Geography@Hayesfield

I am going to run a revision session on the first monday back – 6th June as requested.  This will be after school in U~10.  Biscuits have been purchased in anticipation.  Focus will be writing arguments and I will try and put a multiple choice together – ohh the excitement of it all.

 

Revision guides available from Ms Skeplorn £4

Useful websites that may help:

http://www.thekjs.essex.sch.uk/yates/critical_thinking.htm

http://www.revisesmart.co.uk/critical-thinking

Remember also to use your bright green books to help you.

 

Revision is now for unit 2

The exam has 3 sections

A multiple choice we are practicing this every week

B Analysis of a document here we are looking for elements of the argument but also problesm with is reasoning

C Writing your own argument!

Use your green book to help

Keep all the past questions we do to refer back to

Practice writing your own arguments:

The school summer holiday should be reduced to 3 weeks

The legal voting age should be reduced to 16

The royal family should be abolished after the death of the queen

 

You are revising for unit 1 Introduction to Critical Thinking

Focus on elements of arguments for part a and the credibility of evidence for part b

You all have an A4 sheet detailing the types of thing you will be asked use this to help you plan your revision.

If you have lost it it’s here! http://www.box.net/shared/ukflay5nu7

You have various tasks set from last thursdays session to have a go at bring these to the first session back after the hols this will be are last chance to revise before the exam.

Use also your orange work books there are plenty of practice exercises in this all of them are relevant and will help you prepare.  With this I suggest you email answers for me to mark as it will be difficult to manage this otherwise.

I will update this blog up until Boxing Day before heading to Cornwall for New Year.

This is the link for the OCR website you can download past paers and markschemes from here.  You have done all of them allready but you can have another look.  Remember you want 501  Introduction to critical thinking

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/hss/critical_thinking/documents/index.html

OK turkey is in roasties are on!  Here are some comments on the Uzbekistan riots stuff that you should be working on so you can check and see if you are on the right lines http://www.box.net/shared/ecxlfopt97

Orange books

Following exercises are worth doing as prep

Exercise 3, 5, 7, 12

Need to check the turkey!  If I have time I’ll try and put the answers to those exercises on links so you can check them.  I am allowing comments on this page so you can post items you are having problems with for me to see. I can use this to prep for thursdays session in first week back

Joyeux Noel

answers for 3 and 7 here http://www.box.net/shared/40k0obso3m