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Quick quiz – True or falseQuick quiz – True or false

• Now is the time to start revising for your mock exams

• However nervous you are, good exam preparation will help you

• Reading over a revision guide or your notes is an effective way of revising

• Revision should be ‘active’• Effective revision is hard work

• Now is the time to start revising for your mock exams

• However nervous you are, good exam preparation will help you

• Reading over a revision guide or your notes is an effective way of revising

• Revision should be ‘active’• Effective revision is hard work

Quick quiz – True or falseQuick quiz – True or false• Now is the time to start revising for your mock exams –

False! You should already have started but it’s not too late.

• However nervous you are, good exam preparation will help you – True!

• Reading over a revision guide or your notes is an effective way of revising – False! This is never an effective way of revising.

• Revision should be ‘active’ – True! If you want to make the most use of your time – keep revision active, alternatively, waste your time by just reading over notes

• Effective revision is hard work – True! No getting away from it, but it is worth it.

• Now is the time to start revising for your mock exams – False! You should already have started but it’s not too late.

• However nervous you are, good exam preparation will help you – True!

• Reading over a revision guide or your notes is an effective way of revising – False! This is never an effective way of revising.

• Revision should be ‘active’ – True! If you want to make the most use of your time – keep revision active, alternatively, waste your time by just reading over notes

• Effective revision is hard work – True! No getting away from it, but it is worth it.

Recognise your revision

styleWhich of these revision styles

describes your pattern?

Bit-here-and-there styleBit-here-and-there style

• Tends to sit down with a book and do ten minutes or so before getting bored.

• Problem: Fooling yourself into thinking you’ve done more than you have.

• Tends to sit down with a book and do ten minutes or so before getting bored.

• Problem: Fooling yourself into thinking you’ve done more than you have.

Over-the-topOver-the-top

• Tends to read everything for hours and hours at a time without really taking it in.

• Problem: Doesn’t really understand and then is upset when the marks don’t seem very high.

• Tends to read everything for hours and hours at a time without really taking it in.

• Problem: Doesn’t really understand and then is upset when the marks don’t seem very high.

Just-do-the-interesting bitsJust-do-the-interesting bits

• Tends to study the interesting bits and ignores the rest.

• Problem: Never does the hard work and knowledge is patchy and shallow.

• Tends to study the interesting bits and ignores the rest.

• Problem: Never does the hard work and knowledge is patchy and shallow.

Just does the bits I already know…Just does the bits I already know…

• Doesn’t realise it, but always starts with the bits that they already know and doesn’t get onto the hard bits

• Problem: Will not do well because they do not know enough – knowledge is patchy

• Doesn’t realise it, but always starts with the bits that they already know and doesn’t get onto the hard bits

• Problem: Will not do well because they do not know enough – knowledge is patchy

I’m not going to passI’m not going to pass

• Tends to have no self confidence and no self belief, doesn’t really revise

• Problem: There really is not any point because with such low self-belief, success can’t happen.

• Tends to have no self confidence and no self belief, doesn’t really revise

• Problem: There really is not any point because with such low self-belief, success can’t happen.

I’ll do it laterI’ll do it later

• There is always something more important now which must be done.

• Problem: tomorrow never comes! You can’t put off things that must be done.

• There is always something more important now which must be done.

• Problem: tomorrow never comes! You can’t put off things that must be done.

I deserve some time offI deserve some time off

• Does loads of revision one night in a mad flash of enthusiasm.

• Problem: Gets too tired to keep up the effort and gives up after the first night.

• Does loads of revision one night in a mad flash of enthusiasm.

• Problem: Gets too tired to keep up the effort and gives up after the first night.

I’ll do it the night beforeI’ll do it the night before

• Puts it off till the day before the examination.

• Problem: There is not enough time to do a thorough job. You might get lucky, you probably won’t.

• Puts it off till the day before the examination.

• Problem: There is not enough time to do a thorough job. You might get lucky, you probably won’t.

Wonderful memory Wonderful memory

• I can remember really easily so I don’t need to worry.

• Problem: This may work for some topics, but memory is patchy and the details often go quickly.

• I can remember really easily so I don’t need to worry.

• Problem: This may work for some topics, but memory is patchy and the details often go quickly.

What does work?What does work?

• Plan your time

• Use different strategies

• Don’t put off revision!

• Plan your time

• Use different strategies

• Don’t put off revision!

Ways of revising…..Ways of revising…..• Making notes• Key cards• Make colourful posters• Spider diagrams/mind maps/concept maps• Condenser • Flow charts• Test yourself• Explain it to other people• Teach someone else• Past questions

• Making notes• Key cards• Make colourful posters• Spider diagrams/mind maps/concept maps• Condenser • Flow charts• Test yourself• Explain it to other people• Teach someone else• Past questions

Useful tips….Useful tips….

• Read for meaning….• Make notes as you read• Write key words• Use colour if you can• Make bullet points

• Read for meaning….• Make notes as you read• Write key words• Use colour if you can• Make bullet points

Spider diagrams/memory maps/concept maps

• A very good way of putting a lot of information onto one piece of paper

• Constructing spider diagrams/memory maps, helps you to understand the material because you have to focus on the links

Mind Maps

All on one page

Brainstorm

Make ideas visual

Can replace notes

Can connect ideas

This is an example of a KS3 concept map, but it shows the idea. You can make them much larger and use colour.

Use a Flow Chart

Food

Digestion

Nutrition

Energy

Flow Chart 2Macbeth brave hero in suppresing Cawdor’s

rebellion

Macbeth ambitions for crown

Duncan arrives at Macbeth’s castle

Macbeth has vision of dagger

Macbeth kills Duncan

Macbeth to become King

Macbeth

Duncan makes Macbeth new Thane

of Cawdor

Duncan makes his son Malcolm Prince of

Cumberland

Witches prophesy the future of Macbeth and

Banquo

Lady Macbeth schemer and ambitious. Wants

Macbeth to be King

Lady Macbeth puts pressure on Macbeth

Malcolm and Donalbain flee for

safety

Macbeth fears Banquo

Banquo suspects Macbeth

Colour It

ForcesGenetics and Inheritance

Environment Waves and Radiation

Write key points on coloured card or bits of coloured paper

Arrange the items on the floor or on a table in a way that makes sense to you. Turn the pieces of paper over to use as flash cards to test yourself

Patterns of Chemical Change