Once more into the fray...

chocolate98

how are you finding time to study? i can just about keep up with homework?

DublinArnie

chocolate98 wrote: »

how are you finding time to study? i can just about keep up with homework?

Some homework I count as study. If I get an essay question for a poet for English - I'd make handy notes aswell for future reference.

You need to utilise time, and do homework efficiently. Learn in class so when you do homework, you don't need to look over notes and then back to the question... That wastes time.

Of course though, if you don't remember or fully understand the material from class - do homework with notes.

DublinArnie

-Very decent standard for my Italian oral. Got my sister to muster the questions in broken Italian .
-Did a geography question on Destructive Plate Boundaries and European Regions - took me 32mins to do two 30m questions. I'm expecting a C since I was rushing it...Don't know why... Need to fix my attitude and timing .
-Finished Algebra 2
-Made notes on chapter we are doing now for Maths.
-Made Elizabeth Bishop notes and collected King Lear notes.
-Read through Motion chapter for Physchem.
-Revised Enzymes and Metabolism for biology.

Tomorrow plan:
-Start new maths revision chapter.
-Another two geography questions.
-King Lear mind maps (I'm off putting this for some reason been two weeks already)
-Italian Vocabulary
-FIX MATHS NOTES again.

DublinArnie

TODAY
-Did some questions for motion chapter.
-Answered geography long question on rocks.
-Started Algebra 3 revision (really hate financial maths...)
-Organised a folder for math notes, but starting to realise practice questions > notes.
-Learned some new irish vocabulary, hopefully I remember tomorrow morning.
-Planned another Elizabeth Bishop question, will do tomorrow.

TOMORROW
-Biology one chapter revision.
-Italian homemade oral test.
-Maths Algebra 1 + 2 homemade test (yeah, I'm harsh...)
-Do Elizabeth Bishop question
-RELAX

DublinArnie

Keep going off my plans, but once I do something I think it's good.

Never was good with schedules especially when there's no reinforcement or proper initiative.

Next week I'll muster something more easy to get into. Wonder if I could work into a four day plan-draft-write routine for my English answers.

...

DublinArnie

TODAY:
-Act 1 full mind map and quotes list for King Lear.
-Did Elizabeth Bishop question.
-More questions for Algebra 3 (very tricky... Or lack of motivation?).
-More Irish vocabulary.
-Biology Energy Carriers revision.

Hoping to get more done in relation to maths tomorrow.

DublinArnie

I keep underestimating the feeling of fatigue...

Did nothing on Friday.

Saturday:
-Two geography essays (Waterfall and GDA)
-Did some applied maths linear motion questions.
-Started converting my sraith Pictuir notes into more accessible format.
-English, made more notes on Elizabeth Bishop (mainly on Questions of Travel)

Today:
-Geography essay on Meander.
-English answer on Elizabeth Bishop question.
-Revised some oral questions for Italian and tested on picture sequences.
-Made a mind map and quotes list for Act 2 king Lear.

Hopefully tomorrow I can keep the momentum going .

Imaginary Friend

Oh man I know how you feel with the fatigue ... I get barely anything done on Friday, just a French opinion question I think. Got stuff done on Safurday and today though which is something.

You're doing well

DublinArnie

Imaginary Friend wrote: »

Oh man I know how you feel with the fatigue ... I get barely anything done on Friday, just a French opinion question I think. Got stuff done on Safurday and today though which is something.

You're doing well

Hard to get Friday study out of the way when you have a maths extra class at the end and grinds later.

Swear I got nightmares about numbers!

DublinArnie

Didn't do much besides practice some linear motion questions for applied maths and look over new vocabulary for irish and Italian.

Roll on tomorrow...

DublinArnie

Past week has been very busy, thankfully after September everything will settle down for me.

Some stuff I got done here and there:
-Act 3,4 and 5 mindmaps and quotes list for King Lear.
-Looked over some PhysChem chapters.
-Irish vocabulary learnt.
-Another Elizabeth Bishop question.
-Started doing questions for statistics 1.
-Practicing Italian sentence structures.

Won't get much study done this week, but next week will hopefully start the more routine study.

DublinArnie

GEOGRAPHY
Re-did destructive plates question.

ITALIAN
Revised five pictures and started learning roleplay 2.

BIOLOGY
Did Bacteria revision questions.

DublinArnie

UPDATE:

Can't seem to follow a fixed study plan, but I have the core subjects gravitated in my week.

Pumping out geography essays for quick revision and practice (six a week, usually 15min per essay.)

Tuesday, Thursday and Friday are orientated towards Maths and Applied Maths (just practicing questions, all from past papers.)

Learning italian vocabulary every time I come across something new - and of course practising for the oral.

Irish and English is on and off, I feel like they depend on my day as both require thoughtful approaches on the questions (except the reading comprehensions of course )

Biology and physchem are floating well, making good revision due to the amount of exams we're getting...

No rest days so far, don't feel like I need one, but I take six hour long breaks during the weekend. Study 6-10 5-8ish

GOALS before xmas:
-Have a complete set of Geography essays of all syllabus I done so far (the ones applicable to the exam questions..) and have them corrected by my teacher.
-Master Financial Maths, Logs and Complex Numbers (they're the worst chapters for me :l )
-Know 15/20 sraith pictures and all Italian oral elements.

DownOneTourist

DublinArnie wrote: »

study 6-10 5-8ish

You get up at 6 at the weekend? That's dedication right there!

Take Your Pants Off

DownOneTourist wrote: »

You get up at 6 at the weekend? That's dedication right there!

My friend used to do the exact same as arnie. Even their breaks are similar.Ended up with 560.;)
Hes trying to make me do it aswell, but the latest I can get up is at 9. But gradually reducing my minutes every weekend to come to that time. Hopefully will get there....eventually.

DownOneTourist

Good luck with that :P

DublinArnie

DownOneTourist wrote: »

You get up at 6 at the weekend? That's dedication right there!

Yeah, you get used to it really quick. It's not a chore if you love vibrant colours and chilly mornings .

It's not as productive as the evening study sessions of course , but I feel like if I get x,y and z done before my day even starts then I'd be at a huge advantage in terms of my study load.

One thing for sure though - the urge to smash the alarm is inevitable.

Manufan123

How on earth do you get the motivation?

DublinArnie

Manufan123 wrote: »

How on earth do you get the motivation?

It's only a year of hard work.

At the moment I have 196 days until English paper one...

DublinArnie

Cleaned my maths and English notes. Crazy how five minutes of sitting down and going through your disorganised mess could make you feel more in control.

I've been carrying copies jammed with sheets for a few weeks now - finally the sheets are all organised! +1 to my week.

The geography essays are going well, my timing is getting better. Pretty sure I'm discovering new muscles on my hands and fingers ha. Hopefully when I have the first few batches of essays corrected, I'd maintain a B3+ average. Really curious about this average to be honest ....

Ploughing through a lot of past papers for maths, a giant mood booster when you're able to do the question .

Have Christmas exams next week.

GOALS:
Biology A1
PhysChem A1
Geography A2
Maths A1
English B1
OL Irish B1
Italian B1

Want to maintain consistency...

DublinArnie

Completed all algebra related questions in paper one over the last five years.

I can actually do algebra now... After six years .

Time for complex numbers.

DublinArnie

Biology:

Rewrote notes on my least favourable chapters (2 chapters).

Maths:

Looked through complex number notes from fifth year, and watched a few videos on youtube (Khan Academy ). Going to test myself on some complex number questions on Monday and Tuesday - hopefully some progress.

Geography:

SRP sheets on some chapters on economical geography.

Tonight:
-English essay plans.
-Revise Irish paper one vocabulary.

DublinArnie

English:
-Managed to get comparative question and poetry question planned.
-Going to learn new vocabulary today, just for variation and control.

Geography:
-Taking a break from geography today.

Doing little things in preparation for exams, feel prepared.

Maths and English are my priority for the upcoming exams.

Going to try treat today as a rest day with little study...

DublinArnie

90% in biology, kind of disappointed but silly mistakes so it's not too harsh.

Did English, Italian and geography aswell.

Hoping for at least a B in English and geography and a pass in Italian.

DublinArnie

Huge headache, not fun!

Didn't get around to testing complex numbers, plans changed.

Physchem:
- Self made motion test today!

That's all really for today - was taking a break.

Tomorrow...
-Linear Motion and Relative Velocity test for applied maths.
-Revise atomic structure notes for physchem.
-Revise probability 1 and statistics 1.

Not looking forward to results on Monday .

DublinArnie

PhsyChem motion test was successful. Answered all PQs .

TODAY:
-Linear motion and Relative Velocity test!
-Revise atomic structure notes.
-Revise probability 1 and stats 1.

TOMORROW:
-Practice some past papers for Projectiles and Statics.
-REST.

DublinArnie

Results so far:
English C2
Maths B1
Physchem A1
Biology A1
Italian C3
Geography A2
Irish N/A

Need to stay consistent with the work. English is going to my priority until the mocks are over.

Applied Maths - Linear Motion teat was great but need to 'relearn' relative Velocity. Quite happy with dynamics and projectiles.

ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH

DublinArnie

NEED TO KEEP %$3@ing TRACK WHAT I DO!

Skimmed over a lot of stuff in preparation of the mocks, although I have a few large hurdles I want to jump.

3 DAY PLAN:
-Maths: Probability 1, Statistics 1, Complex numbers (never officially mastered it, although I'm able to do exam questions )
-English: Make GOOD notes on Bishop covering themes and use of language.
-Geography: Essay on Language/Religion/Culture in a region (Gaeltach).
-Biology: Glance over notes (check what I need to revise the most).

WILL UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE THREE DAYS.

DublinArnie

Doesn't let me edit the above post!!!!!!!! Anyway, I got everything done EXCEPT statistics 1.

3 DAY PLAN:
-Maths --> Probability 1 TEST, Probability 2, Statistics 1.
-Biology --> Revise Bacteria, Monera and Fungi chapters.
-Geography --> Prepare for India (population and culture) and Industrial Decline essays.
-Italian --> Role play 1 +2

Hopefully things will go smooth. Have a lot of time on my hands this week.

Complex numbers are nice...

DublinArnie

Right,

I got all of probability and statistics covered in THEORY, time to practice against the real thing.

Three day plan:
Maths --> Practice probability and statistics questions in the papers (Three days to cover all past questions, 2% probability I'll get it done!)
English --> Plath notes.
Irish --> Fix my list of vocabulary for Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Geography --> Fix the essays!!!!!

Mocks are fast approaching...

Subject goals:
Maths: A1 (no excuses!)
Biology: A1
Physchem: A1
Geography: B1
Irish: B1
English: B3
Italian: C3

Might make up a mock test for applied maths, although for practice and sanity, I'm going to know the questions in advance.