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Don’t rote it for Module B as questions can be very very specific State ranking essays have around 6 examples per paragraph Memorise around 20-30 quotes per unit (incl related text) You have to walk into the exam knowing pretty much exactly what you are

going to talk about Consistently, Study Routines, Time Management

Crucial that you are consistent throughout the year Consistency is greater then intensity - you need to keep going for the whole

year general guideline for study - 2-3 hours a weekday incl. homework, 5 hours on

Saturday and Sunday plan when you are going to study and pre-plan breaks have an outcomes focus, every time before you study write a to do list of the

things you will do during the study period REMOVE DISTRACTIONS Have a focus of revision on the weekend and homework + note taking on

weekdays Prioritisation is key - if homework is not valuable don’t do it Sleep, exercise, healthy eating key to avoiding burnout Be disciplined, this is greater then motivation Make a study schedule or use a daily to-do list Go hard or go home - what are you doing to Advance your HSC journey today

Using a daily to-do list

If you are using a daily to-do list, on Sunday make a list of all the tasks you want to achieve on each day of the week and not mandatory tasks but things like essays, notes, PP’s etc.

Aim for 3-4 tasks per day - one for each subject you had during the day do extra tasks before mandatory ones otherwise you won’t end up having time

for the mandatory ones anything you don’t compete finish on the weekend (so don’t originally allocate

tasks for Sat and Sun) Studying Techniques

Teachers others is the best way to study, can do 1 on 1 teaching with someone at the same level as you, someone who knows barely anything about the material to force you to know the basics well and be really clear

Practice papers and flash cards work well because you are practicing retrieving the information

Take advantage of spaced repetition to increase memory retention - e.g. spend 10 minutes review what you learnt in each class per night and review same content on the weekend

Past papers are everything, but don’t ‘save’ them until the HSC because you won’t get time to do them - do relevant questions as you learn stuff

Walk into your exam room with confidence, and not “fake it till you make it” confidence but confidence gathered from familiarising yourself with the styles of questions they can ask you, the style of answering questions (essential for sciences), an impregnable knowledge of the syllabus and skeleton responses for common types of question

It's essential to understand the mechanics of what is considered as a band 6 essay, short answer response and approaches to m/c. Learn from the best in order to be the best. Especially crucial for English and Humanities

Goals

Set clear goals as to why you want to achieve certain marks and ATAR, and make sure you know WHY you want to achieve these goals

Don’t tell people your goals, it’s proven to make you less likely to achieve them You could mess up or misread one question in one exam and that could change

your ATAR, marker could not like your essay, cutoff could increase etc. - set goals that are decently above the cutoff and what you can achieve, don't aim for 90 if your course requires that when you could get 97 if you pushed yourself

Success builds on success. Confidence builds on confidence. Start conquering your subjects early and you'll steamroll through the year. Get off to a shaky start and you put yourself in an uncomfortable position. The key is to push through until you reach another success. Smash your half yearlies and you'll be golden.

Never give up, it is completely normal to mess up at least one assessment just use it as motivation to work harder

You can stick up a goal on your wall, but what have you done to advance your HSC journey today?

Holidays (in particular the Summer Holidays)

Make as many notes as you can, at least up to the half yearlies Spending time finding related texts, annotating texts, writing essays for English Math - in the summer holidays because up to 35% of the content of the HSC

exam can be from prelim make sure you have covered everything from prelim really well and understand it all and do some more prelim practice papers because you probably won’t have time to do this during the year as you want to focus more on the HSC content which is harder… in saying that definitely do some HSC maths stuff as well

Even if you spend 3 hours studying first thing in the morning 5 days a week, then you will still have the rest of the day free and you will have done a lot of work by the end of the holidays

You are not going to be out partying the whole holidays - in downtimes when you would just be gaming or on your computer for like 5 hours use this time wisely

You need to have a break as well so you don’t burn out, and relax and re-energise for the year ahead