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Mrs Everett’s Tried and Tested Tips (tested on three boys – no animals were harmed)

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.

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Mrs Everett’s Tried and Tested Tips (tested on three boys – no animals were harmed)

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  1. Mrs Everett’s Tried and Tested Tips (tested on three boys – no animals were harmed)

  2. Active Revision(20-30 minutes maximum)

  3. Organised, Colourful, Visual, Pictoral(Parents can help by being WHSmith!)

  4. Bribery Gets You Everywhere

  5. Talking it Through

  6. Pictures / Cartoons(make you consider the words and THINK)

  7. K W L Grids

  8. Key Word Banks • Use these for: • topics – respiration, algebra • characters in books – Curley’s Wife (flirtatious, lonely ... ) • poetic terms – enjambment, personification

  9. 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.

  10. Examination Technique • Highlighting key words in questions: • What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism?”

  11. Examination Technique • Highlighting key words in questions: • What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism?”

  12. 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.

  13. 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 or poems and annotate afresh from memory

  14. Command Words(put these into your own words) • Describe • Explain • Summarise • Compare • Evaluate • Analyse

  15. Breaking Down Large Text • Read through highlighting key words and ideas • Summarise the key ideas in five sentences • Reduce these five sentences to five key words

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