How to revise for your gcse English exams

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How to revise for your gcse English exams Melanie Reilly

DO NOT waste valuable lesson time by not revising at home GCSE Overview Your English GCSE exams will be testing the skills and knowledge you have learnt across KS3 and KS4. You will sit four separate exams: two for Language and two for Literature. You cannot take any texts you have been studying into your exams. The examiner will be assessing your ability to show your understanding of the plays, poems and novel you have studied at KS4. As a result, you will need to: learn key quotations from each text have an understanding of contextual ideas which may have influenced each writer understand key themes and concepts understand how to analyse language DID YOU KNOW By the end of Year 11, you will have approximately spent 566 hours of lesson time in English? DO NOT waste valuable lesson time by not revising at home

Common Beliefs about Revising for English “You don’t need to read the book. Just watch the film because it will be exactly like it.” “Just focus on one of your English exams so it is less information to remember. I don’t need two English GCSE’s.” “You can’t revise for English.” “Leave your revision to the day before and then stay up all night so it is all fresh in your mind.” “I won’t need English when I leave school so what’s the point in passing it? I hate reading and writing.” “Learn one poem and just write about it.” Do you think people who have these beliefs are likely to pass their English GCSE exams?

Why does Passing my English GCSEs matter? FACT Colleges will look at your English grades. If you do not pass, you will have to resit in college. FACT Reading and writing are skills for life. You need them to function socially and professionally. FACT Passing English makes you more employable. FACT To join the Armed Forces, you need to pass English. FACT When applying for a job, employers look at GCSE grades. They will expect to see this on your CV. FACT If you apply for university in the future, you must pass English. FACT Reading and writing is required in every job. FACT The better you do in your GCSEs, you likelier you are to have a job in the future you enjoy.

Research Quantity or Quality – which is more effective? Research suggests that students who revise more frequently but for a shorter amount of time are more likely to remember what they have learnt. For instance, revising for 1 hour daily over 10 days is more effective than revising for 10 hours in one day. Memory is an important part of learning. It is possible to improve your memory but hard work is involved. Developing memory techniques is vital especially when you are revising for English and you have so much to remember! In order to remember more, the more you need to review work you have already studied. For instance, if you are studying Romeo and Juliet, revise another text at home. DID YOU KNOW 80% of what you learnt today you will forget by tomorrow? WHY? The more you improve your memory, the more knowledge you will recall, the more confident you will feel in your exams. Just think, how much do you really remember from your English lessons – all 566 of them!

The Science of Revision: FACT: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. However, 27% of boys and 39% of girls skip it. FACT: Having enough sleep is vitally important in order to improve students’ attention. FACT: If you keep your phone on you whilst revising, you will become distracted. What is the impact of this? What is the impact of this? What is the impact of this? Research has found that skipping this meal significantly reduces students’ attention. Research has found that the mere sight of a phone was enough to reduce a person’s ability to focus. Research has found that the less you sleep, the more likely you are to become distracted and lose focus. How many hours have you wasted being distracted? Could you make small changes to your daily life to help improve your grades? Could you go to bed earlier to make sure you are sleeping enough?

How to Revise English Language Flash cards: learn how to the spell key terms and the definitions of them. Answer each question in exam conditions. The more you practise, the easier you will find this. Complete grammar activities to improve your SPaG and technical accuracy. Learn evaluative adverbs. Practise selecting judicious quotations and writing analytically about them. Practise your writing skills by completing 200 word challenges. Understand the differences between language and structural features. Test yourself with your family or friends. Complete 5 a Day starters your teacher sets. Create a list of impressive vocabulary you would like to learn. Ask family or friends to test you. Practise using more sophisticated punctuation. Ask your teacher to check if it is used correctly. Read more frequently so you can improve your reading age. This will help you in your exam. Understand the different formats when writing for a purpose.

How to Revise English Literature Re-read the set texts you are studying. Go on revision websites and search for the texts you are studying. Familiarise yourself with anything you are unsure of. Complete 5 a Day starters your teacher sets you. Learn key quotations for each text you are studying. Understand key contextual ideas which may have influenced the writers you are studying. Flash cards: learn how to spell key terms and the definitions of them. Practise completing exam style questions. Watch Mr Bruff videos on YouTube. Complete Venn diagrams on poems you would compare. Practise analysing unseen poems. Revise key themes and characters in each set text. Learn poetry terms.