Tarquin Fox-Reynolds
January 22, 2023 11:44 PM
Advanced Study Hall - Explain Yourselves by Tarquin Fox-Reynolds
The advanced study hall group gathered in the library. Tarquin nodded to them one by one as they entered. For the most part, they were a fairly self-sufficient group, knowing what they needed to do and having enough inherent motivation to just get on with it. Most of the time. They were still sixteen to eighteen year olds, and skills like time management and study habits were not things that were naturally wired into the brain, no matter what they thought. That also meant they were teachable, and especially with the sixth years being new to their grade level (though not to the school or the idea of study hall) he thought it might be best to give a little structure. Especially given who some of those newish sixth years were."Welcome to study hall," he greeted. "As you know, this is mostly a period for you to do self-directed study, or practise more risky spells with an adult on hand. However, today we are going to start the block with something a little more structured. It will only take the first half, after that, you'll be free to do the usual.
"Most of you will either have just finished a unit or be close to wrapping one up in each of your classes. You may think that means it's time to forget it all until you need to revise, but I would not recommend that," he said, using much the same tone that one would use to advise against hugging a venomous tentacular - one that lightly implied very painful consequences. "Today, we're going to look at wrapping up a unit right, so that you have less work to do when it comes to revision time.
"Part one is a checklist to help you make sure your notes are complete and organised." It was very general so that it could apply to any subject, listing questions like 'Do I have a spell/species list from this unit?' and 'Do I have written notes for every theory lesson?' "I would like you to spend ten to fifteen minutes working through the list with a partner, preferably one who shares the subject, though you can compare across subjects, and helping each other fill in any gaps.
"After that, you can continue to work on your notes for that subject if you find a lot of gaps, or you can find a partner who doesn't share the class and try to explain the core concepts to them. We've talked before in study skills about active revision. Tests will not check if you can read and recognise explanations - they will ask if you can give them. Therefore practising explaining things is a core part of a revision strategy.
"I'll be coming round to check in. Off you go."
OOC: I've tried to set this up so it's fairly open for anyone to talk to anyone. Feel free to borrow from old classes or just skip ahead to the 'doing genetic homework' part of things.
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