After achieving an A* in 2017, I am sharing my quality revision notes, essays, templates and tactics to help ambitious students reach their goals. These resources have proven a hit across the globe with students and teachers alike - download yourself to see why!
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After achieving an A* in 2017, I am sharing my quality revision notes, essays, templates and tactics to help ambitious students reach their goals. These resources have proven a hit across the globe with students and teachers alike - download yourself to see why!
Chat with me on twitter @astarlevels or just drop me an email... happy revising!
This checklist covers all yr 2 optional topics & approaches & biopsych so allows students to stay on top of revision for the exam. It covers every bullet point on the specification so lists everything that needs to be learned.
They’re really useful to make sure you know exactly what the exam board can ask you - make sure there aren’t any gaps in your notes by using this checklist!
Research methods and year one checklists available too an discounted in the bundle.
A checklist of everything that can be assessed in AQA A Level Psychology from the first year content. It covers the introductory topics i.e. memory, attachment, etc. and the approaches. Use it to make sure you know exactly what you need to know - this is based on the spec straight from the exam board - and check there aren’t any gaps in your notes!
Get research methods checklist and year 2 checklist in the bundle. See my shop for the notes and resources i used to get an A* in 2017 on the new spec :-)
This bundle contains three packs of suggested essay questions for the new Psychology specification: AQA A Level Psychology.
Despite many students being able to recite key studies and theories by Milgram, Bowlby or Zimbardo, without plenty of practice putting these theories into essays and linking up ideas, they often fail to reach the top marks.
However this resource provides students with LOADS of essays for each topic in the specification. It has a checklist encouraging them to plan the essay to pick the most relevant ideas, then write it and most importantly get it marked for feedback.
When preparing for A Level Psychology some of the most crucial preparation is practice and this resource gives realistic, challenging and invaluable suggested questions.
Hope these pre made questions save you some time and provide some practice material to help students secure the top grades!
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This bundle includes four packs of exam questions for AQA psychology. Each pack covers one of the compulsory AS topics that appear in year one and year 2 exams: MEMORY, ATTACHMENT, SOCIAL and PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.
The questions are usefully grouped so that once you have revised the topic you can test yourself on a range of questions that have appeared in the past, giving you ample opportunities to get familiar with the types of questions the exam board have asked in the past and no doubt will again.
Even students who can recite their notes off by heart may struggle to achieve the top grades because they have poor exam technique, but this workbook is the ideal resource to improve exam technique simply by practicing!
I spent a lot of time going through old specification AQA papers to find the questions that relate to the new specification & highly recommend this exam focused approach to revision in order to access the highest grades.
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Detailed summary sheet makes this summary sheet suitable for students aiming for an A* in AQA A Level Psychology
Concise and easy to learn style makes it beneficial for all abilities
Everything you need for this topic right here!
Challenging set of AQA style questions on page 2 that relate to the summary sheet and directly to the specification.
Easy to mark the questions as answers are on summary sheet…
Best used as a handout in class or for revision. The brilliant set of questions means students can reinforce what they’ve learnt with specific ‘absorption addiction’ questions, meaning they are well prepared for the exam.
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Check out my shop for tonnes more AQA A Level Psychology resources for the new spec!
Specifically includes:
Para social relationships: levels of para social relationships, the absorption addiction model and the attachment theory explanation
Complete revision for language & occupation/ jargon. This resource includes the revision NOTES so you can revise the theory and then an example student ESSAY so you can see how to tackle the exam. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017.
Why they work:
Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes
Essays show how to structure a top band response
Feel confident for your exam
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Complete revision for language & social group. This resource includes the revision NOTES so you can revise the theory and then an example student ESSAY so you can see how to tackle the exam. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017.
Why they work:
Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes
Essays show how to structure a top band response
Feel confident for your exam
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Data analysis combined with theory application to prepare for A Level English Language, in particular the Year 1 exam. Includes three tasks all based around consolidating theory learning and data analysis skills across the topics of accent/ dialect, language and gender and language and occupation. 9 activities in total so should take a while to work through!
Each activity pack contains three activities, which can be generally summarised as.
Some kind of card sort/ match up activity which can be referred back to as a bedrock of theories
Transcript or data based, students apply the theories they just sorted to real life data or conversations
Pulling everything together to plan or write an essay
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I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. There are five pages full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017.
Why they work:
Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes
Omitted endless details on methodology and results
Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!)
Summary sheet includes:
Dominance: Zimmerman & West, Beattie, Spender, Fishman
Deficit: Lakoff, Jepersen
Difference: Tannen, Trudgill, Coates
Diversity: Cameron
Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language
Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language
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I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. There are 3 pages full of theorists, linguists, facts, stats, examples, real world application and more. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017.
Why they work:
Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes
Omitted endless details on methodology and results
Replaced these with meaningful comments on each study to form the basis of your argument in the exam (crucial to enter top bands!)
Includes:
Petytt H dropping test
Trudgill ing/in’ test
Watson on young people & the scouse dialect - reference to language and identity
Cheshire playground use of non std variants
Slang
Slang in the past i.e. Dickens and HG Wells
Snell on sociolingusitics
Halliday on slang
2013 election
Eckert
Swales
Stormzy & grime
Notes for all six topics in A Level English Language
Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language
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Data analysis combined with theory application to prepare for A Level English Language, in particular the Year 1 exam. Includes three tasks all based around consolidating theory learning and data analysis skills.
Task 1: glossary of 8 studies/ theorists to match up with what they did. Great revision activity, and once complete, bedrock of studies for students to learn for the exam.
Task 2: an extract from a school newsletter attempting to ‘ban’ regional dialect, where students are required to think about the message this sends across, what theories relate to this, and then to plan/ write an essay using the data.
Task 3: I have selected what I found to be four versatile studies and asked three thought provoking questions about them that open up discussion, encouraging students to say something meaningful about the theory, rather than just repeating what is in every textbook.
The poster included complements the activities pack. It is a straightforward resource giving a bedrock of theories, can be used for reference, revision or to support class/ home work.
What is on each A Level English Language exam and when are they?
Answer these FAQs with this handy poster. Used as an informative (or taunting!) countdown to the exam.
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Complete set of notes organised by the AQA Psychology specification
Content checklist
Poster on choosing a statistical test
Access to 80 slide quizlet for A2 research methods
I used these notes only to secure an A* in A Level Psychology… you/ your students can too with these resources.
Click each resource for its detailed breakdown.
Research Methods Revision | AQA A Level Psychology New Spec
Paper 2 mock for AQA A Level English Language. Includes Text A and Text B. This time covering the topics of gender, new words, change and slang!
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Young people’s language mock
American words mock paper
Top band model opinion article
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Paper 2 mock for AQA A Level English Language. Includes Text A and Text B. This time on American English.
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“Mind your slanguage” mock paper
Young people’s language mock paper
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I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for topics in A Level Psychology. They completely cover the specification, condensing all the key theories, studies, applications and evaluations into one booklet. I used these notes only alongside practice questions & achieved an A* in 2017.
Why they work:
Organised according to, and covering entirely, the AQA specification.
All AO1 and AO3 ready to answer exam questions
Presented in a concise and memorable way - easy to learn
The topics included are:
Forensic
Relationships
Schizophrenia
Research Methods
Issues & Debates
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4 top band model answers for A Level English Language.
* Shows how to select, arrange & argue the most important ideas in essays
* Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017
* Can be reworked as a template for *your* future (brilliant!) essays
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Paper 2 mock for AQA A Level English Language. Includes Text A and Text B.
Top band model answer for question 3 on this paper!
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“Mind your slanguage” mock paper
American words mock paper
