Aleatorio's study log

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English:

2004 Macbeth q (Compelling scene)
2013 Macbeth q (Imagery)- Plan

Maths:

2 Contexts and applications questions
Notes on Histograms (SD, Mean, Median)

Spanish:

Reading sections of 2004 paper
Written section of 2004 paper

Physics:

4 Exam qs

Biology:

HL and OL Plant Reproduction qs
Skeleton notes on Plant reproduction, propagation, responses and structure

Business:

Notes on Ch: 15, 16, 17, 18

So this is what I got done today - Bolded things to be done tomorrow
9 hours of work done today - safe to say I'm jaded

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This weekends plan:

Spanish:

2004 Listening
2004 Written
2006 Opinion Piece

English:

Macbeth Imagery Essay
Learn Dickinson Quotes

Maths:

Complete 2013 Mock Paper 1 - 1,2,3,4,5,6
Complete 2013 Mock Paper 2 - 1,2,3,4,5,6A,6B,7,8,9

Physics:

Finish 2002 Paper

Irish:

Revise Spailpin Fanach

Business:

Summarise Unit 6: 1,2,3,4,5
Do all Taxation, Breakeven and Ratio Qs 2013-1999

Biology:

Revise 3 Chapters of Human Biology

Bolded is what I intend to do today

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Spanish:

2004 Listening
2004 Written

English:

Larkin Essay
Dickinson Essay

Maths:

Complete 2013 Mock Paper 1 - Q 6
Complete 2013 Mock Paper 2 - Q 1,5,8

Irish:

Revise Spailpin Fanach

Business:

Summarise Unit 6: 3,4,5

Biology:

Revise 3 Chapters of Human Biology

Going to try and get as much of this done tomorrow as I can - realistically I probably wont get it all done, but Ill finish the rest on Monday

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Spanish:

2004 Listening

English:

Dickinson Essay

Irish:

Revise Spailpin Fanach

Business:

Summarise Unit 6: Ch.5

Tomorrows to-do list

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Ok so Ive gotten a lot of tests and English essays back lately:

Business - 100% (Accounting), 93% (Short Qs), 95% (Unit 5)
English - 98% (Larkin), 88% (Banquo), 91% (Imagery), 89% (Full paper 1), 94% (Banquet Scene)

And today I did the 2010 Biology paper in exam conditions and got 95%

Staying home from school until next Wednesday -

So this is my to-do list for tomorrow:

Business: Exam Q on Unit 1 (Consumer Protection Act 2007 perhaps) and Unit 4 (Full question ABC), Also summarise Social Responsibility
Spanish: Aural test (really need to work on these)
English: Revise GVV
Biology: Finish unanswered Qs from 2010, Do 2009 full paper in exam conditions and grade
Irish: Revise the 4 poets
Physics: 3 exam questions (Electricity exp. q, Mechanics q, Sound q)

ejayy

You my friend, are extremely smart! All i can say is Wow!!!!!

Striving470

Best of luck...it's good to see people who work towards something do well.:)

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ejayy wrote: »

You my friend, are extremely smart! All i can say is Wow!!!!!

Hahahah awh thank you

Striving470 wrote: »

Best of luck...it's good to see people who work towards something do well.:)

Thank you! Hopefully all the work will pay off

aleatorio

Business: Exam Q on Unit 1 (Consumer Protection Act 2007 perhaps) and Unit 4 (Full question ABC), Also summarise Social Responsibility

Spanish: Aural test (really need to work on these)
(66/80)

English: Revise GVV

Biology: Finish unanswered Qs from 2010, Do 2009 full paper in exam conditions and grade
(98.5% )

Irish: Revise the 4 poets

Physics: 3 exam questions (Electricity exp. q, Mechanics q, Sound q)

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Todays to-do list:

Business: Exam Q on Unit 1

English: Revise GVV

Spanish: 2007 listening (83%), 2006 listening

Biology: Finish undone qs from 2009 paper, do 2011 paper section A

Physics: 2 electricity exp qs, 2 modern physics qs

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Biology:

Finish questions from 2011 paper
Do 3 human biology qs (Endocrine system, Digestive system, Nervous system)

Physics:

Full 2009 paper in exam conditions (92%)
Revise modern physics (Specifically: Pair production/annihilation, Photoelectric effect, thermionic emission, radiation, everything to do with cockcroft and walton exp, chain reactions, cathode ray tube) - All 3 chapters (The Electron, The Nucleus and the Particle Physics Option) covered in 3 pages of notes :cool:

Spanish:

2006 listening (finish 2 questions) (90%)
2010 listening (88%)

Maths:

4 questions

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Tomorrow I wont have much time to study, but hopefully Ill get up early and get some of this done:

Biology: Do 3 human biology qs (Endocrine system, Digestive system, Nervous system)
Spanish: Listening exam
English: GVV revision

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Didn't get a whole lot done today:

2013 Biology paper in exam conditions: 96%
2013 Physics paper in exam conditions: 95%

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Going to try and get up early tomorrow and get a solid day of study done -

Biology: Do 3 human biology qs for each of these topics: Endocrine system, Digestive system, Nervous system, Excretion (12 questions)
Spanish: Listening exam (2009 - 92%)
English: GVV revision, Learn comparative quotes
Physics: 2012 paper in exam conditions (92%)
Maths: Exam paper questions

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Plan for Sunday and Monday:
10 - 8 hopefully

Irish: All poetry - Geibheann, Colscaradh, Spailpin Fanach, An t-Earrach Thiar, Mo Ghra-sa
English: General Vision and Viewpoint, Lady Macbeth - Quotes and Mindmap for both
Business: 2012 short questions, Notes on Qs 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 for 2012 and 2010
Physics: Full 2011 paper

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Plan for tomorrow:

Irish: Geibheann, Colscaradh, Spailpin Fanach, Listening Sample 3 (53/60 88%)
English: General Vision and Viewpoint essay, Lady Macbeth revision
Biology: 5 plant biology questions
Maths: Finish Sample paper A (Paper 1), Q1-9 Sample B (Paper 1)

Having a lovely productive day

aleatorio

Today:

English: Lady Macbeth
Irish: Spailpin Fanach, Dís, Sample 4 Listening (58/60, -2 for spelling = 93%), Write out all past essay titles
Biology: 2012 paper (97%), Finish 2013 paper
Spanish: 2008 reading sections (88%)

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Tomorrow:

Physics: Section A of (2009) (91%)
Spanish: 2010 reading section,(84%)Listening comp(88%)
Irish: Dís, Learn debate opening off, Sample listening 5 (60/60 minus 3 for spelling = 95%)
English: Kingship essay
Biology: Nitrogen and Carbon cycle
Business: Consumer Protection Act 2007

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These are the things I think I need to focus on most/revise:

English:

• Poetry (Dickinson, Larkin, Kinsella, Yeats, (Bishop as 5th)) - Need to learn quotes
• Macbeth (Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Banquo, Kingship, Scene) - Need to learn Kingship (+quotes)
• Comparative (GVV & CC) - Need to revise CC

Irish:

• Pros (Cáca, Dis, Oisin, Gnathrud)
• Essay phrases/Debate opening&closing
• Listening paper

Maths:

• Probability
• Calculus
• Proofs&Contructions

Spanish:

• Reading section
• Opinion piece phrases

Business:

• Unit 7 - EU institutions, Trade
• The laws
• Report/letter writing

Physics:

• Mechanics experiments (especially the calculations)
• Electricity experiments
• Waves/Sound
• Mechanics

Biology:

• Ecology (:o)
• Enzymes
• Genetics (not the crosses)
• Plant (Reproduction, Structure)
• Leaf Yeast exp
• IAA exp
• DNA exp
• Digestion

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Also, just thought Id do a final set of 'what I want' predictions, to look back on after we get our results
The course I want (DN440) was 560 last year, but I'm expecting it to rise, so I want at least 565, or 570..

Subject | Pessimistic | Optimistic | Goal
English | B2 | A2 | B1
Irish | B3 | B1 | B1
Maths | B1 | A2 | B1
Spanish | B1 | A1 | B1
Business | B2 | A2 | B1
Physics | A2 | A1 | A1
Biology | A2 | A1 | A1
Points | 535 | 595 | 565

Heres to hoping I get somewhere between 595 and 565

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Tomorrow:

Biology: 2008 full paper (98%)
English: Kingship, Brief revision of Larkin, Kinsella, Dickinson, Write out Yeats essay
Irish: Dís mindmap and vocab, notes on Caca Milis, Learn off debate opening
Business: Consumer Protection Act 2007, Directive/Regulation/Decision and EU institutions
Spanish: Written section of 2006 (83%)

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Irish: Finish Caca Milis
Physics: 2009 full paper 95% Finish 2009 Qs: 6,7,11,12(b)(c)
Spanish: 2004 listening (67/80 - 84%)
Business: 2007 Q3, 2008 Q3, 2013 Q3, 2011 Q3, 2006 Q3AB
Biology: 2007 full paper (99%), make notes on: Location & function of endocrine glands, Genetic profiling/screening/isolation of DNA

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Irish: An Ghaeilge - Write out essay, plan, vocab
Physics: Finish 2009 Qs: 6,7,11,12(b)(c)
Business: 2006 Q3(a)(b),summarize unit 7
Biology: 2006 full paper, (92%) Revise enzymes, lymphatic system, digestion, skeleton and cell division
English: Dickinson in detail

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Tomorrow, English gets serious!
Today I made flashcards for Dickinson quotes and learned them, and did summaries of all the poems and notes on her style, tomorrow I want to nail that down and be confident in answering on her.
I also want to write out a Yeats essay, and do the same with him.
If I get that finished and amen't getting sick of English I'll revise Larkin.

English: Dickinson, Yeats, (Larkin)
Biology: Note on lymphatic system, digestion and skeleton
Maths: Complex numbers, number classification, calculus, financial maths

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Maths: 2013 and 2012 paper 1 - exam conditions and grade 99.6% and 98% respectively
Biology: Print out definitions and learn
English: Revise Larkin and learn quotes, Make essay plans for lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Banquo, banquet scene, evil and appearance vs reality, make cultural context notes

Long day ahead tomorrow

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English: Cultural context, Kinsella, Larkin, Paper 1 revision
Biology: Pick 10 definitions I find hard and learn verbatim
Maths: Learn any proofs needed for P1

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Ok, English-dissection time :cool::pac:

Paper 1:
Overall, this was a beautiful paper I did the Question A on Text 1 (like everyone else :rolleyes:) and Question B on Text 2, and then the short story on a ghostly presence
The comprehension questions were lovely and I wrote a formal letter to JK Rowling about books and whatnot :cool:
Hoping for about 160/200

Paper 2:
Herein lies the trainwreck...
This went horribly, hopefully Ill get a pleasant surprise in August and get the B2/B1 I need...
Dickinson was an ok answer, hopefully I got good marks here, the unseen poetry was a big PPPPSFFFSSS (raspberry noise) - only wrote about 3/4 of a page :pac:
Comparative was a big load of waft, big let down.. as was Macbeth, felt I let myself down there
Hoping for about 118/200


Roll on Maths!

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Maths paper 1 went absolutely amazzzinngg
Got everything correct in Section A, except for 3 little blunders (2 marks max each I'd say :rolleyes:), and Section B was great too, only bits that threw me were the bridge area and finding PB in the pythag q, and my last part of Q9 was a bit dodgy but still confident in an A in that paper :cool::cool:

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Heres what Im doing today:

Went through Maths books and marked all important pages, wrote out any formulas I need to know off and made note of anything very important
Wrote out all 8 trig derivations (Ew)
Wrote out a load of examples of circle questions because I always find them difficult

Now Im going to:
Do the 2013 paper and grade it
Make Statistics notes
Make Probability notes

Then maybe a bit of P1 stuff for Irish

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Maths paper 2: This was a bit... meh... I don't really know to be honest Some questions were fine, but probability always throws my confidence a bit, and I hate opinionated statistics qs because it all depends on the marker.. Last part of Q9 threw me, as did the part about Drug B's maximum, and I made a few silly mistakes I'd say I might be a bit happier when I see the answers :rolleyes:
Irish paper 1: This. was. beautiful! The aural was simple, at least 56/60 Id say, and then I did the essay on young people and wrote about 5 pages on EVERYTHING :pac: Fingers crossed for an A1 in that and an A1 in the oral, and some form of a B tomorrow and life will be brilliant