, First published 2019
(c) 2023 Dominic Salles
All rights reserved. The right of Dominic Salles to be identified as the
Author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
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About the Author
Dominic Salles still lives in Swindon, jewel of the M4.
He has been a stranger in his own home since 2nd of August 2022,
when the builders moved in. The final paint job was finished today,
6th April 2023. His wife earns too much money and has decided to
spend it on home improvements.
His daughter is moving to New Zealand in 2 weeks. This is just a
coincidence.
His son still lives on the site of Shakespeare’s first theatre, The
Curtain, above a Vietnamese restaurant which burnt down a month
ago and has already been completely rebuilt and restored. Compare
and contrast!
Apart from moaning, having high blood pressure and gout, he has
never been happier.
, INTRODUCTION
700,000 students are going to take GCSE English Literature
this year. Unless 350,000 of them buy this guide, so the
grade boundaries explode, you are going to get grade 7, 8 or
9.
Unless, of course, you are just too busy to read it. Fine, just read the
grade 9 essays which come with the guide, for free. You’ll still get at
least grade 7. Or cheat a bit, and memorise them, and get grade 8
or 9!
However you do it, Buy This Guide! Mr Salles wants you to smash
the exam, love the novel, and then he wants to go snowboarding for
3 months. Only you can make this happen.
(Editor’s note – this did in fact happen in 2022! A retrospective thank
you).
It is a rare reader who doesn’t know the central mystery already, but
if you are lucky enough not to know about the relationship between
Doctor Henry Jekyll and Mr Edward Hyde, you are in for a treat.
Read the novel first, and experience the same mystery as a Victorian
reader.
Next, you might choose to read the Chapter Summaries. These
include all the main events of the chapter, with much analysis. I feel
it is more natural to learn this way, rather than compartmentalising
facts and analysis in different sections.
You will probably know by now that I believe every student can
understand ideas at grade 7, 8 and 9. They are just ideas. It is just
knowing stuff.
I don’t expect every student who reads this guide to get those
grades, because linking ideas together, with the right language and
the right quotations is more of a skill. But an essay that would score
, a grade 4, can easily move to grade 5 or 6 with the introduction of
grade 7 ideas. Everyone can do that!
Having said that, 53% of my YouTube viewers improve by at
least 2 grades, 14% by 3 grades and another 14% improve
by 4 grades or more!
28% go up by at least 3 grades…imagine how many more
would do so if they read this guide.
So, you really can improve from grade 4 or 5 to grades 8 and 9.
Indeed, if you use this guide, it will be almost impossible for you not
to get at least a grade 7.
I have highlighted all the grade 7, 8 and 9 ideas in the summaries in
bold, so you can make notes on the extra ideas that will improve
your grade.
To be honest, you can get grade 7 and above just with that.
But you know there is much more to help you nail those grades.
There really isn’t a guide as good as this on the market – that’s why
I wrote it.
(c) 2023 Dominic Salles
All rights reserved. The right of Dominic Salles to be identified as the
Author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with
the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronical,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior
permission of the Author.
About the Author
Dominic Salles still lives in Swindon, jewel of the M4.
He has been a stranger in his own home since 2nd of August 2022,
when the builders moved in. The final paint job was finished today,
6th April 2023. His wife earns too much money and has decided to
spend it on home improvements.
His daughter is moving to New Zealand in 2 weeks. This is just a
coincidence.
His son still lives on the site of Shakespeare’s first theatre, The
Curtain, above a Vietnamese restaurant which burnt down a month
ago and has already been completely rebuilt and restored. Compare
and contrast!
Apart from moaning, having high blood pressure and gout, he has
never been happier.
, INTRODUCTION
700,000 students are going to take GCSE English Literature
this year. Unless 350,000 of them buy this guide, so the
grade boundaries explode, you are going to get grade 7, 8 or
9.
Unless, of course, you are just too busy to read it. Fine, just read the
grade 9 essays which come with the guide, for free. You’ll still get at
least grade 7. Or cheat a bit, and memorise them, and get grade 8
or 9!
However you do it, Buy This Guide! Mr Salles wants you to smash
the exam, love the novel, and then he wants to go snowboarding for
3 months. Only you can make this happen.
(Editor’s note – this did in fact happen in 2022! A retrospective thank
you).
It is a rare reader who doesn’t know the central mystery already, but
if you are lucky enough not to know about the relationship between
Doctor Henry Jekyll and Mr Edward Hyde, you are in for a treat.
Read the novel first, and experience the same mystery as a Victorian
reader.
Next, you might choose to read the Chapter Summaries. These
include all the main events of the chapter, with much analysis. I feel
it is more natural to learn this way, rather than compartmentalising
facts and analysis in different sections.
You will probably know by now that I believe every student can
understand ideas at grade 7, 8 and 9. They are just ideas. It is just
knowing stuff.
I don’t expect every student who reads this guide to get those
grades, because linking ideas together, with the right language and
the right quotations is more of a skill. But an essay that would score
, a grade 4, can easily move to grade 5 or 6 with the introduction of
grade 7 ideas. Everyone can do that!
Having said that, 53% of my YouTube viewers improve by at
least 2 grades, 14% by 3 grades and another 14% improve
by 4 grades or more!
28% go up by at least 3 grades…imagine how many more
would do so if they read this guide.
So, you really can improve from grade 4 or 5 to grades 8 and 9.
Indeed, if you use this guide, it will be almost impossible for you not
to get at least a grade 7.
I have highlighted all the grade 7, 8 and 9 ideas in the summaries in
bold, so you can make notes on the extra ideas that will improve
your grade.
To be honest, you can get grade 7 and above just with that.
But you know there is much more to help you nail those grades.
There really isn’t a guide as good as this on the market – that’s why
I wrote it.
