A short and straightforward guide
Use media language all the time, at every opportunity
This means having the textual analysis toolkit open every lesson and using it!
Know your case studies
Make sure to click on the case studies tab so you can familiarise yourself with the texts you'll actually be referring to in the exam
Make loads of notes each and every session and make sure your blog looks GOOD
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| This blog looks great! Pictures will really spruce up your revision! |
And make sure that your blog is organised and nice to look at! Revising from something that looks like an utter mess is just depressing...
Use The Blog
This one. Use it every day. Read articles that are not even aimed at your year group (you'll be covering it sooner or later if you're a first year, and for second year, it's critical revision! When students don't know certain things are on the blog, I know you're not using the blog. If you're not using the blog, you're making life harder for yourself. Don't make life harder for yourself!
Wider reading
Watch lots of films, play lots of videogames, read loads of magazines: every industry we explore, you should be engaging with. The best kind of revision is something fun and something that comes naturally to you. If you're keen, ask Michael for access to his wider reading articles
Revise for five minutes every day
Every day. Even Christmas day. Five minutes is nothing. But it all adds up. It's a goal that each and every one of you can hit. If you want to revise more, good!¬ But the minimum is five minutes every day. Don't wait until so-called study leave or cram your revision in before a test. Revise a little bit every day!
Read the revision guide
It's free. Michael wrote it. It's specifically targeting you guys. It has every possible exam question and sample answers and every theory and loads of wider reading and exam technique and everything
Do past paper questions and give them to your teacher to mark
This is maybe the least fun thing to do, and you shouldn't do it all the time, but it's frankly the most useful thing you can do. Revise, swot up, then complete a past paper question under exam conditions