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You can print off or save each one of the revision sheets below. Just click on the one you want to view the pdf.

    

With SATS approaching here are a list of tips and websites that will help you with your revision:

BBC KS3 SATS revision

English Revision Podcast on ‘The Tempest’

KS3 Maths

SATS Guide

ENGLISH TIPS

Shakespeare Paper SAT Tips

Make sure you answer the question that is asked:

• Do not just write down everything you can remember
• Relate your answer clearly to the question (Point, Evidence, Explanation)

Use both scenes:

• Refer to both bits equally
• Describe what is the same and what is different

Remember it is a play:

• You might be asked a question about performance
• It was designed to keep a live audience entertained

Shakespeare had his own viewpoint and wanted to make particular points 

Spelling

Remembering how to spell accommodation, - Christopher Cricket and Mickey Mouse share accommodation (there are two ‘cc’s and two ‘mm’s). Remembering how to spell necessary - it is necessary for a shirt to have ONE collar and TWO sleeves (one ‘c’ and two ’ss’) 

Sentences

Vary them, don’t make them all the same

do not link them with ‘and’ or ‘but’

vary the punctuation - use commas, question marks, exclamation marks and full stops

Paragraphs

use them

always have an opening and an ending paragraph

link the paragraphs together  (however…secondly…also…another point…it is better to write less and take more care over details

Viewpoint think about who you are writing to and what they need to knowMATHS

Remember:

• 3 is a factor of 18
• 18 is a multiple of 3
• Square numbers: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 49, …
• Prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17,… only have two factors (1 and itself)
• The area of a triangle is (base x height) divided by 2
• The circumference of a circle is C = 2 x π x r
• The area of a circle is A = π x r². Use the π button on your calculator or remember that it is roughly 3.142 (count the letters in: now I know it).
• To find percentages, try using 10%, 5%, 1% and 2%.
• The mode is the most common value (mode sounds like most).
• When the results are arranged in order, the middle value is the med     ian.
• To find the m+e+a+n add all the values and divide by how many there are.
• The largest value take away the smallest is called the range (LARGE – small).
• The probability of an event that is certain to happen is 1.
• The probability of an impossible event is 0.
• A probability should always be written as a fraction.

SCIENCE

Make sure you have some notes on each of these:

This online biology dictionary may recap your memory, click this link Biology Online Dictionary

Cilia

Clone

Diffraction

Emphysema

Expiration

Gamete

Gestation

Glucose

Glycogen

Glucagon

Inspiration

Meiosis

Mitosis

Nutrient

Phlogiston

Pneumatic

Orbit

Radiation

Radioactivity

Reflection

Refraction

Respiration

Toxin

Transpiration