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Greetings, I've got 3 weeks holidays starting tomorrow and i really need to use this time for constant study and revision. I've been trying to work out what i should be doing/working towards each day. Here's what i have come up with so far, please give us a few pointers.

General Maths:


  • Work through all of preliminary textbook
  • 2 Preliminary past papers
  • Work through whole HSC textbook
  • 5 trial past papers

Business Studies:


  • Notes on all topics, with case studies throughout
  • 8 Business plans
  • 5 Essay responses
  • 5 Trial past paper questions

Studies of Religion 1:


  • Notes on all topics
  • 8 Past Papers

Modern History:


  • Notes on all topics
  • 8 Trial past Papers
  • Essays on main topic dot points

Ancient History:


  • Notes on all topics
  • 8 Trial past papers
  • Essays on main topic dot points

English Standard:


  • Notes on all Modules/AOS
  • Belonging narrative
  • 8 Trial past papers
Thankyou
 

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Make goals of what you're planning to study every day. Or even split it up into certain weeks. Give yourself deadlines to finish certain things. Also, make sure your goals are actually achievable - there's nothing more discouraging than working towards something you can never reach. Reward yourself when you get to those goals.

As well as the short term goals, it's probably good to have an ultimate goal. So, say you have your first level goals of "I want to finish x amount of past papers in a week" then you have another goal, showing the bigger picture and giving you some overall motivation like "I want to get a y+ ATAR."

But yeah, the best of luck with that!
 

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My goal is to do many past papers as possible. I will study at midnight until 3-4am. That's when I can fully focus :)


But on saturday and sunday I won't study until midnight. I will burn out if I study like that for 7 days :(
 

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Nah, you wont burn out provided you have a break every 2 hours for like 30 min or what not, you could go 8-12 hours a day

I went like 40 hours in 2 days while studying for my accounting exam about 2 weeks ago, it's doable
 

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Mate, i highly doubt you are going to complete all that, especially maths. Tbh i wouldn't comtemplate doing past papers expect for english and ancient (for the practise essay content). It wastes time when you could actually be learning the content.

But good luck mate.
 

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Mate, i highly doubt you are going to complete all that, especially maths. Tbh i wouldn't comtemplate doing past papers expect for english and ancient (for the practise essay content). It wastes time when you could actually be learning the content.

But good luck mate.
Past papers is the best way to make sure you'll do well and know the content right, also it can help expand your knowledge with the different variety of questions.

I myself never did past papers for english, sounds like a waste of time.

ALSO are you on drugs?
 

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Mate, i highly doubt you are going to complete all that, especially maths. Tbh i wouldn't comtemplate doing past papers expect for english and ancient (for the practise essay content). It wastes time when you could actually be learning the content.
You're a dickhead.
The best way to study maths or any subject is with past papers.

My advice at this time would be that if you haven't done all notes for your subjects apart from the last one or two topics, dowload notes from the resources section, learn them and then do past papers to get all of your answering skills down.
 
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My goal is to do many past papers as possible. I will study at midnight until 3-4am. That's when I can fully focus :)


But on saturday and sunday I won't study until midnight. I will burn out if I study like that for 7 days :(
Hey James, how the hell do you get up in the morning with only like 5 hours of sleep? O . O" do you sleep in the afternoon after getting back from school?
 

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Hey James, how the hell do you get up in the morning with only like 5 hours of sleep? O . O" do you sleep in the afternoon after getting back from school?
Thats Nothing!, I'm hooked on my tea drinking 5 cups a day, sleeping like 5am everyday, 1 1/2 hrs of sleep and only 2 hrs of sleep when i finish my exam.
Trust me its hell, i advise u guys not to do this at all!
 

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Hey James, how the hell do you get up in the morning with only like 5 hours of sleep? O . O" do you sleep in the afternoon after getting back from school?
I wake up at 1-2pm so that I get around 10 hrs of sleep. lol There is no such thing called morning for me


I stay up 2 days before school starts so that I can sleep early before school.
 

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for an English related texts, are these any good?

Belonging:

The Simple Gift – Steven Herrick (Prescribed, Novel)
True Blue – Fiona Lee (Related, Narrative)

Into the World:

The Story of Tom Brennan – JC Burke (Prescribed, Novel)
The Door – Miroslav Holub (Related, Poem)
Father and Son – Cat Stevens (Related, Song)

Distinctively Visual:

The Shoe Horn Sonata – John Misto (Prescribed, Play)
Jewish Children – George Kishan (Related, Image)
Dolce Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen (Related, Poem)
Napalm Girl – (Related, Image)

Close Study of Text:

Witness – Peter Weir (Prescribed, Film)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Mark Haddon (Related, Novel)

Would I be able to use Sckryznecki poems even though i don't do advanced?
 

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for an English related texts, are these any good?

Belonging:

The Simple Gift – Steven Herrick (Prescribed, Novel)
True Blue – Fiona Lee (Related, Narrative)

Into the World:

The Story of Tom Brennan – JC Burke (Prescribed, Novel)
The Door – Miroslav Holub (Related, Poem)
Father and Son – Cat Stevens (Related, Song)

Distinctively Visual:

The Shoe Horn Sonata – John Misto (Prescribed, Play)
Jewish Children – George Kishan (Related, Image)
Dolce Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen (Related, Poem)
Napalm Girl – (Related, Image)

Close Study of Text:

Witness – Peter Weir (Prescribed, Film)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Mark Haddon (Related, Novel)

Would I be able to use Sckryznecki poems even though i don't do advanced?
I didnt do standard, but I WOULDNT use an advanced prescribed text as a standard related text
 

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Never -ever- use a prescribed text, whether that be current (09 onwards) or former (from 01-08) syllabi. It shows a lack of imagination, and also, teachers do look down upon them, purely because there's a superfluous amount of notes on said related text (if it were prescribed) on the internet.
 

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Can't use prescribed texts as related texts!!!
Belonging:
The Simple Gift – Steven Herrick (Prescribed, Novel)
True Blue – Fiona Lee (Related, Narrative)
Would I be able to use Sckryznecki poems even though i don't do advanced?
Only If you use it as your core text.

Into the World:
The Story of Tom Brennan – JC Burke (Prescribed, Novel)
The Door – Miroslav Holub (Related, Poem)
Father and Son – Cat Stevens (Related, Song)
I guess that's fine.

Distinctively Visual:
The Shoe Horn Sonata – John Misto (Prescribed, Play)
Jewish Children – George Kishan (Related, Image)
Dolce Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen (Related, Poem)
Napalm Girl – (Related, Image)
Wilfred Owen's poetry is prescribed for Close Study of Texts.

Close Study of Text:
Witness – Peter Weir (Prescribed, Film)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Mark Haddon (Related, Novel)
Prescribed for Close Study of Texts, again.

EDIT: Btw, you don't do a related text for close study of text(s).
 
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