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Mrs Everett’s Tried and Tested Tips (tested on three boys – no animals were harmed). Active Revision (20-30 minutes maximum). Organised, Colourful, Visual, Pictoral (Parents can help by being WHSmith !). Bribery Gets You Everywhere. Talking it Through (questioning).
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Mrs Everett’s Tried and Tested Tips (tested on three boys – no animals were harmed)
Organised, Colourful, Visual, Pictoral(Parents can help by being WHSmith!)
Key Word Banks • Use these for: • topics – respiration, algebra • characters in books – Curley’s Wife (flirtatious, lonely ... ) • poetic terms – enjambment, personification
Problem Book If a revision session poses a difficulty (e.g. learning a theorem in mathematics) put just the one problem on one page of a small pad.
Examination Technique • Highlighting key words in questions: • What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism?”
Examination Technique • Highlighting key words in questions: • What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism?”
Examination Technique • Highlighting key words in questions: • What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism?” • Practise opening paragraphs to essay titles with a cooking timer for five minutes.
Examination Technique • Highlighting key words in questions: • What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism? • Practise opening paragraphs to essay titles with a cooking timer for five minutes. • Photocopy pieces of blank text poems and annotate afresh
Command Words(put these into your own words) • Describe • Explain • Summarise • Compare • Evaluate • Analyse
Breaking Down Large Text • Read through highlighting key words and ideas • Summarise in five sentences the key ideas • Reduce these to five key words