studying for half-yearly (1 Viewer)

[= Jennifer =]

i am trying to study for my half yearly exam for sor and nothing seems to be sinking in is there an effective way to study for the exam?how is everyone else studying

 

[cro_angel]

reading the excel book and the set of papers we got at school.. im finding it hard to understand the aboriginal spirituality topic.. our teacher didnt explain it to us well but shes good with the elisabeth schussler fiorenza stuff

 

[snapperhead]

get your hands on the macquarie book if you are worried about content (its better than the excel)
Look at past papers as you can prepare certain answers that can be applied to almost any question in each topic area (esp. the foundation studies)
May be able to help with "notes" if you get stuck/dont like your content--pm me

 

[santaslayer]

past papers are the best source...u can try and get ur hands on the exemplers. i looked thru 3 years of 2U RE papers and sum questions always pop up...

 

[juggernaut]

when are your half yearlys jennifer?

 

[= Jennifer =]

Originally posted by juggernaut
when are your half yearlys jennifer?

22 march - 2 april

 

[juggernaut]

ours r next term

 

[iambored]

past papers to try and get a feel of answering the questions. i feel sor papers are very hard actually

 

[redslert]

2 thumbs up for macquarie revision SOR book!

 

[Rahul]

depends on what kinda the exam it will be...but it should be from the syllabus. so make notes on the dot points and you should be fine.

i'll give the macquarie revision guide 2 more thumbs up. its really good.

 

[snapperhead]

standards packages are also helpful, especially the band 6 answers

 

[= Jennifer =]

Originally posted by snapperhead
standards packages are also helpful, especially the band 6 answers

do you know where i can obtain the standards packages from?

 

[snapperhead]

Originally posted by = Jennifer =
do you know where i can obtain the standards packages from?

your library *should* have them

PM me if they dont and I'll tell you where you can get them for SOR (dont want to give out the info here.)

 

[redslert]

a side note about the macquarie revision guide, particularly for the CR studies
you will need extra notes from other texts if you want good marks

the author of the guide is of a protestant background, it lacks a lot of the catholic perspective and leans towards anglicans, baptists, methordists etc

i want to highlight is point because it is easier to compare catholics and anglicans because of their many similarities and differences

 

[snapperhead]

Originally posted by redslert
a side note about the macquarie revision guide, particularly for the CR studies
you will need extra notes from other texts if you want good marks

the author of the guide is of a protestant background, it lacks a lot of the catholic perspective and leans towards anglicans, baptists, methordists etc

i want to highlight is point because it is easier to compare catholics and anglicans because of their many similarities and differences

Yes and No.......
The syllabus doesnt dictate what variants you should study so as long as you compare/contrast two, it doesnt really matter what variants you look at (religions are a different kettle of fish). WHilst Catholic and something is OK, it isnt required as the syllabus isnt catholic. The rubric in the HSC doesnt dictate what, just that it should be a comparrison. Depends on what you are comparing + the "lack" of info on Protestant stuff actually shows research and analysis. (ie verything is Catholic and at HSC marking level, ppl tend to Catholise stuff)
Patricia Haywood is a senior marker and was one of the HSC "developers" so her stuff is reliable and more than satisfies course requirements.