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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!
Complete revision for language & gender. This resources 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
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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 accent & dialect. 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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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
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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Example student written model articles on gender, accent & dialect, social group/ sociolect & occupation.
Why they work:
Top band articles show how to balance engaging style with linguistic theories
Ideas of headlines, straplines & openings
Use as a style model for your future (brilliant!) articles!
I also made a resource with a headline, strapline & engaging opening for every topic that you could be required to write an article on. This is a great tool for students to avoid wasting time starting articles and getting straight on with it. Find it here
Complete revision for World English. This resource includes the revision NOTES so you can revise the theory and then an example student ESSAY & ARTICLE 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
Example article showing how to combine linguistic theory with creative flair
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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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9x summary sheets, loads of practice 16 mark questions for every sub topic and a revision checklist for the whole of A Level Psychology.
9 summary sheets covering everything you need to know for schizophrenia. The summary sheets have been arranged according to the specification and include every topic you could be asked… no surprises in the exam!
The paper 3 essay planner includes a 16 mark question for every topic (across every module), therefore is a chance to plan for every type of essay you may be asked to write.
Revision checklist also included that covers the entire module.
Everything you need to revise schizophrenia! Tried and tested by an A* student… chat with me on twitter @astarlevels
7x summary sheets, loads of practice 16 mark questions for every sub topic and a revision checklist for the whole of A Level Psychology.
7 summary sheets covering everything you need to know for relationships. The summary sheets have been arranged according to the specification and include every topic you could be asked… no surprises in the exam!
The paper 3 essay planner includes a 16 mark question for every topic (across every module), therefore is a chance to plan for every type of essay you may be asked to write.
Revision checklist also included that covers the entire module.
Everything you need to revise relationships! Tried and tested by an A* student… chat with me on twitter @astarlevels
5x summary sheets, loads of practice 16 mark questions for every sub topic and a revision checklist for the whole of A Level Psychology.
5 summary sheets covering everything you need to know for forensic psychology. The summary sheets have been arranged according to the specification and include every topic you could be asked… no surprises in the exam!
The paper 3 essay planner includes a 16 mark question for every topic (across every module), therefore is a chance to plan for every type of essay you may be asked to write.
Revision checklist also included that covers the entire module.
Everything you need to revise forensic psychology! Tried and tested by an A* student… chat with me on twitter @astarlevels
6 top band, model articles and a worksheet helping students create engaging headlines, straplines and openings. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017.
Why they work:
* Shows how to assess ideas from the texts within your own article
* Demonstrates how to balance engaging writing with linguistic content
* Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017
* Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) articles
Includes:
- 4 example articles (gender, occupation, sociolect, accent & dialect)
- 1 article on language diversity that draws on ideas in Text A & B
- 1 article on world English & non std varieties
- 1 article revision sheet helping students plan engaging openings
Example coursework for both tasks in A Level English Language. Includes two full pieces of coursework & the data used to produce them.
This language investigation & directed writing with commentary was submitted to AQA in summer 2017 and awarded an A*. This makes it the perfect example to show students what is required of them in the NEA.
Why it works:
Shows how to use current A Level study as a toolkit to study language
Demonstrates how to organise & structure the write-up
Example of the level of analysis & interpretation needed for highest grades
Can be reworked as a template for your future (brilliant!) NEA
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Complete revision for Child Language Acquisition. Revision notes to consolidate knowledge, transcript analysis activity for exam practice & a model essay to see a top band essay response.
Why they work:
Easy to learn, concise, bullet point revision notes
Model essay shows how to structure a top band response
Worksheet guides students through analysing a transcript and combining with linguistic theory
Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017
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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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A* notes for every topic in Paper 2 for A Level English Language!
I’ve created a comprehensive set of notes for every topic in A Level English Language. They are 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!)
Essentially, they includes lots of key studies/ ideas/ theories – a total set of notes for each topic. Read them, learn them, practice writing essays with them and use them in the exam - you’ll be on your way to success!
I also have model essays for every topic in this paper!
Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language
This is how I revised and practiced for Paper 1 before achieving an A* in 2017.
Revise every section of paper 1 in full with this bundle! Includes:
Child spoken language acquisition summary sheet
Written and multi modal acquisition summary sheet
CLA transcript analysis guided activity and mock question
CLA student example essay answer
2x model essays for question 1, 2 and 3 to accompany the mock paper with data included
Why they work:
Notes are easy to learn, concise, bullet points without sacrificing interesting and meaningful information on CLA
Child language activity shows you how to approach the initially daunting task of combining data analysis with linguistic theory
Essays are top band and student written so show you how to structure your future (brilliant!) essays!
Notes for all six topics in paper 2
Model essays for all topics in A Level English Language
Complete revision for Paper 2. I give you the NOTES so you can revise the theory and then an example student ESSAY so you can see how to tackle the exam. Plus a bank of practice questions. Produced by a student who achieved an A* in 2017.
Paper 2 Section A
Question 1:
gender complete revision notes
accent and dialect complete revision notes
sociolect complete revision notes
occupation complete revision notes
world english complete revision notes
language change complete revision notes
gender A* essay answer
accent and dialect A* essay answer
sociolect A* essay answer
occupation A* essay answer
world english A* essay answer
language change A* essay answer
big bank of practice questions
Paper 2 Section B
Question 3:
language discourses example essay answer
Question 4:
opinion article examples
opinion article example exploring Text A & B
opinion article revision on how to create engaging openings
Total revision for Paper 1 AND 2
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