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Thankyou so much for helping me. I am in year 10 and preparing for my exam in May. I was really stuck and confused but this has helped me. Thankyou so much again!
my school does OCR rs and the 12 marks are 15 mark essays and they're so much different because you have to argue and discuss both sides of a statement, but you can absolutely not under no circumstances show even a hint partiality to any one side and that's what makes it difficult to me. one of my arguments always ends up sounding better than the other 😭😭😭
You are able to show partiality. In the introduction, you argue your side, then do maybe 2 paragraphs on one side of the argument and one on the other, then a conclusion, using lots of quotes and evidence.
intro- say some (religion) believe this while other believe that p1- two-four explained points agree p2- same amount explained points disagree conc- sum up one agree point and why they agree and then sum up one disagree point and why they disagree (don’t make any new points)
i love u sm girl thank u. gcses r in less than 2 weeks + re is my first exam.. needed this edit: my gcse is tomorrow HELPPP edit: okay soo i didn't finish at the end BUT i knew most of the stuff. i think i got like a 6? it was the ammount of time that was the main struggle but i've revised enough i think :) edit: I PASSED W A SIX AND GOT INTO MY DREAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL!!!
@@ohokay7789try not to worry !! i know its hard because im a little nervous too lmao 😭 but just think about the fact that when this is all over, we have a long holiday ahead of us 🤭 also, gcses dont determine how successful you will be ! employers do not care about what grade you got, so dont worry about not having a future .
Haha 😂 I was just revising RS until I saw your video, for tomorrows y11 exams and same I have made mindmaps for my topics 😅 and the AQA have emphasised that for our conclusion it is important to add a new point, to show the examiners you haven’t ran out of ideas 💡 which will make our conclusion even stronger
This would have helped a lot more if the religious education exam in Ireland wasn’t so drastically changed to be impossible to get a 70+ 😅 thanks Sola, I’ll try my best and comment again on my result in June when I take the exam
@@heidifowler77_7if you want to study theology, secondary school teaching with religion I’d say it’s worth it. In my school I only do it because it’s a compulsory subject. After the Junior Cert I’m not studying it anymore. And for my results o got a higher merit (no percentages are given) so that’s between 75%-90%. But I think I got around 85% judging on how I answered the questions
My school forced us to take RS in Y10 and in my first mock I got an 8! My next RE mocks are in 3 and 12 days so I will be pushing for that grade 9! Thank you so much for these amazing tips!!! :D
bro same at 9:00am as well - in the mocks I just used common sense on all of them and got a grade 5 cuz on the questions like "How is this festival celebrated" I had 0 clue what it was and put Feasts and Prayers and got full 4 marks.
this was such a helpful video tysm my school does rs by force and i cant say im the best at it and because it is compulsory the rs gcse is done in yr 10 i will be back to this video to share my results (if i remember)
The problem with RE is that there are many schools especially Catholic schools who have RE multiple times a week but then there are schools like mine who in y11 have it once a week and in y10 only had it once a week for half of the school year. There is content we havent covered since the begining of y9 that we are expected to remember. Also because teachers are trying to cram the content we never go through exam technique. So schools like this are at a disadvantage compared to other schools. In the mock we did for Paper 2 most people got a grade 3. It is important to learn about other religions but it isnt great that many of us are forced to do a GCSE on it because the school gets paid for it. Also many of us prioritise other subjects and this makes it harder to get decent grades in RE. To all of you who are in a similar situation i wish you luck with your exam
This sounds annoying, sorry that your RE experience hasn't been the best! I really do recommend getting the CGP Revision guide for AQA as it does summarise things really well amzn.to/3pEvNft It's really good for self-teaching! Hope your exams go well :-) You can beat the odds!
@@SmileWithSola Thank you, the school actually provided us all with free revision guides, i was just using it. Your video was really helpful, I just finished a mindmap of one topic!
Hi Sola, Great Vid, agree with everything you said about how you should go through the structure of all the questions 1,2,4,5 and do PPQS and Practice Blurting and A4 Mind-maps to test your O.K, then ask teachers to mark 12 markers (Essay Qs) Could you share the quizlets you have for learning Christianity quotes and any other sources of authority quotes for any of the specific topics, Cheers
Unfortunately I don't, I just made the one in this video for demonstration. They're really easy to make though, just use a revision guide and use short quotes. Glad you found the vid helpful and hope your exams go well!
im on the road for a grade 8/9 in rs and i basically only use flashcards and practice Q's help😭😭 definitely gonna try use the mind map and blurting technique though so thank u for the recommendation that will hopefully push me over the edge to get the 9!! :D
My RS teacher told me to not repeat points in the conclusion. This is because AQA does NOT double award. ALWAYS use different points in your conclusion and include 2 different quotes in it. This is for a strong conclusion.
I guess it depends on the teacher! I feel like if you’re writing a good essay then you bring points out of nowhere in your conclusion it doesn’t flow naturally and seems like you just put the points in a rush. The whole point of the essay question is to form a good argument and then come to a definitive conclusion at the end, not write as many points as you can. You get marks based on the way you structure your essay not only the points.
@@rubyjess4876 have you seen examples of a grade 9 conclusion? The whole point of a conclusion is to give a justified opinion. This opinion will also need to be backed up by new points, or quotes. You wouldn’t go into detail with the point in the conclusion but you would give the point which will gain you an extra mark. In the mark scheme, AQA doesn’t double award an extra mark if you repeat the same point in your conclusion. For it to flow, you may include the point, but make sure to add another point as it’ll make sure you achieve high marks on that question and you could possibly be overmarked.
btw, you don't need quotes for the 5 marker(q4), it just says include a reference to authority. My teachers went to an aqa training day, and they said you can just write something like 'in the bible, it says that god made the world in 6 days'
You don’t have to write quotes but it looks better if you do, especially since you probably already have relevant quotes if you have been revising. The 12 marker has a quite vague mark scheme so your grade in it is also focused on the examiners perception of you and the quality of your writing. There’s no harm in writing the best essay you can
Hi, I'm not at GCSE yet, but in my school the end of year exams follow this same structure. This has been really helpful, especially the advice on the twelve-marker.
For the introduction in the essay how would you structure it. Would you just say why you agree with it and give it a point and develope it or would you just say you agree with it?
This is a really late reply sorry, didn't see this! You can re-interate the statement again for example in this question: Q: [‘To believe in the six articles of faith is the best way to please God.’ Evaluate this statement.] If I agreed I would start with "Believing in the six articles of faith is the greatest way to please God. This is shown in ........." Just re-state the question and give your best evidence for it to back it up. Don't waste too much time though just 1-3 sentences.
If I only cram and summarise the textbook can I still get a grade 9 in GCSE? Ive been doing this for a while and I always get full marks or one or two off and I’m in yr 10 currently ❤😊
So for the questions after the blurting should we make flashcards for the topic so we can use them test ourselves after? Or would it not be worth it? Thanksss x
It wasnt too bad honestly, I did Islam and Christianity. The 12 markers on the Islam papers were hard to counteract an argument but the ones on the Christianity paper were easy. The Eid question on the Islam paper was confusing, and im saying this as a muslim. My aunt who is an RE teacher said that she would have answered it how i did tho. The charity question on the Christianity paper was a little bit of a struggle because i didnt know anything about the individual charities so i just started talking about food banks and teachinga bout religion. How did you find it?
Hi thank you for the video, really useful. I just wanted to ask for the structure of the 12 mark question my teacher said to do- my point, disagree, counter, and repeat that a second time which is lightly different to your structure. Could it still get 12 marks?
Yes, it's all about having a detailed and thoughtful argument throughout your essay. You don't have to follow my structure to a T, yours sounds good. You've got this :-)
I recommend using the CGP revision guides 🙂 Past papers can be found on the examboard website for example if you search on Google 'AQA Religious Studies GCSE Past papers'
I will have to watch other videos on youtube now because yours isn't to the point! You didn't explain some of the basic stuff like Are we required to choose just one religion as part of our studies or should we be studying all of them? Didn't show us any samples etc..
hey solaaa, i was wondering if i started to hardcore revise like this starting in january and finish the content in about february to march and leave the rest for exam practice do you think i’ll be able to get over 7s for all my gcsesss
Hey :) so I can't guarantee what exact grades you will get but if you put in the work, plan your time effectively and make sure you cover your weaknesses, you will definitely get great grades in your exams. It's all about prioritising and doing active revision such as the blurting and flashcards I was talking about in this video. Be sure to subscribe and watch my other videos in my grade 9 playlist to find out how to revise effectively!
Ah, I did AQA and I mastered 12/12 in my essays so it depends on the exam board really. You can still apply these tips to maximise your grades. You don't need full marks in RS to get an 8/9
Sola can you show us a mind map on Tawhid? I want to see if my son is doing his mind maps correctly as he has just done one for Islam on the Oneness of God or Tawhid. Sorry to be so specific but I figured that you may have a mind map on Tawhid and as this is his first RS mind map, I want to see if he’s writing the right things.
