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Guide to Successful Revision

Before the exams: • Find out what subjects are being examined;

• Check the dates and times of exams; • Review lists /topics within each subject - using your Revision Folder!

• Check your notes / exercise books – especially if you…

• Got behind with your work;

• Lost your book;

• Have difficulty reading / following your notes. YOU MUST BEG, BORROW OR PHOTOCOPY SOMEONE ELSE’S!

• If you use a file, your notes must be…

• Systematically arranged, probably in date order;

• In a separate file for each subject; • Labelled clearly with dividers.

• Each subject (file or book) could have…

• An exam format (from your teacher) – e.g. length of the exam (generally one hour), number and type of sections in the paper (multiple choice questions, essay, etc);

• A list of topics included within that file or book;

• A list of subject-specific vocabulary, with definitions;

• A completed ‘Guide to End of Topic’ list at the end of each topic.

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• Make sure you have your revision ‘kit’ ready – to include some of the following...

• Some past exam papers / sample questions (you may need to

set yourself some questions);

• Several different coloured highlighter pens, or coloured pencils – to highlight headings, key words, colour code your notes;

• Some plain paper – to make posters, mind maps and visual

representations of your notes; • Some postcard sized cards, perhaps in several colours; • Coloured felt-tip pens to write on your cards and illustrate your

posters; • A tape recorder / Dictaphone – to record your main points; • A calendar / timetable to show the period leading up to the

exams and a clock (to time your revision). You will need a suitable place to work, where you can leave work and belongings ready for your next session!

When you revise: • Create a large planner that you can fix on the wall (or use your Diary) to “pencil in” some

revision each day, in the two or three weeks (at least) leading up to the exams. • Make sure that you have checked when you might not be available – do not plan to revise if

you know that you will be away / tied up! • Use your subject topic lists to work out approximately how much time you need to spend on

each subject. Plan to spend more time on your weaker subjects than your stronger ones and learning work you have covered most recently. DON’T WASTE TIME REVISING WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW!

• Calculate how much time you have available and how much time you are going to allocate to each subject.

• Using a pencil, draft your revision timetable, filling in which topics and subjects you plan to revise each day. To keep up your interest it is better to plan to revise a variety of different topics each day rather than to spend a whole day on just one topic.

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• Try to leave one or two revision slots blank each week in case some topics take longer than expected to revise or a session earlier in the week is missed for some unforeseen reason.

• Leave some time for rest and leisure, particularly in the last few days before the exams.

How to Revise? You are now ready to start revising but remember:

• Limit your revision sessions to approximately 30 minutes; • Make sure your chosen method of revision involves mental activity on your part – do

not just read notes (write things down, repeat things to yourself, ask yourself questions and hide the answers…);

• The importance of reviewing – do not think that you have finished revising one

particular topic if you have looked at it once! You could add below some other tips – for example things that you have been advised to do by some of your teachers…

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EXAMPLE OF A REVISION CHART: NAME .................................................................. SUBJECT .......................................................................

DATE TOPIC Notes complete?

Revised? Reviewed?

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EXAMINATION SKILLS

What exam? You should know:

• Which exam, and if there is more than one paper on the subject,

which paper is it? • What time does the exam start? • Where is it being held? • How long it lasts? (If relevant, work out how much extra time you will

get - usually 25% of the length of the exam.) • How many questions will you have to answer? • How long will you have to spend on each question? (Divide your

extra time so that you have some for each question.) • Look at / find out the mark allocation. (See past papers.)

The day before:

• Don’t be late to bed; • Don’t try to learn new material; • Check through (skim/scan) notes and/or typical questions; • Check all your equipment (see below); • Make sure your watch works; • Relax before going to bed; • Avoid panic people!

On the day:

• Confirm time and place for the exam; • Get up early enough to wake up; • Arrive in good time (too early – others may panic you; exactly

the right time and you may feel a bit rushed). • If you’re delayed – still turn up!

Equipment Check List:

• Pens – at least one spare;

• Pencils – several, sharpened; • Ruler; • Coloured pencils / felt-tip pens / highlighters;

• Rubber;

• Pencil Sharpener;

(PTO)

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• Calculator – with new battery; • Maths set (compass, set square, protractor); • Any texts or dictionaries you are allowed; • Watch – check yours with the time on the clock in the

exam room.

The exam room:

• Check your desk and chair are steady and comfortable.

• Smile… it helps everybody and mostly yourself. • Think positively – believe in yourself. • If you have any doubts about anything, ask the invigilator. • RELAX, CALM DOWN… TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS.

Follow instructions:

• Listen to the invigilator – there may be changes;

• Read written instructions carefully; • Fill in personal details.

Make a systematic start:

Don’t be too anxious to start writing at the expense of reading the questions carefully and making sensible choices where appropriate. • Scan all the questions (BEFORE you write any answer!);

• Mark all the questions you can answer; • Read these questions carefully; • If there is any choice, mark those options you will do; • Decide on the order in which you will tackle the questions

(best/easiest first); • Check your time.

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

Autumn Term 2016 Exams

English Revision Guide – Upper

Exam format will be a simplified version of a CE exam, with only one exam paper. Section A contains a literary prose comprehension worth 25 marks. Section B contains a creative writing exercise, where pupils are invited to write descriptive or narrative pieces. The section is worth 25 marks. How to revise for the exams: Section A:

Go over comprehensions done so far and in the previous year and re-do them without looking at the answers.

Make sure you know the various techniques of writing off by heart.

Read through a page in a book and ask your parents to ask you questions on what happens, how the scenes are portrayed and what the scene tells you about the characters – remember to be explorative and to explain in as much detail as possible.

Section B:

Take 15 minutes to note down details of a certain location (this can be your room, your garden, or somewhere else), then write a descriptive piece about the location.

Look at the books you read carefully and note how suspense is built up and how action, dialogue and description are balanced.

Think of unusual ways to describe everyday objects or happenings.

Observe your surroundings carefully.

Remember: re-doing is revision

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

AUTUMN 2016

Upper Revision

MATHS

You will have two one-hour Maths exams. Paper 1: a 1 hour non-calculator paper and

Paper 2: a 1 hour calculator paper. Both of these papers will be made up of level 1 and

level 2 CE-style questions. You will have covered all of the work although some of it

may not have been done recently.

You will be given a revision pack after half term containing CE-style questions to

familiarise yourself with the format, style and content of the exam papers that you

will get in your exams.

Below is a list of revision topics. You might like to tick them off if you are confident

about them and/or highlight the topics you need some extra help with. We will be

doing some revision in class before the exams. Remember to drop into a Maths clinic

should you need any extra help.

The topics that you could be tested on are listed below

Four operations (calculations involving +, -, x, , including long multiplication)

Fractions and decimals, including (+, -, x, )

Place value and multiplying and dividing by powers of 10 (10, 100, 1000,….)

Negative numbers +, -, x ÷ including ++, +-, -+, --

Ratio and proportion, including the unitary method, best buys and conversions

Percentage calculations, including converting between fractions / decimals /

percentages, expressing one quantity as a percentage of another, percentage

decimals and percentage increase/decrease including profit and loss

Prime factors – writing a number as a product of its prime factors

(Factor trees)

Know the meaning of multiple, square and cube numbers and square root

Estimation/approximation, rounding to significant figures and decimal places

BIDMAS

Mean, Mode, Median and Range

Probability – including 2 way tables

Algebra - simplifying, solving simple equations, constructing simple formulae,

indices

Graphs and co-ordinates

Bar Graphs, conversion graphs, pie charts

Scatter graphs; draw & use line of best fit

Understanding of correlation

Angles on a straight-line, at a point, in a triangle and involving intersecting and

parallel lines

Area of: rectangle, triangle, parallelogram, trapezium, compound shapes,

circles

Volume of cuboid

Perimeter and circumference including circles

Transformations: reflection – line of reflection, rotation – order of rotational

symmetry

Nets of solids and drawing 3-D objects

Using a calculator efficiently

Properties of different types of quadrilaterals

GOOD LUCK!

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

Autumn 2016

FRENCH – Year 7 revision folder

How to do well on your French exam:

Revise the vocabulary on Daily Routine, Films and Leisure from the list on the following pages. Practise the vocabulary on www.languagesonline.org.uk/ Encore Tricolore 2 / Ma routine.

Learn key verbs in the Present tense and reflexive verbs. For extension work go to: www.languagesonline.org.uk/ Grammar

Practise writing in French about your daily routine, your clubs and leisure adding as much details as you possibly can – add opinions too!

Format of the exam:

You will be tested in three areas: reading, writing and listening. You will be listening to a C.E. paper and reading various texts. When writing, you will write both sentences and single words.

You’ll need to:

Know the vocabulary on daily routine.

Revise time and the 24 hour clock.

Know the present tense of the verbs on the next page.

Revise être (to be) and avoir (to have) on www.quia.com.

Tips!

1. When doing the reading exam, read the question and look for the clues in

the text. Highlight the clue words from the text.

2. When doing the listening exam, relax and look first at your exam paper and

the options you have been given, then listen to what they are saying.

-ER VERBS AIMER JOUER

Je/ J’ -e aime joue

Tu -es aimes joues

Il +elle +on -e aime joue

Nous -ons aimons jouons

Vous -ez aimez jouez

Ils + elles -ent aiment jouent

SE LEVER SE LAVER SE COUCHER

Je me lève me lave me couche

Tu te lèves te laves te couches

Il +elle +on se lève se lave se couche

nous nous levons nous lavons nous couchons

vous vous levez vous lavez vous couchez

ils + elles se lèvent se lavent se couchent

FAIRE ALLER PRENDRE AVOIR

Je/J’ fais vais prends ai

Tu fais vas prends as

Il + elle fait va prend a

On fait va prend a

Nous faisons allons prenons avons

Vous faites allez prenez avez

Ils+ elles font vont prennent ont

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

AUTUMN

Upper Revision Checklist

BIOLOGY

Topic – Blood and Human Circulatory System

Revision of the main human ORGANS and ORGAN SYSTEMS.

Parts of the Human Circulatory System – Heart, Blood and Blood Vessels.

Heart acts as a pump. Blood is the transport medium for gases, glucose and other

chemicals.

Circulatory system is divided into two halves – oxygenated and deoxygenated.

Differences between Single and Double Circulation.

Hearts structure and function – Right and Left sides, Chambers (Atriums and

Ventricles), One-Way Valves, main arteries and veins going in and out.

Composition of blood – Plasma and Blood Cells.

Types and functions of Blood Cells – Red Blood Cells, White Blood cells and

Platelets.

Types, structure and differences between Blood Vessels – Arteries, Veins and

Capillaries.

Capillary Beds and exchange of gases and chemicals into cells.

Structure and function of the lungs – trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli.

Gas exchange in the lungs in the alveoli.

How breathing works – inhaling and exhaling – ribs, intercostal muscles,

diaphragm, etc.

Dangers and Effects of smoking on the lungs and body.

Recap on RESPIRATION – it is a chemical reaction (not breathing), happening in all

cells to make energy. Oxygen and Glucose are required; Carbon Dioxide and

Water are produced as waste products.

Upper Chemistry Revision Checklist (Autumn 2016)

Acids and their reactions with alkalis and Bases

The pH scale and Indicators

The strength of acids and alkalis is measured on the pH scale which tells us how strong or weak the

acids and alkalis is.

To find out the strength of a liquid we use Universal Indicator.

Neutralisation reaction — always produces a salt

When an alkali is added to an acid it will raise the pH of the acid and if you add just the right amount a

solution of pH 7 is formed. This is because the acid and the alkali react together to make a metal salt

and water. We can write a general equation for this, to explain what always happens

acid + alkali (or base) salt + water

A hydrochloric acid reacts to form a chloride salt.

A sulphuric acid reacts to form a sulphate salt.

A nitric acid reacts to form a nitrate salt.

Example - hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide sodium chloride + water

(in this case sodium chloride is common salt)

Other neutralisation reactions include:-

Metal plus an Acid (MASH)

metal + acid salt + hydrogen

Metal carbonates + acid

metal carbonate + acid salt + carbon dioxide + water

If a base dissolves we call it an alkali. Metal carbonates are bases so once the reaction is complete we

are left with an unreacted base. This residue is removed by filtering. A base will only neutralise an acid

however much you use. Base compounds are sometimes taken to neutralise our stomach acids or for

neutralising the soil

Test for gases

Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide turns colourless limewater a milky colour.

Test for Hydrogen

When lit with a splint hydrogen explodes with a ‘squeaky pop’ because it is flammable.

Test for water

1. White anhydrous (without water) copper sulphate turns blue in the presence of water.

2. Blue Cobalt Chloride paper turns pick in the presence of water.

3. Pure water boils at 1000C and freezes at 0

0C.

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

Upper Physics Revision Checklist - Autumn

Density:

Pressure What pressure tells us and some examples of things we

have designed to have a high, or low, pressure when we use

them.

The formula: and the units, and how to set out a calculation

Working out areas by:

1. Using the formula for the area of a rectangle,

2. Splitting complicated shapes into rectangles

3. Using squared paper

Working out the Weight of a certain mass on earth

What density tells us and situations where designing

something with the right density might be useful (planes..)

The formula: and how to use it for calculating mass, volume

and density as well as the units these are measured in.

Working out volumes:

1. By using the formula for cubic shapes

2. By using displacement for irregular shaped objects

3. By using a measuring cylinder for liquids

Floating : the rule that tells you if things float.

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

Autumn 2016

Upper Revision Folder

LATIN

Vocabulary CE Level 1 prescribed vocabulary lists.

Grammar Six cases of 1st and 2nd declension nouns (like puella, servus and bellum) Adjectives and agreements (e.g. servus laetus, puella pulchra) The verb “to be” in the present and imperfect tenses. Prepositions (e.g. ad, contra, trans, prope, per, cum, in, e/ex, a/ab) Present, perfect and imperfect tenses of verbs (e.g. amo, moneo) Word order (remember in Latin the verb is usually at the end of the sentence)

Background You will have to answer a question on the Roman Baths. There is plenty of information on the sheets provided by your teacher.

Format of the exam Section A

Comprehension. A short Latin passage with questions to answer in English. Section B Translation. This will be a short story in Latin which you will need to translate into English. Section C Grammar. You will have some verbs to translate into English and say which tense they are in (Present/ Perfect/ Imperfect). There will also be some sentences containing adjectives and different parts of the verb “to be” to translate into Latin. Section D Background question (a historical question on the Baths to answer in English).

Good luck!

Verb Tables

Present tense of ‘sum’ Imperfect tense of ‘sum’

sum = I am eram = I was

es = you (s) are eras = you (s) were

est = he/ she/ it is erat = he / she/ it was

sumus = we are eramus = we were

estis = you (pl) are eratis = you (pl) were

sunt = they are erant = they were

Present tense of 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs 1st conjugation 2nd conjugation

amo = I love/ I am loving moneo = I warn/ I am warning

amas = you (s) love mones = you (s) warn

amat = he/she/it loves monet = he/ she/ it warns

amamus = we love monemus = we warn

amatis = you (pl) love monetis = you (pl) warn

amant = they love monent = they warn

Imperfect tense of 1st and 2nd conjugation verbs 1st conjugation 2nd conjugation

amabam = I was loving monebam = I was warning

amabas = you (s) were loving monebas = you (s) were warning

amabat = he/she/it was loving monebat = he/she/it was warning

amabamus = we were loving monebamus = we were warning

amabatis = you (pl) were loving monebatis = you (pl) were warning

amabant = they were loving monebant = they were warning

Perfect tense of 1st and 2nd * conjugation verbs 1st conjugation 2nd conjugation

amavi = I (have) loved monui = I (have) warned

amavisti = you (s) loved monuisti = you (s) warned

amavit = he/she/it loved monuit = he/she/it warned

amavimus = we loved monuimus = we warned

amavistis = you (pl) loved monuistis = you (pl) warned

amaverunt = they loved monuerunt = they warned

N.B. Please remember that 2nd conjugation verbs do not have a set rule for the formation of the perfect tense. The stems need to be learnt by heart (e.g. iussi, vidi, delevi, timui, habui, mansi, etc.) even though the endings remain the same.

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL: AUTUMN 2016

Year 7 Revision HISTORY

1. WHAT SHOULD YOU LEARN?

Revise all the aspects of the Norman Conquest

What was late Saxon England like

Problems with the succession in 1066: Who were the claimants and how good were their claims?

Campaigns of 1066

Battle of Hastings and what happened up to Christmas Day 1066

William’s conquest and settlement: Rebellions, Castles, Feudal System, Domesday Book

2. WHAT WILL THE EXAM BE LIKE?

The examination will be one hour long and will contain two sections:

A. The Sources Question is worth 40% of marks - take about 25 minutes on this.

You should aim to write five paragraphs

1st para For source A

Explain what it shows, or tells, or suggests

Judge if it is biased, or reliable, and explain why. Also explain if this

makes it more, or less, useful

Does it dis/agree with other sources?

Can you add some of “your own knowledge”?

Explain what it says to Answer The Question

2nd para Do the same for Source B

3rd para Do the same for Source C

4th para Add some extra knowledge of your own BUT use it to help A T Q

5th para Conclusion where you answer the question, with a final explanation e.g.:-

“So, I _________ dis/agree …. because …

Or

“On the whole / Partly / Usually there was / Perhaps…”

Or

“Some people might think …”

Or

“Some people / sometimes / occasionally / often, but not always …”

B. The Essay question is worth 60% of the marks – take 35 – 40

You get one question to answer but you should aim to do two things:

DESCRIBE the event or person: what happened, what they did. Use evidence and your

knowledge to show what you know

EXPLAIN the causes or results of the event or person’s action. You should try to give your opinion of what the most important aspect or factor was. Give comments about this

in each paragraph as well as in the conclusion

GOLDEN RULES (RTQ and ATQ):

Read and understand the question that is asked. Then answer what is asked.

Don’t just write all you know about the topic. Don’t forget a conclusion!

DON’T PANIC!

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

AUTUMN 2016

REVISION SHEET FOR UPPER

GEOGRAPHY

Areas for revision:

1) Location Knowledge: Countries, Physical Features and Major Cities (see Appendix 1)

2) Ordnance Survey Map Skills

3) Rivers and Coasts

4) Weather and Climate

5) Earthquakes and Volcanoes

1) Location Knowledge

Learn all locations from the location lists and maps (see pages 23-32 in your notebook)

2) Ordnance Survey Map Skills

Four and six figure grid references

Scale (distance and area)

Direction

OS Map Symbols

Relief (contours, spot heights and triangulation pillars)

3) Rivers and Coasts

River Erosion Processes

River Landforms associated with Erosion and the Upper Course (formation of v-shaped valleys, waterfalls and gorges)

River Landforms associated with Deposition and the Lower Course (meanders, ox-bow lakes, floodplains and deltas)

Flooding: Causes, effects and responses (Boscastle)

Coastal Erosion and Landforms (headland, bay, cave, arch, stack, stump)

Longshore Drift and Coastal Deposition (formation of a spit)

Management of Coastlines (groynes, sea walls, rock armour, managed retreat)

4) Weather and Climate

The Relevance of Weather and Climate

The Difference between Weather and Climate

Weather Instruments

Microclimates (buildings, aspect, ground type, shelter)

The Water Cycle

Britain’s Climate (describe and explain temperature and rainfall)

Three Types of Rainfall (Relief, Convectional and Frontal Rainfall)

Factors Affecting Climate (Latitude, Altitude, Distance from Sea, Ocean Currents and Prevailing Wind)

Contrasting Climate Zones (Tropical, Arid, Mediterranean, Temperate, Polar)

Climate Graphs (Able to draw, describe and explain)

5) Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquake Case Study: Boxing Day Tsunami 2004

Where do Earthquakes and Volcanoes Occur?

Types of Plate Boundaries (constructive, destructive, collision and conservative)

Predicting and Preparing for an Earthquake

Predicting and Preparing for a Volcanic Eruption

Effects of a Volcanic Eruption

Why do people live near volcanoes?

Factors affecting the severity of a volcanic eruption

NOTE: There are topic notes and location knowledge quizzes available to print on the school website.

REVISE WELL AND YOU WILL DO WELL!

APPENDIX I

LOCATION KNOWLEDGE FOR COMMON ENTRANCE

THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EUROPE

Major

Physical

Features

Continents Europe

Mountains Alps, Pyrenees

Oceans Atlantic, Arctic

Seas Mediterranean

Rivers Rhine

Other Arctic Circle, North Pole, Prime Meridian

British

Isles

Countries England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Rep. of Ireland

Sea Areas English Channel, Irish Sea, North Sea

Rivers Severn, Thames, Trent, Clyde, Shannon, Mersey, Tyne

Uplands Grampians, Lake District, Pennines, Snowdonia

Islands Anglesey, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Orkneys,

Shetlands, Isle of Wight

Major

Cities

Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh,

Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle,

Plymouth, Southampton

Countries

and their

capitals

Europe Belgium (Brussels), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris),

Germany (Berlin), Greece (Athens), Iceland (Reykjavik),

Italy (Rome), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Norway (Oslo),

Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Lisbon), Russia (Moscow),

Spain (Madrid), Switzerland (Bern)

THE REST OF THE WORLD

Major

physical

features

Continents Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Oceania,

Antarctica

Mountains Andes, Himalaya, Rockies

Deserts Sahara

Oceans Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, Southern Ocean, Red Sea

Rivers Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, Yangtze, Ganges

Other

features

Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, Equator, International

Dateline, North Pole, South Pole, Prime Meridian, Tropic of

Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

Countries

and their

capitals

Africa Egypt (Cairo), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa), Ghana (Accra),

Kenya (Nairobi), Nigeria (Abuja), South Africa (Pretoria)

North

America

Canada (Ottawa), Mexico (Mexico City), USA (Washington

DC)

South

America

Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Brasilia), Chile

(Santiago), Columbia (Bogota), Peru (Lima)

Asia Afghanistan (Kabul), Bangladesh (Dhaka), China (Beijing),

India (New Delhi), Indonesia (Jakarta), Iran (Tehran), Iraq

(Baghdad), Israel (Jerusalem), Japan (Tokyo), Pakistan

(Islamabad), Russia (Moscow), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh),

South Korea (Seoul), Thailand (Bangkok), Turkey (Ankara)

Oceania Australia (Canberra), New Zealand (Wellington), Papua

New Guinea (Port Moresby)

Major

cities

Dubai, Kolkata, Los Angeles, New York, Rio de Janeiro,

Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Sydney, Vancouver

SAINT RONAN’S SCHOOL

AUTUMN 2016

YEAR 7 REVISION FOLDER – RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

There will be three sections in your exam – but the first two sections will both be on New Testament stories. 1- NEW TESTAMENT SECTIONS Learn well the following two stories:

1. The Birth of Jesus Matthew 1: 18-25

2. The Temptations

Luke 4: 1-13 You will need to be able to remember the main facts in each story, but also to explain particular aspects of the story, and finally to produce a short essay to link the story to a topic in modern life. 2- WORLD RELIGIONS SECTION You will be asked to select 3 questions from a large selection and write a paragraph on each.

This relies on the work that you did last year. Concentrate on one out of the three religions that you studied in Midway – i.e. Judaism, Christianity or Islam.

Focus on the following areas in your revision:

founders, prophets and teachers

main beliefs, teachings and doctrines

holy books

main festivals

places of worship (NOTE: you might want to refer to the table that you used in preparation for the Midway R.E. exam in the Summer Term…)

Please ensure that you read the instructions on the paper very carefully before you start answering…

Use your exercise books and www.commonentrancere.weebly.com for more information.

THE AUTUMN UPPER R.E. PAPER – EXAM FORMAT

3 SECTIONS [All from past CE papers]

10 QUESTIONS OVERALL [11 for a full CE paper] 60 MINUTES [As for CE] 53 MARKS [60 for a full CE paper]

SECTION 1: NEW TESTAMENT [Old Testament in a full CE paper]

The choice is between two different stories – you will have to choose ONE, and to answer three questions about that story. [Four questions in a full CE paper – add part d] The questions are (always!) as follows:

- “part a” – a very short definition (worth 2 marks). This can be answered in one line. - “part b” – a story-telling question (6 marks). This requires one full paragraph. - “part c” – an “explaining” question (6 marks). One paragraph.

SECTION 2: NEW TESTAMENT There will not be a choice of stories; you will have to answer four questions about a given story:

- “part a” – a very short definition (worth 2 marks). This can be answered in one line. - “part b” – a story-telling question (6 marks). This requires one full paragraph. - “part c” – an “explaining” question (6 marks). One paragraph. - “part d” – an “essay-writing” question (7 marks). This requires two paragraphs, as well

(hopefully) as a short conclusion (in about one sentence). NOTE: When answering question d, follow this format… Your answer should be a “mini-essay” that presents two sides of the argument (basically: part 1, “Some people agree because”; part 2, “Some people disagree because”). Each part of the essay should be one paragraph; the total length should not be much more than half-a-page. [It is not about length, it is about STRUCTURE.] Then, close with a brief conclusion (a sentence or two), giving your own opinion.

SECTION 3: WORLD RELIGIONS

There are three sub-sections, covering three World Religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam (always in this order). When doing Section 3, you can immediately cross out a number of questions (i.e. on religion(s) that you have not revised); instead, focus on the sub-section(s) that you know best, and see if you can find questions there that you can answer quite easily. There are 15 questions overall (five in each sub-section); choose ANY THREE QUESTIONS – either from the same sub-section, or from different ones (e.g. one about Judaism and two about Islam). Each answer (worth 6 marks) should be one paragraph – which will hopefully include a few different points of information.