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# Key Points for Context

CPD: You Can't Revise for GCSE English! (by Mark Roberts), topic 1.1.4

## Top 5 to Thrive

Here are five top tips to help students enhance their understanding of context:

### Tip 1 - Consider

![Tip 1 - Consider](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-08/f50f548a-72be-447f-89af-f74cd6f47463/numer-one-1.jpg)

- As part of their revision, students should consider the different types of context that they could use.

### Tip 2 - Relevance

![Tip 2 - Relevance](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-07/bcacc662-6144-415e-9a74-1d89814a8b56/2-blue-two-jpg.jpg)

- Students should learn to always think about what context is relevant to the question they are being asked to answer.

### Tip 3 - Balance

![Tip 3 - Balance](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-09/e74400de-3998-4408-b872-149f5553a54e/three-3-number-.png)

- Make sure students know the right balance between too much context and too little context.

### Tip 4 - Knowledge

![Tip 4 - Knowledge](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-05/48f571d5-57ed-4545-b41e-301628bc0083/4-four-.png)

- Students should be equipped to revise knowledge of the time periods, and genre tropes, to avoid vague or incorrect statements.

### Tip 5 - Practise

![Tip 5 - Practise](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-11/d656d96c-32f2-4e2d-b97e-d12307c472d8/5-number-five-.jpg)

- Students should practice writing paragraphs to ensure their context blends smoothly in with their analysis.

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## CPD: You Can't Revise for GCSE English! (by Mark Roberts) contents

### 1 Using Context Successfully
- 1.1 Using Context Successfully
  - [1.1.1 What is Context & Why is it Important?](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/1-1-1-what-is-context-and-why-is-it-important.md)
  - [1.1.2 Common Mistakes with Context 1](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/1-1-2-common-mistakes-with-context-1.md)
  - [1.1.3 Common Mistakes with Context 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/1-1-3-common-mistakes-with-context-2.md)
  - [1.1.4 Key Points for Context](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/1-1-4-key-points-for-context.md)

### 2 Improving Practice Essays
- 2.1 Improving Practice Essays
  - [2.1.1 How to Revise for the Component Parts of an Essay](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/2-1-1-how-to-revise-for-the-component-parts-of-an-essay.md)
  - [2.1.2 Essay Introductions for Novels & Plays](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/2-1-2-essay-introductions-for-novels-and-plays.md)
  - [2.1.3 Essay Introductions for Poetry](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/2-1-3-essay-introductions-for-poetry.md)
  - [2.1.4 Main Body of the Essay](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/2-1-4-main-body-of-the-essay.md)
  - [2.1.5 Key Points for Writing Practise Essays](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-you-cant-revise-for-gcse-english/2-1-5-key-points-for-writing-practise-essays.md)