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We all need some help! The new style 9-1 GCSEs 2017 More rigorous in their content More rote learning / closed book examinations Changes in tiers of entry in some subjects REVISION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BECAUSE COURSEWORK IS
We all need some help!
examinations
subjects REVISION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BECAUSE COURSEWORK IS BEING REMOVED.
When – when should they revise? They should have already started because the time in Yr11 flies by – honest! Little and often is the best way.
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Where – where are they going to revise? All of these: A quiet place at home with a desk and stationery... In bed – rereading information / notes... On the bus – listening to an audio version
With a friend at lunchtime – testing each with quiz questions / repeating quotes... In a computer room after school – using suggested websites...
Time management problems
student who is not actually learning anything.
Pomodoro method (it’s a real thing) – suggests setting a timer / app for 25 mins and focusing on just one task. Then break for 5 mins and do something completely different.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO REVISE... This is the important bit... STARING AT THE BOOK FOR HOURS ON END IS NOT ACTUALLY REVISING – IT IS STARING AT THE BOOK...and very few people have photographic memories… They need to be pro-active!
you have learnt it, it is in your short- term memory.
your long-term memory.
and retesting their knowledge.
do know and what they don’t know. Get them to concentrate on understanding the ‘don’t know’ topics.
everything they know about a topic… this should guide them towards the areas they need to focus on.
I already know that I am very cute!
If getting started is the problem…
have a set time to start – and finish!
timetable and stick to it wherever possible.
If certain topics don’t come easy
units
long to revise these topics
revision session
to help and encourage them
If they can’t master something and it’s getting them down?
struggling immediately – it’s draining their energy.
the subject teacher for help the next day.
used to working under time limits by allocating 10, 20, 30 or 40 minutes to revise a topic, do a test or write an essay.
familiar with the time limits they’ll allocate to questions during exams.
Here are a range of techniques – you can encourage your son / daughter to use… …for any subject
themes for each topic they are studying and rank order them…
PAST PAPER PRACTICE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
to teachers and get copies of past papers. They could be extra cunning and just do plans for some…
people - get someone else to select a quote or fact from the text(s) and see if they can explain it / make some comments on it…
display information they are learning. Transforming information helps it to stick…
SKETCHING / DRAWING
novel / from history / famous scientists and label them with key words (exaggerate the sketch to make it even more memorable)
chapter / event
revision to see what they actually already know!
MAKE A POSTER ABOUT A TOPIC
their own poster or fact sheet about each of their revision topics.
LISTEN AND LEARN
reading a text or saying key notes / quotes / formula so they can play them back at their convenience – when walking to school, on the bus, in the car...
questions – they can then work with a friend who does a different section / topic or another text.
POST IT NOTES / CUE CARDS
Reduce each topic, chapter, concept, theme to the size of a post it.
again.
EQUIPMENT
pack of stationery: post-it notes, highlighters, coloured pens and pencils, cue cards, folders, binders…
DON’T PANIC
stressful time for all.
day.
it will end… and they’ll have a brilliant Summer!
4 written exams + speaking task English paper 1 = 1hr 45mins English paper 2 = 1hr 45mins Literature paper 1 = 1hr 45mins Literature paper 2 = 2hr 15mins
Cotherstone Academy Aug. 7. 1822 Dear Father Our Master has arrived at Cotherstone, but I was sorry to learn he had no Letter for me nor anything else, which made me very unhappy. If you recollect, I promised that I would write you a sly Letter, which I assure you I have not forgot, and now an opportunity has come at last. I hope, my dear Father, you will not let Mr. Smith know anything about it for he would flog me if he knew
mention anything about this in yours; only put a X at the bottom, or write to my good Friend Mr. Halmer, who is very kind to me and he will give it to me when I go to Church. He lives opposite and I assure you, my dear Father, they are the kindest Friends I have in Yorkshire and I know he will not show it to Mr. Smith for the Letters I write you are all examined before they leave the
by Mr. Smith before I see them, so I hope, my dear Father, you will mention nothing of this when you write. It is now two years come October since I left you at Islington, but I hope, my dear Father, you will let me come home at Xmas that we may once more meet again alive - if God permit me to live as
chaff1 and I assure you we are used more like Bears than Christians2 . Believe me, my dear Father, I would rather be obliged to work all my life time than remain here another year. George is quite well but very unhappy. Your respectful son Henry
newspapers, letters, articles, blogs, diaries…
homeworks which will include pre 20th century material.
If they tell you they have nothing to do…they can always be learning key quotations…
What exams they need to learn quotes for?
Literature Paper 1
Literature Paper 2
and Relationships
This is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string… They need to know enough KEY QUOTES that they can use a variety in their essays. They need to learn enough to cover possible question topics.
How often should they learn them?
later, it is in their short term memory. If they know it a week later, there is a good chance it is in their long term memory.
their selected quotes…
not learning them!
not passive…
REPETITION – VISUALLY / AURALLY
and dot around the house so they see them over and over.
back on headphones in ‘dead’ time e.g. on the bus, waiting for a lift, on a journey in the car…
spellings when at primary school…
(sight, sound, touch/feel) there is more chance of quote sticking in their brain.
quotes and silly reminders
“teach the torches to burn bright” (Romeo & Juliet)
quotes to particular tunes / beats or rhythms to help them stick…
Romeo?” to the tune of ‘This old man, he played one’
cue card / middle of a piece of paper
students to create pictures in their minds… “Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear”
whole quote – just put the bits they are sure about.
like a precious gem in an earring in an ‘Ethiop’s ear’…
We all need some help!
Oxford Literature Companion CGP Mr Bruff
20 page study guide.
elements to cover the Literature texts.
updated to the new specification.
relevant themes, characters and overall understanding so still worth a look!
Literature texts, quote learning activities, quizzes etc.
lunchtime.
to exams.