THE TRIAL EXAMS AND BEYOND.

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1 THE TRIAL EXAMS AND BEYOND.

2 YOUR PREFERRED LEARNING STYLES. Please complete the questionnaire on your seat. For each question circle the MOST LIKELY answer. Total up your Vs, As and Ks at the end. Multiply each number by 10 to find your Learning Styles percentages.

3 THIS YEAR YOU ARE IN THE HARDEST RACE OF YOUR LIFE SO FAR

5 MUHAMMAD ALI Muhammad Ali, arguably the greatest boxer in the history of the sport. He was born in 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky in the United States. He was named after his father, Cassius Clay, Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. He changed it to Muhammad Ali in He became a boxer at the age of 12. As an amateur boxer he won many titles, culminating in the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. When Ali returned home to the states, he was so proud that he wore the medal around his neck wherever he went. After a week, he went to a café and ordered a drink. The waiter said I m sorry, we don t serve coloured people. Ali was so incensed by this! He had represented his country, won the gold medal, and come back to this kind of treatment. Muhammad Ali ripped from his neck and threw it into a river. Ali turned professional at the age of 18. Ali's record was 100 wins, 5 losses when he ended his amateur career. Ali became the World Champ at the age of 22. Clay was famed for his unorthodox fighting style. Rather than match his opponents with brute force, Clay brought tactics and strategy into the ring. With his fast-moving style, he was equally adept at dodging a punch as at delivering one. His fancy footwork soon became known as the Ali shuffle. Ali also fought a great psychological game, often beating fighters before they stepped foot in the ring. It was in the pre-fight build up to his first world-title fight with sonny liston that Ali famously said I will float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. In 1967, when Ali refused on religious grounds to be drafted into the US army to fight in Vietnam, he was stripped of his title and banned from boxing., two decisions he successfully overturned in court. This he achieved by defending himself brilliantly without a lawyer. In 1971, Ali lost the title to Joe Frazier. Ali went on to win it back and then fought in two of the most famous fights in the history of boxing; The Rumble in the Jungle, versus George Forman and The Thrilla in Manilla, again versus Joe Frazier. Ali is the only boxer to have held the World title on 3 separate occasions. Ali retired from professional boxing in 1981, at the age of 39, with a career record of 56 wins and 5 losses, and as a three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. Throughout his boxing career Ali was won over 50 million $. Muhammad Ali became a Muslim around the age of 22, and a member of a group known as the Nation of Islam (or the Black Muslims) and was inspired by the teachings of Malcolm X. Muhammad Ali has been married 4 times, and has had nine children. There have been many films made of his life, most recently with Will Smith in the title role. Ali was awarded the coveted title of Sportsman of the Century by the BBC in Although suffering from parkinsons disease, Ali still makes many public appearances. He refuses to allow his disability to beat him. He travels around the world doing great work for charity.

7 MIND MAPS Research shows that making mind maps is a really effective way to revise. Your teachers will train you on how to make brilliant mind maps. Mind Maps help with CHUNKING information into smaller pieces which makes it easier to remember.

8 HOW TO EFFECTIVELY MIND MAP. Page is landscape Central focal image (trunk) Sub-topics (branches) Detail (twigs) All lines are connected One word/picture per branch Use colour

9 PRACTICE EXAM TECHNIQUE. You know the exam routines. You should know the paper before you go in. For example, what is Q1 on English Paper 1? You will know which questions to answer. You will know the timings how long to spend on each section. Train yourself to work fast and gain time in exams (you can practice this at home do the same answer in half the time) Tactics for certain papers such as mind dumping.

10 PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION! 1. Read the question. 2. Read it again 3. Highlight the key subject words. 4. Highlight the command words. 5. Read it again. 6. Make your Point. 7. Explain it (if needed) 8. Relate your Answer to the question. 9. Read through it once. 10. Read through it again. Before you answer Write it; PEA your answer After you ve answered

11 SLOW IN THE SHOW.

12 WHAT SHOULD A REVISION SESSION LOOK LIKE? The Genius Hour. Review / Remember / Recall Gathering (5 mins) Reviewing (20 mins) Break (5 mins) Remember (15 mins) Break (5 mins) Recall in a Test (10 mins)

20 MINS REVIEWING Do something with the information. Mind-maps / topic posters display them at home. Cue Cards position around house. Highlight key information. Record and play-back key information.

13 20 MINS REVIEWING Do something with the information. Mind-maps / topic posters display them at home. Cue Cards position around house. Highlight key information. Record and play-back key information. Makes notes from a Revision DVD. DON T JUST SIT THERE LOOKING AT IT AND EXPECTING IT TO GO IN! Transfer the information VISUAL (see it) AUDITORY (speak & hear it) KINAESTHETIC (do it, act it out )

14 5 MINUTE BREAK. SHOW RESILIENCE!

15 15 MINS REMEMBERING Make connections. Open-shut your book / notes. Fold the page down the middle ACRONYMS use the first letter of each word to prompt your memory. Do a verbal STORYBOARD. Draw a STORYBOARD. MNEMONICS silly sentences to remember the order of something (Never Eat Shredded Wheat).

16 5 MINUTE BREAK. SHOW RESILIENCE!

17 10 MINS TESTING YOURSELF Self-Test. Do a Summary Poster. Test in back of revision guides / workbooks. Complete a test on a recommended learning website. Exam Question from exam board websites. Focus your revision on what you got wrong! Present to parent. Reward yourself!

18 REVISING WITH YOUR EYES Write down key facts or draw a mind-map Highlight key terms Highlight what you haven t understood. Visualise what they learn Create pictures/diagrams from what they learn Use time lines for dates Film, video and graphics Visual Learners Practise spellings by seeing the word before writing or saying it

ADVICE FOR AUDITORY LEARNING. Giving a presentation or explanation to another person. Hearing a presentation or explanation from another person.

19 ADVICE FOR AUDITORY LEARNING. Giving a presentation or explanation to another person. Hearing a presentation or explanation from another person. Reading aloud to themselves Making a recording of key points to listen to Verbally summarising in their own words Using their own internal voice (Self Talk). Practise spellings by saying the word before trying to write it (phonics). Auditory Learners

20 REVISING BY DOING. Recording information as they hear it. Physical demonstrations Making models Walking around as they read Underlining/highlighting new information key points Putting key points onto index cards and sorting them into order Practise spellings by writing with a finger in the air or on a desk, while simultaneously saying it aloud Kinaesthetic Learners

21 Combine ALL THREE to get 100% learning!

22 Story Boards. TROPOSHERE STRATOSPHERE MESOSPHERE THERMOSPHERE EXOSPHERE I was walking past a palm tree and I saw a who had made a real mess! and it made me really hot tidying it all up. it was almost like doing some exercise! These can be visual or verbal

23 LEARNING HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO THINK HARD Prof. Robert Coe Durham University So you have to REVISE HARD!

24 PARENTAL PRESENTATIONS. Pupil presents for ONE minute on each subject revised. Parents have ONE minute to ask and have answered all questions.

25 Use your Revision Apps PiXLit Maths Watch

26 BE FULLY EQUIPPED Lever Arch File Compass 10-part dividers Angle Measurer (full circle) Plastic Wallets Pie Chart Scale Clear Pencil Case Scientific Calculator Pens (Black) Pencils Coloured Crayons Pencil Sharpener Eraser 30cm Folding Ruler Highlighters (4 pack) Glue Stick Black Fineliner Pen Set Square 45 o Set Square 60 o Memory Stick

FEEDBACK It might be a Personal Learning Checklist or a Smith / Therapy

27 AFTER THE EXAMS. After each paper has been marked, you will get some form of DIAGNOSTIC FEEDBACK It might be a Personal Learning Checklist or a Smith / Therapy Proforma or something like that but it will show you what you don t know. Focus your work/revision on this and your workload and stress decreases!

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