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SChique00's Study Log
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01-09-2013 9:49pm#1Hi all - Sarah, 17, studying (or suffering, depending on your own outlook) English, Irish, French, History, Biology and Accounting at HL and Maths at OL. Doing this to hold myself accountable not only to my own conscience, but to all of you lovely people on the interweb.
Hopefully I will survive this year without incurring an emotional/mental/physical breakdown, but I'm starting to realise that preparation and organisation is the key to any kind of success. That's why I spent the best part of 3 hours drawing and colouring my shiny new study plan like the big child I am :pac:
In all seriousness though, I am determined to stick to it for the next month at least - by that time I should have a good idea of any changes or modifications that need to be made.
Goals for September:
ENGLISH - Read through and complete an essay on Macbeth; study and complete a shorter question on Dickinson (have a feeling she may come up this year); start reading one of my comparative texts again (whichever is less soul-destroying, The Road or 1984 :P )
IRISH - Learn off 4 picture sequences (one a week is doable, right?); study and make good notes for An Gnáthrud; pick one of the grammar chapters and know the rules for that topic and how to apply them (have a feeling I'll need to start from the very beginning since I know virtually none of the rules!)
BIOLOGY - Keeping it fairly simple, study 3 chapters inside out and do the relevant questions from past papers for them
ACCOUNTING - Practise Final Accounts at least twice (past paper questions) and get them marked; learn off 10 of the ratios by heart and how to apply them; study control accounts and practise questions from past papers (twice)
HISTORY - we're working on the special study project in class time atm, so I'm keeping my goals fairly limited: study Bismarck and Wilhelm II and make detailed plans for past paper essays relating to them; revise Unionism (apparently it's tipped to come up next year)
FRENCH - revise all covered tenses so far; learn 20 new words/phrases/idioms and know how to apply them in sentences (that's 5 per week); go back over some past comprehensions (or any covered in class/done for homework) and look up all vocab that I don't understand.
Annnnnd I have no real goals for Maths - thing is, I don't really need it for what I want to do! Plus I got an E in the summer exams but still wound up getting well over 500 points, so I have no reason to pay it much heed this year - I'll do my best to understand what's going on in class, and I'll obviously do my homework, but that'll be the height of my effort in the subject.
Gonna make September my month (hopefully!) Parent teacher meeting is on the first of October so by that stage I'll be further along, have a better idea of where I stand with revision and progress, plus I'll be getting valuable feedback in all my subjects. Wish me luck!
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As all the other guys seem to be doing this, I feel I should too - here are my target marks for June '14 should you wish to know them (it might also keep my head in the game seeing them posted every time I come to log a study session
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English - A1
Irish - A1/A2
Biology - A1
History - A2
French - A1
Accounting - B1/A2
Maths - A1/A2 (OL)
And to compare, what I got in the summer exams:
English - A2
Irish - A2
Biology - A1
History - B1
French - B1
Accounting - A2
Maths - E (less said about that last one the better :P )0 -
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"...and not a single thing was done that day..."
Okay, that's not entirely true - truth is, I had a double study period today (allotted 5 per week because I dropped Business last year), and after completing all essential homework in that time, I just got lazy when I got home.
Irish: made some notes on "An Gnáthrud" under various headings using internet resources and the textbook - I plan to embark on a full-length question at the weekend, time-permitting.
History - spent a good portion of my time faffing about, chatting on Facebook, tumbling on tumblr and generally procrastinating like a pro. Did manage to complete another paragraph, but I'm just hitting a wall, I guess. I'm 982 words into the first draft of my extended essay, which, given that we only started back last Wednesday, seems like good progress to me.
Biology - started making notes on the skeleton and muscles chapter; gave up after 20 minutes because it's coma-inducing. And I've always liked note-making for Biology because I get to unleash the gel pens and markers and my inner 5-year-old... maybe I'm just having a slow day.
All in all, not an entirely productive day, but I'm getting there, one baby step at a time 0 -
Productive day I reckon, even though I feel drained now - can't wait to hit the leaba :pac:
Maths - did the homework, didn't pay much heed to it (still on general algebra - praise be for OL maths!)
English - studying Children of Men this year with our new teacher (the man is a true Godsend), so just wrote a 50 word summary on my thoughts on the protagonist so far
Irish - doing some groundwork in class for An Triail (we're starting next week), so learned off one or two paragraphs on the general theme and the author's background. Went back over a sraithpictúir too :cool:
Biology - made detailed notes for the skeleton and muscles chapter, answered exam questions for homework at the back of the chapter, corrected test from class.
French - had a comprehension due for class tomorrow, so looked up all words and phrases I didn't know and worked them into sentences.0 -
Just trying to make my own study planner now at the moment because I think if I have organised what I should be doing on certain times/days, then I won't procrastinate, etc. :cool: The problem is, I'm not really sure what kind of targets I should be setting or how much each night, what subjects each night, etc. Just wondering how you went about making yours? 0
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Just trying to make my own study planner now at the moment because I think if I have organised what I should be doing on certain times/days, then I won't procrastinate, etc. :cool: The problem is, I'm not really sure what kind of targets I should be setting or how much each night, what subjects each night, etc. Just wondering how you went about making yours?
I've been finding this useful for the first two weeks of school, have printed off six and have planned my next six weeks of studying and have also hit hard into biology economics and business revision thanks to the organisation of this. Hope it helps! https://www.studyclix.ie/Content/Uploads/635029061927645298.pdf0 -
thanks a mil!Claire1456 wrote: »I've been finding this useful for the first two weeks of school, have printed off six and have planned my next six weeks of studying and have also hit hard into biology economics and business revision thanks to the organisation of this. Hope it helps! https://www.studyclix.ie/Content/Uploads/635029061927645298.pdf
now just to decide what subjects to do when, targets, etc. As a matter of interest, what would an example of day be for you? How much would you be looking to do, etc. 0 -
thanks a mil! now just to decide what subjects to do when, targets, etc. As a matter of interest, what would an example of day be for you? How much would you be looking to do, etc.
I use the 'time' column as the name of the subject, as I never know what time I will finish my homework. A usually day would consist of making biology notes on one chapter from last year eg osmosis. Revising and the following evening doing exam questions and testing myself.. Revising two topics for French/Irish oral eg describing myself, my town, hobbies, school and testing myself. Making notes on the current economics chapter that were doing in class and maybe practicing my songs for my music practical if I can squeeze it in. That's the usual day.0 -
Sarah's doing her Leaving Cert :O And I'm in TY now.. Two years have flown by! :eek: Best of Luck this year Sarah! You deserve it
OMG dude! Can't remember when we spoke last :eek: has it been that long? You'll be getting your results on Wednesday if I'm not mistaken? You were well geared up for the exams the last time we were talking - you'll do amazingly, no doubt 0 -
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I know it's crazy! :eek: Seems like only last week we were all on the OT together :') Yup results WednesdayOMG dude! Can't remember when we spoke last :eek: has it been that long? You'll be getting your results on Wednesday if I'm not mistaken? You were well geared up for the exams the last time we were talking - you'll do amazingly, no doubt I hope so xD Don't know if I'd call it amazing xD How's 6th year? 0 -
I know it's crazy! :eek: Seems like only last week we were all on the OT together :') Yup results Wednesday I hope so xD Don't know if I'd call it amazing xD How's 6th year?
Ah the good old days :pac: woop woop - ah you'll be graaaaand I have full faith in your abilities
it's pretty pants, but that was to be expected :rolleyes: it's literally work work work from the moment you start... 0 -
They truly were :') hahaah xD Thank youAh the good old days :pac: woop woop - ah you'll be graaaaand I have full faith in your abilities it's pretty pants, but that was to be expected :rolleyes: it's literally work work work from the moment you start... Likewise!! Awh bet you wish you were in TY like me 0 -
Right, back after an extended abscence *blushes at own acknowledgement of no self-discipline*
WHAT I DID TODAY (was a productive evening all things considered!)
Maths - Exponential functions homework (handy at OL, like EVERYTHING ELSE )
Irish - Learned an intro for an essay concerning sport/the GAA/health among the youth
French - Wrote some sentences in l'imparfait, learned 20 new vocab words/phrases for a test tomrrow
Biology - studied both chapters on Enzymes and used the textbook questions: going to get them corrected tomorrow
Accounting - did Club Accounts homework.0 -
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ENGLISH - Macbeth and Lady Macbeth relationship question
IRISH - 2 Géibheann questions; wrote out notes for possible answers
HISTORY - rough draft of church-state tensions essay (test on Thursday), made notes
FRENCH - homework: idiomatic phrase exercise
BIOLOGY - revised respiration chapter and condensed notes to 1/2 A4 page
MATHS - homework: functions question
quite a bitty evening of work - went home early because I was feeling unwell and slept until 4.30 - started at 4.45 and took a 15 minute break at 6.30. Still, better than nothing I suppose
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