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

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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 (questioning)

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

K W L Grids K nowledge W ant L earn What do I know?What do I need to know? What have I learned?

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

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.

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

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

Examination Technique Highlighting key words in questions: o What techniques does Simon Armitage use to create realism?” Practise opening paragraphs to essay titles with a cooking timer for five minutes.

Examination Technique Highlighting key words in questions: o 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 poems and annotate afresh

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

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