Are you struggling to understand poetry? Do you feel anxious when tackling an unseen poem you haven’t prepared for? Would you like some more support in preparation for your GCSEs? 
This session is perfect for students in the final year of their GCSE or Year 10 students hoping to grasp how to approach unseen poetry in readiness for Literature Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry.

It aims to provide the following: 

📚Top tips for tackling unseen  poetry questions 

📚Interesting poems to provoke discussion

📚How to successfully compare and contrast poems

📚 How to maximise marks in this section of the literature paper

📚 Exemplar material and model answers linked to the mark 
scheme for AQA (other exam boards can be included too on request) 

Delivered by a fully qualified English teacher with 14 years experience and enhanced DBS check.

GCSE Masterclass: Unseen Poetry

Josh  Fowler 

It was a very good experience. Very well explained. I liked how in-depth you go into certain areas. Would have liked to have enough time to fully go over both poems.

Victoria  Pirveli

My daughter participated in Lisa's unseen poetry class and loved it. Lisa is a very organized tutor, who kept us constantly up to date with the upcoming lesson sending us the resource and the reminders leading up to the lesson. My daughter,  a final GCSE pupil, benefited from Lisa's lesson on poetry, Lisa reinforced key points, provided very helpful resources and gave her that necessary uplift to feel confident prior to her exam.

Joyce  Angie So 

Maya Hallett

I enjoyed the sessions and felt that Lisa really explained things well. She also gave lots of examples of points she was making, goes through how to answer the questions and tells you what you need to know before answering the questtions. It was all really helpful and I liked the way Lisa interracts with the students. I also did her sessions for Macbeth and Power and Conflict Poetry and A Christmas Carol earlier in the year and would recommend them all. Thank you!


Ruhi  Mehta 

My daughter really enjoyed this session and found it very informative and helpful. Thanks to Lisa she is now more confident in achieving her results. 

Matthew  Taylor 

Lisa is an excellent tutor, I have attended 4 Master Classes and enjoyed all of them, she makes the classes interesting and gives really useful information and tips to use in future exams. I would highly recommend all of Lisa's classes.

Krish Lakhani

My son is in year 11 and attended the unseen poetry masterclass yesterday. 
He found the session extremely helpful and loved Lisa's way of explaining things.
Happy child =Happy mummy😊


Tavaun  Penfold

Classes very useful and all the resources given after the lessons. Great communication. My son was very positive about the lessons and said they have helped him with revision.

Iris Kerins 

Helped me to remember techniques that are used in poems and how to compare them for the longer question- something I really struggled with before. Thanks! 

Dylan  Rowland 

Great masterclass . Lisa helped me pick pieces from poems and understand the meanings 

A GCSE masterclass focusing on unseen poetry to develop confidence,  maximise marks and support your revision in the run up to the summer exams.

Book this GCSE Masterclass on Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth' to develop your understanding of the play, identify how to access the higher marks and improve your confidence in the run up to the summer exams.

The session aims to provide the following:

📚 Revision of plot, character and theme

📚 How to approach exam questions and give detailed language analysis

📚How to make links across the wider text to support your argument

📚An understanding of the historical context and Jacobean society

📚An exploration of the author’s intentions and links to critical theory

📚Exemplar material and model answers linked to the mark scheme for AQA (other exam boards can be included on request.

Delivered by a fully qualified English teacher with 14+ years experience and DBS on the update service.

GCSE Masterclass: Macbeth

The Macbeth Masterclass was very helpful and covered all the key points.  Will definitely be joining for any further masterclasses in future. 

Mounia Kassab

Lisa is great  teacher,my daughter really enjoyed the Mcbeth master class .she feels more confident .thank you Lisa 

4929132326322006 Mootyen

Was very happy with lesson, my Son said learnt alot snd would attend again 😊

Ruhi  Metha

Lisa is an excellent teacher and has really helped my daughter with her masterclass sessions, support  and guidance.

Of the five sessions, this my favourite and I feel most confident for this part of the exam now. Helped me to remember context of when the play was written, what the key characters represent and changes that occurred.  

Dylan  Paroussi Dawkins 

This was a useful session, it helped  understand the different themes of Macbeth.

Rosheen  Bate 

Mariam Al Diqs

A second amazing session with details and analysis. Highly recommend these sessions and  the resources shared are extremely useful. 

Luke Pilbeam

Lisa was very helpful getting it all set up and my son valued the English classes that he had and we would definitely recommend Lisa to anyone.

A GCSE Masterclass on Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' to improve your knowledge of the play,  gain confidence and understand how to maximise your marks.

**GCSE Masterclass: ‘An Inspector Calls’**

Are you looking to deepen your understanding of the play ‘An Inspector Calls,’ in readiness for your GCSE exams? Perhaps you need some support to structure your exam responses and identify what examiners are looking for to access the higher grades?

Book this Masterclass to deepen your understanding of the play, boost your grades and help you to feel more confident. 
The course will include:

📚 Coverage of character and key themes

📚 Links to context including the writer’s intentions and perspective 

📚Key quotations and stage directions 

📚 Analysis of literary techniques and dramatic devices.

📚Practice exam questions and exemplar Grade 8/9 answers 

📚 All revision notes and resources

This is aimed at students studying the AQA syllabus, but would also be suitable for other exam boards. 
Delivered by a qualified English teacher with 14+ years experience and DBS on the update service. 


GCSE Masterclass: ‘An Inspector Calls’ 

Summer Aubrey

This has been a beneficial teaching technique for my teenager, she has grown in confidence and understanding of the literature. She is more familiar with the text and the marking scheme. This deeper understanding will help her complete her GCSE paper to a higher level.

Joyce Angie So

Thank you very much. My gal loves taking the class and inspired her a lot.

Jack Symington

My son took one of Lisa’s classes on An Inspector Calls. He found it extremely useful as part of his GCSE revision. Lisa was extremely knowledgeable and offered great insight, hints and tips. Highly recommend! 
My son is keen to sign up to some of Lisa’s other classes. 

GCSE Masterclass: An Inspector Calls

Great session, really helped reinforce what had been learned before. Interesting, helped me to remember context. 

Mariam Al diqs

Amazing sessions. Wished we have done them before . Organized and well structured. Wished we started earlier as the resources she shares are all the student need to know . Fabulous resources and sessions. I highly recommend Lisa’s sessions .

Great masterclass which gave me a better understanding and expectations of how to answer questions

Book this GCSE Masterclass on ‘An Inspector Calls’ to deepen understanding, boost grades and help you to feel more confident in your literature exam. 

Book this masterclass on AQA English Language Paper 1: Reading if you'd like to improve your exam responses, develop confidence and identify how to maximise your marks for each question type.

The session will cover:

- Q1 -Explicit and implicit information
- Q2 - Language analysis
- Q3 - Structural analysis
- Q4 - Critical evaluation

Examiner comments and all resources, including Grade 9 model answers, are included in the session.

Delivered by a fully qualified secondary English teacher with DBS on the update service.

AQA Paper 1 Section A Walkthrough

Joyce  Angie So

Thank you very much. It gave my girl a great confidence on English before exams 

AQA Paper 1 Section A Masterclass

Eva  Nicholls

The workshop was super interactive and  got some really great tips out of it. Lisa gave us some really good high grade exemplar answers and good practise questions in this session.  I really enjoyed it and thought it was fantastic. 

Soham  Aggarwal

I cleared all my doubts  for paper 1. Now I am confident to take good grade in GCSE.

Ava  Williams 

My daughter had no confidence in English and I was worried about how she would cope in her exams, but after the masterclass sessions she is actually found that she is pretty good at English and absolutely loves the creative writing aspect. It can be difficult to get her engaged but after the lesson she came in and showed me all the notes that she had written. Her confidence is still growing and she has started revising on her own and has written some brilliant work. I am over the moon and I definitely know I have nothing to worry about. Thank You Lisa!

Great master class with some great tips for my exams . 

Selena  Hobson

My child attended 3 workshops and found them both enjoyable and informative. 
Lisa was particularly helpful in explaining how to structure a response,  and therefore how to organise thoughts and ideas. This is something that  had not been explained clearly,  or done enough at school.  We didn't know what was missing until Lisa explained it.
As a parent I really appreciated the clear, inclusive  and non judgemental way Lisa delivered the session as it made my child comfortable and happy when she finished. 

Wish we had found these sessions in Yr 10 as they are really good for not just revising, but filling in gaps.


AQA English Language Paper 1: Section A Masterclass

Book this masterclass on AQA English Language Paper 1:  Creative Writing if you'd like to improve your exam responses, develop confidence and identify how to maximise your marks for narrative and descriptive writing in the run up to the summer exams.

The session will cover:
- how to plan an exam response
- how to use structure effectively
- use of linguistic devices and techniques
- use of a range of punctuation and sentence structures
- how less can be more to reach the top grades

Examiner comments and all resources, including Grade 9 model answers, are included in the session.

Delivered by a fully qualified secondary English teacher with DBS on the update service.

AQA Language Paper 1 - Creative Writing

Victoria Pirveli

My daughter took part in another set of  English GCSE revision workshops taught by Lisa - English language this time. These workshops are the perfect way to spend the school holidays in the run-up to the upcoming exams. They are ideal for my daughter who enjoys revising in a small group of other pupils. Lisa provides very comprehensive, very useful and perfectly selected study materials before the lesson followed by the post-lesson notes.  The lessons are perfectly tailored to cover exam contents and techniques and last 75 minutes, which is the right time for my daughter to use her concentration and focus to the full. Thank you!

I learnt many new techniques to write creative writing and fully prepared for GCSE.

AQA Paper 1 Section B- Creative Writing Masterclass

I have now completed all of Lisa's master classes and they have been a HUGE help. My grade has improved from a 4/5 to an 8/9! I do not enjoy revising, and completing the master classes means I don't have to revise very much, so it's ideal! Thank you so much Lisa, I've gained confidence in my ability thanks to you.

Yana Kamouah

Rose  Smith 

The Masterclass was perfect for my daughter. Lisa explained things clearly and gave her lots of ideas, hints and tips for her GCSE. Thank you!🙂

Really enjoyed this masterclass . Lisa gave me some great tips for my mock exams 

A comprehensive masterclass based on creative writing for AQA Paper 1 English Language

Book this GCSE Masterclass on 'A Christmas Carol' to develop your understanding of the text, identify how to access the higher marks and improve your confidence in the run up to the summer exams.

The session aims to provide the following:

📚 Revision of plot, character and theme

📚 How to approach extract questions and give detailed language analysis

📚How to make links across the wider text to support your argument

📚An understanding of the historical context and Victorian society

📚An exploration of the author’s intentions and links to critical theory

📚Exemplar material and model answers linked to the mark scheme for AQA (other exam boards can be included on request.

Delivered by a fully qualified English teacher with 14+ years experience and DBS on the update service.

GCSE Masterclass: A Christmas Carol

Faye Jewell

Lisa is fantastic! Her masterclass sessions are really enjoyable and Lisa is incredibly thorough in her teaching. Without doubt these classes have enhanced my daughters knowledge and definitely helped her achieve a Grade 8 in her mock exams last month. The revision material sent after the sessions is also amazing and will be invaluable leading up to the GCSE’s. I would highly recommend Lisa.

Another great Masterclass, which my son thoroughly enjoyed. Lisa has been tutoring him for a few months now, and this was an additional session, which has developed his knowledge and understanding of A Christmas Carol. Thanks Lisa! 

Another top tier masterclass attended, A Christmas Carol, this time. This is going make a big difference when completing my English Literature GCSE exam. I also appreciate the follow up email you sent to us all with attachments to assist with revision closer to the exam date. 
I've completed all but one masterclass now, and would highly recommend them to anyone looking to improve their English grade.
Lisa makes the classes interesting and engaging, thank you!

Interesting, really good ways to remind me how to remember the answers to questions that are expected to come up in the exam. 

Angel Bossons

Loved this class, was so helpful, thankyou Lisa! 

Book this GCSE Masterclass on 'A Christmas Carol' if you'd like to develop your understanding of the text, identify how to access the higher marks and improv...

Book this masterclass on AQA English Language Paper 2 Reading if you'd like to improve your exam responses, develop confidence and identify how to maximise your marks for each question type.

The session will cover:

- Q1 -True/false questions 
- Q2 - Summary and synthesis
- Q3 - Language analysis
- Q4 - Comparision skills

Examiner comments and all resources, including Grade 9 model answers, are included in the session.

Delivered by a fully qualified secondary English teacher with DBS on the update service.

AQA Paper 2 Section A Masterclass

Lisa makes learning interesting, she is an excellent teacher and I learned so much to help with my GCSEs at this Master Class. I highly recommend Lisa.

A walkthrough of AQA English Language Paper 2 Reading 

Book this 6 session introductory GCSE/iGCSE English skills course to improve your confidence and develop your English skills and knowledge as you prepare for the demands of GCSE English in Years 10 and 11.

The course will include:

- Key linguistic terminology
- Reading skills and comprehension
- Structural terms & analysis
- Synthesis & comparison of texts
- Creative writing focusing on descriptive techniques
- Applying a wide range of punctuation and sentence structures for effect

Delivered by a fully qualified Engish teacher with DBS on the update service.

Year 9 GCSE English Skills Course

Emma Swift

My son who doesn’t choose to do extra work enjoyed the 6 lesson series of English Skills pre gcse course at the start of the summer holiday.  He found Lisa approachable, adaptable, positive, gave clear instructions, and the lessons were fun and he actually looked forward to them each day! 
Thankyou Lisa for a great course and he learnt a lot and gained a lot of confidence. It was just what my son needed. 

A  6 session English Skills Course to develop the analytical and creative writing skills needed for GCSE/iGCSE English

Book this GCSE Masterclass on Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet' to develop your understanding of the play, identify how to access the higher marks and improve your confidence in the run up to the summer exams.

The session aims to provide the following:

📚 Revision of plot, character and theme

📚 How to approach exam questions and give detailed language analysis

📚How to make links across the wider text to support your argument

📚An understanding of the historical context and Elizabethan society

📚An exploration of the author’s intentions and links to critical theory

📚Exemplar material and model answers linked to the mark scheme for AQA (other exam boards can be included on request.)

Delivered by a fully qualified English teacher with 14+ years experience and DBS on the update service.

GCSE Masterclass: Romeo and Juliet

Larisa  Gadalean

Lisa's GCSE English Master Class is an indispensable resource for students preparing for their exams. With a structured curriculum and engaging delivery, Lisa creates a dynamic learning environment that caters to diverse
learning styles. The course covers all aspects of the
GCSE English curriculum, including literature analysis, writing skills, and exam techniques. Lisa's in-depth explanations and practical examples make complex concepts easy to understand, ensuring that students grasp key concepts thoroughly. One of the standout features of the master class is its focus on exam preparation. Lisa provides invaluable tips and strategies for approaching different types of questions, helping students develop the confidence and skills needed to excel in their exams. Moreover, Lisa fosters a supportive learning community where students can ask questions, share insights, and collaborate with their peers. This sense of camaraderie enhances the learning experience and encourages active participation. Overall, Lisa's GCSE English Master Class is a must-have resource for any student aiming to achieve success in their exams.
With its comprehensive content, expert guidance, and interactive approach, this course equips students with the tools they need to thrive in their English studies.
Thanks Lisa x

A GCSE Masterclass on Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'  to improve your knowledge of the play,  gain confidence and understand how to maximise your marks.

Are you struggling to understand poetry? Do you feel anxious when tackling the power and conflict poems?  Would you like some more support in preparation for your GCSEs? 
This session is perfect for students in the final year of their GCSE or Year 10 students hoping to grasp how to approach the conflict and power anthology question in readiness for Literature Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry.

It aims to provide the following: 

📚Top tips for tackling the power and conflict poems 

📚Key quotations and contextual information

📚How to successfully compare and contrast poems

📚 How to maximise marks in this section of the literature paper

📚 Exemplar material and model answers linked to the mark 
scheme for AQA

Delivered by a fully qualified English teacher with 14 years experience and enhanced DBS check

GCSE Masterclass: Power and Conflict Poetry

Helped me to remember key aspects of the poems and to remind me of key quotes from many of the poems. 

Book this fangtastic 8 week course based on the Gothic novel 'Rules for Vampires' by author Alex Foulkes. You will receive a signed copy of the book and 8 engaging lessons based on the text including a question and answer session with the author herself.

Sessions will  include:
- An introduction to Gothic fiction
- How authors engage their readers through setting and atmosphere
- How authors use literary devices for effect
- How to create Gothic characters
- How tension and suspence is created
- A question and answer session with the author in our final session

There will be plenty of opportunities to read aloud and discuss this fantastic, modern text throughout the 8 week course. Please note, the book and course is aimed at 9-12 year olds.

Delivered by a fully qualified secondary English teacher with DBS on the update service.

'Rules for Vampires' Literature Course

Lucie Aubrey

This class has developed my daughter’s confidence and developed her interest to learn. She  has embraced the book that is used in the online sessions, which is unusual but very  positive. This confidence is being reflected in her school work. 😊

Book this fangtastic 8 week course based on the novel ‘Rules for Vampires’ by Alex Foulkes including a signed copy of the book and Q&A session with the author. 

Book this masterclass on AQA English Language Paper 2:  Non-Fiction Writing if you'd like to improve your exam responses, develop confidence and identify how to maximise your marks for transactional writing in the run up to the summer exams.

The session will cover:
- how to plan an exam response
- how to write different text types for a range of audiences
- how to use structure effectively
- use of linguistic devices and techniques
- use of a range of punctuation and sentence structures

Examiner comments and all resources, including Grade 9 model answers, are included in the session.

Delivered by a fully qualified secondary English teacher with DBS on the update service.

A comprehensive revision session based on transactional writing for AQA Paper 2 English Language

AQA Paper 2 Section B - Non Fiction Masterclass

An amazing 7  week literature course based on the historical murder mystery novel, 'Sawbones' by author Catherine Johnson. You will receive a signed copy of the book and 7 engaging lessons based on the text including an exclusive question and answer session with the author herself at the end.

Sessions will  include:
- An introduction to the historical context of the novel
- How authors engage their readers through setting and atmosphere
- How authors use literary devices for effect
- How to create interesting characters
- How tension and suspense is created
- A question and answer session with the author in our final session

There will be plenty of opportunities to read aloud (if students wish) and discuss this intriguing text throughout the 7 week course. Please note, the book and course is aimed at 11-14 year olds.

Delivered by a fully qualified secondary English teacher with DBS on the update service.

An amazing 7  week course based on the historical murder mystery novel, 'Sawbones'  and exclusive interview with the author.

'Sawbones' Literature Course

English Tutoring with Lisa

I am a fully qualified secondary English teacher with 14+ years experience offering tailored, online tuition to students from KS2 to GCSE and A-Level.  I achieved a First Class Honours Degree in English with Education Studies and my PGCE included creative writing, drama and media studies alongside English language and literature. I also have an artistic background and enjoy making cross curricular links  to subjects like art and history. 

I provide tuition on a 1:1 and small group basis and my lessons are designed to be creative and inspiring alongside National Curriculum guidelines. I have extensive experience of preparing students for various exams including SATs, GCSE & A-Level and can cater my teaching for all ability levels; I was Lead Teacher for Gifted and Talented and I have worked at schools with Dyslexia friendly status and a higher than average SEN cohort

My teaching approach is calm, engaging and creative. I tailor my lessons to the individual student and their interests, providing a bespoke programme to help them to achieve their potential. I believe that targeted tuition can have a substantial impact on pupil progress, engagement and confidence levels. 
My students include those in mainstream, home education and international students as well as students across the UK. 
Please get in touch to discuss your requirements and how I can support your child. 


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