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Help for English study during the break
« on: September 13, 2021, 10:48:16 pm »
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Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how best to spend my time studying for the English exam during the two week term break? Thanks :)

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Re: Help for English study during the break
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2021, 07:39:14 pm »
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Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how best to spend my time studying for the English exam during the two week term break? Thanks :)
Class of 2020 student here - I did a lot of practise exams. I reread and rewatched the texts/films. The practise exams - also getting feedback from the teacher - were the things I found most useful. Sometimes I did just one hour blocks, just one essay, but mostly it was full exams, handwritten, of course.
This may not work for you. Anyway, good luck!
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Re: Help for English study during the break
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2021, 09:06:00 pm »
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Class of 2020 student here - I did a lot of practise exams. I reread and rewatched the texts/films. The practise exams - also getting feedback from the teacher - were the things I found most useful. Sometimes I did just one hour blocks, just one essay, but mostly it was full exams, handwritten, of course.
This may not work for you. Anyway, good luck!

Thanks! That definitely helps - just wondering, by full exams do you mean the full 3h - also, did you do one like every day or just like a few per week?

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Re: Help for English study during the break
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2021, 01:24:49 pm »
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Hi! I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how best to spend my time studying for the English exam during the two week term break? Thanks :)

The Cat In The Hat's advice is really good! I would also suggest doing as many plans for as many different prompts as possible. The best feeling in the world is opening the exam booklet and seeing a prompt that you've already done a plan for. There's nothing quite like that feeling *chef's kiss* I have a video about planning comprehensively if you need (https://youtu.be/q3OgXVU19mw)

The other thing I would stress is handwriting - I had a student who pulled a hand muscle two weeks before the exam. The kind of pressure to recover from that was HUGE. So my advice is to build up your hand muscles - don't go 2x3hrs on the first day if you're not used to it. Build up the length of time you can write comfortably and clearly, and do those hand stretches!
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Re: Help for English study during the break
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2021, 02:58:37 pm »
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Thanks! That definitely helps - just wondering, by full exams do you mean the full 3h - also, did you do one like every day or just like a few per week?
Sorry I haven't seen this 'til now - yes, I meant the full 3hrs. For one thing also I never study on Sundays, so it was a nice break every week, I think it helped to keep me sane! I'm afraid I can't remember exactly how many I did; it varied, some weeks it was one a day some just a couple in the week.

Strongly seconding the plans idea. I also got one we'd done in class for one of them. I did broad plans for this topic or that topic - e.g. how grief is handled in Ransom/The Queen, or class in P&P, that kind of very broad topic.
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