What should you be doing now if you wish to do well in the June tests and in exams generally?
Guidance from those who’ve existed
1 Just research, don’t put things off.
2 Do away with the laptop. Get your parents to hide the battery so you won’t be lured
3 Prepare a sensible timetable. Short, regular research sessions. You need to be doing more than your research.
4 Organise yourself. It’s never ever too late. Clear notes, tidy folders. Do not anxiety on your own out.
5 Do not prioritise any kind of one subject. All topics ought to get equivalent time. Permit 2 hours each weekend for each topic and also around 30-40 mins per evening for researching what was covered on that day in the class.
6 Print primary supervisors’ records for your subjects. They provide sample solutions which you can use as a guide for answering style.
7 Just how much time do you spend on the web? Half-an-hour in the morning, an hour in the evening? Everything builds up. Two hrs a day is 14 weekly, 56 per month. Envision if you were to invest simply half of that revising.
8 Fewer late evenings. The worst thing you can do at the weekends is invest the entire night up, as well as the whole day in bed. Try to reach bed by 1am at the latest on weekends, and rise early.
9 Divide up deal with a good friend, then assemble, copy each other’s notes, show each other what you learned.
10 Checking out a book isn’t examining– it reads a book. Establish a target: “I will modify this subject for 45 minutes”. Bear in mind as you go. Do away with the books. Do a test inquiry. Now that’s research.
11 Obtain accustomed to the layout of the exam paper. Some papers are challenging and challenging guidelines might toss you on the day.
12 Do not reduce too many corners. Yearly students emerge ruined due to the fact that they paid attention to rumours regarding what was showing up. The fact is anything can come up. The papers are designed to be unforeseeable.
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13 Document your modification notes on a dictaphone, download and install onto your phone, revise on the move.
14 Understand what you’re researching– or at least try. Rephrase in your very own words when possible. Pupils who do well in exams do not simply vomit up truths, they demonstrate real understanding.
15 Keep the CAO in mind. Trainees often tend to forget what they take down on their CAO forms in the rush to research for the Leaving Cert. It’s no damage to keep considering what training course you wish to do, as well as keep researching various locations.
16 Don’t speak about what research study you’re doing and do not pay attention to other individuals regarding what they’re doing. Great deals of people exist regarding what they’re doing or otherwise doing. The naturally dazzling pal who not did anything but in some way managed a B1 in the mocks is possibly telling fibs regarding exactly how hard they’re functioning.
17Eat! Porridge can be perfectly edible with some small adjustments. Some fast ones consist of putting delicious chocolate chips, bananas, peanut butter, and even molasses as well as strawberries on it. It takes the idea of not fit to eat slop away as well as keeps you going all morning.
18 My friends and I began our own unpopular pattern of dunking Nature Valley bars right into yogurt pots, which I recognize audios nauseous to some individuals, however it got us via.
19 Have something to divert your interest: being solely concentrated on a few days in June at this stage will fry your brain.
20 Exercise. Do not research any kind of later than 10pm, and if you can find the energy, choose a walk. It launches endorphins in your brain that make you really feel excellent regarding on your own, and it clears your head after hrs of examining.
21 Peanut butter mugs as well as delicious chocolate bars with nuts are great brain food, and addictive as well. @ClareReidy1
22 Maintain the examinations in viewpoint. None of the adhering to points will certainly be dictated by just how you carry out in the Leaving Cert: where you live, that you marry, exactly how usually you wed, the number of icecreams you consume in your life time; your general wellness and also wellness; the variety of rocks that function their means into your footwear leading to you consistently jumping about on one foot to eliminate them; the quantity of love in your life.
English
23 About 75 per cent of Junior Cert and 55 percent of Leaving Cert English is completely unseen till you open up the paper. That does not imply you can not examine for the test. You are learning skills instead of rote-learning details.
24 Read, reviewed, check out. If you do not review extensively, you’ll never ever end up being an excellent writer.
25 Learn quotes from your messages. Record them onto your smart device or iPod and pay attention en route right into institution.
26 Don’t discover essays off by heart. If you’re creating a narrative, have some instances of characterisation and also setting prepared to adjust to your title. Innovative writing requirements to be brilliant as well as amusing. Program, do not tell. The visitor ought to have certain sights, sounds and also smells in their minds-eye as they read your writing.
27 Review your exercise loud. You’ll hear errors faster than you’ll see them.
28 Evaluating a personality is complicated: examine what they claim, what they do, how they look, what they think and feel and other people’s point of views of them. Don’t take them at their word– personalities usually exist, to themselves and others.
29Learn to lead to the word personality. There’s just one “h” and it’s at the beginning.
30Structure your solutions. Stream-of-consciousness design answers rarely attain an excellent quality, specifically if you obtain stuck exploring one point in excessive detail.
31 Essays on studied texts should use a formal style. Points must be sustained with relevant and also exact quotes.
32 Know your single message extremely well, inside out. Whether you’re using referral or quotation to sustain your answer, you require to understand the text in detail.
33 In the comparative research, you should ask yourself “what’s this message everything about?”. When you make a listing keeping that heading for all three messages, you can extra plainly see what they share. You then require to locate crucial minutes in each to sustain your contrasts. And you ought to be comparing them regularly.
34 You have regarding a hr per section in the exam. Many people will compose in between seven and 10 paragraphs. Time on your own and compose three paragraphs in 20 mins for a bit of bite-sized prep work if you’re pressed for time.
35 Don’t listen to the verse tips. Prepare your preferred poets well and also you will be compensated. The even more you need to say about a poet’s job the much better, so have a view which you can back up by referencing the poet’s work.
Mathematics
36 Practising previous test documents is an extremely vital part of developing good exam method. Beginning currently if you have not already.
37 You have to know the evidence and theorems as well as the explanation of the vocabulary utilized.
38 Use the official noting plans. They frequently reveal greater than one acceptable approach of resolving an inquiry. The noting systems additionally reveal you how marks were allocated by the inspectors across all parts of all inquiries in previous exams, however there’s no genuine need for you to evaluate this. It is not possible to predict the allowance of marks within an inquiry– the allowance can differ extremely as well as in unforeseen methods.
39 Mean you determine to give five hours a week to maths, an affordable quantity at this stage of the year. Damage this up right into 5 35 minutes ports each week-night offering you nearly 2 hours at weekend break.
40 Maths is the only Leaving Cert topic without an option on the paper. As a result you must stay on par with the product covered in class.
41 Weekend study ideally should be utilized for trying inquiries from previous documents and example documents. It is essential to know the specific set-up of your examination, the number of concerns, the phrasing used, etc. Time yourself to obtain utilized to the moment restrictions.
42 The task mathematics marking plan is quite different from the marking plan utilized in the past. There are 5 marking ranges, with up to 6 groups per noting range. It’s a whole lot extra complicated than the previous system.
43 Begin with your favourite inquiry. It will assist settle your nerves on examination day. Certainly if you like a sequential strategy, do that.
44 It appears apparent however get used to reading questions thoroughly. Make certain you’re not missing any information.
45 It is vital to practice and be comfortable with the fundamentals before attempting the new word troubles in maths. These concerns have to read extremely meticulously. Attempt to recognize the issue. Check out the details provided. Write down all the amounts provided and what is being sought, ie, translating the English words into mathematical sentences. Typically there is an equation that links the information you have with the data you require.
46 In some cases you assume you understand a subject, yet along comes a question which can be phrased in a way you have actually never seen before. Do not allow this throw you. The even more technique you have from dealing with various inquiries, the extra certain you will certainly become when you face a weird looking inquiry.
47 If stuck, don’t look up the solution too rapidly. You will frequently learn more by tackling it on your own for a while, even if you need to review the remedy ultimately.
48 Program all operations within your response– do refrain rough-work on a separate web page. Don’t utilize Tippex, rather write off any errors with a solitary line. You may get marks for the job you have erased, however not if it’s Tippexed. Also, if you resolve a problem utilizing a calculator, draw up some or every one of the actions taken. Don’t simply provide the answer. This is to guarantee you get marks even if you make a slip.
49 Drawing a representation or perhaps a standard sketch can often be extremely valuable to get started in taking on a concern, and might obtain marks for you.
50 Get knowledgeable about your solutions and also tables brochure. It offers a great deal of valuable details. Utilize it.
Irish
51 Homework is actually research study. It is wrapping up on what was instructed on that day in the classroom and also is more often than not, directly based upon a test inquiry: ie, verse questions or a léamhthuiscint or a character from a prós story.
52 Trainees commonly go house as well as learn an instructor’s solutions on either filiocht or prós off by heart. You do not require to do this. You should possibly study just how the inquiry is opened– the structure of the answer– watching on relevant quotes made use of.
53 In the filiocht sections, if you can translate the rhyme you have basically every solution needed on the day as all poetry will certainly be published on the real exam paper. The only areas that ought to be learned off by heart are the grammatical terms that will be asked in question 6A in the léamhthuiscint area– terms such as aimsigh and so forth.
54 Past exam documents are crucial. They show the layout of the real examination and how concerns may be partitioned in different sections. It is good technique to study a specific subject and after that do out examination concerns, keeping an eye promptly restrictions as well as sticking rigidly to them.
55 Maintain re-reading the concern over and over to guarantee you are really answering the inquiry asked. No marks will be granted for details that is not pertinent. In the filiocht section, if you are asked on theme, just on theme and not sensations or emotions.
56 At this phase, you will have finished your mock tests and will certainly have endured 2 complete papers in Irish. Whatever errors you may have made, will certainly not be repeated in June. Remember, you will certainly constantly learn by your errors. If you lacked time in Paper 2– a long paper– you will certainly need to adjust the length of time you invest in the numerous areas.
57 Do not overlook the value of the dental Irish assessment which brings 40 percent of the total test mark. Know the picture series well as there are 80 marks going for this area. Method asking concerns. Trainees are typically much better at addressing inquiries than inquiring. Also practise checking out the poetry every day– with 35 marks for reviewing a mere 10-12 lines it deserves extra that the whole verse or prose training course.
Languages
Dental examination
58Remember that this is a conversation, not a meeting. The inspector is there to help you reach your highest capacity.
59Marks are granted for framework, communication, vocabulary and pronunciation, and vocabulary is actually exactly how you phrase your reactions. Do not utilize jargon terms too much. Rich vocabulary is all about using a different means to state something.
60 Enunciation is extremely important as well as accounts for 20 percent of the test Listen to French, German or Spanish radio and document on your own to ideal your accent.
61Try spending 10-15 minutes a day on your oral work. When you have actually found out a topic, method it aloud on your own. When you are extra positive, practise with a close friend or a family member.
Acoustic examination.
62 Ask your teacher to test you on previous aurals from years back as for the early 1990s preferably. Pay attention to your own CDs and also downloads.
63Log on to Google.fr for French, Google.de for German or Google.es for Spanish as well as search YouTube for clips in your selected language. Even if you do not comprehend every word, your ear will certainly become familiar with it.
64 For French, log onto tf1.fr and pay attention to Le Journal de 13h or 20h, a prominent news channel on French television. You can likewise pay attention to French information on rfi.fr and also radiofrance.fr.
General language recommendations
65Do not find out off big long essays on every topic. You will certainly get stalled and end up being disheartened. Create three points on each topic as well as learn about 20 words of vocabulary. Make certain you have decent sentences to begin and end a composed item.
66 Don’t utilize Google translate as it converts literally as well as does not take context right into factor to consider. Wordreference.com is an exceptional translation site. It will only translate one word at a time, so it can be irritating yet there are intriguing help online forums on the website.
67Familiarise on your own with the method questions are asked at the end of each reading comprehension.
68 Do not be attracted to learn off viewpoint pieces by heart. It is not likely that the piece that you will certainly have found out will certainly answer the concern given up the paper. You will be heavily punished if you do not deal with the question, even if the language that you have utilized is appropriate. Instead, develop your vocabulary for the various subjects on the syllabus and also exercise with previous or mock assessment papers.
69Check out @PetitTweetCork for tweets in French to assist LC trainees in preparation for French examination. @NatashaLynchEF
Biology
70 It is best to spend thirty minutes at one time studying biology. Take a short, five-minute break after thirty minutes and after that move on to the following topic.
71Try to invest about four thirty minutes sessions weekly devoted to addressing previous papers. These might range over the brief questions in area A, the experimental questions in area B and the lengthy inquiries in section C.
72About 25 percent of the marks are gotten from recognizing your definitions. These ought to be learned off by heart.
73 Between 15 as well as 30 percent of the marks are gotten from the experiments. As there are just 22 experiments, it is feasible to cover one experiment each day over the course of a month. When discovering the experiments you have to recognize the actions taken as well as the factor for taking each step.
74Up to Easter, your research study ought to range over the whole training course. From Easter, focus on specific subjects. These are the topics that come up each year along with any topics that are most likely ahead up this year.
Geography
75Know what is included: time– the geography paper is two hrs as well as 50 mins long; structure– 5 full questions need to be addressed. All inquiries equivalent 80 marks.
76Plan your research study. A minimum of 80 percent of your time will be invested in research so it is vital you acquire the skills to study effectively.
77 Plan sensible targets which you can achieve in each research session, eg, draw up 15 considerable pertinent factors (SRPs) on your chosen topic.
78Focus on topics that are checked out every year. These consist of: core system 1– landform development; plate tectonics; human interaction; core unit 2– financial activities in an Irish region; economic activities in a European region; financial tasks in a continental/sub-continental region; financial elective– influence of EU plans on Ireland; international firms.
79When you review your notes, choose the key words or expressions which will aid you to keep in mind what the subject has to do with.
80 Make a subject recap by positioning the core motif or subject title in the centre after that draw lines from the centre and also create sub-themes at the end of the lines. Along each line, compose the key words or phrases linked to the sub-theme.
81 Cover all the major topics. Don’t try to predict what will be checked out. Instead, practise answering assessment concerns from previous papers. Time yourself as well as see if you can write a response while which the assessment will certainly enable you.
82Remember that the 30-mark parts of the inquiry ought to have 15 SRPs
83 The typical key words are: “represent”– describe and also offer reasons; “compare”– mention resemblances and distinctions; “contrast”– explain the major differences; “explain”– state the apparent; “explain”– write out the bottom lines and create an explanation.
Organization
84 Invest a minimum of an hour-and-a-half on business revision every second evening. So 3 or 4 one-and-a-half hrs study sessions every week.
85 The used company concern (ABQ) gets on a five-year cycle, so the ABQs of 2008 as well as 2003 will certainly be structured identically to 2013 and these ABQs have to be practised first, before any other year.
86 Lengthy question practice: 25-mark concerns– spend 10 mins on them; 20-mark questions– invest 8 minutes on them. 20-mark inquiries are one of the most common and pupils wrongly spend 10 minutes on them, which quickly builds up to a great deal of 2 minutes’s shed throughout the test; 15-mark question– invest 6 minutes.
87 The two most preferred verbs are “highlight” and also “examine”. Yet with our above framework we instantly deal with these verbs. The instance deals with show as well as the pupil can use the benefit or disadvantage as their personal point of view by placing “in my viewpoint” ahead or their advantage or negative aspect. This is excellent as it is a genuine viewpoint not rote gained from a textbook.
Also attempt making use of some mobile applications to aid yyou remain cooncetrated.
Apps to aid concentration
The best focus apps can aid you enter into the right mental area for absorbing details. This category looks at applications that keep you from getting sidetracked (e.g. with white noise or by blocking other applications).
1. Woodland
Woodland Application
A few of us require a little outside motivation to stay concentrated while studying. And that’s penalty.
The Woodland application gives a visual incentive by allowing you plant an online tree and after that basically holding that tree hostage till your study session mores than.
But if you adhere to your focus time, you’ll enjoy watching your trees flourish. Over several study sessions, you can construct a delightful electronic woodland– a pleasant reminder of all your efficient hrs.
Incentive: The Forest app is a partner of Trees for the Future. This organisation plants real trees in support of the digital ones that pro users expand (over 1 million trees and checking). So, utilizing this app to block various other apps while examining can assist the environment as well as your qualities. Tolerable in any way.
Offered on: iphone, Android, Chrome
Ordinary score: 4.8/ 5 on App Shop, 4.8/ 5 on Google Play
Cost: $2.99 on App Shop, Free (with advertisements) on Google Play– in-app acquisitions available on all gadgets
2. Flexibility
Freedom app to obstruct apps while studying
Freedom is an app that locks your phone while examining (or any other time you require to focus). Flag the apps and/or websites that distract you, and also Freedom will certainly obstruct them– great if the self-motivated apps like Woodland do not rather suffice for you. You can set an arranged session beforehand or begin some ‘Freedom time’ whenever you need it.
Freedom obstructs time-wasting apps and sites throughout all your gadgets, so your iPad will not lure you away while you’re studying on your MacBook.
Readily available on: iphone, Android, Mac, Windows, Chrome
Average ranking: 3.2/ 5 on Application Shop, 3.9/ 5 on Google Play
Price: Free for fundamental functions, costs subscription readily available ($ 30/year).
Keep in mind: Please inspect your college’s policy prior to downloading this or any type of application to your college computer.
3. White Noise Lite.
White Noise app to help focus.
Silence can be deafening when you’re attempting to focus, but your favourite tunes might not help so much either. There’s nothing fairly like finishing an important note just to realise you began writing verses midway with the sentence (thanks a whole lot, Billie).
A bit of white noise can help you concentrate without attracting way too much interest to itself. The White Noise Lite application allows you develop personalized soundscapes to match your preferences with a variety of audios consisting of coastline waves, breezes, camp fires, chimes, rain, running water and also a vacuum cleaner (hi there, if that’s what gets you in the state of mind for study, you do you).
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