Revision

Methods for Revision: 1.  Timed essays and essay plans '//unpack//' questions. 2.  Spider diagrams with themes, quotes etc. . . i.  Notes should be as brief as possible. . . ii. Practice: create spider diagrams, then flip it over and try to copy out the diagram you just did, giving yourself ten minutes to do so. 3.  Quotation bank. . . i.  "Crikey! That's a winning quotation right there!" - Mr. Shirley 4.  Proofreading and rewriting paragraphs; //find someone to study with//. 5.  Wiki; post notes and comment - make it a 'live' document. 6.   Read texts ** 4x each ** ; relaxation. 7.  Read other texts and writing by same authors. Post ideas to wiki. 8.  Practice timed annotation. "Crikey! I can use that as a paraphrase!" – Mr Shirley è Reread texts a lot, keeping an eye out for key quotes

"Get your parents to throw at you… any text! Tell your mom, your dad, 'Dad, get two pages of your highest level text and just… THROW IT AT ME!!!" – Mr Shirley è Ask your parents to help you find good, well written pieces of literature, and annotate them, timing yourself

Aim to do approximately 8 - 10 hours of study a day. (encompassing all of your subjects, not only English) Full past papers are done preferably in the morning (approx. 9 am, after breakfast?) Ideas for daily schedules of english study: ·  AM: Past paper (2 hr) ·  AM: Wiki (1 hr) --- PM: reread past essay, criticisms (30 min), rewrite essay (30 min) ·  AM: Spider diagrams (1.5 hr) ·  AM: work on quote bank --- PM: spider diagrams, wiki (1.5 hr) · Practice writing up essay plans as well, as many as you need to do to be familiar with the process.