St James’s CE High School REVISION STRATEGY SESSIONS – HOW TO REVISE PROPERLY WEEK COMMENCINGSESSION 12 th JanuaryREMOTE ACCESS/ VLE & USE OF U DRIVE 19

St James’s CE High School

REVISION STRATEGY SESSIONS – HOW TO REVISE PROPERLY

WEEK COMMENCING SESSION

12th January REMOTE ACCESS/ VLE & USE OF U DRIVE

19th January REVISION TIMETABLE & WHAT KIND OF LEARNER

26th January2nd February9th February

ORGANISING YOUR REVISION: Making sure revision sticks

The right environment and tools for the job

HALF TERM

23rd February2nd March9th March

16th March23rd March

REVISION TECHNIQUES/ STRATEGIES eg. Mind maps

Condensing notes/ postage notes Annotating noted

Cue cards/ flash cards Mnuemonics/ Loci

REVISION CONFERENCE FRIDAY 27TH MARCH

13th April20th April27th April

EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES eg.underline key words/ look at marks available/ allocate time/ plan long answers/ attempt all

questions/ read-understand-comprehend

4th May11th May18th May

The night before&

On the Day


REVISION

Are you using the VLE?Are you using the U drive?


WHAT SORT OF LEARNER ARE YOU?

Preparing for Success

Jason Whittaker

One of the intitial processes during this schedule will be for the pupils to find out what type of learner they are.


Experiment time……Instructions

• You will be asked a question about a word such as:– Is the word written in upper/lower case?– Does the word rhyme with…?– Does the word fit a sentence

• E.g. “The cat sat on the ____”?• You will then be presented with a word for a very short

duration to which the answer is yes or no• Write Y or N on your sheet• Are you ready??!!!.................


Jason Whittaker

Experiment time.

Jason Whittaker

Write your answers in the revision techniques space in the booklet


Is this word written in lower

case?


CLEAR


Does this word rhyme with

door?


floor


Is this word the name of an

animal?


TIGER


Is this word the name of a disease?


Table


Is this word written in

upper case?


PROUD



cheek?


Brush


Is this word written in lower

case?


FLAME



power?


Flour


Is this something to

wear?


DRESS



cove?


Drove


Is this word written in

upper case?


FIELD


Is this a type of fruit?


apple


End of the test!


Write all the words you remember from the test in the space provided –

no cheating!

Jason Whittaker

1-2 minutes to complete the task


Calculators ready for Results time……Count how many words you got correct

from each list (1, 2, 3) and label it as you go. Let’s add the total….

• Tiger• Table• Dress• Apple

• Floor• Brush• Flour• Drove

• Clear• Proud• Flame• Field

321


Calculators ready for Results time……

Count how many words you got correct from each list (1, 2, 3) and label it as you

go. Let’s add the total….

Does the word fit a sentence?

• Tiger• Table• Dress• Apple

Does the word rhyme with…?

• Floor• Brush• Flour• Drove

Is the word written in lower/upper case?

• Clear• Proud• Flame• Field

321


Explanations of Memory;The Levels of Processing Explanation of

Memory

3. DEEP – Meaning

(80%)

1. SHALLOW – See (18%)

2. MEDIUM – Hear (50%)

The deeper the processing the easier to remember…

Jason Whittaker

but it also indicates that we all process information in different ways. What works for you does necesaarily mean it will work for your son/ daughter. Clear message this is theor revision, their way of learning, your job is to support them through this process of learning.


“Variety is the spice of

life”

Jason Whittaker

Revision Techniques Revision (and work) can become boring At times their brain might feel like its about to explode so get them to mix it up and get involved “Variety is the spice of life” •Encourage your child to try a variety of revision techniques •Discuss with them how these work and what works best for them •Get them to teach you! •Have a revision competition with •rewards for the winner!


VISUAL LEARNERS AUDITORY LEARNERS KINAESTHETIC LEANRERS

MAPS RECORD IDEAS ON TAPE WALK ‘N’ TALK

POSTERS SAY KEYWORDS ALOUD DRAW CARTOONS

CHARTS TELL ANOTHER PERSON POSTERS/ STORYBOARDS

SPIDER DIAGRAMS MAKE A PRESENTATION MODELLING

CARTOONS GET SOMEONE TO TEST YOU ROLE PLAY/ DRAMA

SUMMARY NOTES EXCHANGE IDEAS WITH FRIENDS MAKE A MIND MAP

MIND MAPS PLAY QUIET RELAXING MUSIC IN BACKGROUND

ANNOTATE DIAGRAMS

MENTAL PICTURES MAKE CUE/ FLASH CARDS


CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY FOR YOU!

Jason Whittaker

Revision Techniques for Auditory Learners •Use listening to rather than reading, e.g. recording notes and playing them back to learn them through repetition •Download and listen to podcast on topics (search the internet for them and listen with them!) •Talking about and discussing topics after just learning them – get them to tell / teach you! •Say information over and over again to retain it •Use different voices for different information like creating a script or acting out a play – you could be a character in it! •Make a song, rap or poem – do a duet! •Set information to rhyme, rhythm or music •Aural Mnemonics, Acronyms •TV, video / radio supplements to obtain information Revision Techniques for Kinaesthetic Learners •Learn by physical action – doing, touching, feeling, trying things out etc. •Physical repartition, e.g. flashcards (see below) •Watch TV/video supplements on topics (see Youtube) – you could search for them and watch them together …with popcorn! •Making (new) notes, converting to / drawing as diagrams •Copying notes over and over again •Using interactive revision websites (see lists at the end and in their Planners) •Using their body to express a thought as their short and long term memory is improved by movement Beware.. Kinaesthetic Learners tend to be the most restless, have shorter attention spans and therefore need more frequent breaks They may also need you to ‘refocus’ them back to the revision


WHAT SORT OF LEARNER ARE YOU?


U DRIVE/ YEAR 11 REVISION 2015/ REVISION STRATEGY/ NUMBER 2 – WHAT KIND OF LEARNER AM I

Jason Whittaker

One of the intitial processes during this schedule will be for the pupils to find out what type of learner they are.

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St James’s CE High School REVISION STRATEGY SESSIONS – HOW TO REVISE PROPERLY WEEK COMMENCINGSESSION 12 th JanuaryREMOTE ACCESS/ VLE & USE OF U DRIVE 19