Revision
Revision Centre
Base Camp
Four activities that make you retrieve the material instead of re-reading it. Short enough for a bus ride, and each one explains itself when you finish.
Connections
3–5 minSixteen tiles, four groups. The trap is the lesson.
Category discipline — genre vs product vs franchise vs platform, load-bearing vs decorative, cause vs text. Six puzzles, each built around a mistake examiners flag.
Crossword
5–15 minThe vocabulary, arranged so you have to retrieve it.
Recall of the terms you need to spell correctly under exam conditions. Five word banks — genre basics, theory, media language, the three texts, or everything at once.
Cloze
4–8 minFill the gaps — first in the concepts, then in real paragraphs.
The concept passages test terms. The paragraph passages remove the analytical verbs and connectives, so you feel the difference between Merit and Excellence register in your own hands.
Pack Your Ten
6–10 minAlone's real gear list. Choose ten. Find out what got you.
The load-bearing convention argument, played rather than read. You will discover for yourself that the constraint is what generates the drama — and that line without hooks is worth nothing.
Tools
Retrieval pathways
Five-minute review
Genre definition + three texts + the depth ladder.
Fifteen-minute review
Quick guide + one round of the mixed quiz.
Strand review
Pick one strand pathway and its practice statements.
Text review
Re-read one text hub, then the comparison table.
Pre-exam review
Quick guide + flashcards (review 'still learning' cards) + one timed paragraph.