Year 11 Revision burnout
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As described in title. I was able to revise all day during the summer before Y11 (only for favoured subjects like PhyChemBi, Maths) while now my ability to revise humanities and English is poor, and my drive to revise my favoured subjects have deteriorated slightly. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it. Many thanks.
As a side note, how does one revise English Literature and Language? Thanks once again.
Edit: Would also like to seek advice on revising History and Geography. Thanks once again.
As a side note, how does one revise English Literature and Language? Thanks once again.
Edit: Would also like to seek advice on revising History and Geography. Thanks once again.
(edited 1 year ago)
Reply 1
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by MiWgAs described in title. I was able to revise all day during the summer before Y11 (only for favoured subjects like PhyChemBi, Maths) while now my ability to revise humanities and English is poor, and my drive to revise my favoured subjects have deteriorated slightly. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it. Many thanks.
As a side note, how does one revise English Literature and Language? Thanks once again.
As a side note, how does one revise English Literature and Language? Thanks once again.
In your position I would create a schedule, if you haven’t made one already, where you study your favoured subject first, in between one you dislike and lastly another favoured subject (w breaks!) This way you won’t get demotivated.
If you are getting burned out, make sure your goals are realistic and don’t force yourself to keep studying for long periods of time- however some form of discipline is needed.
To study for English Lit just revise quotes and themes in your texts and plan past paper questions from what you remembered. Write one of the questions and ask your teacher to mark it.
For English Lang also just do past paper questions and know how you need to answer each question and learn some good vocab.
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by MiWgAs described in title. I was able to revise all day during the summer before Y11 (only for favoured subjects like PhyChemBi, Maths) while now my ability to revise humanities and English is poor, and my drive to revise my favoured subjects have deteriorated slightly. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it. Many thanks.
As a side note, how does one revise English Literature and Language? Thanks once again.
As a side note, how does one revise English Literature and Language? Thanks once again.
Doing past papers and marking them even if you get them wrong is the most useful way to revise in most subjects and I found it pretty fun so maybe just focus on that. In English Language I got a 7 and Literature I got an 8, I watched YouTube videos by mr everything English, but I think I could've gotten a 9 if I wrote essays and gave them to my teacher to mark on both subjects, doing practice essays its probably the best way to revise, as well as doing flashcards to remember English lit quotes.
Reply 3
MiWg
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Many thanks for both of your replies. How would one revise the quotes and themes for the EngLit long text question? I've heard Flashcards are useful but personally i find making them to be quite time consuming. Many thanks!
Reply 4
I think it could be to do with the pressure of exams being so close that ur putting off revising/cant revise so maybe talking it out with someone might help? (Sorry if that’s quite poor advice)
For eng lit I recommend making a table of all the linguistic devices and generally what effects they have- as someone who hated English sooo much, barely revised and got a 7 this is pretty much all the revision I did for English (apart from key quotes ofc). If u find more motivation then practice answers for writing about key characters/themes might also help
For eng lit I recommend making a table of all the linguistic devices and generally what effects they have- as someone who hated English sooo much, barely revised and got a 7 this is pretty much all the revision I did for English (apart from key quotes ofc). If u find more motivation then practice answers for writing about key characters/themes might also help
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by MiWgMany thanks for both of your replies. How would one revise the quotes and themes for the EngLit long text question? I've heard Flashcards are useful but personally i find making them to be quite time consuming. Many thanks!
tbh most of the time making revision resources is rlly annoying but you could use already made flashcards online or even make them yourself since it would be faster than irl on quizlet or anki. You could also make mindmaps and cover them up when you’re quizzing yourself.
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by MiWgMany thanks for both of your replies. How would one revise the quotes and themes for the EngLit long text question? I've heard Flashcards are useful but personally i find making them to be quite time consuming. Many thanks!
mindmaps
Reply 7
I find doing past papers quite good and would highly suggest doing them but also taking breaks and maybe doing something pomodoro style to prevent burnout (I am also in Yr11 and find this helps and feel very similar in this position that you are facing)
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