AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Paper 1 (8062/ 11-17) - 9th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Paper 1: 9th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

Here is the exam discussion for this years 2024 exam. You can chat about anything from how to revise to specific questions, time management and sharing helpful resources.

Date/Time: Thursday 9th May AM
Length: 1h 45mins

AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Paper 1: 9th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

Here is the exam discussion for this years 2024 exam. You can chat about anything from how to revise to specific questions, time management and sharing helpful resources.

Date/Time: Thursday 9th May AM
Length: 1h 45mins

could anyone please list the topics that haven't come up yet - i do islam and christianity too 🙂

i heard the 5 roots are pretty likley so id revise them and the 6 articles too, im not fully 100% sure on this but its allwasy good to revise for this

Aiming for a 9 quite nervous have this and drama on the same day but this is definitely more important for me than drama so...
My strongest is probably Islam and Christianity Beliefs - hate practices (except baptism)

Sameee but I’m kinda worried bc RE grade boundaries are always crazy high for no reason and I think I’m good with Christianity but bad when it comes to Shi’a Islam specificslly

How do I get at least a 7. My school only has 1 re lesson a week and I got a 2 in my November mock. I’ve been doing a lot of revision for it self teaching myself everything but can’t apply my knowledge to actual exam questions. You reckon if I do every past paper and learn the mark schemes I’ll be good?

Ikr like you need insane marks to get the high grades, really makes me wonder who can do so well to make them high. I see on the exemplar answers that 12 mark answers are really short but whenever I try to replicate that I get like 6-7 so long answers just work better for me even if it's more stressful to get it done in timed conditions.
I think for Shi'a only difference worth noting is the Imamate which just is basically Muslims add 'Ali is a friend of God' to the Shahadah, believe in spiritual Imam leaders and Khums (20% of earnings) otherwise they are quite similar.

Guys after I have my 2agree and 2 disagree and I move on to the conclusion how do I evaluate it.

Ikr like you need insane marks to get the high grades, really makes me wonder who can do so well to make them high. I see on the exemplar answers that 12 mark answers are really short but whenever I try to replicate that I get like 6-7 so long answers just work better for me even if it's more stressful to get it done in timed conditions.
I think for Shi'a only difference worth noting is the Imamate which just is basically Muslims add 'Ali is a friend of God' to the Shahadah, believe in spiritual Imam leaders and Khums (20% of earnings) otherwise they are quite similar.

i heard sin and salvation is really likely as well !

Sameee I have to write so much for a 12 marker, and I totally understand the stress!! 😭 also thank you so much for clarifying some of the differences between Shi’a and Sunni Islam bc my school kinda rushed over it c: