Hi! Sorry I missed you last week and now the snow is preventing us from meeting up. What I can do here is to remind you of a few things I went over just before the prelims started.
- You should have your Immigrants and Exiles and Wallace and Bruce stuff all at home ready to revise. That includes the revision booklets and Study Skills booklet. Lost it? Don't fear, somewhere in this site you'll find electronic copies (click on S3 or S4 on the right and go through the pages till you find them.)
- Your prelim will cover everything we did on Immigrants and Exiles and Wallace and Bruce. Int 2 pupils will do ONE essay (you have a choice of two) and 6 questions. You will find all the types of questions you have practiced in class, namely, 'How Useful', Compare, 5 mark source and a 5 mark KU only with no source. Int 1 pupils have to do 8 questions which are made up using 'How Useful questions' and 3 and 4 mark source questions.
- Revise actively! Draw, make summary diagrams, storyboards, puzzles and make up quizzes with the answers.
- Do as many past papers as possible. When you discover a question you're not sure about, then revise that section again. Don't forget to check the SQA website for marking schemes of past papers.
- Use websites to help - try clicking on 'My Del.icio.us' on the right to get going. BBC have some good stuff. Neil Oliver's 'Scotland's History' is good for Wallace and Bruce. Don't forget about all the resources on here!
- Int2 pupils - you should practice essay introductions and make essay plans. Also, do an essay fully in 18-20 minutes just to make sure you can!
- Help each other. Get in contact through the various social networks that you use. Pass on or remind pupils about this site's address.
- Most importantly of all, don't let this weather hiccup break your revision discipline. Stay focused.
Good luck.
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