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Study Tips - Managing Your Study Time Let's take a look back in time. Picture yourself last year, studying for final exams, writing final reports and research papers, still managing to get together with your friends and go to the year end dance. Everything went smoothly, right? No, you say. Definitely not! Studying consisted of staying up all night trying to cram for five different exams, final reports were scribbled out on the bus ride to school, and while you did make it to the dance, you and your friends spent the whole time there talking about what you would do if you failed. What a drag that was! If you don't want to repeat that scenario again, read on. Using these tips to organize your time, you'll feel more prepared for your exams, your final reports will be well researched and neatly prepared, and you can actually enjoy that year end dance this year. Using your agenda book or notes from your classes, make a list of all assignments due and all exams you'll be writing. Put this list in chronological order, with the assignments and exams that come first at the top. If you know what portion of your overall mark each assignment or exam is worth, write it down as well. There's no sense studying for hours for an exam that is only worth 10% of your grade and not having enough time left over to write a report worth 40% of your grade. Now you need to add the rest of your life to your list. Write down when that year end dance is, and any other events you will attend or commitments you've made. You may be active in sports or play in a band, or maybe your best friend's birthday is next week and you want to treat her to a movie. Maybe you have a part-time job. The point is, you need to make sure you still have time to live a little. Now that you have all that written down, it's time for some serious scheduling. You need to work out how much time you need to study for each exam, and how much time you need to spend researching and writing each report. Remember that you won't want to do it all in one night. You may decide that you need to spend a total of three hours on your report on Emu Farming, but one hour a night for three nights is much easier to handle than doing it all at once. Be realistic. You won't want to study for five hours every night until school's out, but you also can't write a 2000 word essay in half an hour. Get out a calendar and write down what you expect to do each day (or evening). Try to include enough goof off time. Now, get down to work! But if you've planned to study Greek Gods for an hour and then go on to Square Roots, stick to the schedule as much as possible. You don't want to find your evening is over and Square Roots are still untouched. >> TOP
Good Planning: Organising your Essay Your aim in writing a good essay is to explain something to someone else in a way that is clear and persuasive. To do this well you need to plan your argument logically and clearly. Remember always, to think about the needs of the reader. If the reader doesn't understand what you are trying to say you've wasted your time. Before you start writing Brainstorming. While you are researching, it is a good idea periodically
to brainstorm. Sketch out your ideas on rough paper, and think
about how they should be organized. A Basic Structure What follows is a general all-purpose structure that should work for most (but not all) the essays you will be asked to write in a History course. If you use it, you won't go too far wrong. But as you acquire more experience at essay writing, you will eventually start devising structures adapted more precisely to your particular aims. The Introduction The introductory paragraph(s) should normally explain how you interpret your question. Then you should explain how you intend to handle it. You may also want to comment on the significance of the question, or on some particular difficulties it raises. The Body of the Argument Most of the essay will consist of a series of paragraphs, linked together logically. Each paragraph should contain one main idea or point. It should explain its central idea carefully, and offer evidence for it. It is also helpful to explain how each paragraph fits in with the overall argument. The Conclusion The concluding paragraph(s) give you a chance to sum up your argument, and highlight those ideas you regard as most important. They also provide a chance to highlight those features of your argument that you think are distinctive or original. Finally, they provide a chance to explain the 'payoff': i.e. what should the reader get out of reading your essay? >> TOP
"The Coopers Best Ever" Bran Muffins Mix: In large mixing bowl mix: Pour dry ingredients into above & mix thoroughly. Put in covered container in refrigerator & store up to 6 weeks. Bake at 400 degrees approximately 15 minutes. >> TOP
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