Students are guided in conducting research and preparing essays according to themes, focusing on both local concerns and global issues. They develop critical thinking, learn to evaluate and construct robust arguments. These ensure that they ace their essay in Paper 1 and the Application Question of Paper 2. Students also learn to identify the types of comprehension questions in Paper 2. They are taught the strategies for answering each type of question, including Summary. Secure your grade for GP.

Students are guided to consider their set texts in terms of literary devices, roles of characters, significance of relationships, periods, genres, literary themes, etc. They will learn to construct responses to PBQ, essay, and comparison requirements. Every student will focus on their school's prescribed texts. For example, RI students may work on: Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, ⁠Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's The Changeling, John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poetry, William Shakespeare's King Lear. HCI students may work on: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Arthur Miller's Playing for Time, J.M. Coetzee's Age of Iron, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, William Shakespeare's Hamlet. EJC students may work on: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath's Ariel. Regardless of which school you're from, you'll be closely guided in understanding and analysing your school-prescribed texts. Throughout, we will practise unseen poetry, and comparison between various unseen literary genres i.e. poetry, prose, drama. Prepare for your A-Level Lit exam with a Lit Professor.

IB students will be prepared for their IO, guided in formulating and writing their EE, and helped in narrowing down their selection of set texts for comparison. They be closely guided in practising unseen texts from all literary genres, and in understanding and analysing their chosen texts. Ace your IB Lit exam with a Lit Professor.

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Students are exposed to various unseen texts, ranging from poetry to prose to drama. For the compulsory Paper 1, students are guided on comparing unseen poems. Students sitting for Paper 2 will learn how to analyse unseen texts from either the Renaissance or Romantic period; students sitting for Paper 3 will learn to analyse unseen texts through either the lens of mind and self or the postcolonial lens, depending on whether they are 2024 or 2025 A-Level candidates. Secure the most challenging sections of your A-Level Lit exam.

IB students will learn how to analyse all genres of unseen texts e.g. fictional prose, non-fiction prose, dramatic plays, poems. Practise with mock papers specially designed by a Lit Professor. Receive personal guidance and feedback on your literary responses. Secure the most challenging sections of your IB Lit exam.

Small-group class focused on preparing students for the GCE O-Level English Examination. Students will learn to respond to the different types of continuous and situational writing, conquer all comprehension modes (visual, narrative, expository), and master summary. Last but not least, students will be taught how to ace oral. 

Depending on what your school curriculum requires, we will cover various types of writing e.g. argumentative essay, expository essay, discursive essay, reflective essay, etc. We will also practise IP-standard comprehension and summary, as well as application question. Ultimately, we focus on getting you ready for JC GP.

Small-group class focusing on the NYGH syllabus. Students are closely guided for their WAs on Comprehension & Summary, Argumentative Essay, and Critical Response. They are steadily prepared for all papers tested in their EOYs. 

Small-group class focusing on the RGS syllabus. Students are closely mentored and guided for their AAOLs on Argumentative Discourse and their AARF on the Personal Essay. They are also steadily prepared for the the Argumentative Essay, and Comprehension & Summary which are tested in their EYA.

Small-group class focusing on the RGS Literature syllabus. Students are closely guided in acquiring the skills of annotation for both prose and poetry, and mentored in their writing of the Singapore short story. They will also be introduced to rudimentary critical theory and learn how to use this in their approach of literary texts, particularly Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. 

Small-group class focusing on the NYGH LA syllabus. Students are closely guided for their English and Literature WAs, including the Personal Essay, Critical Response, and Advocacy Speech. They are also steadily prepared for all papers in their EOYs i.e. Paper 1 Expository Essay, Paper 2 Comprehension & Summary, Paper 3 Critical Response.

Small-group class focusing on the NYGH LA syllabus. Students are closely guided for their WAs (e.g. POV of secondary female character, letter to the press / news commentary / feature article, poem) and steadily prepared for all papers in their EOYs. Master comprehension and summary. Learn to identify and explain poetic devices, analyse poetic texts, as well as compose literary response to unseen poetry.

Small-group class focusing on the VS Literature syllabus. Students will learn to answer PBQ and master writing literary response to William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, and Octavia Butler's Kindred. They will also learn essential literary devices, and be guided in annotating and analysing unseen poetry. 

Small-group class focusing on the SJI IB Literature syllabus. Students are guided through Daniel Orozco's "Orientation", Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian", Hanif Kureishi's "My Son the Fanatic", Raymond Carver's "Fat", Phil Kley's "Redeployment", Chimananda Ngozi Adichie's 
Cell One", Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery". They will also learn to annotate and understand concrete poetry and Romantic poetry, focusing especially on William Wordsworth's poems. Finally, they will be taught to analyse Shirley Jackson's novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Throughout, they will practise answering PBQ and writing literary essays.

Read poetry from Singapore and all over the world. Become familiar with a wide array of literary devices and themes. Most importantly, learn to analyse and compose literary response. Regular practice will ensure that you sail through the most difficult section of your Literature exam.