GCSE revision help

I did my GCSEs last year and scored within the top in my school, if you have any specific questions about subject or general questions just ask :smile:

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e828193

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by checkered-almond

I did my GCSEs last year and scored within the top in my school, if you have any specific questions about subject or general questions just ask :smile:

do you have any tips on improving English lit,i'm in yr 10 and currently on a grade 4 or 5. I would like to get all 7s,8s,9s in my GCSE's. No matter how much I revise for english I just can't do well so I must be doing something wrong so any help would be appreciated. Thank you 😀

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checkered-almond

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by e828193

Hey I believe you can 100% get better in English lit if you tweak your revision just a little - I went from getting no higher than a 6-7 to getting an 8 one mark from a 9 and English lit was certainly not one of my favorites 😅. I did AQA exam board but i think my strategy should apply to all boards.
1) What i did was collate quotes that are very versatile meaning quotes that you can use for many different questions, you can write these on things like flashcards or word documents but what you should do with these quotes is find loads and loads of analysis like grade 7+ analysis. With these quotes you can then apply them to questions and you can see how many different questions those quotes can apply to - it not only saves time but you don't need to memorise as many quotes.
2) Make up some questions with various themes or characters because the questions may not be the same every year (so you need quotes for any question/most questions so you don't feel any brain blank when you see something in the exam that is completely different to what you practiced) so you having prepared other questions may mean that they could actually come up, so with your quotation bank and analysis prepare model answers and give them say to your teacher for them to mark and work on the areas you are struggling in the most.
3) It may be seem quite long winded to create loads of quotes and analysis especially for 3 books and poems too however if you memorise them before your exam and write them clearly, trust me you will do amazing.🙂

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charz003

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by checkered-almond

I did my GCSEs last year and scored within the top in my school, if you have any specific questions about subject or general questions just ask :smile:

Hey! I'm in year 10 right now and most of my gcses are predicted as 7s or 8s with a couple 9s, but i really want to get all 9s. I was wondering if you did comsci by any chance because im really behind on both theory and programming and i honestly dont know what would be the best way to catch up because were already supposed to know like half of the content? do you also have any tips for studying efficeintly and getting a lot done in a short amount of time? thanks so much!

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checkered-almond

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by charz003

Hey, well done on getting 7s,8s and 9s on your GCSEs so far!!!👏 I'm sorry i didn't happen to do computer science at GCSE so my help may not be subject specific help, but more general study help for it is to focus on exactly what you don't know. You can find out what areas you struggle with through past paper questions and then read over the sections / put them on flashcards / watch specific YouTube videos to enhance your knowledge on those specific key areas. Then perhaps copy those questions onto say a word document and keep revisiting those key concepts/questions so you remain on top of it and don't forget them. As of how to catch up learning half the content, the answer remains with what works best for you in terms of what revision methods help you get key information into your head because as annoying as it may sound there is no direct answer i can tell you as revision methods work differently for everyone. Having said that for me re reading the textbook again and again, covering up key content and regurgitating the content proved really effective for me alongside past paper questions. There are only a certain amount of questions they can really ask you. But if you are going to use this method you need to constantly revisit these questions in order for them to stick in your head and still learn the content (past paper questions teach you how to answer and show you what you may expect in the exam not what will 100% appear in that exact form). Other revision techniques that worked for my friends were: writing out the content, flashcards (other peoples exam board specific if you are short on time), Online worksheets and making revision notes and sticking them on walls for constant reviewing. As for studying efficiently the answer remains with how long it takes for the content to stay in your short/long term memory, this doesn't solely consist of revising for chunky hours but rather splitting your available time up in the week so that you can revisit the knowledge as the days go on so you see if you are actually remembering it. Sorry for this massive paragraph but i hope it helps!! Good luck with your exams!!!🙃