My teacher is giving us an all essay test and she said study "everything." There's 8 chapters we had to read... but how the hell do I narrow it down? I'm so lost. It's only one of two tests and I kind of want to punch her in the face. She gave us zero direction.
2007-03-06 13:40:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
What I would do in this situation would be first to familarize myself with the entire content of the section (duh) then skim back through it and write down the major ideas. Since you know its an essay test, you know that the topic has to be big enough to write a good size paragraph over. Once you have the main points, go through and make a bulleted list of the details. then just focus on the lists you have made. It may also help to get a sheet of paper and write down everything you know about a specific topic, then go back and study the things you missed. Good Luck!
2007-03-06 14:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by crazyjen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The absolute best way is to read and outline the chapter as you go along. More information is retained longer when done this way. If it's too late for that, then fall back on reading notes you may have taken, doing the quick outline (skimming paragraphs for topic sentences) and making notes and getting someone to quiz you. Quite often vocabulary is highlighted in the text - study it. Often the questions at the end of a chapter make good review questions. Then as for all essay tests, just keep blabbing. Use lots of good words, lots of good grammar, and tell everything you know and then some.
2007-03-06 13:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by my 2 cents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Study for an all essay test over everything...Duh...
No really take small notes and major facts from each chapter and think them over...dont just wrtie crap down actually read the material covered...but just read about the major fact and if you need cliff notes heres a good web site...
pinkmonkey.com and yes this is absoulute a legitimate site.
2007-03-06 13:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by ironknuckles05 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She sounds like one of my teachers. Except that mine told us what topics would be covered (he basically listed every topic that we covered in that section). What I have found works well is to go through all the notes you took from lecture and to copy all the important parts down again. It's a bit time consuming, but it really helps me retain all the information. I will also copy my notes in colored markers, because it helps me to visualize them when I'm taking the test. I hope this helps, and good luck on your test.
2007-03-06 14:15:23 · answer #4 · answered by weevilone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds she is giving the type of test where you synthesize certain themes or ideas and dont have to give super specific information. If you havent read the 8 chapters then you might be in trouble.
2007-03-06 13:44:06 · answer #5 · answered by tchem75 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 07:41:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You read a chapter, ask a friend/parent to quiz you on it (or even your teacher). Then, keep doing that with all the chapters and review it once or twice to make sure you didn't forget anything.
2007-03-06 13:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth E 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Focus on dates and names. Also anything significant to the overall time period and subject matter like laws and legal aspects that created major change or had significant impact, and the major players who had influence. Good luck!
2007-03-06 13:45:57 · answer #8 · answered by sustasue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋