GRADE 9

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GRADE 9

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Get Organized !

• Should have a binder for each course
• Organize course material
• Dividers for each unit
• Notes
• Assignments
• Tests

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Get Ready !

• Get all the materials you need together

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Plan out your study time!

• Start early!
• Use your agenda to plan out your study time
• Dont leave it to the last minutecramming does
  not work

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Create the perfect study place!

• should be quiet, comfortable and free from
  distractions

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Actively study!

• Read, cover, and recite AND/OR
• Rewrite important facts/concepts in QA form on
  index cards (question on one side, answer on the
  back) AND/OR
• Photocopy pages from text to read, highlight,
  circle, underline key information AND/OR

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• Record question, pause, then record answer
  listen on iPod or computer (pause will give you
  time to answer before answer is given)
• Use a checklist to keep track of main concepts
  and what you need to concentrate on
• Use colour to help you remember different things
  i,.e. units, vocabulary, formulas

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Study smartnot hard!

• Dont study everythingstudy what you do not know
• Focus on the most important topics, key
  themes/concepts
• Once you've nailed down the important stuff, you
  can move onto the finer details

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Take breaks!

• For every hour that you study, take about 15
  minutes to do something mindless
• Will help to keep stress level down give your
  brain a chance to process the info

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Study Tips from Students

• Ask questions, be specific about what you do not
  understand!teachers, peers are more than willing
  to help
• Help otherswhen you explain it, you will
  understand it better yourself
• Anticipate the questions make a practice test
  or use ones from previous

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Before the Exam

• Get a good nights rest
• Eat a good breakfast and/or lunch your brain
  needs fuel

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Exam Writing Tips

• 10 tips to help YOU
• ace your exams!

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1. Come prepared

• If you have an IEPUSE the accommodations that
  you are entitled to
• Arrive early
• Full uniform
• Pens, pencils, eraser, white-out
• Calculator
• Ruler

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2. Read the whole exam

• Make sure you understand the instructions
• If you are given choices, plan which ones you
  will answer
• Figure out where the most marks are and budget
  your time accordingly
• While you are answering one question, information
  about another may suddenly occur to you
• Jot it down somewhere because when you come to
  that question later, you may have forgotten

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3. Read each question carefully

• Underline key words
• What are you being asked to do?
• Is there more than 1 part to the question?

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4. Dont leave blanks

• If you are short on time, use point form
• Pay attention to how much a question is
  worthi.e. dont put down 1 point for a 5 mark
  question
• If you write nothing, you can't receive any marks

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5. Dont spend too much time on multiple choice ?s

• Cover the answers and work out your own before
  looking at the choices
• Read all the answers before making your choice
• Place an x beside the ones you know are incorrect
• If you can't answer the question come back to it
  later can take a guess

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6. Use all of your time

• Take the time to go over the exam and check your
  answers
• Do not change anything unless you are 100 sure
  it is wrong
• Use reverse calculations to check math questions

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