students guide to revision 20102011

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A Students Guide to

Revision

The Broxbourne School2010-11


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TAKE LOTS OF BREAKS.

Most people can only concentrate, understand and remember for between 20 and 45

minutes at a time.

DO NOT REVISE FOR LONGER WITHOUT A BREAK.

If you do, most of what you do you will not remember.

Once you have finished learning something, your brain actually increases its power andcarries on remembering. It will be sorting out what it has been learning, creating a morecomplete picture of everything it has just learnt. Only then does the rapid decline inmemory begin and as much as 80% of what you learn in a day can be forgotten almostimmediately.

BUT WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP THIS?

To maximise your learning, you need to catch the top of the wave of your memory. To dothis, you need to look back at what you have been revising at the correct time, when thememory is stamped in far more strongly, and stays at the crest of the wave for a muchlonger time. Look at the diagram below:

You need to review what you have learnt:

After 10 minutes At the end of a day At the end of a week At the end of a month The week before the exams

Revising is all about MEMORY. The memory is like a muscle. If youdont exercise it, it will grow weaker and weaker, but if you do

exercise it, it will get stronger and stronger.


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What type of learner are you? What type of learner are you? (2)

Tick the statements which best describe you, your actions

and the things that you say.

1) I see what you mean

2) That sounds right

3) That feels right

4) I get the picture

5) I hear what you are saying

6) I found it easy to handle

7) That looks about right

8) That rings a bell

9) That touched a nerve

10) When relaxing, I like to watch a film or video

11) When relaxing, I like to listen to music

12) When relaxing, I like to go to the gym

13) I like to read a book to relax

14) When relaxing, I like to listen to the radio

15) When relaxing, I play sport

16) I prefer to talk to people face to face17) I prefer to talk to people on the telephone

18) I prefer to talk to people whilst Im doing something else

19) I get impatient when I listen to others

20) I like listening to others talk

21) I wave my hands about a lot when

22) I forget peoples names, but I rem

23) I dont forget peoples names

24) I shake hands when I meet people

25) If Im lost or need directions, I pre



28) When Im bored, I doodle

29) When Im bored, I tend to chat

30) When Im bored, I fidget

31) When Im angry, I seethe and say

32) When Im angry, I have an outburs

33) When Im angry I clench my fist, g

34) When I want to reward someone,

35) When I want to reward someone,

36) When I want to reward someone, 37) Im well organised

38) I dont like reading books or instru

39) I cant sit still for very long

How do you lear


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What type of learner are you? (3)

Now check your learning style:

Visual learner

B. Auditory learner

C. Kinaesthetic learner

I ticked of the following questions:

1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 37


2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 38


3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39


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Writing down key facts

Using Mind Maps

Creating pictures and diagrams

Using timelines

Using pictures, diagrams and charts

Watching videos, films, TV Programmes

Using highlighters to select Key Words, main ideas

Make Index Cards

Sorting cards into an order

Making models

Recording information as you hear it e.g. a Mind Map

VISUAL LEARNERSVISUAL LEARNERSVISUAL LEARNERSVISUAL LEARNERS

PHYSICAL LEARNERSPHYSICAL LEARNERSPHYSICAL LEARNERSPHYSICAL LEARNERS

AUDITORY LEARNERSAUDITORY LEARNERSAUDITORY LEARNERSAUDITORY LEARNERS

Hearing a presentation

Reading aloud to yourself

Making a tape with key points to listen to

Verbally summarizing

Explaining your subject to someone else

Talking to yourself

Using Mnemonics

May work well with music

Use computer software


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Before you start revising, it is worth making sure you have everything

you need at your fingertips. This will stop you wasting valuable timetrying to find things.

EQUIPMENT:

Highlighters Coloured pens Post-It notes for

formula/key words

Different coloured paper fordifferent subjects (you will needlots of this)

CD Player/Computer for revisionCDs

WHERE TO REVISE?

Not in front of the T.V. At a table, preferably in a quiet

place Its worth trying to sort the

bedroom out. Get rid of clutter,so a desk is empty enough to haveproper space to work

Keep all the materials for eachsubject in one place to save time

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO REVISE?

Revision timetable An up to date set of class notes Any revision materials given out by departments Revision lists Lists of exactly what is in each exam Any Study Guides which have been bought (but check

a guide is covering what is in your course)


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Topics need to be revised more than once based on what we know about the brain.

It is important that when constructing a revision timetable to consider the following issues:

Be realistic - remember sessions should only be for 30 40 minutes with 10 minutebreaks

Start NOW 1 session on a week night 3-4 a day at the weekend During holidays/study leave, revision should be far more intensive

Build in treats time with friends, evenings out etc. Social time is vital in the overallscheme, as long as there is a balance between work and play Try and get a variety of subjects across each day Build in slots to review the learning of the day When you write next weeks timetable, have you remembered to include review slots

for the work covered last week? Discuss with someone at home how you are going about your revision

BREAKING IT DOWN:

If youre thinking, Im doing Maths for 40 minutes and then half an hour of French, alarmbells should go off in your head. It means havent broken the subject down into key areas totackle your work in an organised manner; eg, Im doing algebra and irregular verbs. Youshould have a list of topics, but if not, a list is provided in the Subjects section of this booklet.

You need to use those key headings to do the following:

Identify those topics you feel weak in the danger is you push these to the back ofyour mind

Use each heading to break the topic down further. On the next page is a frameworkfor doing this

At first, the big picture may look and feel totally overwhelming. You need to prioritise yourworkload. You need to be aware of the fact that revision takes time and for a few months, thesocial life has to give a bit. Why dont you arrange with friends to have time off sessiontogether?


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PLANNING YOUR REVISION

THINK LEVELS!

LEVEL ONE IS THE SUBJECT

LEVEL TWO IS THE TOPICS WITHIN THAT SUBJECT

LEVEL THREE IS THE INDIVIDUAL TOPIC DIVIDED INTOSTUDY UNITS

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EXAMPLE OF A REVISION TIMETABLE FOR A W

TIME MORNING AFTERNOON

40 mins

ENGLISH

Of Mice and MenLennies character

MATHS

Quadratic equations

40 mins

SCIENCE

BiologyRespiration

BUSINESS STUDIES

Marketing

40 mins

FRENCH

Holiday vocabulary

RE

The Existence of God

40 mins

HISTORY

USAStudent Movement

FOOTBALL PRACTICE


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REVISION TIMETABLE FOR A WEEKEN

TIME MORNING AFTERNOON

40 mins

40 mins

40 mins

40 mins

Remember to build in review slo


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The following strategies can be used for turning class notes into revision

notes across all subject areas. They should be read in tandem with thespecific advice offered by departments.

Brainstorm a topic using a spider diagram

Make a chart to fit the information

Put key words onto Post-It Notes, stick them around the house

to learn them

Make up tests to try later Put notes onto revision cards

Make your own flash cards questions one side/answers on the

back

Create a Mind Map (see later section)

Use different colours to represent different things

Use Mnemonics for difficult spellings/sequences

(e.g. Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain colours of rainbow)

Make a flow chart

Make a timeline

Use pictures to represent key ideas

List two sides of an argument

Identify similarities/differences

Plan an exam answer and write the first paragraph

Create a dictionary for each subject

Turn headings into questions Fill the bedroom walls with posters for key ideas

Make up cartoons

Label pictures

Record key quotations/foreign language vocab


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THE MIND MAPTHE MIND MAPTHE MIND MAPTHE MIND MAP a magic formula

for revision notes

Do you like taking notes? Moreimportantly, do you like having to go backover and learn them before exams? Moststudents certainly do not! And how do you

take your notes? Most people take notesand make lists on lined paper, using blueor black ink. The result looks very boring!And what does your brain do when it isbored? It turns off, tunes out, and goes tosleep! Add a dash of colour, rhythm andimagination and the whole note-takingprocess becomes much more fun, usesmore of your brains abilities and improvesyour recall and understanding.

How to draw a Mind MapHow to draw a Mind MapHow to draw a Mind MapHow to draw a Mind Map1. Start in the middle of the page with the

page turned sideways. This givesyour brain maximum room for itsthoughts.

2. Always start by drawing a small pictureor symbol. Why? Because a pictureis worth a thousand words to yourbrain. And try to use at least threecolours, as colour helps your memoryeven more.

3. Let your thoughts flow,and write or draw your ideas oncoloured branching lines connected toyour central image. These keysymbols and words are the headings

for your topic.

4. Then add facts and ideas by drawingmore, smaller branches on to theappropriate main branches, just like atree.

5. Always print your word clearly on its line.Use only one word per line.

6. To link ideas and thoughts on differentbranches, use arrows, colours,underlining and boxes.

How to read a Mind MapHow to read a Mind MapHow to read a Mind MapHow to read a Mind Map1. Begin in the centre, the focus of your

topic.

2. The words and images attached to the

centre are like chapter headings: readthem next.

3. Always read out from the centre, in everydirection (even on the left-hand side,where you will have to read from right toleft instead of the usual left to right).

UsUsUsUsing Mind Mapsing Mind Mapsing Mind Mapsing Mind Maps

A Mind Map mirrors the way your brainworks. You can use Mind Maps for takingnotes from your study books, for taking notesin class, for preparing homework, for classpresentations, for reviewing tests, forchecking your knowledge on any subject, forgathering vocabulary phrases and languagestructures, for reviewing what you have juststudied, for revising, for brainstorming ideaswith friends, for essay planning forcoursework and in exams and for helping youunderstand anything you learn.

GEOGRAPHY

Oceans

Mountains

Coastline

City

Erosion

Beach

Town

Tides

Peeks

Cliffs


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All these methods set out below will help with revision techniques

Can you remember dates aCan you remember dates aCan you remember dates aCan you remember dates and events?nd events?nd events?nd events?Can you make a chronological list of eventswhich, for instance, lead up to a battle inhistory, or an important event in the plot of anovel? Tree charts may help to trigger yourmemory

What happens next andWhat happens next andWhat happens next andWhat happens next and why?why?why?why?Try to use the consequences of each action to

jog your memory about the next stage. Thismakes a useful flowchart of events. Heresone to illustrate how global warming happens.

FOSSIL FUELS ARE BURNED

Causing

CO2 EMISSIONS

Causing

BLANKET OF CO2 AROUND THE EARTH

Causing

GLOBAL WARMING

What are the two sides to anWhat are the two sides to anWhat are the two sides to anWhat are the two sides to an argument?argument?argument?argument?What are the arguments forand against a point orquestion? Try drawing up asplit list with the for andagainst points to be

included. This one compares the pros and consof using a credit card.

ADVANTAGES (Pro)

a.Wide range ofoutlets

b.Buy now, pay laterc.Convenience of

paymentd.Security no cashe.Perks e.g.

insurance, gift

schemes

DISADVANTAGES (Con)

a.Need good creditrecord

b.Interest charged aftertime allowed forrepayment

c.Minimum age 18(usually)

d.High interest rates

e.Risk of fraud

What are the similarities andWhat are the similarities andWhat are the similarities andWhat are the similarities anddifferences between objects ordifferences between objects ordifferences between objects ordifferences between objects orsubstances?substances?substances?substances? Again,split lists which compareand contrast are goodmemory joggers. Thisone compares two types

of blood vessel:

ARTERY

TUBULARENDOTHELIUM PRESENTTRANSPORTS BLOOD

THICK WALLNO VALVESCAN CONSTRICTBLOOD FROM HEART

HIGH PRESSURE

VEIN

TUBULARENDOTHELIUM PRESENTTRANSPORTS BLOOD

THIN WALLPOCKET VALVESCANT CONSTRICTBLOOD TO HEART

LOWER PRESSURE

ACIDIC GASES

DRY DEPOSITION WET DEPOSITION

RAIN SNOW CLOUD


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The school library is open for an hour after school each day, as well as computer rooms

being available some lunchtimes for Year 11.

The internet has an overwhelming amount of resources for revision but needs to be usedwisely. You need to remember, just because something is on a web page it is notnecessarily reliable information.

There are many useful sites, as the list below suggests. However, it is important you donot waste time simply reading and scrolling up and down the page.

You can:

Have a pen and paper ready and do the activities which are suggested Copy information into a programme of your choice and underline key words,

delete less important sentences, cut and paste key words etc

The emphasis must be on making that information your own in the same way you mustmake your textbook notes your own.

Useful addresseswww.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision-A very well regarded site that contains a lotof information and activities

www.samlearning.com - This site will give you lots of exam practice using pastpapers. All you need is your personal ID. This gives you free access to this service.Personal ID is: Centre ID > EN10BS

Username > DOB + initials e.g. 060190CAPassword > Username

www.mymaths.co.ukusername: Broxbournepassword: compass

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/studentlife -School work support. You can talk toothers about revision topics and contact teachers to answer your questions within 24hours.www.gcse.com

www.s-cool.co.uk

www.examzone.co.uk- This site is run by the exam board Edexcel. It includes

model answers, mark schemes and revision notes.

www.revisionaid.co.uk An access site to other more subject specific materials.


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BUSINESS STUDIESStudents will have studied the followingtopics:Business aims and ownershipPeople at workFinanceMarketing

ProductionBusiness environmentBusiness communication and MarketingYou will be given a revision guide andpractice exam papers, but you must also

create your own revision resources.

SCIENCESTUDY GUIDES AND REVISION STRATEGIES

Check which module and which tier of entry (higher or foundation) you have been entered for. You need toknow what you are being examined on so make sure you have a copy of the correct part of the specification.Revision guides are issued from the school library. Past papers are available on the OCR website and onMoodle. Make some revision notes or mind maps that include keyword definitions. Try out revision websitessuch as GCSE bitesize or SamLearning.

SCIENCE

Biology Physics Chemistry

B1 = Understanding ourselves P1 = Energy for the home C1 = Carbon chemistryB2 = Understanding our environment P2 = Living for the future C2 = Rocks and metal

ADDITIONAL SCIENCE

Biology Physics ChemistryB3 = Living and growing P3 = Forces for transport C3 = The Periodic tableB4 = Its a green world P4 = Radiation for life C4 = Chemical Economics

SEPARATE SCIENCES

Biology Chemistry PhysicsB5 = The Living Body C5 = How much? P5 = Space for ReflectionB6 = Beyond the Microscope C6 = Chemistry Out There P6 = Electricity for Gadgets


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MODERN LANGUAGESFRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN

Listening and reading examinations

You will sit a listening and reading examination in the summer. This exam covers all

the material learnt throughout the GCSE course. You have a text book and a workbookwhich has vocabulary lists at the end of each chapter, covering all the required topicareas and practice exercises for the GCSE. There is also a booklet available with thecomplete list of vocabulary for the AQA GCSE reading and listening exams at a cost1.50 from the finance office.

The topic areas are: Lifestyle health, relationships with family and friends, future plans, marriage.

Leisure free time and modern technology, media, shopping, fashion andholidays

Home and Environment home and local area, special occasions, the

environmental problems and being environmentally friendly Work and Education school, work, advantages and disadvantages of jobs

and future plans

For all these topic there is an emphasis on understanding opinions andadvantages and disadvantages of various issues.

Useful Websites

www.samlearning.comKey stage 3 is very helpful for foundation vocabulary and key stage 4 AQA is an

excellent way to cover all vocabulary areas, particularly for the reading examination.

www.linguascope.com user name: brock password badger11Beginner has revision of basic language and Intermediate has listening and readingtasks and vocabulary revision.

www.languagesonline.org.ukHas basic revision as well as grammar and GCSE tasks.

www.gut.org.uk - Listening and reading tasks for German.

www.zut.org.uk Listening and reading tasks for French.


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English & Literature

Poetry: Duffy/Armitage or Clarke/Heaney

Pre 1914 Poetry

Poetry from Different Cultures

Twentieth Century Novel

Reading: Magazine articles

Leaflets

Newspaper articles

Students study a variety of twentieth century novels for English Literature. Each teacher

will provide a list of topics for each text. Each student should do a full re-read and /or a

skim re-read before the Literature exam.

R.E.R.E.R.E.R.E.

Students will have studied the following topics:-

1. Deity2. End of Life3. Good and Evil4. Religion and Science5. Religion and Human Relationships6. Religion and Medical Ethics7. Religion, Peace and Justice8. Religion and Equality

The Department will provide revision documents for each of these areas, but pupils must createtheir own revision resources and practise past paper questions.

Texts for English and Literature exams are

blank text no annotations in the texts

students use in the exam. Revision will

involve identifying key quotations andcommenting upon the effect of language,

structure and form. Students revise from

their own annotated copies of set texts.


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GEOGRAPHY

Population and Settlement Natural Hazards Rivers and Coasts Economic Development

History

International Paper

1. The Cold War Who was to blame for the Cold War? / Who won theCuban Missile Crisis? / Why did the USA fail in Vietnam?

2. The USA 1945 1975: Land of Freedom? - Why was there a Red Scare inthe USA? / How successful was the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s? /Who improved civil rights the most in the 1960s and 1970s?

British Society 1890 1918

Living conditions in the 1890s Suffragists and Suffragettes Booth and Rowntree Womens contribution to WWI Liberal Reforms Womens voting rights in 1918 Debate on Female Suffrage Civilian life during WWI

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

Remember to always follow this sequence:

Analysis of TaskResearch

Analysis of ResearchSpecificationsPossible Solutions (ideas)Prototypes / Models(Food Tech Methods of Testing, HACCP, Systems and Control)Industrial ManufactureQuality ControlQuality Assurance

Evaluation

FOOD TECHNOLODYWe will know the theme for some of the questions on this summers exam paper on 1 stMarch 2011. Ms Moone and Mr Birch will inform students of this and will supply revisionmaterials. Once coursework is completed all lesson time will be spent on revision for the

exam.


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ICT - STUDY INFORMATION:

All coursework requirements and assessment criteria can be foundin the online unit websites, which can be accessed via the SchoolICT Intranet and via Moodle, our VLE.

Details about the courses can be found on www.ocrnationals.com,however, the number of units required by

the current Year 11 is less than thatstated on the website.

MUSIC

12 set works: AREA OF STUDY 1 AREA OF STUDY 21. Handel And the Glory of the Lord 4. Schoenberg - Peripetie

2. Mozart Symphony 40 5. Bernstein Somethings Coming3. Chopin Prelude 6. Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint

AREA OF STUDY 3 AREA OF STUDY 47. Miles Davis All Blues 10. Capercaillie Skye Waulking song8. Jeff Buckley Grace 11. Rag Desh Anoushka Shanka, Chirianji Lal Tanwar,

9. Moby Why does my heard feel so bad? Steve gorn and Benjy Wertheimer12. Koko - Yiri

As well as the 12 set works, you also need to know the styles and characteristics of music from each

of these areas of study: AREA OF STUDY 1 AREA OF STUDY 2Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods Expressionism, Atonality

Binary, Ternary, Rondo form Serialism, 12 tone seriesSymphony, Sonata form, Variation form, Concerto MusicalsOratorio, Aria, Chorus, Recitative Minimalism, ostinato, looping, metamorphosis

AREA OF STUDY 3 AREA OF STUDY 4The Blues, jazz, chords, improvisation British folk music, work songs, Celtic musicRock Indian Raga, Tala, Indian instrumentsDance/Electronic music, sampling African music, types of drum, playing techniques

Maths:Use the resources on Moodle and text books to practice as manyquestions as you can. Extra tutorials and exercises are availableon www.mymaths.co.ukor from the MathsWatch CD Rom (there

are extra copies of this in the library that you can borrow).

Your teachers will give you lists of topics for your tier.

We will publish an extra revision list for Paper 2 between the twoexams. Collect this from the exams notice board after Paper 1(also published on Moodle).

Remember that practice is the key to success!


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ART & DESIGNGCSE PAINTING & GRAPHICS

You need to prepare for your exam by following this sequence:

Develop: Draw from first hand observation and collect only relevant researchimages from your own photography and the internet.

Analyse examples of artists and designers work which will help you.

Experiment: Try your ideas in different ways employing different materials.Make critical and evaluative comments comparing different possibilities in

order to select the best way of working.

Record: Draw accurately and develop your skills of painting and use ofmaterials to communicate your idea effectively.

Resolution: Make sure you have a fully prepared colour study for your examsession. Bring all your work to the exam. Present and evaluate your unit ofwork.

Any problems, please see your teacher.


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UNIT 4890

STRATEGIES FOR REVISION

Condense notes from your school folder by summarising key topic areas

Use lots of colour, pictures, diagrams and abbreviate key terms

Make cue cards, spider diagrams

Practice exam style questions use mark schemes to check your answers

Refer to the syllabus/specification to ensure you cover everything

Study the pre-released material and create possible exam question

Psychological

factors

InjuriesTOPIC AREAS

Individualdifference

Aerobic andanaerobic

Leisure &recreation

Roles of theparticipant

Health &

generalfitness

Diet

Components

offitness

Roles ofschools

PESSCL &PESSYP

Principlesof training

Media

Scienceand ICT

Sponsorshi

Internationalsporting

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

GCSE Revision Guide (available from the

Finance Department) AQA Website www.aqa.org.uk Course textbook and class notes

Revise with friends test each other!! Submit exam papers to your subject

teachers for feedback and marking

EXAM PREPARATION

Be prepared for the different styles of question throughout

the paper and the level of detail needed in your response:

SECTION A PART 1 Multiple Choice Questions

SECTION A PART 2 Short Answer QuestionsSECTION B Pre-Released Scenario, with long answerquestions, assessing quality of written communication and

technical language

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