REVISION

It’s not what you do it’s

the way that you do it!

1) Take a seat at a table quickly.

2) Fill in the survey that has 11 questions on it and answer it as

honestly and as accurately as possible.

3) Make sure your name and form are on it.

Time is Ticking…

You are so close to the best and

longest summer of your life…

Mocks: Now

Real exams: 2 months

Exam Results Day: 5 months

College/Apprenticeships: 5 and a half months

Revision Session planOutcomes:

• All students can outline key principles for effective revision.

• All students are able to apply revision methods to their own

revision for various subjects – English Language, English

Literature, Maths, Science and RE.

• Overview of lesson

• Student self review of current revision – completed

• Theory and research surrounding revision

• Review of suggested revision practices

• Application to your CORE revision subjects

• Reflection, revision pack and good luck!

How many times have you said the following?

“I’m not going to try that.”

“I’m not clever enough I won’t give it a go.”

“Everyone else is so much better than

me.”

“I am going to try that!”

“I can give it my best go.”

“It doesn’t matter what

others can do – I can give it my best efforts.”

becomes becomes becomes

But what if you changed the way you think slightly ?

“I can’t do it!”“I don’t want to

do that.”“I give up!”

“I CAN do it!.”“I want to do

that.”“I won’t give up.”

becomes becomes becomes

What’s stopping you?Fear of failure

Too much effort

My friends will laugh

at me.

I don’t want to

stand out.

All of the teachers that you have will have taught pupils who will

have felt like they were struggling or even failing at this point.

However, they didn’t give up and went on to achieve brilliant

results in the remaining few months!

BE ACTIVE!

I hear lots of students read to revise but is that actually revising? I’ve

observed some of you ‘working’ in the LRC after school and it scares

me…

Getting material into and out of your brain is better

What is REVISION?

6 most common mistakes

1) Not giving yourself enough time to prepare.

2) Doing the wrong work.

3) Being inefficient and having no plan.

4) Ignoring/not correcting previous mistakes.

5) No goal – time and grades.

6) Not doing enough practice questions.

What is this

pyramid actually

telling us about

revision

methods?

How many pictures can you remember in order in 30 secs?

I woke up one morning and had a bowl of cornflakes and saw Boris Johnson on the TV and he was talking about Aliens landing in the UK and in America (American flag). The aliens liked to eat beetroot and drink milk.

The aliens were best friend with Stormzy and Buzz. Buzz had just got a new pair of Nike trainers and a calculator for his birthday, it was Leonardo Dicaprio that bought him these. After watching the TV I walked to the post box and posted a set of pencils to Mr Fitter,he used them to make a lovely picture of a penguin, the penguin didn’t like the fire and he ran away as fast as Usain Bolt, all the way to Big Ben, where he found a bench and sat down until sunrise.

How many pictures can you remember in order in 30 secs?

Chunking – the average person can only hold 7 ‘items’ in their short

term memory, so chunking can increase capacity.

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Repetition – Studies indicate 66% of materials are forgotten within 7

days, 88% are gone after 6 weeks – you need to revisit what you do!

Use of mnemonics –MRPASSO (Descriptive writing techniques) –

Metaphor, Repetition, Personification, Alliteration, Senses, Similes and

Onomatopoeia

DON’T REVISE WHAT YOU

KNOW!!!!

Make an overview of the curriculum

and then tick off the topics:

syllabus maker!

Language analysis

Structural analysis

Evaluation practice

Descriptive writing practice

Summary comparison practice

Viewpoint and perspective

practice

Persuasive writing practice

Reduction to trigger words!

Willy Russell created Blood Brothers to highlight

the inequality that existed between the working

classes and the wealthy in Britain under Margaret

Thatcher’s reign. Furthermore, Russell constructs

the protagonist of Mrs Johnstone to demonstrate the

hardship that working class families suffered as

opposed to their middle class counterparts. He also

portrays the faults with society and the continuous

cycle of deprivation by allowing the audience to

witness the differing fortunes of two twins who were

brought up in different class backgrounds.

Willy Russell

Inequality of working classes and the wealthy

Britain Margaret Thatcher’s reign.

Constructs Mrs Johnstone hardship suffered

Portrays the continuous cycle of deprivation

Audience witnesses the differing fortunes of twins in

different social classes

Maths… Repetition

Revision Techniques

What are the best ways to revise?

1.Read one quote and one

explanation at time.

2.Cover them up and see how

much you remember

3:Remember what you have just

read and write it down.

4: Retell it to your partner.

Catholic Beliefs

This source refers to God

as the ‘word’ it shows

that God existed before

all things – it is a source

to explain the belief that

God is eternal.

“In the Beginning was the word,

and the word was with God, and

the word was God”

New testament – John's Gospel

“The trinity is One. We

do not confess three

God’s but one God in

three persons”

Catechism

This source explains why Catholics believe that God is one but in the 3 persons of the trinity.

“And the word

became flesh and

dwelt among us…”

New testament –

John's Gospel

This source can be used when explaining why Catholics that God (the word) became flesh in the form of Jesus. Use this as evidence when discussing incarnation.

Catholic Practices

This helps to explain why

this part of a Catholic Mass

is so important for

Catholics. The Eucharist is

holy communion, it is the

most important part of

Mass.

“The Eucharist is the source

and summit of the Christian

life”

Pope John Paul II

“Love the lord your God

with all your heart and

love your neighbour as

yourself, this is the

greatest commandment ”

New testament – Mark’s

Gospel

This source explains why Catholic agencies like CAFOD spend time trying to demonstrate love of neighbour. It is part of Catholic Social Teaching

“The Lord’s prayer is

the most perfect of

prayers”

Catechism

The Lord’s prayer is a formulaic prayer, it contains each of the four types of prayer ACTS. This is why it is a perfect prayer.

Sources of Wisdom and

Authority

This is from 2 Timothy, it

reminds us that the Bible is

inspired by God but written

down by humans therefore

it may not be literally true.

Catholics DO NOT take the

Bible to be literally true.

“All scripture is inspired

by God”

New testament

“The Church is One, Holy,

Catholic and Apostolic”

Nicene creed

The four marks of the Church help us to recognise the Christian faith as the one true faith established by Jesus.

“For by one spirit we were all

baptised into one body – Jews or

Greeks, slaves or free – and all

were made to drink one spirit”

New testament - St Paul

This source helps us to understand why Christians believe we belong to the ‘body of Christ’

We are on earth to finish Christ’s work.

Forms of Expression

and Ways of Life

Artwork such as the

Creation of Adam in the

Sistine Chapel help to

focus prayer and speak to

each individual

differently.

“Sacred art is true and

beautiful when it evokes

and glorifies in faith and

adoration, the

transcendent mystery of

God”

Catechism

“Worship is not tied

exclusively to any one

place. The whole earth

is sacred and entrusted

to the children of men”

Catechism

Church buildings are designed to help worship however it is not necessary to have a Church in order to have a Mass.

“He who

sings prays

twice.”

Catechism

Singing hymns for Catholics is an important part of worship. It helps Catholics understand and remember teachings.

Science revision

This is not just for homework's!!

Repetition is key to retention, so try this…

1) Complete a Seneca assignment/task using your book or revision guide to help. Complete it and write down your score.

2) Start the assignment again 5 minutes (must leave a small gap) without the book/guide. Write down your score.

3) Look at the difference between the two scores. We’ll call this your “gap”.4) Repeat the process for different assignments and tasks, and keep writing

down the 1st and 2nd scores. 5) Your goal is to reduce the gap. Can you perform as well without the help

Loads of you have this, but frankly have no idea what to do with it.• It’s a rubbish ornament• It’s also not an exciting read

So, we need to be doing more than just reading it.

Mr Sirett’s guide to ‘How to use your revision guide’

Techniques when you have a partner/friend/helpful family member

1. Spend 5 minutes reading a page. You can highlight key words if you want. After 5 minutes give the page to your partner, and ask them to cover some words using strips made from post it notes. Get the guide back, and write down on the post it note what you think the key word is. Check them, and tally your score.

2. Spend 5 minutes reading a page. You can highlight key words if you wish. Give the book to your partner, and ask them to read out sections but include blanks. Can you identify what the missing words are?This is really useful when your working with a partner who isn’t an expert, or hasn’t got a lot of knowledge about the topic. All they need to do is tell you if you guessed the word correctly.

Techniques when you want to work on your own

1. Choose a topic to focus on, ideally something tricky. A) Turn each sentence, or step, into a picture. You can only draw pictures. B) Go back through each sentence/step, and this time add 3 words to your images. C) Finally, use the images and 3 words, and try to write out the whole process/paragraph. How much have you remembered?

2. Copy out the steps to a section you find hard. A) Make sure that you write each step/sentence on separate lines (ready to cut up), or separate post it notes. B) Jumble up your post it notes/strips, and then try to place them in the correct order. You can extend this by leaving out key words when you write each sentence/step. This time when you’ve arranged them, you then need to fill in the blanks.

Techniques when you want to work on your own

3. After doing one of the previous two tasks, focus on the same page, except this time choose 8 Key words, and write them randomly across a sheet of A4.

Your task is to draw lines between the key terms, and on each line write down how they link.

Once you’ve tried writing as many links as you can think of, use your revision guide to help you find some more. Write you new links again on the sheet.

• Make a list of the topics you need to revise

• Identify which topics you are least confident in

• Ensure you revise ALL subjects but determine the

priority your strengths and areas for improvement.

• Create a revision timetable

Extra/rewards

This will soon be you…

Who can I speak to?

Parents/Carers

Any teachers that you feel confident and comfortable to speak to.

Mr Holmes, Mr Fitter, Mrs Bowyer, Mrs Staniforth and Mrs Scott

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