6S


 * 6S**


 * REMEMBER THAT ALL GEOGRAPHY PROJECTS ARE DUE BY MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER.**


 * TWO COPIES TO SCHOOL.**


 * ONE COPY TO ME BY EMAIL. I SHOULD RECEIVE IT BY MIDNIGHT!**


 * Hope it all went well Dr Lee ; )**


 * Geography Prep**

Complete your Geography Projects tonight. They are due in on Monday.


 * prep tonight. Complete holiday work.**


 * Geography Holiday Work**

Write an essay on the following subject.

Are push or pull factors more important when it comes to migration to the UK?

You can type this essay and you can email it to me at aklsh@icloud.com.

Spend around an hour researching the topic and around 30 minutes writign your essay.

You must have a diagram. Draw it, photograph it with your phone, and insert the photograph into your essay.

Good luck.

Also spend some time reading the current press about geographical issues. Particularly look at recent topical geographical issues from the topics we have covered in the course.


 * Geography Lesson Monday 10 October 2016**

You have been asked to bring your computers to lessons. You were asked in the last lesson to make sure you brought your computer for this lesson.

You need to get your project up to the following level.

You should have done

Title Page Table of Contents (copied and pasted from Wikispace) Key Questions Introduction Study Area Methodology

You could then be starting on your data presentation, where you need to show the data you will be using to answer your key questions. These should be shown in at least 3 different forms ie a table, a pie chart, a bar chart etc. Whatever form is most useful to productively show the data. In the next section you will analyse the data which is the most important and interesting part.

Good luck and email me if you are having any problems. I should be available during the lesson, so email if you like directly on aklsh@icloud.com.

Best,

Dr Lee


 * Geography Cover Lesson and Prep 3 October 2016**

I am not sure whether you will have your computers with you. So I will assume not all of you do. In future bring them on Mondays just in case. At least we can do some work on your projects if you have them, during the lessons.

I haven't looked at your last review prep. It was more about looking over my essay than anything else, so review of a review is not so important. Hopefully you made some progress with your project. If you have any project questions, email them to me at thinkingeo@me.com.

Today, you need to build on your essay writing skills.

I want you to write an essay under exam conditions, in terms of silence etc, but you can use your textbook to help you out.

This essay is: Devastation by flooding is caused by human beings not rainfall. (This is about how human action is responsible for flooding, including building on floodplains etc) (Use your textbook for case studies along with your own knowledge).

Spend 15 or so minutes doing some research. 10 minutes planning. YES WRITE A PLAN. Think about a structural diagram, that addresses the way you're answering the question.

Then write what you can during the lesson and complete for prep. It would be best if you could type it and email it to me then I can mark it and give you responses.

(My mother is very ill again. It's all a bit harrowing. Sorry to not be there)

Best, Dr Lee


 * Geography Prep Monday 26 September 2016**

Today in class I went through the essay you did for prep, and I wrote my version of the essay showing you how I would do it, talking aloud, tracking and backtracking, building, expanding and rationalising. This is what //you// need to do.

Glue your mark sheet in after your essay. (1 minute)



For prep what I want you to do is print my essay. I want you to __**annotate**__ my essay. You were there in the lesson. Put arrows pointing to the text and explain what the essay is doing at each point. For example, you should put an arrow to the first sentence and write, "Opens with a bold sentence that is designed to be an 'eye opener.'' (7 minutes)

Then I want you to suggest how the essay could be better and why. Remember I wrote it in 30 minutes. How could it be better, if perhaps I had spent an hour on it? (3 minutes)

Then I would like you to do some work on your project. The project guide is on the Wikispace under Rivers or Tourism on the side menu bar. I want you to produce and print me your Title Page and Introduction.(24 minutes)


 * Total 35 minutes.**


 * Geography Prep Monday 19 September 2016**
 * Write an essay on the following: Volcanoes cause more devastation than Earthquakes. Discuss.**

Remember: 1. Understand the question 2. Oranise your thoughts and collect your categories of answers (group) 3. Build a diagram that shows the structure of your essay 4. Write your essay going through the structure of your essay and use case studies (real examples) to argue your case. 5. Make your conclusion drawing together the findings of the essay

Make your opening sentence interesting and thought provoking along with your final sentence. Do not spend more than 40 minutes on your essay.

Last year's work. Nothing to see here.


 * Geography Revision Material - Easter Vacation**

Can be found on the Sixth Form Page, which is above the form list in the Menu bar on the right.


 * Spring Term**


 * Geography Prep Monday 29 February 2016**

Do some general reading relating to current affairs such that might be useful for writing an essay which may refer to such things. Read the week and look for topics of geographical interest.


 * Geography Prep Monday 22 February 2016**


 * Write an essay of 30 minutes on ONE of the two topics below.**


 * They are both interesting questions and I have given you a head start. Make sure you write clear conclusions and end your essay. Don't write, "In conclusion." Instead try something like: "So, the balance of push versus pull factors depends on ..." or "The relationship between push and pull factors is determined by urgency and ..." Don't just copy these, but think about doing it well for yourself!**


 * Good luck: 10 minutes planning then: 30 minutes of going "Ninja" on your chosen essay. Do a great job! If you muck it up, start it again and restart the clock.**

Question: Assess the significance of water in physical geography.

Start with a bold statement about the importance of water, in almost all aspects of physical geography. Then discuss the power of water, why it is an essential agent of change (define it as liquid water but acknowledge that water in its widest definition has even greater impact). Note the density and mass of water, its abundance, its movement in the hydrological cycle. Compare it with the other agents, wind, ice, water vapour and then nail down its potential. Do this as a conceptual diagram. Then go through examples of water's significance, particularly on rivers and coasts. Mention climate change and how water is so significant in the potential future shape of the earth.

Question: Migration is driven more by push factors than pull factors. Discuss

Big bold statement about the interplay between push and pull factors. Discuss how pull and push factors are not 'evenly distributed.' Consider which of these is likely to emerge out of urgency. Draw some kind of graph showing push and pull factors co-related to urgency/non urgency. Consider migration today which is driven by urgency and which by self improvement. Which migration gets in the press and why? Is this the majority of migration, or does it just appear so? So the answer might be exploring what makes migration more push or more pull? What kind of times is migration driven more by one than the other. What is migration likely to look like in the next 50 years, and why might that be so?


 * Geography Prep Monday 25 January 2016**

Write an essay on: The 2015/6 Flooding in the UK was an indicator that the way that floods, flood management and flood mitigation measures happen in the UK needs revising. Too many people, too many floods. What can be done?

You can do some research on this, but try to get the essay done in 45 minutes.

My notes from today are here.




 * Geography Scholarship Revision**

https://aklsh.wikispaces.com/SCHOLARS
 * 1) Make sure you have followed up the material below from the cover lesson.**
 * 2) Go to the Scholars' Revision Page accessible from the menu on the right. Otherwise here's a link:**


 * Geography Cover for 6S Monday 14 December. Complete for Holiday Work. (More holiday work to come) Will be posted here.**


 * Watch the following videos during the lesson and make notes in your book.**


 * This is by Jonathan Porritt, environmentalist, Old Etononian and Oxonian. (19 minutes)**

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 * He refers to the Energy Internet - the connection of energy systems throughout the world. It's quite interesting. (4 minutes)**

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 * Question to think about: What are the key technologies that you think will make the biggest impact on sustainability in the future?**


 * Look at the following video about Happisburgh (pronouced HAYS-BOR-UH) Take notes, taking special care to note place names.**

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 * Also look at this about stormy weather and coastal erosion. Quite interesting.**

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 * Environment agency statement on coastal erosion.**

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 * Look at this video about Storm Desmond Destruction.**

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2015/dec/07/drone-footage-shows-extent-of-storm-desmond-flood-damage-video
 * Click link:**


 * Take careful notes from the text that should have been given to you. Trini is printing it out for you if you haven't got it. Dr Lee**


 * Geography Revision Sheet**



http://news.nationalgeographic.com/environment/ Concentrate on those that have a rough connection with topics in the CE syllabus such as the climate change stories, lake pollution, robots and smart energy, weather disasters and Ice Cellars. Sorry for the late posting.
 * FC** Look through the news stories on:


 * Monday 16 November 2015**

Go through the geograpy Bitesize for Weather and Climate. Do the revision and the tests. Record your scores for the tests. Do it properly and see how highly you can score! It will help the rest of the course go more easily if you have looked over the material.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather_climate/
 * Link here:**

FC: Work further on the WideWorld Document as provided earlier in the week. Carry on with the same work using the material that can be found under 'Scholars,' in the menu bar. Some of the things here are not things to learn, but things that make you think. You don't have to summarise those. I think it will be obvious which ones are which.
 * Wednesday 11 November 2015**


 * Geography Projects Due on Monday 9 November. **

1) If you are having any difficulty. Email me. I should be online most of the weekend.

2) Do not get any help with your projects. No parental assistance. No tutor assistance. This causes a big difficulty and is easy to detect. If detected I am obliged to advise your Public School and mark your project down heavily.

3) If your project is not adequate when I mark it, I will have you work on areas that need attention before it is submitted. So long as you are prepared to follow advice at this point you should not be left with a poor project.

Dr Lee


 * Geography Prep Monday 19 October 2015**

Take on board the comments on your projects given today, along with the notes below. (I will not be able to add them until around 6pm this evening).

Here is the beaver story, its not technically a joke, but a spoof. It is not part of your allocated prep time. Read it in your free time.




 * Geography Prep Monday 5 October 2015**

You have a 40/45 minute prep.

1) 15 minutes: Work on the essay we commenced in class. Try to finish it. 2) 30 minutes: Work on your project. Work on data presentation and one part (graph and analysis) of your data analysis.

Hand both in tomorrow morning (even if your essay is not complete).

Political cartoon.



The UK government has defended a controversial campaign featuring vans with billboards urging illegal immigrants to "go home or face arrest.


 * Geography Prep 21 September 2015**

Here is the essay I built for you this morning.



Print it and cut and glue it into your book next to your notes.(Do this please it is part of your prep).

Then write an essay on the following topic:

The Water Cycle has been conquered by human kind. Critically discuss.

You MUST MUST MUST draw a diagram (don't worry if it's not great, we will work on them, but I want you to get into the habit of putting them at the centre of your essay. Today mine was a bit of an afterthought which it shouldn't have been - even though the diagram I eventually built was really already expressed in the essay).

I think this cartoon is very punny!




 * PREP DUE TOMORROW MORNING**

In your exercise book which you should label up (no need to cover), you should write an essay skeleton on the following:
 * Geography Prep 14 September 2015**

Skeleton of a red herring (this is a joke not part of your prep)


 * Settlements are mainly located due to water. Critically discuss this statement.**

Here are some clues as to how to do it.

1) Make a plan. Write down a number of key points that you are able to support with case studies/examples.

2) Put them in some kind of order or bundle them together and write me a sentence or two explaining the bundles you've built.

3) Think as cleverly as you can about an interesting angle on the question that ties in with your points and case studies. This is a kind of hypothesis (it seems as if...) (the more this happens ... then that happens) (wherever you see this you see that). (This suggest that this may be the case...) Make these kinds of postulations.

4) Write an exciting, spellbinding, clever, insightful opening sentence that whets your appetite for people to want to read your essay.

5) Write me the conclusion to your essay. The conclusion should pull together all the main points of your essay.

6) Be ready to discuss this skeleton next lesson! IT IS DUE TOMORROW!

This should take you around 25 minutes. Also do a little work on your project.

This essay skeleton will be a good place for us to start.


 * Geography Expedition Notes**




 * ARCHIVE BELOW**
 * ARCHIVE BELOW**


 * Geography Prep Monday 20 April 2015**


 * Write a 30 minute essay just as we did today on:**


 * Climate change is likely to reduce rainfall in some areas and increase rainfall in others. What kind of impact might this have in fluvial environments that will need to be planned for? (Make sure you deal with both increased and decreased flows)**


 * Remember a diagram!**


 * Geography Prep Monday 2 March 2015**


 * Holiday Work**


 * Scholarship Revision will appear here shortly.**

A past Winchester paper:

Apologies there's a little Greek at the end.

Watch the following:

Take notes on the locations and the processes happening. Learn the processes and locations.

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 * Geography Prep Monday 9 January 2015**


 * Essay: Which matters more? Weather or Climate.**


 * Geography Prep Monday 19 January 2015**


 * Read the following document:**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ufj4D_hlQ9SavxnVDWX3WRCUZksqA9znlRC5klNPvog/edit?usp=sharing

You should be able to comment on this as I type it. Please announce yourself with your initials. If you log on and I have completed writing this document then you can read it and comment on it below the document itself. Please, again, announce yourself with your initials.

Do not abuse this system! My system tracks all activity.

If you are having problems, read the following:




 * Holiday Work**

Work thoroughly on the Common Entrance Case Studies, so you know them thoroughly. You can use the ones in your textbook, in the Belinda Froud Book and on Thinkingeography.com.

There are also some essay questions below you can practice on.

Tectonics: Volcanoes do more good than harm. Discuss.

Environment: A sustainable world is a real possibility. Discuss

Economic Activity: Britain needs to reinvigorate its Primary Industry so that it self sufficient for food. Critically discuss.

Geomorphology: Which has a bigger impact on the landscape? Weathering or Erosion? Discuss.


 * Geography Prep 17 November 2014**

Go through the revision strategies we discussed today and create a stuff about stuff inventory! Good luck.


 * Revision Guide**


 * Tsavo National Park Case Study**

Apologies for the late posting of this prep there were some internet connectivity issues.
 * Geography Prep Monday 10 November 2014**

1. Work on your projects 2. Look through the sheet I gave you today and other material from the week to bolster "stuff about stuff."


 * GEOGRAPHY PROJECT DUE MONDAY 17TH OCTOBER**

Apologies for the late setting of this prep. The internet was not available at school, so have had to set prep from another location.
 * Geography Prep Monday 27 October 2014**

Continue working on project. You should be finalising and polishing now. Play close heed to comments and suggestions.


 * Geography Prep Monday 13 October 2014**

Part of Scholarship geography is having a good knowledge of lots of little geographical things and some 'deep' knowledge of some case studies. I like to express this as knowing 'stuff' about 'stuff'. With this in mind read the WideWorld magazine you were given today and make some notes from each of the stories. Read the topic sentences in each paragraph and then write a small - AND I MEAN SMALL - summary of each story. Each one should be a paragraph long. Take note of place and country names and terms such as BRIC, NIC etc.


 * Geography Prep Monday 06 October 2014**

You should be working to hand in a DRAFT of your project at the end of this week.


 * Geography Prep Monday 29 September 2014**

Please be ready to submit sections up to and including Data Analysis. Last week's prep was to have a draft ready, this week you should have made more progress and be largely finished with that section. If you have any problems email me. I am at a lecture this evening at the Royal Geographical Society, but when I can I will check my iPad. Dr Lee.


 * Geography Prep Monday 22 September 2014**

Complete project sections up to and including Data Presentation. You need to also have a draft ready of your data analysis. I want you to hand in your data presentation and what you have done of your data analysis, tomorrow.


 * NOTE THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A GEOGRAPHY PROJECT WORKSHOP THIS THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER.**


 * Geography Prep Monday 15 September**


 * Work on your geography project. You should have your data presentation largely done.**


 * ARCHIVE NOTHING TO SEE HERE!**
 * ARCHIVE NOTHING TO SEE HERE!**


 * Geography Holiday Work**


 * Eton Scholars:**


 * Here are some Eton essay questions, choose one or two and write essays on them. Please think about integrating a conceptual/process diagram and try hard to track your essay along the question.**

1. Why does Britain‟s climate vary so much?

2. To tackle environmental problems we need to “think global, act local‟. Elaborate on this statement using examples from a range of environmental issues.

3. Explain the roles of erosion, transportation and deposition in the creation of landforms in either fluvial or glacial environments.

4. Discuss the benefits and problems faced by a country with a high percentage of tertiary and quaternary economic activity.

5. With reference to either earthquakes or volcanoes explain why some cause more devastation than others.

6. Is globalisation a good thing? Use examples to expand your answer.

Westminster Challenge Papers to be distributed at school.


 * Geography Prep for Monday 10 March 2014**

Draw conceptual diagrams that reflect the following essay questions. Spend around 5 minutes on each. You do not have to write the essays.

1) More economic developed countries need to help less economically developed countries develop. It is their only hope.

2) Weather events are getting worse in the UK. The management of these is also getting worse. Discuss.

3) Earthquakes are more dangerous than volcanoes. Discuss.

4) The alleviation of conflicts in National Parks is inherently flawed. Discuss.

5) Geography is really about change. Discuss.

Please remember to draw these in your examination essays!


 * Geography Prep for Monday 3 March 2014**

Continue to work on the paper you were given today in class. Work on the short questions. Don't attempt the essay.


 * Geography Prep for Monday 24 February 2014**

Look through the internet and the Week and gather information about the UK flooding. Make sure you can draw quick sketch maps of the locations of flooding and rainfall. Add this information to the notes we put together today.

Complete your half term essay if you have not already done so.


 * Geography Prep for Half Term**

We began an essay on is the world getting better or worse.

"Is the world getting better or worse?" Critically answer this question using as many pertinent examples as you can.

We have discussed this. Work on it and write it during half term. Make it amazing! But don't spend too much time on it. Even though that might seem contradictory, do the best you can. Do a little work over the break, but get some rest too.


 * Geography Prep Monday 10 February 2014**

We have been reading a range of new and varied geographical articles. You need to be able to draw some of these ideas together.

This is not an essay question, but you can write two paragraphs that answer the following question.

"The world is getting worse," critically examine this statement with reference to specific examples.

Make sure you know these devices used for measuring weather.


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 * Geography Prep Monday 3 February 2014 **

Carry on with the short reviews you were doing in class today, using information from The Week, the press, or from stories on the internet.


 * Geography Prep Monday 27 January 2014**


 * Answer ONE of the following essay questions in 35 minutes.**

Flooding is mainly a weather phenomenon. Discuss

The impact of tectonic events is mainly determined by time of day. Discuss

Sustainability is the most important role of a National Park Authority. Discuss using examples.

The shipping container is responsible for the current pattern of economic development. Discuss

Ice is a much underestimated agent of landscape change. Discuss.


 * Notes you should have.**
 * Please review the following two documents also distributed in school on paper.**


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 * SH13 6.2 River Revision Sheet.pdf ||
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 * SH13 6.2 Lake District Case Study RS.pdf ||
 * Details
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 * Geography Prep Monday 20 January 2014 **

Difficult to set prep this evening, because we haven't finished going through the papers we started today.

Having gone through papers in class today, probably best to spend a little time reading the news, and getting up to date after the holidays. Look at the main issues of a geographical nature.

Looking at the Telegraph website for example the following stories might be worth following:

World News:

California Drought Rains in Indonesia NZ Earthquake Bushfires in Australia

Dr Lee


 * Revision Sheet (These were given out on paper in school) **


 * Examination Revision**


 * Questions for Christmas Revision to be posted shortly.**


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 * SH13 6.1 Revision Sheet.pdf ||
 * Details
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 * I have been asked to post this document on the hydrological because you might find it useful. You were given it last year. It goes into more detail than you possibly need, but it might be useful should you get a hydrological cycle question.**


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 * SH12 Hydrological Cycle Word List Alphabetical Order.pdf ||
 * Details
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 * Geography Projects are due in on Friday 15 November.**

Work on finalising your geography project. This is the last geography project prep. Remember, due, printed on Friday. Bring it in ready to put in a folder on Friday. Do not expect to print it at school. Keep a copy of your project on a computer somewhere.
 * Geography Prep 11 November 2013**


 * Geography Projects (6S)**
 * You MAY continue to work on your projects. I will mark scholars' drafts first and if you do decide to work on your projects, send me an email and I will send you your comments. You do not have to work on your projects during Half Term, although it would be useful to get them out of the way. Make sure you keep visiting the project topic pages, as information will be updated as it comes to hand.**

Continue to work on your geography projects. You have been given detailed comments to work on, plus there is the Post Draft Support Document to read through. I will give you a paper one but until then here's a PDF.
 * Geography Prep 28 October 2013**


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 * SH13 GP Post Draft Guide 271013.pdf ||
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Remember that I am available in school after lessons for an hour each day for project support. You should also work on your project during prep, lessons and any additional time you have. You do have to work swiftly to get it done.


 * Geography Prep 14 October 2013 **

Continue with your geography project. Have a draft ready for me for half term. Plan a way to print and collate what you have.

Also have a look at this...


 * THE UK's WORST TOWNS **
 * WHAT DO YOU THINK? **

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 * Geography Prep Monday 7 October 2013 **

Continue to work on your geography projects. We are hoping to get them done by the end of next week. If there's a problem email me, though I am at the cinema this evening seeing an Australian film about Aboriginal Australia and meeting the director.


 * BE AT EUSTON STATION AT THE MAIN CONCOURSE AT 7.45AM TOMORROW **
 * DR LEE'S MAY BE CONTACTED VIA THE SCHOOL OFFICE **


 * CastleHead Letter Copy **


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 * Learning from Mistakes/Research/Moving Forward**


 * Geography Prep Monday 23 September**

Go through this sheet and re-work your previous essay beginning. Follow instructions and advice CAREFULLY.


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 * SH13 6.1 Essay Beginning Exemplar Quaternary.pdf ||
 * Details
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 * Hand your work in to me tomorrow morning.**


 * Geography Prep Monday 16 September**

Quaternary Industry is the key to economic development. Discuss.

Make a start on this essay. Spend 30 minutes on this exercise and no more. Do not finish your essay. Do a little research on some examples you could use. This should not take more than 10 minutes. Bring your essay beginning to the next lesson, so we can carry on working with it during the lesson. If you finish the essay you will have spent too much time on it and have destroyed the opportunity to work on it with instruction in the next lesson!.


 * Geography Prep Monday 9 September**

Essay Question: Water can have a big impact on the size and scale of tectonic hazards. Discuss.

1) Think carefully about this question. 2) Write a bold opening sentence to start an essay off. 3) Draw a diagram that shows how much you think this statement might be true ie of all the factors that have an impact on the size of the impact of a tectonic event, how many of them are affected by water. Can you build a diagram that shows this. Your diagram is not a technical diagram, but is a conceptual diagram. (This is hard) If you're not sure, draw a few different prototypes and we can discuss them in class.


 * You do not have to write the essay for prep.**


 * Essay Disclaimer**: This term 6S will be, amongst other things, looking at the writing of essays. As a group of scholars, I am keen that boys learn NOT to write good essays, but exceptional essays, of which they are all capable. With this in mind I will be setting the bar very high, and early on, marks might be VERY LOW for many boys in the class. This is not to demoralise, but to engender striving and success. If an essay mark is very low, there will always be details of how it might be better, and pupils will need to strive to get to writing an exceptional essay. The exceptional essay is the goal, and as such an essay will score 15/20 when it is exceptional. A low mark does not mean you haven't worked hard, or that you haven't listened, or that you are useless at writing essays, it just means you are in the phase of learning from your mistakes before you find success. In the early days it is not uncommon to score 7, 8 or 9 for an essay or even less. This is the process. Don't fret. It works and we will all get there. Dr Lee ; )


 * ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW**


 * Cover lesson Thursday 25 April 2013**


 * Watch the following videos and take some notes where appropriate:**


 * General interest (no notes for this one) 5 mins**

This is a typical emotional statement of war in Iraq. It contains some sad pictures, but take some notes about the statistics relating to migration, relocation and essential facts.

Look at some of the videos on this page and get up to speed on CrossRail. 15 mins

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Make some notes. 7 mins

Read this:

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Make some notes. 7 mins

Look up and find one infographic that you think is effective about any geographical topic. Write 3 insightful questions about the data shown on the graphics and then email me the url of the infographic and the questions. Whilst I do not normally accept emailed prep, this is an exception. Be prepared to give the answer to the question and explain why it is interesting. You could start by doing a google image search for infographic or look up specific topics with the keyword infrographic added.
 * 22 April 2012**


 * Easter Revision**

1. Read as many geographical articles as you can. Get your parents to buy you a copy of Time, The Week, National Geographic, and the daily newspapers. Read them for geographical content. Make some simple, short notes.

2. Talk to your parents about what you have read. The best way to consolidate this information is to express it. It will also help you remember it. It should make for interesting dinner table conversation.

3. Scholarship essay questions are often designed to be hard to prepare for. They try to assess whether you're thinking geographically as well as what geographical knowledge you have. This is why it is important to talk through the ideas with your parents. Try to think like a geographer! Why? Why is it happening here? What caused it? What is affecting it? What will the impact be? What kind of pattern does it create (on a map)?

4. When you are looking at the articles. Pay particular attention to maps and graphs. Work out what they mean exactly, and think about what other kind of map or graph would be interesting to see.

5. Review the CE topics for content. This can help make a framework for the answers you write.

6. Look at the following questions:


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7. And these trickier ones.

- Why is mapping important to geography?

- Oil is the future of the planet. Critically discuss.

- Good geography requires good technology. Critically discuss.

8. Read through the following document and think about the answers to the questions.


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 * Geography Prep 4 March 2013**

Answer the following questions.


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Listen to some of the episodes of Farming Today. From this page. []
 * Geography Prep 25 February 2013**


 * Geography Prep 18 February 2013**

... Here's another when you get a chance (very interesting)

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 * Read the following stories. (Read as many as you can but don't spend over your time allocation)**
 * Speed read some if necessary!**

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 * Geography Prep 4 February 2012**

Visit the thinkingeography.com page. Look at the section which can be found on the home page called geotunes. Where there is a PDF to download, download and read the PDF, and then listen to/watch the song/videoclip. You can also listen to/watch the video clips for which there are no PDFs.

Here's the link: [] // Unfortunately, for some reason the maps which I put next to them are not working. // // If you're using Firefox or Chrome you will have to click through to YouTube to watch the videos. One of them is not working unfortunately. //

Make a list of the songs you have listened to and next to each one write down what the main economic issues were considered/looked at/addressed in the song. Think about this in terms of geography and economic activities, the topic we are doing.

Can you think of any other music with economic themes. You can make a list in your book __ **with the help of your parents** __.


 * 6S - Mr Glasse**


 * Geography Cover Lesson Monday 28 January and Prep**

Sorry, not terribly well today. Have a fever. Dr Lee

Take some brief notes from the following:

Watch footage of aftermath of Tabriz earthquake (some viewers might find some scenes unsettling, but you should cope. The image of the buried boy beneath is about the worst it gets).

Read this:

The **2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes** occurred near the cities of [|Ahar] and [|Varzaqan] in [|Iran] 's [|East Azerbaijan Province], on August 11, 2012, at 16:53 [|Iran Standard Time]. The two quakes measured 6.4 and 6.3 on the [|moment magnitude scale], and were separated by eleven minutes. The [|epicenter] of the earthquakes was 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Tabriz. [|[5]] At least 306 people died and more than 3000 others were injured, [|[4]] primarily in the rural and mountainous areas to the northeast of Tabriz (though 45 died in the city of [|Ahar] ). [|[6]] The earthquake was felt in [|Armenia] and [|Azerbaijan], though no major damage was reported. [|[7]] Iran is prone to frequent severe earthquakes because several major fault lines cross the country. Earthquakes in [|2003] and [|1990] killed approximately 26,000 and 40–50,000 people, respectively.

Iran's state television reported the quake hit near the towns of [|Ahar], [|Heris] and [|Varzaqan] in [|East Azerbaijan Province] at 4:53 p.m. local time (12:23 GMT). "268 people, 219 women and 49 men, lost their lives in hospitals" while the rest were killed on the spot, Iran's Health Minister Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi said. The Iranian minister added that 3,037 people have been injured as a result of Saturday's temblors. According to the head of Iran's Rescue and Relief Organisation, access to villages has been cut and the only communication is via radio. The worst damage and most casualties were in villages near the towns of Ahar, Varzaghan and Heris. [|[13]] In villages near Varzaqan, with most men away from home working, the many mud brick houses which collapse trapped mainly women and children inside. [|[14]]

Sixty-six rescue teams have been sent to the affected region, along with about 200 ambulances and five helicopters. 130 villages were 70-90% destroyed, and 20 were completely leveled. At least 45 people died and more than 500 were injured in Ahar, where electricity and phone lines were cut after the quakes. [|[3]][|[15]][|[16]] More than 40 people died in the city of Varzaqan and 50 were killed in Heris. [|[2]][|[17]] The medical infrastructure in the catastrophe stricken region is not sufficient, and many havily injured did not survive the rather long way to the nearest hospital. [|[18]]

Most parts of Tabriz also lost electricity, and the city had a large traffic jam. Some buildings were structurally damaged. [|[6]] Over 200 people in Varzaqan and Ahar were extricated from under the debris of collapsed buildings, and local provincial officials asked people in the region to stay outdoors during the night because of the danger of aftershocks. Some needed bread, tents and drinking water. [|[19]] Rescue teams continued searching for survivors through the night, Iranian officials[// [|specify] //] said they expected the death toll to rise. Between ten and twenty villages close to the epicenter were still cut off from aid and it will take some time to reach them. The Iranian government estimates at least 16,000 people spent the first night after the quakes in emergency shelters. [|[3]]

A day after the quakes, more than 36,000 people had been given emergency shelter, and the Iranian government had dispatched nearly 100 ambulances, 1,100 Red Crescent workers, 44,000 food packages and 5,600 tents. According to Red Crescent officials, more than 1,000 villages were affected by the disaster, and at least 5,000 people were injured. Hospitals in the region's major cities were overcrowded and struggling to cope with the large number of people waiting for treatment. [|[20]]


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Make some brief notes in your books.


 * For Prep, swap around the magazines you have and carry on with your summaries. Use the aklgg.wikispaces.com website to contribute your work to. Follow the instructions.**

Continue with the magazines. 35 minutes 3.5 minutes each article. 10 snippets/factoids. Good luck. Type these. When you have typed them them go to the aklgg.wikispaces.com site. Copy your prep, click edit on the aklgg page, put the cursor at the end of what is already typed. Type your name, and then paste your factoids in. Click SAVE. Check that your work is on the wikipage. If it is not, do it again.
 * Geography Prep for Tuesday 22 January 2013**

Hopefully this will work if you're having difficulty email me.

Here is a specimen paper as promised.
 * Specimen Paper - Mocks - Scholarship 2012**


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 * Geography Prep**


 * Prep for Monday 19 November 2012**

Do this sheet carefully and in detail. You can answer this using a word processor.


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Today we talked about concepts and conceptualising.We looked at ways of identifying processes and relationships in essay questions and we found that we had to think abstractly to do this. We looked at one essay question and thought about building a diagram or table which would not only help with an essay we were writing, but in fact **was central to the essay.**
 * Prep for Monday 12 November 2012**

I said to you that prep would be to build a diagrammatic response to a number of questions. You don't need to do much writing, but you do need to build a a diagram for each of the following. Remember you don't have to answer the question, but just see if you can find the relationships that are at stake. Your diagram might hint at the answer or help you argue for your answer - if you were to write the essay. Good luck ; ). If you get it wrong, scrunch up your paper, and throw it into the bin and go back to the drawing board (this idea inspired question 2).

1) As countries develop, tertiary industry develops because it generates the most income. Compare how this has happened in Britain to how it might be happening in a Low Income country.

2) Sustainability is more important to Higher Income countries than Lower income countries.

This is a very interesting and thought provoking prep, even if I say so myself! Spend your full allocation of time on it. Work towards perfecting your models. In fact it would be good if you could draw them up neatly. I think it might be good to display some of this work.


 * Prep for Monday 5 November 2012**

Draw the tables for Presentation of Data and begin working on your Data Interpretation. Read the two support documents carefully. Look at the Guide and the document called Project Pointers. Both are on the help page.

When we are next in the Computer Room, I will want to see evidence of this having been done. Spend your entire prep time on this task.

Write the introduction to your project along with the Data Collection Method/Methodology. Bring this work into school on a memory stick to combine with your project.

You do not have to get this finished, but you do have to spend a solid 40 minutes working on this. This does not include formatting fonts, page breaks etc. 40 minutes of collation and/or writing.


 * Prep for Monday 29 October 2012**

Write the introduction to your project along with the Data Collection Method/Methodology. Bring this work into school on a memory stick to combine with your project.

You do not have to get this finished, but you do have to spend a solid 40 minutes working on this. This does not include formatting fonts, page breaks etc. 40 minutes of collation and/or writing.


 * 1. Read this and draw it to the attention of your parents if they are interested.**


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 * 2. Answer the following essay question.**


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 * T **** HE DATA FOR PROJECT CAN BE FOUND IN THE GEOGRAPHY ENQUIRY SUPPORT SECTION - SEE MENU BAR **

This is the document that I am building for you. Sorry it's not quite finished, but you can start to work on your project. You can start working on this during the lesson. Read the instructions carefully. Work in a Word document.
 * Cover Lesson for Thursday 11 October.**

NOW ON THE PROJECT PAGE, UPDATED.

I will add your data too.


 * Prep for Tuesday 9 October 2012**


 * Write an essay on:**

The shape of rivers is largely determined by when a river floods. Is this true? Discuss using examples.


 * Prep 4 October 2012**
 * Write the introduction to your project. See below.**

Overview Writing a geography project does involve some hard work, but it should be fun. It should also give you an amazing sense of achievement when you hand it in, because it is your work, and you have been on a journey not only to understand what you have discovered, but even about the process of conducting real research. This is real geography and part of the geographical imagination. It is about finding out and understanding how the world work and if it’s done right, it should be exciting.

Where to start Naturally you need to start with your fieldwork. You need to have good data and it needs to have been carefully recorded. Make sure you do not lose it. Best to give your teacher a copy of it for safekeeping. The Big Picture

You will want to have some idea of how your project will unfold. You might not know entirely until you have analysed your data, so partly you can have some idea and partly you will have to wait to see what emerges. You will probably want to do some data analysis first to see exactly what direction your data is heading. When you look at your data, you might find that some trends are very strong, or you might find that something strange happened, or that there were findings that you weren’t expecting.

Once you have looked at your data you should have some idea about how you want to frame your project. For example in a river project you might choose to track width or depth or discharge. This might also depend on the quality of the data you actually collected.

Introduction Whilst you are working on your analysis, you could start working on your introduction. The introduction should be a couple of short paragraphs that give a little bit of background to the region, what is being studied, why what is being studied might be important and why you have chosen to study it. It should be full of information, but also make the project sound interesting. It might start off with a bold sentence to capture the reader’s attention. It might be supported by photographs, maps and or diagrams.

Here is one prepared by a Coletine for example (on another river).

This could be more 'professionally' set out, however.


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Whilst there is no expectation that boys in the Scholarship Form will all be awarded scholarships, boys //are// encouraged to aim high enough to be awarded one. In the end, if they are successful, this is the icing on the cake! The pleasure of being in the scholar's form is in the journey. With this in mind, however, a scholar should hope to be able to write an exceptional essay, certainly after having been trained to write one and boys will score, in their essays a '75% pass or 15/20' when they do so. This means that marks for essays might be lower than boys might have otherwise been expected to attain until they have gained some experience. Please be aware that learning to write a geography essay takes time, and that for 6S, building this capacity is a work in progress. Do not be alarmed at low marks in the early stage of this process! This has been fully explained to boys in the form.
 * A note on the marking of Geography essays in the Scholarship Form **


 * Geography Prep**
 * Set on Monday for prep on Tuesday and due in on Wednesday**

Use the I Say I Say Essay document as a guide and write an essay on the following:
 * Prep for Tuesday 25 September due on Wednesday 26 September**

"The British are known for always talking about the weather, this is because the weather is essentially responsible for what they do and what they achieve." To what extent might this be true and why.

Revised: Look through the internet and find information of geographical merit regarding the Thames. WRITE NO MORE THAN 150 WORDS. Put as much information as you can into those 150 words whilst writing a paragraph that makes good sense and encapsulates the river from a geographical point of view. Write this in your exercise books. Be careful not to copy directly from the internet.
 * Set on Monday 10 September for Tuesday 11 September and due on Wednesday 12 September**

Go through the following pages and make careful notes in your book copying the diagrams neatly. 1. [] // Don't bother with the water cycle diagram but draw this one: // // Then do the test. //
 * Tuesday 18 September 2012 **


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 * Geography Cover Lesson Monday 5 September 2015**

In silence write an essay on the following. It is a Winchester Election question.

//"The physical landscape is overwhelmingly shaped by rivers and the action of water more generally." Do you agree?//

(Here's a tip, don't write it as an opinion piece, as it seems to suggest, attack it with ordered thinking, diagrams, facts, examples and ideas).

Answer in your books, writing on paper, don't try to use the computer.

You have the whole lesson and a half.


 * Prep**: Work on your projects. I want you to hand in your data presentation. (This is your prep)