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For the very first lesson, I like to do a mini-test just to see where the student is and what their exam technique is like. It is to help me plan and structure future lessons so they are impactful and useful. The test will not be used for anything else but a guide for lesson planning. After a topic is chosen, the lessons will usually consist of me spending 5-10 minutes recapping the previous lesson's content with a difficult exam question. After that, I go through the content in accordance with the specification and emphasise the key information and equations needed for the exams. I understand that some concepts can be challenging, but I like to relate them to a real-life example and explain in simple "layman" word before expanding further and linking to mathematical and scientific understanding. Finally, I will go through a couple of exam questions step by step, highlighting where the marks come from and how to structure your answers. After I have walked through a few exam questions, I will let the student have a go at the question with some guidance and hopefully at the end of the lesson, the student can do the questions independently and feel more confident with the subject. If there are no questions (there is nothing like a silly question!), I will summarize the lesson and discuss what is planned for the next lesson or what the student wants to do.