Revision Techniques Making it active

You have 30 seconds to remember a list of words I Remember! Is this you? Or this? Do this - KM You have 30 seconds to remember a list of words

Mercedes. Blue Desert Yellow Eighteen. January Cactus Thirty Six Ford Mercedes Blue Desert Yellow Eighteen January Cactus Thirty Six Ford Twelve Red Oasis November March Toyota

You will forget You will forget You will forget

Colours Numbers Environment Months Cars Blue Twelve Red Eighteen Yellow Numbers Twelve Eighteen Thirty Six Environment Cactus Oasis Desert Months November January March Cars Toyota Ford Mercedes (Toy Former)

Develop your Memory Just reading through notes or exercise books the night before an exam won’t work. Your brain is like a muscle. Exercise it to make it stronger. Talk - Phil

Memory techniques You need to transfer information from one place to another Look at a piece of information for a short amount of time. Try to remember it Move to a different part of the room and write down what you remember Go back and ‘fetch’ some more information Keep going until you know it all! talk

Revision – Key Word Cards Place all the cards with the * facing up. Take it in turns to work out what is on the other side. Turn over to see if you are right. If Yes remove the card, if No the card stays in play

Capital Cities Do this - Phil

Organising information Revision Techniques Organising information

Information Organisers talk

Blocks of Information Red pen Black pen Look at the information about rabbits You have 45 seconds to memorise as much as you can. Write down what you can remember. Add the parts you have forgotten in a different colour. Target these areas when memorising for a second time. You have 45 seconds. Write up the information that you had forgotten the first time.

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Traffic light Exam Questions Mark in green everything that you got completely correct. Mark in orange where you have dropped some marks but generally did ok. Mark in red anything that you got wrong or feel concerned about. Talk from this point onwards KM

A5 Revision Cards Of Mice and Men Key events Themes Setting Main characters

Spider Diagrams

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Plus a few ideas… ‘Post-it’ notes are great for keywords, ideas, quotes, formula, tricky spellings. Stick them up in places where you spend a lot of time. The information will start to soak in.

Make a recording of yourself talking about key information Make a recording of yourself talking about key information. Listen whenever you can Revise with friends/family – take turns to give key points to answer a question about a topic so everyone is on the spot Reduce information – try to keep reducing your notes into a few pages/key words. Big challenge – whole topic on a flashcard