If you're struggling with GCSE RE, but you also want to get a 9, you have clicked at the right
video, because today I'll be sharing with you all my top 10 tips on how to really get that 9 in GCSE
RE, so if you're interested to find other tips, then please keep watching this video till the end,
so these top 10 tips have been gathered based on these three areas. Number one is based on my own
personal experience on one of the mistakes I've made in my GCSE RE. Number two is, of course,
based on my own sister's teachers' comments and advice, and based on how to really get that 9 in
that particular subject, and number three is, of course, based on research on the internet,
for example watching a lot of YouTube videos, and free blogs, and whatever that might be,
so I've gathered all this information together in this one video so that you don't really
have to watch any other videos I believe, so if you're interested to find out the top 10 tips,
then please keep watching this video till the end. Before I begin with the advanced tips,
I want to make sure that you're doing these four basic things already. Number one is making
sure that you're looking at the mark schemes, examiners reports, as well as teachers' comments
on how to really improve your grade, and how to really improve your answers, and how to actually
make points that are actually going to give you the marks, instead of just waffling around when
you're actually answering the questions. Number two is making sure they're using as many past
papers as possible, and practicing a lot of them well before the exam, so that you know exactly
and familiarizing yourself with the question types they might be getting for RE, as well as on how to
really answer those questions, and what kind of q questions you actually might get in the exam, and
which ones actually get repeated a lot of times. Number three is making sure that you're looking at
as many resources as possible, which are very free available online, for example, YouTube videos,
documentaries, or flashcards such as Quizlet, or whatever that might be, and you're actually
implementing them into your revision session. Number four is, of course, sending as much work
as possible to your own teachers through email, or this could be also face-to-face, for example
during lunchtime, or even after school, so in that way, you're benefiting yourself in getting that 9.
Now we're going to be moving on to the first tip or advanced first tip, and that is to make sure
that using your flashcards really wisely, so when you actually want to have two sets of flashcards
for RE, so the first one is for long answers only, and you're writing points for those,
and how to structure those answers really well, and this side will be for the basic information,
for example, Christianity, Islam and whatever that might be, whatever topic there is,
so you have to learn you have to make sure that you're creating two sets of flashcards,
one for long answers, and one for actual basic information, because the content is key,
and if you don't know the content, you can never write a good answer anyway, so you want
to make sure that you are using flashcards really wisely, and revising these as much as possible,
and as many times as you can, so that the content is basically stuck into your head.
Tip number two is making sure you're creating some kind of summary sheets, or summary notes,
or consolidating notes of all the topics in an A4 sheet of paper, so that you have only
that paper that you actually need only for your exam revision, and your exam sessions as well,
so you want to make sure that you're creating this consolidated notes, by gathering information
from different kind of resources that you have found, and information that you found
everywhere, for example textbook, online from school from any other books, or documentaries that
you may have watched, or even a YouTube video that you may have watched about that particular topic,
you want to make sure that you're gathering all those things in one sheet of paper,
and one a4 paper, and you want to make sure that you're revising this over and over again, and
whenever you are in the exam season, or when the exam season is approaching, which is right now,
you want to make sure you're using that sheet of paper as many times as possible, especially when
you're trying to remember information, and also whenever you're trying to answer the question,
so create a good summary sheet, or consolidating notes that you can use on a daily basis. Tip
number three is making sure that you're creating your own essay questions, or questions in general
that you might think that might be coming up in the exam based on the topics that you have been
already given by the teachers anyway, so you want to make sure they're creating your own questions,
and I've actually repeated this particular tip also for GCSE Maths, because I believe that
the more you can create your own questions, and make your own past paper, then you exactly know
where you're actually weak, and whatever you actually falling behind, or you might
need to work on much further, and also which topics are actually very confident and you
can actually do them really well, so you want to make sure that you're making your own questions,
and answering them, and also the best part about is that you can actually write your own answers,
and on points, and all evidence to support those points, and then you can actually show it with
each other as I've already mentioned before. Tip number three is that you have a good set of
practice as much as possible just before the exam so that you're very confident in all the topics,
and you're not being afraid, or nervous, as to which questions are going to come, and you're
going to be feeling very nervous, so you want to make sure that you're creating your own questions,
answering them, and then showing it to the teacher. Tip number four is making sure you're
researching different viewpoints for different types of religions that you might be learning
in this particular subject matter, for example, if you're talking about Christianity, or Islam
in your long essay answer, you want to make sure that you're writing arguments that are against
the religion that you might be talking about. For example, if it's Christianity or Islam,
you want to make sure that you're writing some kind of points that are actually very unique,
very original, and some things that the examiners may have never heard before,
so you want to make sure that you're researching independently on some kind of arguments that are
for and against as well, the particular religions, they might be talking about in the long questions,
and in this way, you will make sure that you are standing on, as I already mentioned before,
and in that way, your answers will look more structured, more put together, and also more
up-to-date information as well, which examiners might find it very impressive, because nowadays
no one actually likes to research and stuff, so you want to make sure that you're actually
creating different kinds of viewpoints, and trying to basically plan them well before actually
writing the answers. Tip number five is making sure that you always write which side of the
argument you actually agree with in the essay, or in the conclusion of a long essay answer,
in that way, we show that you know exactly that you have done your research, you have
written your points, you have written your evidence, which side do you agree with,
and why you want to make sure you're writing this down in the conclusion section of the essay,
and also along with that, I want you to make sure that you're not writing too much, and too often,
but also not too little at the same time, because quality is more important over quantity, you don't
wanna make sure that you're writing five pages in the answer booklet, or whatever that might be,
but it's not answering the question, so you make sure that whatever points you're actually going to
be writing in the exam, they are all relevant, and answer the question, rather than actually waffling
around, and describing the answer, or whatever that might be, so you want to make sure that
you are planning your answers really well, and quality is over quantity all the time, and also
write your viewpoint which side do you agree with, based on the research they've already written,
or the balance of arguments have actually written down already in the answer, in that way, it will
definitely make it stand out amongst all the other peers. Tip number six is making sure they're not
getting too stressed, or overly stressed based on the information that have been provided for RE,
because I know that RE is one of the subjects that has a lot of quantity of information that you have
to really remember for the exam, and sometimes one simple mistake can actually make you lose a lot of
marks, whenever you're writing an answer, but do not feel afraid, or stressed on based on how much
information you may have to learn, because I'm sure that this year's exams are pretty
monitored by the teachers themselves, so I'm sure they will be choosing things that are very
hard, or easy for you in a way, and you want to make sure that you're not getting overly stressed
because whenever you stress, you end up losing a lot of time and energy, but just thinking about
things that you can't really control, so you want to make sure that whenever you are feeling
stressed about how much information, you have to learn for RE, you're just calming yourself down
and come back to it later probably, but do not give up yourself, because everything is at the end
of the day, and you can definitely get that grade 9 in GCSE RE. This brings me to the end of today's
video. I hope you really enjoyed this found this video really helpful on how to get 9 in your GCSE
RE, and I'm sure you would definitely ace it in the exam if you follow these 10 tips, and also if
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