Literacy Lesson - 28/03/13

Brain Friendly Exam Revision

 

USE COLOUR

 

Your brain adores colour and will remember things more easily if you use it.

 

• KEYWORDS
• CONCEPTS
• DATES

Motivational Quotes - 27/03/13

“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drowned by staying there.”

- Edwin Louis Cole

Literacy Lesson - 26/03/13

Brain Friendly Exam Revision

 

Your own notes are the best:

• The more you personalise your revision, the more effective it will be. So, the notes you make are the best.
• The process of making notes is part of your revision.
• Once you own the work, it is easier to remember.

Monday Motivational - 25/03/13

“Commitment is the enemy of resistance, for it is the serious promise to press on, to get up, no matter how many times you are knocked down.”

- David McNally

Brain Teaser - 22/03/13 - The Answer

Did you solve this Riddle?

My author's uncertain yet my title's the same. I contain random text yet order's my aim. Read me one day and see my pages are totally bare. Try again another day and the words will be there. I'm not a book of magic although it may sound. I can predict the future and inside your life can be found. Move my eye I become involved in lactic extraction. But that's just a clue, a minor distraction.

What am I?

A: A Diary

Brain Teaser - 22/03/13

Can you solve this Riddle?

My author's uncertain yet my title's the same. I contain random text yet order's my aim. Read me one day and see my pages are totally bare. Try again another day and the words will be there. I'm not a book of magic although it may sound. I can predict the future and inside your life can be found. Move my eye I become involved in lactic extraction. But that's just a clue, a minor distraction.

What am I?
Answer on Monday

Literacy Lesson - 21/03/13

 

Exam Literacy

 

Every year, you can waste valuable time in exams by explaining something, when the COMMAND WORD simply asked you to describe something. Know the difference!

 

DESCRIBE: Examiners are asking you to state what you can see (on a photo, a diagram, or a graph etc) or simply say what something is like. In some subjects it may be asking you to give an account of events.

 

EXPLAIN: These questions are harder because you will need to show your understanding by giving reasons for why or how something happens.

Motivational Quotes - 20/03/13

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

Literacy Lesson - 19/03/13

Monday Motivational - 18/03/13

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”

- Albert Einstein

Brain Teaser - 15/03/13 - The Answer

Did you solve this riddle?

You're in a mansion and the power's out. You see a green door and a red door. Pick one (it doesn't matter which.) Now you see a purple door and a orange door. Pick one (again, it doesn't matter which you pick). Now you see a door with a golden handle and a door with a silver handle. Pick one. You finally come to some signs on three doors. One says "Death from drowning," another says "Death from machine guns," and the last one says "Death from electric chair." Then you see a big sign off to the side that says "Or stay in the mansion and starve to death."

What do you choose and still live?
A: Pick the door with the electric chair. Remember, the power is out?

Brain Teaser - 15/03/13

Can you solve this riddle?

You're in a mansion and the power's out. You see a green door and a red door. Pick one (it doesn't matter which.) Now you see a purple door and a orange door. Pick one (again, it doesn't matter which you pick). Now you see a door with a golden handle and a door with a silver handle. Pick one. You finally come to some signs on three doors. One says "Death from drowning," another says "Death from machine guns," and the last one says "Death from electric chair." Then you see a big sign off to the side that says "Or stay in the mansion and starve to death."

What do you choose and still live?

Literacy Lesson - 14/03/13

Motivational Quotes - 13/03/13

“If you stand up and be counted , from time to time you may get yourself knocked down.  But remember this: a man flattened by an opponent can get up again.  A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.”

- Thomas J. Watson, Jnr

Literacy Lesson - 12/03/13

 

Monday Motivational - 11/03/13

“You can learn from anyone even your enemy.”

- Ovid

Brain Teaser - 08/03/13 - The Answer

Did you solve this riddle?

A man worked at a high security institution. The man tried to log into his computer and the computer denied the password. He then remembered that the passwords to the computers were reset every month for security reasons. He called his boss for his new password.

The man said, "Boss, my old password is out of date."

The boss said, "Yes, it is. The new password is different, but if you listen closely you will be able to figure out the new one. Your new password has the same amount of letters as the old one, and four of the letters are the same."

The man then logged into his computer with no trouble.

What was the new password?
The man's new password was "different".
What was the old password?
The man's old password was "out of date".

Brain Teaser - 08/03/13

Can you solve this riddle?

A man worked at a high security institution. The man tried to log into his computer and the computer denied the password. He then remembered that the passwords to the computers were reset every month for security reasons. He called his boss for his new password.

The man said, "Boss, my old password is out of date."

The boss said, "Yes, it is. The new password is different, but if you listen closely you will be able to figure out the new one. Your new password has the same amount of letters as the old one, and four of the letters are the same."

The man then logged into his computer with no trouble.

What was the new password?
What was the old password?
Answer on Monday.......

Literacy Lesson - 07/03/13

Exam Literacy

Plan Your Time in an Exam

• Note the total time for the exam and add any extra time if you have been awarded this.
• Read through the exam paper. Note how many questions you have to answer.
• Look at the mark scheme carefully for each question and plan your time accordingly.
• You may want to look for questions you can easily answer and do these first to build your confidence at the beginning.
• Pace yourself. Look back over your answer at the end of each question rather than leave it all to the end.
• If you get stuck on a question, jot down some bullet points and move on. You may be able to come back to it and another question may trigger your memory.

Motivational Quotes - 06/03/13

“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotions.”

- Dale Carnegie

Literacy Lesson - 05/03/13

 

Exam Literacy

Running out of time!

 

Each exam paper provides you with a different challenge in terms of time keeping. No doubt your teachers will offer you advice about this.

 

However, looking at papers where candidates ended up with a grade D, about 25% of candidates ran out of time!

 

Learn the most basic time keeping lesson of all...........

 

Don't repeat the question in your answer!

 

Example:

Q: How far does the traveller have to go before reaching Nairobi?

A: The traveller has to go 10 kms before reaching Nairobi.

A: 10 kms

Monday Motivational - 04/03/12

“The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”

- Ben Stein