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Please help me ! (gcses)

I’m in yr 11 and i’m doing 11 subjects and my mock grades and expected grades are here:
first number is my mock grade and second number is my expected

maths - 8 | 9
further maths - 7 | 8
english lit - 5 | 6
english lang - 8 | 8
physics - 8 | 9
chemistry - 9 | 9
biology - 8 | 9
economics - 7 | 7
engineering - 9 | 8
computing - 8 | 9
spanish - 7 | 7

I want to do better in english lit so bad but i’m just not good at writing or writing fast. I also need to improve economics and spanish also because, it may sound over ambitious but, i’m aiming for all 9s. Can anyone help me improve any of these quickly. All my friends were getting 8s and above and it’s also stressing me out. I want to improve and need help desperately !

Reply 1

hiii, honestly u should be super proud of urself ur grades are amazing! im currently predicted 9s in gcse french and eng lit but the principles stay the same. for mfl try and memorise as many complex/ high level phrases to put into ur 150 words to get u more marks on complexity. honestly past papers are gonna be ur bsf, pls if ur gonna do anything i tell u take past papers and sample papers SERIOUSLY, they really help for mfl because its more practice and u get a feel for what is going to come up, plus imo i think if u keep on doing them u will be able to spot patterns and almost predict what will come up based on what has/ hasnt and u can focus on that (i did this for my arabic gcse in y10 and i got a 9 so i think it works!!) also just focus on grammar for now in spanish, because tbh u dont really need fancy adjectives and verbs to get full marks, i feel like ur structure is more important. for listening try and listen as much as possible to things in spanish: past papers, podcasts, tv shows, songs etc so u can identify the language quicker and better in the exam. im ngl i dont really score above 60% in listening but honestly ur grade averages out if ur better at reading or speaking or writing (i typically get wayyyyy higher on those). i havent seen anyone ever mention this for eng lit but i promise it singlehandedly got me my 9s in my eng mocks. chatgpt. i give it all the themes in aic for example and all the characters and tell it to give me quotes for each theme and each character and super high level analysis for each quote. then i ask it to do the same but this time to give me 3 quotes for each character which links to each theme. i js memorise these quotes and analysis because u can use them for any essay. if u get a character question, ur gonna be limited on marks if u dont really expand ur point and link it to themes. for example if u got a question on sheila, link her to themes of younger generations, attitudes to social class and women etc. i also dont really see ppl talking about it but WRITERS INTENTION!!! this is where u get big marks- u gotta explain why the writer did this, whats the effect on audience. u have to consider the time period and what the writer was thinking- this rlly brings up ur analysis. u also need a super strong thesis statement, because my teacher (an examiner) told me that if u have a strong thesis statement the examiner would have an idea about what level band ur essay is in and cannot mark u down. eg if they think ur thesis statement is band 4 worthy, they cant mark u lower than that- pls dont quote me on that this is js what my teacher says! in all honesty u cant change an eng lit or mfl grade overnight, just chip away at them thru ur revision and by the time the exams come u will be prepared!

Reply 2

Original post by limons_2
I’m in yr 11 and i’m doing 11 subjects and my mock grades and expected grades are here:
first number is my mock grade and second number is my expected
maths - 8 | 9
further maths - 7 | 8
english lit - 5 | 6
english lang - 8 | 8
physics - 8 | 9
chemistry - 9 | 9
biology - 8 | 9
economics - 7 | 7
engineering - 9 | 8
computing - 8 | 9
spanish - 7 | 7
I want to do better in english lit so bad but i’m just not good at writing or writing fast. I also need to improve economics and spanish also because, it may sound over ambitious but, i’m aiming for all 9s. Can anyone help me improve any of these quickly. All my friends were getting 8s and above and it’s also stressing me out. I want to improve and need help desperately !

Omg, can you PLEASE give me tips on how to get the 9s and 8 in scineces i have been stuck on 7s and i even did the all the pmt questions on physcis paper 2 and then on my mock was only able to get a 7 , (58/100) I am really anxious , i dont know why i thought doing them were suppose to lik boost me up, but idk.. Can you pllllssss share some tips??

Reply 3

Original post by bzzzzzzz
hiii, honestly u should be super proud of urself ur grades are amazing! im currently predicted 9s in gcse french and eng lit but the principles stay the same. for mfl try and memorise as many complex/ high level phrases to put into ur 150 words to get u more marks on complexity. honestly past papers are gonna be ur bsf, pls if ur gonna do anything i tell u take past papers and sample papers SERIOUSLY, they really help for mfl because its more practice and u get a feel for what is going to come up, plus imo i think if u keep on doing them u will be able to spot patterns and almost predict what will come up based on what has/ hasnt and u can focus on that (i did this for my arabic gcse in y10 and i got a 9 so i think it works!!) also just focus on grammar for now in spanish, because tbh u dont really need fancy adjectives and verbs to get full marks, i feel like ur structure is more important. for listening try and listen as much as possible to things in spanish: past papers, podcasts, tv shows, songs etc so u can identify the language quicker and better in the exam. im ngl i dont really score above 60% in listening but honestly ur grade averages out if ur better at reading or speaking or writing (i typically get wayyyyy higher on those). i havent seen anyone ever mention this for eng lit but i promise it singlehandedly got me my 9s in my eng mocks. chatgpt. i give it all the themes in aic for example and all the characters and tell it to give me quotes for each theme and each character and super high level analysis for each quote. then i ask it to do the same but this time to give me 3 quotes for each character which links to each theme. i js memorise these quotes and analysis because u can use them for any essay. if u get a character question, ur gonna be limited on marks if u dont really expand ur point and link it to themes. for example if u got a question on sheila, link her to themes of younger generations, attitudes to social class and women etc. i also dont really see ppl talking about it but WRITERS INTENTION!!! this is where u get big marks- u gotta explain why the writer did this, whats the effect on audience. u have to consider the time period and what the writer was thinking- this rlly brings up ur analysis. u also need a super strong thesis statement, because my teacher (an examiner) told me that if u have a strong thesis statement the examiner would have an idea about what level band ur essay is in and cannot mark u down. eg if they think ur thesis statement is band 4 worthy, they cant mark u lower than that- pls dont quote me on that this is js what my teacher says! in all honesty u cant change an eng lit or mfl grade overnight, just chip away at them thru ur revision and by the time the exams come u will be prepared!


thank you so much for the mfl and english lit tips , i will definitely use them thank you so much !!

Reply 4

Original post by shonow033m
Omg, can you PLEASE give me tips on how to get the 9s and 8 in scineces i have been stuck on 7s and i even did the all the pmt questions on physcis paper 2 and then on my mock was only able to get a 7 , (58/100) I am really anxious , i dont know why i thought doing them were suppose to lik boost me up, but idk.. Can you pllllssss share some tips??


heyyy, hopefully this will be of any help. When focusing on stem subjects i always try to understand the content before doing any practice questions, often i don’t even get to do any. In regards to physics the main thing is to understand ideas so learning the content is especially helpful. I mainly learn stuff by being taught it instead of just reading out a textbook so specifically for physics and chem i use free science lessons. In me opinion he’s the best because he explains it simple enough for me to understand. After that , i go onto topic specific pmt questions. These are great because you can pinpoint your specific weaknesses in a topic instead of overall topics you need to go over. After then i would do past papers. This is a more extensive way but for topic tests i would do the same but leave out past papers and only do the topics you’d be tested on. hope this helps!

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