Revision tips english
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The document provides various revision tips for students preparing for exams. It recommends creating a revision plan and sticking to a schedule that increases revision time as exams approach. Students should start revising early instead of cramming last minute. Taking regular breaks is also suggested to avoid burnout. The tips include organizing notes by subject, using memory techniques like mnemonics and flashcards, getting tested by others, and practicing past essays and short plans under timed conditions.
Revision tips english
- 1. Revision Tips You need to go in to the exam hall feeling confident, walking tall and knowing you are going to show the person who is marking your exam script that you have learnt how to write clearly and accurately after eleven years at school. Complete a revision plan and stick to it. You need to increasing the amount of revision each week as you near the exam. Start revising this week - don’t think you can cram it all in a few weeks from the exams. Take regular breaks (spending hours in one stretch might be counter-productive) Find a way of revising that suits you. Have separate boxes/ folders for each subject- colour coded? Postcards, visual drawings with key words/concepts. Flow charts, mnemonics (SMILE,PEE,PETAL PETER,AFOREST) Google: memory technique…try different ideas. Complete chapter/act and character summaries. Produce specific quotation and vocabulary banks. Ask a friend/parent to verbally test you. Stick reminder post-its around your room with key words on. Create a spelling list with the words you get wrong- for example alliteration, onomatopoeia -get someone to test you. Revise previous essays you have completed. Take note of what your teachers have told you: if you keep getting comments for the same fault …. fix it. Revise with a friend. Ask your teacher if there’s something you can’t quite grasp.
- 2. Go to the school revision classes. Use videos on you tube to revise too if relevant. Ensure you know the difference between the layout of a letter and article. Use the recommended websites at the end of this presentation to help you. Take time to read them over the next few weeks… Practise writing short plans for example essay titles,e.g. “A Day that was Important to Me”….complete the outline headings under timed conditions. (3-5 minutes) Read newspaper and magazine articles. If the questions says “to what extent do you agree” with an idea, remember to say I completely agree or I partially agree or I do not agree in the first paragraph. Keep any quotations to a few words only or a phrase. Use the techniques writers use in your own writing, for example figurative language, alliteration etc.