Thursday November 29th 2007, 9:56 am
Filed under: All Years, Y11 Mocks&Revision, Year 10 GCSE, Year 11 GCSE
Filed under: All Years, Y11 Mocks&Revision, Year 10 GCSE, Year 11 GCSE
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- Find a quiet place, with good light and no distractions (mp3- blasting in your head is no good).TV’s MSN also will not get you your grades
- If you have a desk use it. If not get something to work on. A tray or board on your lap will do.
- Have paper, pens, colours, ruler calculators, revision books, textbooks ready in a box in your quiet place.
- When the feeling is right, start revision.
- Find a section of work which you reckon will take 20 minutes to do.
- Show yourself the actual start and end of the piece of work. e.g. the beginning and end of a chapter or text book section.
- Scan read as quickly as possible, without trying to remember, all the bold words in the text and headings etc.
- Now comes the Revision Work:-
- Read and make notes on your chosen section of work.
- Convert written work into drawings/cartoons.
- Convert drawings/diagrams into written descriptions.
- Read an explanation or description, then cover it up and try to write it out, check it when you have finished.
- Do the same, but say/hear it in your head.Doing this pacing around works for me.
- Do the same but see it in your head.
- Convert what you know into a Bubble diagram or mind-map,check later to see what you have missed
- Revise a question, then set your self a time limit to answer it. Check later.
- Whichever of these ideas you decide to do. Just do something
- Something is better than nothing.
Remember only do 20 minutes at a time…. but don’t just read through your work/notes/textbook. Read and do one or 2 of the ideas above !
After 20 minutes - have a 5-10 break, then browse through the work that you did. Do the same 1 hour later, 1 day later, 1 week later…..it works.
Practice makes Perfect.
This is my gift - free, to you.
SMH.
P.S. The only problem is…. you have lots of 20 minute chunks of work in Geography to go through. Make a start now for your exams now and in the summer. Enjoy.
Alternatively…. look at this slideshow->
[slideshare id=45935&doc=how-to-revise-19798&w=425]
