Headstart in English Podcast
1) Box Room - Liz Lochhead
A quick analysis of Box Room by Liz Lochhead. Meant for those doing Lochhead as their Scottish Text in this year’s Higher English exam; but can be enjoyed by all!
2) Aunt Julia - Norman MacCaig
A quick and painless analysis of Norman MacCaig’s eulogy to his beloved Aunt Julia. Meant for Scottish Text question in Higher English; but could be enjoyed by all poetry fans.
3) Language Questions
I give a general overview of how to approach Language Questions in an RUAE.
4) Winter - Edwin Morgan
I manage a quick but thorough analysis of Edwin Morgan's bleak meditation on life and death. Find me on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/HSETutoring/.
5) Hotel Room, 12th Floor (feat. John)
I talk to my friend - another former English teacher - about Norman MacCaig’s classic poem, ‘Hotel Room, 12th Floor’.
6) Sentence Structure
Some advice on how best to tackle sentence structure questions in an RUAE. I even mention ‘parenthetical insertions’!
7) Tone Questions
Hopefully this will explain how best to tackle tone questions. No contemptuous or effusive tones used here!
8) Conclusion Question
A quick word about how to tackle conclusion or introduction questions on the eve of the exam.
9) 8 Mark Question - Sailmaker
We look at how to tackle the 8 mark question on Sailmaker in the Scottish Text paper.
10) 8 Mark Question - MacCaig
We look at how to answer the 8 mark question at the end of the Scottish Text paper.