Using This Blog: A Reference Guide ✔️

Welcome to AimHigh! We hope you make the most of this site to excel in your Edexcel IGCSE exams in English Language. We wish you all the best!

Use the guide below to familiarise yourselves with the content displayed on the site:

Aim for the A*: These blog posts will feature the passages/poems featured in your anthology, and will offer a discussion of the key linguistic features and themes featured therein. Note: These guides are by no-means exhaustive. You should complement the points discussed here with notes from your teacher as well as your own findings. 

Taking It Further: These posts will feature resources (audio, film, text, and more) on some of the themes (cultural, social, political etc.) associated with an individual piece of writing found in your anthology. These posts will thus challenge you to think beyond your syllabus. They will help you reflect on how what you study is directly linked to the goings-on of the world. 

The Analysis of a Song:  Studying English is by no means restricted to your (sometimes boring!) anthology! These posts will help you appreciate the rich linguistic diversity that peppers the songs of contemporary times.

Resources: Your anthology, specification and past papers can be accessed from these blog posts. 

Fleur's Fantastic Reviews: Our guest-blogger Fleur writes a monthly column, giving a thoughtful review to a well-deserved piece of fiction, film and more! 

If you click on the left-hand side of the home page, you can see a section titled 'Labels'. The labels help sort the content on the site. 

Anthology passages are indexed with the last name of their respective author: ('Alvi' 'Adichie' etc.) 

'Explore' will show you all the 'Take It Further' posts. 

'Song' will give you all the 'Analysis of a Song' posts. 

'Resources' will show you all the ..... (you can figure this one out! 😀)

And 'Review' will bring up Fleur's work. 💃 

Last, but not least, you can easily use the Search function on the upper right hand corner of the blog to quickly find a desired post. Simply type in any word ('Adichie, 'personification, colour'... etc. etc.) and you can handily access all the articles that feature your input word. 


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