1. Study tool list A quiet clean place to sit and work No radio, phone, tv or computer to distract you. A clock A full set of stationary A pin board Home work diary

2. DAILY or after each lesson Make notes during class Spend a few minutes reading notes THAT night for homework Write down questions to check for understanding Highlight things that you think might be important Read a book – any book. This will help you to improve your vocabulary and spelling list Check for assignments due and put dates on your calendar chart WEEKLY REVISION SPIDER DIAGRAM OF WEEKS WORK AS A SUMMARY REVISION IS NEVER DONE THE NIGHT BEFORE. IT IS ONGOING REVISION STARTS ON DAY 1! Revision is NOT STARING AT YOUR NOTES! Read through each chart once a week! Make 5 questions to keep for revision tasks Answer the last weeks 5 questions Have your necessary materials all the time. You don't want to be unprepared Before a test or exam, you are just revising, not studying BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE THE WORK THROUGH THE TERM Have a pen or Pencil in Your hand And draw diagrams 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

3. PRESENTATION OF WORK I cannot read your mind Some things need a bit more detail. The teacher cannot guess at what you mean. CHECK Remember, that there is seldom only one cause. Look at evidence. Decide on what you believe - show why you believe it 5% OF MARKS come from spelling, grammar and punctuation. DOUBLE CHECK LAYOUT OF WORK PARAGRAPHS ESSAYS general a group of related sentences dealing with a topic It has a topic sentence It has a supporting sentence It has an conclusion sentence PLAN EXPLAIN If your work is jumbled, it makes no sense SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MADE UP OF PARAGRAPHS IN ORDER

4. October 2011 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Study calendar

7. My personal Goals This term I want to:

8. 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 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..” Adding detail Supplying evidence Topic information