Another sixth form

Hello, does anyone have any tips for me to ace my GCSE's? I'm trying to get in a sixth form which prefers most A's and A*'s

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undercxver

Sure, can you tell me what subjects you do? That way I can give the best tips. :h:

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username2471155

Original post by undercxver

Sure, can you tell me what subjects you do? That way I can give the best tips. :h:

Ok, I do English Literature (edexcel)
English Language (CIE)
Maths (AQA, I struggle with this)
Science core (OCR 21st Century)
Science additional (OCR 21st century)
Re (edexcel, don't really need help with this usually get A*)
Business (OCR)
Computing (OCR)
History (edexcel, need help with this)

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undercxver

Original post by zXcodeXz

Ok, I do English Literature (edexcel)
English Language (CIE)

English Language: (these are my tips for the AQA exam board, possibly similar to CIE AND Edexcel?)

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Practise your writing skills by writing different types of texts

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Read books to build your vocabulary

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Read the newspaper daily and analyse them

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Watch Mr Bruff's videos on YouTube

English Literature: (same as above, tips for the AQA exam board)

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Make sure you are confident with the books you are studying

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Summarise the books you know in bullet points and check if you have covered each important section

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Analyse every single thing in every poem, each little bit has a meaning

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Try to compare different poems

Maths (AQA, I struggle with this)

Maths:

All I can say is past paper questions. Only start doing the past paper questions once you are sure you have covered every topic.

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Work through the ExamSolutions videos if you ever feel you feel like you are stuck on any section

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Feel free to post in the TSR GCSE Maths Forum if you are unsure about something (make sure provide the question and what you have already done)

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Do every single past paper

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Mark your papers and see where you have gone wrong

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Look to do IGCSE papers once you have done all of the GCSE ones

Here's a thread for some amazing resources.

Science core (OCR 21st Century)
Science additional (OCR 21st century)

Science:

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Record yourself talking and listen to yourself when you commute

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Makes notes on every topic

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Try summarising your content

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Talk through all content with someone willing to listen

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Revision cards are good for summarising

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Make sure you know all the content before attempting any past paper questions

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Do a good amount of past papers, if you complete them all attempt the IGCSE ones

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Definitely mark every paper you do, if you are struggling to mark it ask your teacher to do it for you

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See where you have gone wrong and look to improve on the section for the next paper you do

In exam tips:

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Take your time to read the question carefully

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Underline keywords to emphasise to yourself what you are looking to answer

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If ever in an exam situation you don't have enough time to answer a question then bullet point the key points of the essay you could have written

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Be sure to use keywords as that's what gets you the marks

Re (edexcel, don't really need help with this usually get A*)

I'll leave that out. :tongue:

Business (OCR)

Computing (OCR)

No idea for these two, I'm sorry. :frown:

I guess past papers are key, so keep at them.

History (edexcel, need help with this)

History:

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Summarise the content of each module on one sheet of paper and memorise this

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Condense events into 3 bullet points [Linking with the point above]

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Make a list of significant events and their dates and highlight each one you manage to remember

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Do every single past paper question

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Plan your essays with bullet points within a minute

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Time yourself when doing essays

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Practice writing really fast

You can always use the TSR Study Resources for any subject, pretty helpful revision material on there. Also there is a very useful Study Planner on TSR which you may use, if you find that timetables are something you don't stick to then make a list of things to do per day/week and tick it off as you go along.

Check out these awesome revision tips by a fellow TSR user.

Use the Forest application on your phone to focus.

If you need any help TSR is a great platform to ask on.

Hope this helps.

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