exams - giving your best reading and writing your way to exam success

EXAMS - Giving Your Best EXAMS - Giving Your Best Reading and WritingReading and Writing

Your Way To Exam Success

Showing what you Know, Understand, Showing what you Know, Understand, and Can Do - in class and at home is and Can Do - in class and at home is helped by:helped by:

teachers and parents

other students

learning materials

Showing what you Know, Understand Showing what you Know, Understand and Can Do - in the exam hall is helped and Can Do - in the exam hall is helped by:by:

• subject knowledge

• correct use of subject words

• understanding of exam words

• writing in the way the exam words demand

You need to be able to:You need to be able to:

use the language of each subject

recognise the exam wordsselect the relevant informationplan and organise the

informationuse the correct form of writing

You get to know the language of subjects by:You get to know the language of subjects by:

listening to the subject wordsusing the words in classexplaining the words to othersreading the wordswriting explanations of the

wordsusing the words when writing

about the topic

You get to understand the exam words byYou get to understand the exam words by

reading questions on past paperspicking out the exam words e.g

describethinking and talking about their

meaningsthinking and talking about the forms of

writing these words requirepracticing the different forms of writing

Writing good answers in examsWriting good answers in examsinvolves the same process as

writing good homework tasks or coursework tasks

BUT

there is a strict time limit

You should know and use this process for:You should know and use this process for:

written homeworks

written coursework

‘mock’ exams

practice answers to past questions

Stages in the processStages in the processRead the task or question carefullyDecide on the form and purpose of the

written answerRecall and jot down the relevant

informationOrganise the information into an answer

planUse subject language and correct form of

writing to structure your answerProof read to check content and language.