This is the last week of school in Australia, an odd week for students preparing for their final HSC exam. This week is full of graduation assemblies, graduation masses, school picnics, muck up days, formal …
So, in reality it isn’t a week where a lot of studying will take place.
Today’s post is about setting up memory cards for English quotes, the first HSC exam.
Steps to set up Memorising Cards for English Quotes
I recommend A5 pieces of paper for this, folded into 4 parts, in an accordion fold (i.e., like a fan)
- On the first quarter, list the quote in full.
- On the second quarter, list the first half of the quote & then insert a blank line for the second half.
- On the third quarter, list the first 2 or 3 words & then insert a blank link for the rest.
- On the final quarter, just have a set of blank lines for the number of words.
Prepare a set of A5 cards for each of your texts and clip together for each text in your exam.
For the next 2 weeks you can spend a few minutes each day reviewing the quotes for one of your texts – fold the quarters, so you just see one quarter at a time & as you open each quarter up try to say aloud the rest of the quote to really embed this in your memory for the upcoming exams.
Your aim is to be able to cut these for the final day before the exam and just read from the second quarter as a memory cue of your whole set of quotes for the texts.
Enjoy this week it is a lovely time to remember your years at school – next week I’ll post my tips for managing whole days of study in the lead up to the HSC exams.
Do you have other tips for how you study and memorise quotes, I’d love to hear from you below.
