This booklet suggests ways to help your brain remember things……..
It still needs your help to make it happen before exams!

After 10 minutes
Again after 1 day
Again after 1 week
Again after 1 month
Again after 3months
You can recall by reading, writing, drawing, talking acting, thinking……ANYTHING about it!

Draw a mind map.
Make up a diagram to show the main facts and ideas.
Use a highlighter to highlight the keywords you need to learn. Trace each word in the air. You could use different colour for different subjects.
Try to create a guided visualisation for other members of your group – try it out on them.

With a partner read the text clearly aloud, paying close attention to the way it sounds. Now try reading it to yourself softly, (not silently in your head).
Make up questions to ask about the text and then question your revision ‘partner’ - This might be a friend, or family, perhaps even yourself especially of you leave a gap before
saying out loud or writing your answers to the questions.
Make up a role play where you act out events or processes.
Decide on the key words and facts you need to learn.
Experiment with different ways of saying the keywords out loud. Maybe use different voices or emphasize different parts of the word.
Make up a mnemonic to remember important facts. “Richard
Of York Gave Battle In Vain”: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue
Indigo Violet.

Go for a walk or move around as you read through the text.
Write out the main points on index cards and then
arrange the cards in order. Turn them over then try and remember what each one says. Don’t expect to get it right first time. It’s fine to check when you can’t remember.
Use ‘post-it’ notes to write down the main points
OR main questions. Stick the ‘post-it’ notes around the wall or room. Use different colours and move
the notes around.
Imagine the main points fixed on parts of your body –big toe, knee, elbow, nose etc. Move or
touch each part as you remember the point.

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Reading is often the start, but when you read, you are taking information IN.
You need to practise putting information OUT like you do for an exam.
So stop reading after 5minutes and
write or talk or draw to practise putting the information OUT.

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I’ve never done revision for exams and it’s always been OK
I feel confident in my revision programme
I DON’T
WANT TO
REVISE
I’ll probably need to do some revision this year
I’ve tried revision but it could be better
I want to revise for my exams this year

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