Strategies for Effective Assessment Preparation
Why is this Rhino on Tinder?
Lesson Aim
To practice strategies to help you prepare for
assessments and exams.
Sometimes you might feel like words float out of
your head as soon as you’ve read them. It can help
to
change
words into something else.
You can change written notes into:
•
Pictures/diagrams
•
Mind maps
•
Acronyms
Task
: Read ‘Rhino Tinder’ on page 8 in your
booklet.
Change
the text to a timeline.
Sometimes you might feel like you know it, when
really you don’t.
Asking questions
can help you
check.
Task
: Ask a
question
about the text, write a
detailed answer in a different colour. Now ask a
second question and repeat the process until you
have filled up all the lines available.
Sometimes you might feel like you don’t fully
understand an idea. Making
comparisons
can help.
You can compare:
•
Concepts – look for similarities and differences
•
Your work to mark schemes or model answers
Task
:
Compare
the story to the mark scheme.
Which strategy – change, question or compare –
did you prefer most?
Practice one or more of them using a piece of work
you will be tested on during assessment week.
Use practice page 11 in your booklet.
You have changed and asked questions about and
compared information today. Let’s see if its helped
you to remember the key facts.
1.
How old is Sudan?
2.
What species is Sudan?
3.
How much money do the Ol Pejeta Conservancy
hope to raise?
4.
What will the money be spent on?
5.
Why are animals like Sudan vulnerable to
poaching?
1.
43
2.
Northern White Rhino
3.
$9 million
4.
IVF treatment
5.
They are unaggressive and travel in herds
Photograph is hyperlinked to a video about Sudan the rhino.
Explore different strategies like changing, questioning, and comparing information to enhance understanding and retention for assessments through engaging activities and quizzes on topics like Sudan the Rhino on Tinder.
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Bell work: Speculate Why is this Rhino on Tinder?
Preparing for Success Lesson Aim To practice strategies to help you prepare for assessments and exams.
Strategy #1 Change Sometimes you might feel like words float out of your head as soon as you ve read them. It can help to change words into something else. You can change written notes into: Pictures/diagrams Mind maps Acronyms Task: Read Rhino Tinder on page 8 in your booklet. Change the text to a timeline.
Strategy #2 Question Sometimes you might feel like you know it, when really you don t. Asking questions can help you check. Task: Ask a question about the text, write a detailed answer in a different colour. Now ask a second question and repeat the process until you have filled up all the lines available.
Strategy #3 Compare Sometimes you might feel like you don t fully understand an idea. Making comparisons can help. You can compare: Concepts look for similarities and differences Your work to mark schemes or model answers Task: Compare the story to the mark scheme.
Review Which strategy change, question or compare did you prefer most? Practice one or more of them using a piece of work you will be tested on during assessment week. Use practice page 11 in your booklet.
Quiz You have changed and asked questions about and compared information today. Let s see if its helped you to remember the key facts. 1. How old is Sudan? 2. What species is Sudan? 3. How much money do the Ol Pejeta Conservancy hope to raise? 4. What will the money be spent on? 5. Why are animals like Sudan vulnerable to poaching?
Answers 1. 43 2. Northern White Rhino 3. $9 million 4. IVF treatment 5. They are unaggressive and travel in herds
