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When expressing your opinion in a discussion, you want to show the links between your opinions and the arguments or evidence that support them. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses and explains how arranging their order differently in a sentence can make your argument more convincing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

Descriptions of where an event, action or process happened are crucial for writing detailed and engaging recounts. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of place to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Describing the timing of an event, action or process is essential when writing a detailed and engaging recount. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of time to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Scientific and technical texts need to have effective explanations to explain why something happens or how it works. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and the importance of using the right subordinating conjunctions to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

When writing a job application, you might want to address certain conditions while drawing attention away from your limitations and towards your strengths. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of limit or concession to provide extra detail to a piece of writing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

When writing about scientific or technical topics, your explanations should provide readers with precise and detailed information. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of condition to provide extra detail to a piece of writing, while remaining clear and concise. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

In an exposition, whether you want your reader to focus more on your opinions or your reasons might vary. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses and explains how arranging their order differently in a sentence can make your argument more convincing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

When writing an exposition, it’s easier to get your audience to agree with your opinions if you have arguments or evidence to support them. This video introduces the concepts of independent and dependent clauses, and how to use subordinating conjunctions of cause or reason to provide extra detail to a piece of writing. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing persuasive texts. Show Less

When writing procedural texts, it can be tricky to make your instructions both clear and detailed and it’s important to connect related ideas. This video covers how to combine simple commands into compound sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘or’, to help provide clarity to directions. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

To create detailed profiles of people and places that sound fluid and fluent, it’s important to show the relationships between simple descriptions. This video covers how to combine simple sentences into compound sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions ‘and’, ‘but’, ‘so’ and ‘or’, to help descriptions flow more smoothly. Highly recommended for students looking to establish key basic skills in writing informative texts. Show Less

Learn how to write brilliant analytical paragraphs to discuss themes (and much more) in George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Watch us build two structured body paragraphs that would fit right into an extended response. The paragraphs will relate to three themes: Power and Totalitarianism, Individuality and Identity, Love and Relationships. Join us and learn how to analyse important quotes and techniques to build on complex arguments. Show Less

Be inspired by a Northern English working-class lad who defies the odds! This lesson explores the theme of Poverty and Social Class in Stephen Daldry’s film Billy Elliot. Discover how Billy pursues his love of ballet despite his family’s poverty during the UK miners’ strike of the 1980’s. Be moved by the way Billy’s community rallies behind him and his remarkable talent. Join us and learn how to analyse the film techniques Daldry uses to develop this theme. Show Less

Should parents be given the choice to edit the genes of their unborn children? Or should this practice remain outlawed? This video looks at the arguments for both sides, discussing the He Jiankui affair and CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and explaining concerns over hereditary diseases and designer babies. Nuanced and considered, this is a highly valuable resource for English and Science classrooms, as well as thought-provoking viewing for Philosophy students. Show Less

In this lesson, we’ll analyse lines 87-110 of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. We are projected into future scenarios as Prufrock speculates over the possible consequences of asking a woman his ‘overwhelming question’. While this part of the poem may be complex, we make it manageable with line-by-line analysis and easy explanations. Show Less

In our final lesson on T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’, we analyse lines 111-131. Find out how Prufrock resolves his dilemma and prepares himself for the future. As always, we make this challenging poem stress-free with our step-by-step analysis and easy explanations. Show Less

Join us as we continue our close analysis of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. In this lesson we’ll look at lines 70-86 which reveal Prufrock’s existential angst. This part of the poem contains some of the most famous lines in the English language. So, grab your notes and let’s get started! Show Less

In this lesson, we celebrate reaching the half-way point in our analysis of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. We will recap key points from previous lessons before we move on to look at lines 55-59. We enlist the help of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalytic theory to help us understand T.S. Eliot’s portrait of J. Alfred Prufrock’s tortured mind. Show Less

In this lesson, we’ll analyse lines 15-36 of T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. Enjoy this relatable and thought-provoking journey into the mind of J. Alfred Prufrock as he struggles with anxiety and indecision. Learn all about techniques T.S. Eliot employed to bring this character to life! Show Less

We continue our journey through T.S. Eliot’s vivid streetscape in Preludes 2 and 3 of his quadriptych poem ‘Preludes’. Experience the morning bustle of bleary-eyed city-dwellers as light struggles to break through the darkness. We’ll guide you through T.S. Eliot’s expert use of poetic form and technique in these well-crafted vignettes. Show Less

Are you ready to perfect your understanding of one of the most important poems of the 20th century? Join us for a rigorous and entertaining analysis of the epigraph and lines 1-14 of T.S. Eliot’s famous poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’. Grab your notes as we examine T.S. Eliot’s expert use of poetic form and language to portray the disturbed mind of a ‘prototypical’ modern man. Show Less

It is our pleasure to introduce one of the most important poets of the English-speaking canon: T.S. Eliot. Learn about his background, context and how he became the ‘voice of the Lost Generation’. We’ll also discuss Modernism and some key ideas you’ll encounter in T.S. Eliot’s poetry, including societal fragmentation, capitalism, environmental degradation, individualism, paralysis and futility. Show Less

Should everyone on the planet become vegetarian, and is it even possible? Or is eating meat an essential part of human evolution? This video looks at the arguments for all sides, giving a brief history of vegetarianism, and discussing the ethical and environmental considerations surrounding meat-eating. Nuanced and considered, this is a highly valuable resource for Health and Food Technology classrooms, and thought-provoking viewing for English and Philosophy students. Show Less