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How to be a Level 9/A* Student!
So many of you loved my post on ‘How to Get an A*/Level 9 in an English Lit Essay’ (click HERE if you want to read it), that I thought I would do another about becoming a Level 9 student more generally. This is more targeted towards English/Essay subjects, however, some elements are applicable to other subjects, too!
Exams boards tell us that the Level 9 student must demonstrate ‘flare’. They must be ‘perceptive’ and ‘discriminating’ (Edexcel). They must produce a ‘conceptualised response’ (AQA); expected to be ‘mature’ and ‘speculative’ (WJEC). But how do we learn how to do this? As I said in my last post, PEE paragraphs (and their equivalents) are great for basic structure, but they aren’t going to get you to a Level 9. I’m going to be telling you about 4 key areas that you need to practice now in order to build up your skills by the time summer exam season comes around.
1. The Importance of Wider Reading
How often do you read for pleasure? With limited time and busy schedules, the focus is often on reading things quickly or focusing only on important points on themes and characters. The Level 9 Student reads for pleasure and, because of this, has a far greater pool of experience to refer to when sitting their exam. This might mean reading a novel set in Stalin’s Russia, or reading Fahrenheit 451 for dystopian fiction, for example. If you do this, when it comes to looking at exam texts, you will already be able to make interesting links between what you’re studying in class and the other books/articles that you have read.
Arrange a study date with your friends and share ideas about the books you have been reading. Sharing ideas helps to improve your ‘convincing’ (AQA) response to set texts, and perhaps also improves your own writing and story development too.
2. Practice Writing for Pleasure
Many students see writing as a necessary evil. Often, we look for formulas and checklists of how to write a creative piece or how to emulate other successful writers. Whilst acronyms like AFORREST can produce interesting work, few will have ‘flare’. As you become a better reader, you will become a better writer. Writing your own short story is not an easy task, nor will it be something that you will enjoy doing at first. However, writing a minimum of a page a week will improve your writing ability vastly. You could write about anything to do with your subject, you don’t even have to make it factual, as long as you are engaging with the writing.
The result: when you stop writing in response to exam material and start writing for your own pleasure, you begin to write with connectivity, creativity, and ‘flare’.
3. Challenge Yourself
It is not possible to predict exam questions, so you should not teach yourself to answer one specific question on a topic. The chances are a question/topic will come up in an exam that you will find difficult. The Level 9 Student will see this challenge as a positive thing, a chance to attack a problem and work out the solution. This is called the ‘growth mind-set’ - developed by Dweck if you want to read into it more. You need to make struggle and failure part of your daily routine, teaching yourself to embrace a challenge, and take risks that produce imaginative outcomes. Whether it’s doing daily puzzles on an app on your phone or playing a game like Cluedo, you need to develop tools to problem-solve and think creatively. You could also create a Tarsia puzzle based on your subject, which will give you a plethora of contextual knowledge to work through.
The important aspect of a challenge is that it cannot be solved easily. It should rely on you making mistakes and having to use your own independent study skills to complete it. This self-reliance, resilience and determination will make you a Level 9 Student.
4. Extra-Curricular Activities Are Vital
Last, but certainly not least, is the importance of extra-curricular activities. I would highly recommend going to museums, art galleries, exhibitions, university public seminars, etc. You could also visit a high-ranking university to help raise your aspirations.
However, I completely understand that many students don’t have the access to these things. Watching films and documentaries around your subject are just as insightful, and you can find some really challenging TED talks online in all areas. Through your own drive and determination, you will begin the wider reading to get to a Level 9 after undertaking inspiring extra-curricular activities.
A final note:
As a Level 9 Student, you will offer ‘perceptive’ (Edexcel) comments because you are well-read. Your writing will be ‘convincing’ (AQA) because you are a writer. Your responses will demonstrate ‘discriminating engagement’ (Edexcel) because you will be engaged by the texts and your own ideas. Your exam scripts will demonstrate a student who is ‘mature’ (WJEC) because you have a mind-set which appreciates challenge and blossoms in a struggle.
inspired by NATE magazine
Bored of being told to listen to classical music? Here is a list of great study music from your favorite video games, movies and more.
aesthetics and smooth
lofi hip hop radio
anime vibes
dozing off *
soft piano
nostalgic *
synthwave
video games
compilation
animal crossing *
final fantasy
fez
pokemon
zelda
nintendo
assassins creed
mario bros
ambient sounds
hufflepuff common room *
slytherin common room
ravenclaw common room
gryffindor common room
hagrids hut
diagon alley
the hall of faces (game of thrones)
the green dragon inn (lotr)
spaceship bedroom
medival towns
fireplace
from the screen
the hobbit
harry potter
disney
studio ghibli
the grand budapest hotel *
amelie
pirates of the caribbean
narnia
how to train your dragon
clockwork orange
moonrise kingdom
twin peaks
acoustics / bands (with lyrics)
the paper kites
gregory alan isakov
soley
crywolf
mogwai
* personal favorites
I'd also suggest the undertale soundtrack (it's so good!!)
Bored of being told to listen to classical music? Here is a list of great study music from your favorite video games, movies and more.
aesthetics and smooth
lofi hip hop radio
anime vibes
dozing off *
soft piano
nostalgic *
synthwave
video games
compilation
animal crossing *
final fantasy
fez
pokemon
zelda
nintendo
assassins creed
mario bros
ambient sounds
hufflepuff common room *
slytherin common room
ravenclaw common room
gryffindor common room
hagrids hut
diagon alley
the hall of faces (game of thrones)
the green dragon inn (lotr)
spaceship bedroom
medival towns
fireplace
from the screen
the hobbit
harry potter
disney
studio ghibli
the grand budapest hotel *
amelie
pirates of the caribbean
narnia
how to train your dragon
clockwork orange
moonrise kingdom
twin peaks
acoustics / bands (with lyrics)
the paper kites
gregory alan isakov
soley
crywolf
mogwai
* personal favorites
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Body Recovered From Ohio's Scioto River Identified as Missing Social Justice Advocate, Amber Evans
The body of a young woman recovered from the Scioto River in Ohio on Saturday has been identified as 28-year-old community activist Amber Evans by Columbus Police. She had been missing since Jan. 28.
Evans was a well-known community activist in the city, working with a variety of social justice organizations.
Since 2015, she had worked with Juvenile Justice Coalition; she was promoted to executive director weeks before her disappearance.
Evans played a key role in organizing protests at Columbus City Hall; she was also “heavily involved” with the People’s Justice Project, a nonprofit dedicated to organizing working people and people of color across Columbus.
She was reported missing in late January, following a domestic dispute with her boyfriend of 10 years, police say. Amber went to work the morning of Jan. 28; she left following a 5:30 p.m. meeting after telling her coworkers she wasn’t feeling well. She was last seen in security footage at a local store, where she bought cold medicine and a Snickers bar.
Police found Evans’ abandoned car later that evening in the Scioto Mile area in Downtown Columbus with her purse in the trunk; her phone was found on another part of the Scioto Mile the next day.
Two days before Evans went missing, Fischer said she spoke with her daughter on the phone about her plans for the next 20 years.
“I said, ‘Amber, tell me what your life is going to be — your 30 and 40-year-old life — and how that looks for you.’” Fischer said, recounting the conversation for NBC News’ “Dateline.”
She says her daughter told her, “Mom, I want to go back to Paris and teach the children English again.” Evans had worked and studied in the French capital; Fischer said it was the happiest her daughter had been.
It was the last conversation she would have with her daughter.
National social justice network “Showing Up for Racial Justice” released a statement Sunday responding to the news of Evans’ death. Excerpts of the statement were published by Columbus’ local ABC affiliate.
“Anyone who knew Amber knows that she was extremely disciplined and dedicated to struggling for a better world,” wrote lead organizer Tynan Krakoff. “She treated everyone with dignity and when you spoke, it always felt like she truly was listening. She was a fighter and we will continue her legacy.”
Sandra Bland 2015
Marshawn McCarrel 2016
Darren Seals 2017
Edward Crawford 2017
Erica Garner 2017
Muhiyidin Moye 2018
Danye Jones 2018
Bassem Masri 2018
Amber Evans 2019
Prayers for Amber Evans’ family and community.
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