Year 11
Revisiting Learning
Your natural memory
 Visual features
 Visual association
 Word association
 The bizarre and unusual
 Stories
 Colour and Activity
Learning a Topic
1 Understand it
2 Condense it
3 Memorise it
4 Review it
Review it
10 minutes later
1 day later
1 week later
1 month later
Break each subject down
Divide each subject into manageable chunks by
splitting then into topics or key questions
Make a note of which topics/ questions are worth most
marks
Start with the areas that you find most difficult
Break each subject down –
Media Studies
Divide each subject into manageable chunks by splitting then into topics or
key questions
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4a
Q4b
Make a note of
which
topics/
questions
are
worth
most
marks
Characters &
4 BP Question
Representation
Scheduling
Audience
Pleasures
Start with theEvents
areas that you find most difficult
What is the
focus?
How do the C&E
fit the AA genre?
How does Media
Language create
effects in the AA
genre?
What
representations
are constructed
in the clip?
How and Why are
TV Comedies
scheduled?
What audience
pleasures are
there within TV
Comedy?
How many marks
10
20
20
15
15
What MST do I
need to know?
CharactersProtagonist,
Antagonist, FemmeFatale, Heroine,
Damsel-in-distress,
crew, accomplice
Events – binary
oppositions, (good vs
evil) quest, treasure,
chase, conflict, violence
Camerawork
Editing
Mise-en-scene
(lighting, location,
props, costumes, makeup)
Editing
ALL OF THE MST
WITHIN THE ML
AREAS.
Representation of
characteristics and
actions of people
The notion of
stereotyping
The representation of
places
Representations that
exist in society through
the Media and how
they are used in the
clip (e.g West vs East
Brand Identity,
hammocking,
watershed, scheduling,
inherited audience,
idents.
Generic codes and
conventions
Accessible themes
Consumption of the
familiar
Narrative Pleasure
Comedic
entertainment
Memorise (or make it stick)
Talk to yourself, or explain to someone else!
Saying information out loud can really help it to stick in your
head.
Repeat key bits of information over and over again or
explain how something works to somebody else.
Memorise (MFL)
Find a partner
Find 2 lists of 10 words related to 2 different topics with their
meanings in English.
Spend 1 minute learning them.
There are 3 ways you can test your memory:
Get a list of just the
Spanish words and
teach your partner
the English focusing
on the meaning.
READING EXAM
Get a list of just the
English words and
teach to your partner
focusing on how they
sound.
LISTENING EXAM
Explain the list (English
and Spanish) to your
partner and get them to
write it down correctly as
you teach them.
ALL EXAMS
Memory tricks for Science
Helps with remembering lists of words , meanings of
words and also spellings.
What are these helping you to remember?
makes eggs
in ovaries,
sperm in
scrotum
meiosis
Richard Of
York Gave
Battle In Vain
Colours of rainbow
FABEESH
Trip Chemists should
know!
Use sound as a memory trigger
Create musical jingles and mnemonics to aid memorisation.
It works!
(Google ‘the circle song’ you will find a song about finding
the area of a circle in Maths!)
Use sound as a memory Trigger:
English: Musical jingles & Mnemonics*
Persuasive devices: Think Forest
To spell tricky words i.e. Onomatopoeia
“old McDonald had a farm, pee, oh,
Ee, I, ay!”
F: Fact
O: Opinion
R: Rhetorical question
E: Emotive Language
S: Statistics
T: list of Three
*a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which
assists in remembering something.
Remembering technical steps or
equations
Try putting each step or section into a box to
help you visualise and remember
Remembering a sequence of
events
Write out a series of cards and practise
sorting them into the right order.
Remembering a sequence of
events
Make a mnemonic in History
Example:
Following the October Revolution in 1917, Trotsky and Lenin
introduced War Communism to help win the Civil War, but then
replaced it with the New Economic Policy.
OWCN – Owls want civil nests
Flashcards
Make flashcards of key information that you need to
memorise.
Draw symbols and pictures on the cards to help you
remember. Limit the amount of information per card; you
might find that you can picture the information that is on
there when you get into the exam.
Flashcards: Science
Make your own or use the ones we have prepared –
find them on parliscience11
What is the
formula of water?
H2O
Posters and sticky notes
Create visual reminders of the main things that you need to
know.
Keep posters and notes simple and put them in places
where you will see them regularly.
Posters and sticky notes: English
Create visual reminders of the main things that you need to
know.
Keep posters and notes simple and put them in places where you
will see them regularly.
“Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't.”
“Out, damned spot! Out, I say!”
“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let
me clutch thee.”
“Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.”
Walk, Talk and Think
Walking around when you are thinking something through
can make your brain more alert
Summarise what you need to know
Keep it brief – try to use key, bullet points or diagrams
Try using index cards –carry them around with you.
Maximise your use of time. Revisit your learning –
constantly.
Music
 Summarise Key Words into their Categories:
 Texture:
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Homophonic
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Unison
Melody with Accompaniment
Octaves
Look…Cover…Reproduce
Study diagrams or processes for a couple of minutes, then
try to reproduce them without looking. Then go back to
your notes and add anything that you forgot.
Look…Cover…Reproduce
Study diagrams or processes for a couple of minutes, then try to reproduce them without
looking. Then go back to your notes and add anything that you forgot.
Factors leading to Type II Diabetes
HOMEWORK
Describe these processes:
a)Blanking and piercing; b) die casting; c)cupping; d)deep drawing;
e)sintering; f)embossing and coining; g)spinning; h) press forming
j)brazing k)sandcasting
KEY WORDS:
Wasting Processes
Sawing and Filing
Drilling and Milling
Grinding and sanding NW
Blanking and Piercing
Plasma cutting SH
Laser cutting NW
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•
•
•
Punch
Bolster die
Hydraulic pressure
Locating ring
Addition
Bolts and screws
Welding brazing and soldering
AF
Adhesives
Redistribution
Sand casting
Die casting
Gravity die casting MB
Low pressure die casting CD
Task 1: Watch the animation which explains deep drawing.
High pressure die casting HH
Cold forging MB
What preparation stages are required before deep drawing and cupping?
Hot forging AF
Drop forging SH
What type of pressure is often used in processes that require a force?
What are the ironing rings used for in deep drawing?
Objectives:
To know the range of processes used to shape, cut and join metals
To understand how a range of products are manufactured using these processes
Hot pressing MB
Press forming MB
Cupping
Deep drawing
Spinning
Embossing and coining
Sintering
HOMEWORK
Describe these processes:
a)Blanking and piercing; b) die casting; c)cupping; d)deep drawing;
e)sintering; f)embossing and coining; g)spinning; h) press forming
j)brazing k)sandcasting
KEY WORDS:
Wasting Processes
Sawing and Filing
Drilling and Milling
Grinding and sanding NW
Blanking and Piercing
Plasma cutting SH
Laser cutting NW
Task 2: From memory, draw a clear, labelled 2 staged diagram of
deep drawing. Remember to include the:
Addition
Bolts and screws
Welding brazing and soldering
AF
• Punch
• Bolster die
• Hydraulic pressure
• Locating ring
Adhesives
Redistribution
Sand casting
Die casting
Gravity die casting MB
Low pressure die casting CD
High pressure die casting HH
Cold forging MB
Hot forging AF
Drop forging SH
Hot pressing MB
Press forming MB
Cupping
Objectives:
To know the range of processes used to shape, cut and join metals
To understand how a range of products are manufactured using these processes
Deep drawing
Spinning
Embossing and coining
Sintering
Year 11—Have you started making
your flashcards for revision?
Be creative
Write questions on one side and answers on the reverse
Use pictures or other images and write correlating bullet
points on the other side.
Create flashcards that suit you
Share ideas with your study partners
Use Highlighters
Sparingly!
There’s no point highlighting an entire page
fluorescent yellow!
Read first, them highlight key points. Perhaps
aim to highlight five key words or phrases per
page.
Use Highlighters
Use highlighters wisely by highlight key points. Perhaps aim to highlight five key
words or phrases per page.
Sister Maude
by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Who told my mother of my shame,
Who told my father of my dear?
Oh who but Maude, my sister Maude,
Who lurked to spy and peer.
Cold he lies, as cold as stone,
With his clotted curls about his face:
The comeliest corpse in all the world
And worthy of a queen's embrace.
You might have spared his soul, sister,
Have spared my soul, your own soul too:
Though I had not been born at all,
He'd never have looked at you.
My father may sleep in Paradise,
My mother at Heaven-gate:
But sister Maude shall get no sleep
Either early or late.
My father may wear a golden gown,
My mother a crown may win;
If my dear and I knocked at Heaven-gate
Perhaps they'd let us in:
But sister Maude, oh sister Maude,
Bide you with death and sin.
Key:
Structure
Imagery
Themes
Use flowcharts
To draw out processes and sequences of
activities. Colour coding may help with this too.
Use flowcharts: Geography
Flow charts are especially useful for helping to learn processes as they
provide a step by step structure.
Take a piece of text that describes and explains a process and number
the different steps (there may be information in the text that is not
needed so don’t include it as a step). Then summarize each step and
arrange them into a flow chart distinguishing between WHAT is
happening and WHY it is happening using colour coding.
When writing about a process in the exam the arrows would be
replaced by cause and effect connectives such as therefore, this leads
to, consequently, etc.
Use flowcharts
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At destructive plate margins the oceanic plate subducts beneath the
2
continental plate because it is more dense. The oceanic plate sinks
3
down into the mantle where it is melted into magma because of
intense heat and pressure. The newly formed magma is incredibly
4
hot so is less dense and rises up through cracks in the crust called
5
vents. As more magma rises the pressure builds up and eventually
6
erupts through the surface. When the magma erupts on the surface,
where it is called lava, it forms a volcano.
1
At destructive plate margins the oceanic
plate subducts beneath the continental
plate because it is more dense. The
2
oceanic plate sinks down into the
3
Oceanic plate subducts
beneath continental plate
because it is more dense.
The oceanic crusts sinks
into the mantle.
mantle where it is melted into magma
because of intense heat and pressure.
The newly formed magma is incredibly
The crust melts forming
new magma because of
intense heat and pressure.
4
hot so is less dense and rises up
through cracks in the crust called vents.
5
As more magma rises the pressure
6
builds up and eventually erupts through
the surface. When the magma erupts
The new magma rises
because it is so hot so it is
less dense.
Pressure builds up because
more magma rises.
on the surface, where it is called lava, it
forms a volcano.
The magma erupts through
the surface because the
pressure becomes too great.
Red = what
Blue = why
Concept/mind maps
A good way of linking ideas within a
topic or subject area. See templates in
Fronter.
Concept/mind maps
There are different ways that you can build
links within your topics.
Creating your own framework, that works for
your type of revision, is best.
Have a look at the examples on the next two
slides, that are for the same topic but in very
different styles.
Religion and Medical Ethics Revision
Sanctity of Life
Quality of Life
My personal view on abortion is...
Arguments against abortion
Catholic Views
Arguments to allow abortion
Anglican Views
Record Podcasts
Use GCSE Pod or create your own (and share with your
friends)
Listen to podcasts of key points for each exam on your
way to school
Notes in margins
In your exercise books and other notes write keywords,
symbols and diagrams in the margin. This will help you
remember what’s in the text.
In your exercise books and other notes write keywords, symbols and
diagrams in the margin. This will help you remember what’s in the text.
Notes in margins: English
Mice and Men Essay
Context
A04
Symbolism
Theme
Imagery
Transform words into diagrams
Turn words and ideas into symbols, pictures or diagrams
(make sure that you can remember what they stand for)
Transform words into diagrams:
MFL
This works particularly well with concrete nouns and
adjectives. However, only use it for non-cognates that are
particularly difficult to remember:
Journey and Peg
Draw a map of a journey that you take each day. Note the
landmarks. Peg key information to that memorable
journey.
You can do the same with the exam hall. Visualise the
space. Then link key facts to the clock, the main door,
the windows, the whiteboard….
Know your command words. What
do they mean in each subject?
How
Calculate
What is..
Consider
Which
Apply
Why
Estimate
Outline
Describe
Analyse
Explain
Comment
Suggest
Compare
Show
Define
Predict
Discuss
Justify
Evaluate
Calculate
Command words in science
Calculate
Compare
Describe
Discuss
Work out a number. You can
Write about the similarities and Write a detailed answer that
use your calculator to help you. differences between two things. covers what happens, when it
happens, and where it happens.
Talk about facts and
characteristics.
Write about the issues related
to a topic. You may need to talk
about opposing sides of a
debate, and you may need to
show the difference between
ideas, opinions, and facts.
Estimate
Explain
Evaluate
Justify
Suggest an approximate (rough)
value, without performing a full
calculation or an accurate
measurement.
Write a detailed answer that
covers how and why a thing
happens. Talk and out
mechanisms and reasons.
You will be given some facts,
data, or other kind of
information. Write about the
data or facts and provide your
own conclusion or opinion on
them.
Give some evidence or rite
down an explanation to tell the
examiner why you gave an
answer
Outline
Predict
Show
Suggest
Give only the key facts of the
topic. You may need to set out
the steps of a procedure or
process– make sure you write
down the steps in the correct
order.
Look at some data and suggest Write down the details steps or
a realistic value or outcome.
calculations needed to prove an
You may use a calculation to
answer that you have given
help. Don’t guess– look at
trends in the data and use your
knowledge of science
Think about what you’ve learnt
and apply it to a new situation
or context. Use what you have
learnt to suggest sensible
answers to the question
Know your connectives
Comparison
Contrast/ Balance
Persuasion
Sequence/ Time
Equally
Whereas
Of course
Initially
Similarly
However
Naturally
Firstly
Compared
Nevertheless
Obviously
So far
An equivalent
Alternatively
Clearly
Afterwards
In the same way
To turn to
Evidently
At last
Likewise
Yet
Surely
Finally
As with
Despite this
Certainly
Once
In contrast
On the contrary
Understandably
Secondly
In other respects
As for
Unbelievably
Subsequently
Elsewhere
The opposite
In addition
Eventually
Whilst
Still
In as much as
Meanwhile
Practise writing in timed conditions
Build your stamina.
Use model answers to evaluate your
success.
In the exam
 Jot down the most important key facts that you’ve memorised at the top of
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the paper.
Note how many marks are allocated to each question.
Write down or highlight how much time you will spend on each question
(depending on subject).
Read the instructions very carefully – ask if you’re not sure. Highlight and
annotate any reading material
If there’s a choice of questions – take your time. Choose carefully.
Highlight key subject specific words and key command words
Plan your answers. Longer answers: plan your paragraphs
Keep referring back to the question. Make sure that your topic sentences
link back to the question.
If you struggling to start it can help to turn the question into your first topic
sentence.
Keep an eye on the time
Go back and check your answers
In the exam
 Look at tables, graphs and diagrams carefully so that you miss
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anything
Check all calculations. Does the answer make sense and have
you included all of the units?
Don’t labour over questions when you are completely stuck.
Move on and go back when you have completed the whole
paper
Answer the question, don’t just repeat it. Use the key words
from the question
If you run out of time use bullet points
Do not finish early! Check your answers. Edit your answers.
Extend your responses.