My Road to A* everywhere

My exam board is OCR - you're really lucky because your exam board isn't as harsh as the OCR exam board. I did AQA last year and I came out with a grade C without even trying my best. This year i'm doing OCR, I'm resitting English language to get a grade A and its so hard. They're really harsh. The controlled assessment is only 40% and the exam is 60%

In English literature I studied An inspector calls and Of mice and men.
In my English language I studied creative writing only
Right now my new exam board OCR I studied of mice and men which counts as an English language and I did creative writing so it was a mixture as it was really confusing because I didn't know if I was doing literature or language


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Don't worry about it 😌 my exams are all done. I just need to do my final exam in June and I will get my grade in August. I did Macbeth as well 😌


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Haha, yeah it's weird but it works strangely enough
I know, I should be able to manage. It isn't anything too extensive

Hi there,

Thank you and good luck to you too! Great to hear you want to achieve highly.

For English Lit I highlight quotes in the books and annotate them. Then I make a character profile for each character with pages for Key Quotes, Key Themes, Adjectives and such like.

For Language, I would suggest like @Hambi123 says, doing past papers and getting them marked by a teacher. And try making up your own things to write about like letters - and choose a topic, so you get to practice the layout and tone.

In terms of coursework, it depends on the weighting. If like mine, they are worth 25% then it might be the difference of a grade so it really depends on the weighting and the grade tbh.

For revision tips, the methods I use are: make sure you plan out what you want to do before you start each day, use flashcards whenever you have spare minutes, make revision fun - things like mind maps, sketchnoting and diagrams for the wall are usually quite good. Also, using a whiteboard to write out things over and voer can be a bit of variation. Past papers should be done at every opportunity, or even just a few select questions to help you identify weakness. If motivation is an issue, try the Pomodoro Technique and also varying where you study.

If you need anymore info just let me know

Thank you so much for you tips. Thanks to you, I know know what to do! 😀

My exam board is OCR - you're really lucky because your exam board isn't as harsh as the OCR exam board. I did AQA last year and I came out with a grade C without even trying my best. This year i'm doing OCR, I'm resitting English language to get a grade A and its so hard. They're really harsh. The controlled assessment is only 40% and the exam is 60%

In English literature I studied An inspector calls and Of mice and men.
In my English language I studied creative writing only
Right now my new exam board OCR I studied of mice and men which counts as an English language and I did creative writing so it was a mixture as it was really confusing because I didn't know if I was doing literature or language

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That's a lot of A* grades there! Good luck
I didn't get anywhere as good as that in my GCSEs- 7 A grades and 4 Bs

As a geology student, trust me when I say geology will become your life, providing you have a good teacher. It's just a wonderful subject and it's a shame more schools don't offer at at A level.

Thank you

7As and 4Bs is excellent and you do geology? You're one of the few people on here who has said it is worth doing, many people are telling me there is no point studying it so I'm glad you posted - thank you

Unfortunately I didn't get to do as much as I had planned but I still managed some:

at least you did something

UPDATE


After the disappointment of yesterday, I'd really like to accomplish quite a few things. I want to try and complete my Geography Controlled Assessment after school. I'm also going to do my homework for History on the Tet Offensive and also finish the P3 section of the past paper I did yesterday. I want to finish C6 notes by drafting Fuel Cells (then I have all of them in either neat or draft)