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Study tool list A pin board A clock Home work diary No radio, phone, tv or computer to distract you. A full set of stationary A quiet clean place to sit and work DAILY or after each lesson Have your necessary materials all the time. You don't want to be unprepared Make notes during class Spend a few minutes reading notes THAT night for homework Write down questions to check for understanding Check for assignments due and put dates on your calendar chart Highlight things that you think might be important Read a book – any book. This will help you to improve your vocabulary and spelling list REVISION WEEKLY REVISION STARTS ON DAY 1! SPIDER DIAGRAM OF WEEKS WORK AS A SUMMARY Read through each chart once a week! Make 5 questions to keep for revision tasks Answer the last weeks 5 questions On your pin board, tick off sections of work as you have finished revision – that always feels great! AT THE END OF EACH SECTION MAKE A REVISION CHART. LIST ALL THE KEY WORDS REVISION IS NEVER DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE . IT IS ONGOING Before a test or exam, you are just revising, not studying BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK THROUGH THE TERM Revision is NOT STARING AT YOUR NOTES! Have a pen or Pencil in Your hand And draw diagrams PRESENTATION OF WORK I cannot read your mind LAYOUT OF WORK PLAN PARAGRAPHS If your work is jumbled, it a group of related sentences dealing with a topic It has a topic sentence It has a supporting sentence It has an conclusion sentence makes no sense general EXPLAIN Some things need a bit more detail. The teacher cannot guess at what you mean. ESSAYS MADE UP OF PARAGRAPHS IN ORDER SPELLING AND GRAMMAR 5% OF MARKS come from spelling, grammar and punctuation. DOUBLE CHECK CHECK Remember, that there is seldom only one cause. Look at evidence. Decide on what you believe - show why you believe it My personal Goals • This term I want to: A paragraph, like a good hamburger, needs two things to hold it together INTRODUCTION This is the bun of your paragraph Topic sentence or introduction Adding detail Supplying evidence Topic information CONCLUSION This is the bottom bun of your paragraph This is the end sentence, it normally is an answer to “ so what I’m saying is..”