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I got an A on my mocks! Well happy, just dreading my teachers reaction though. Has anyone else had results back? Also, please does anyone have advice on boosting my grade up a level? Thanks, and i'm sorry for posting such a trivial thing on here, its just the fact that I got a decent mark!
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Posted 19 January 2009 - 10:39 PM
First, congrats on the A.
If you want to get a A*, you will need to hit Level 4 answers more consistently than you are already doing.
Tp achieve this:
1. Analyse your mock with your teacher - was the issue that you were consistently getting Level 3 answers across the board, and never consistently getting into Level 4? Or was it that you were getting Level 4 answers in a number of questions, but were flunking others and getting Level 2s there?
2. Once you have found WHERE the problem lies, use the aqa markschemes to see what you have to do to get to level 4.
3. Practice doing exam questions in the questions you need to improve, liaising with your teacher until you are sure ou know how toi churn out a Level 4 answer on demand.
If you want to get a A*, you will need to hit Level 4 answers more consistently than you are already doing.
Tp achieve this:
1. Analyse your mock with your teacher - was the issue that you were consistently getting Level 3 answers across the board, and never consistently getting into Level 4? Or was it that you were getting Level 4 answers in a number of questions, but were flunking others and getting Level 2s there?
2. Once you have found WHERE the problem lies, use the aqa markschemes to see what you have to do to get to level 4.
3. Practice doing exam questions in the questions you need to improve, liaising with your teacher until you are sure ou know how toi churn out a Level 4 answer on demand.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 05:17 PM
Thankyou! I'll talk to him in the lesson tomorrow. I'll probably do a few past papers this week and get him to have a look at them.
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Posted 21 January 2009 - 09:45 PM
I was 2 marks off an a*, and i only got 16 out of 25 on section b paper 1, compared to 23 out of 25. . . Do you know anywhere with information on how to answer this section please? Thanks for all your help.
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Posted 21 January 2009 - 10:10 PM
Ah, well now you're rocking, because you know WHERE you need to apply yourself to improve.
The Section B on paper 1, of course, is the Britain in World War paper.
It always has four kinds of question.
a. What does <a Source>tell us about <something.? (3 marks)
This is a simple 'find three facts from the source and write them down as three short bullet points' question and should take you no more than 1 minute.
b. Why was <a Source> produced? (6 marks)
Detailed help on how to do this kind of question here.
c. How useful is <a Source> P to an historian studying <a topic>? (8 marks)
Detailed help on how to do this kind of question here.
d. Do you agree with an interpretation? (8 marks)
This is a simple reliability question - one paragraph on provenance, one on content, plus a conclusion - but make sure that you talk about the reloability of the interpretation not the source, and that you do not stray by accident into its utility.
Key thing here is at some point to involve the purpose of the source.
What you have to do here is no different to what you did on Section A:
1. Get the content appropriated.
If you are doing WWII there is loads on www.johndclare.net plus a quick cribsheet here.
2. Learn how to do the questions
You can have a look at past papers and markschemes here.
The Section B on paper 1, of course, is the Britain in World War paper.
It always has four kinds of question.
a. What does <a Source>tell us about <something.? (3 marks)
This is a simple 'find three facts from the source and write them down as three short bullet points' question and should take you no more than 1 minute.
b. Why was <a Source> produced? (6 marks)
Detailed help on how to do this kind of question here.
c. How useful is <a Source> P to an historian studying <a topic>? (8 marks)
Detailed help on how to do this kind of question here.
d. Do you agree with an interpretation? (8 marks)
This is a simple reliability question - one paragraph on provenance, one on content, plus a conclusion - but make sure that you talk about the reloability of the interpretation not the source, and that you do not stray by accident into its utility.
Key thing here is at some point to involve the purpose of the source.
What you have to do here is no different to what you did on Section A:
1. Get the content appropriated.
If you are doing WWII there is loads on www.johndclare.net plus a quick cribsheet here.
2. Learn how to do the questions
You can have a look at past papers and markschemes here.
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