sharp move per week
- Read a model, build one thing together
- Set the week's practice
Five to ten minutes
- A quick rep on your phone
- Quote cards, a thesis sprint, embed a quote
- Little and often, that is the trick
How the term builds
Learn the play and how to write, practise each week.
A mock essay, then a short personal fix-list.
Timed practice on real past questions.
The exam. Nothing on the day will be new.
Josh, this whole folder is built around you. You do not need to be brilliant at English overnight, you just need to know the play, learn a few moves, and practise them. Do that and the exam becomes something you have already done many times. I am right beside you the whole way.