No new content. Just calm, structured re-priming. Print one copy of this page for yourself before class.
Open the lesson with low-pressure framing. Set the tone: this is not a learning session.
Quick-fire. No writing. Students call out answers. Goal: prove to themselves they know more than they fear.
Project a sample 16-mark Evaluate question on the board. Spend 10 minutes planning it together — not writing it. Use the Plan-on-a-Page structure (Intro · Case For · Case Against · Judgement).
Example prompt you can use: "Evaluate the decision of a UK fast-fashion retailer to expand into US markets in 2026."
One per student. Have them try planning a second sample question solo, in silence, for 5 minutes. Don't intervene. Don't help. Let them feel the structure.
Second prompt: "To what extent should a UK SME prioritise cash flow over profit in its first three years of trading?"
Hand out the Pre-Exam Warmup (page 4). Final 60 seconds — say three things, slowly:
Then dismiss. Don't drag it out.
For any 12–24 mark Evaluate / Discuss / To-What-Extent question. Spend 2 minutes filling this in. The plan is the answer.
Three blocks. Five minutes total. Do this in your exam seat before the paper is turned over.
Four equal counts. Repeat 4 times. Your heart rate drops within 60 seconds.
Don't write. Just think. Confirm you know it.
Say these to yourself, in order. Believe them.