THE OXFORD SCHOOL STUDY GUIDES SUMMER SCHOOL TH GRADE- EXAM RE- SITS (NEW DATES)

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1 THE OXFORD SCHOOL STUDY GUIDES SUMMER SCHOOL TH GRADE- EXAM RE- SITS (NEW DATES) MONDAY JUNE 27 TUESDAY JUNE 28 9 TH GRADE (2015) HISTORIA, GEOGRAFIA SCIENCE, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY MATHS FRENCH, MUSIC ENG LANG, ENG LIT ACC, BUS ST, ECONOMICS ENGLISH LANGUAGE: 9 TH GRADE STUDY GUIDE Textbooks: English as a Second Language, (Units 1 5) Grammar Materials Exam Reading exercise 1. Students will read a short text and answer a series of questions testing skim/gist-reading skills. Candidates write short (single word/phrase) answers. Reading exercise 2. Students will read a text and answer a series of questions testing more detailed comprehension. Summary writing. Students will write a summary about an aspect or aspects of the passage. Writing prompt. Students will write approximately words of continuous prose, in response to a short stimulus (which may take the form of pictures) and/or short prompts printed on the paper. The question includes information on the purpose, format and audience. ENGLISH LITERATURE:- 9th Grade Study, analyse, summarise and answer set questions on the following short stories from the compilation Stories of Ourselves : Sredni Vashtar, by Saki (Hector Hugo Munro) Games at Twilight, by Anita Desai My Greatest Ambition, by Morris Lurie The Rain Horse, by Ted Hughes To-dah in Memoriam by Paule Marshall Read, analyse, summarise and answer set questions on the following poems, taken from the compilation Songs of Ourselves : The Clod and The Pebble, by William Blake 1

2 Tiger in the Menagerie, by Emma Jones A Birthday, by Christina Rossetti Hunting Snake, by Judith Wright NOVEL: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare MATHS: 9 TH GRADE: NUMBERS NUMBERS, FACTS AND SEQUENCES APPROXIMATIONS AND ESTIMATION STANDARD FORM RATIO AND PROPORTION PERCENTAGES SPEED, DISTANCE AND TIME ALGEBRA 1 NEGATIVE NUMBERS DIRECTED NUMBERS FORMULAE BRACKETS AND SIMPLIFYING LINEAR EQUATIONS PROBLEMS SOLVED BY LINEAR EQUATIONS SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS FACTORISING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS. 2

3 SPANISH 9º SFL Temas de aplicación 1. Cualidades de un texto. Págs El párrafo y sus características (tema de repaso antes de entrar a las cualidades de un texto. 2. Acentuación general, grafemas de difícil escritura, casos especiales de acentuación y signos de puntuación. Págs Tipos de textos según su estructura. Narrativos. Pág. 108 Descriptivos. Pág. 106 Expositivos. Págs Estructura del ensayo literario Literatura: Novela Aves sin nido. Comprensión lectora y redacción de ensayos literarios. Biografía de Clorinda Matto Contexto histórico literario y social Indigenismo Argumento Temática Personajes Simbologías Estructura (interna y externa) Recursos literarios 9º SSL Temas de aplicación. Libro de Destrezas y habilidades 9º 1. Géneros literarios pág Cualidades de un texto. Págs El párrafo y sus características (tema de repaso antes de entrar a las cualidades de un texto 4. Estructuras gramaticales pág Determinantes pág Los conectores 7. Estructura del ensayo literario LENGUAJE: Componente 2 y 4 1. Cartas, blogs y artículo 2. Redacción de textos descriptivos y narrativos 3

4 LITERATURA: Redacción de ensayos y comprensión lectora 1. Novela Aves sin nido. Comprensión lectora y redacción de ensayos literarios. Biografía de Clorinda Matto Contexto histórico literario y social Indigenismo Argumento Temática Personajes Simbologías Estructura (interna y externa) Recursos literarios 91,9A2,9A3 CHEMISTRY: 9TH GRADE SCIENCE I. Chapter 2 from page Different types of substances (Includes the states of matter) Atoms and molecules The structure of the atom Electron arrangement in atom (this will include the Au Bane s diagram, the Hund s Principle and Paulin s Exclusion Principle) II. Chapter 3 pages The Periodic Table and classifying elements (applying the electron arrangement to identify elements by their blocks pdf) Trends in groups (Electronic configuration use) Trends across a period (Electronic configuration use) Chemical bonding in elements and compounds (Lewis Dot diagram and the Valence Electron use) The topics in parenthesis are not included in the textbook, but they will be covered in class presentations and practises) 4

5 9 th A1/A2/A3 BIOLOGY 9 th grade Characteristics and classification of living organisms Characteristics of living organisms Concept and use of a classification system Features of organisms Dichotomous keys Organisation of the organism Cell structure and organisation Levels of organisation Movement in and out of cells Diffusion Osmosis Active transport Biological molecules Enzymes Plant nutrition Photosynthesis Leaf structure Mineral requirements Human nutrition Diet Alimentary canal Mechanical digestion Chemical digestion Absorption Transport in plants Transport in plants Water uptake Transpiration Translocation 5

6 9 th A1/A2/A3 PHYSICS Summer classes Physics 9 Content Chapter and pages of the book Week 1 Making measuring Measuring length and volume Improving precision in measurements Density Measuring time Chapter 1 (pages 2 to 12) Week 2 Describing motion Understanding speed Distance graph Understanding acceleration Calculating acceleration Chapter 2( pages 13 and 25) Week 3 Forces of motion Force Final test. Chapter 3 ( pages 26 to 30) 6

7 9TH GRADE ARTS 9B- ART & DESIGN - 9 th & 10th - Chiaroscuro - Colour - Analogy & Contrast - Tonality & Value - Texture - Observation vs. Interpretation (Analysis) - Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance o Characteristics o Representatives o Masterpieces 9B- MUSIC - 9th - Notation and use of musical instruments - Expressive effects (dynamics & tempo) - Texture - Form - Tone-Colour - Listening (analysis) - Music of the Baroque & Classicism. o General Characteristics. o Representative composers and their compositions. 9B FRENCH (REMEDIALS; INCOMPLETE TERM) TOPICS for Exam 1- Vocabulaire 2- Les articles indéfinis + définis 3- Faire questions en français. 4- Verbes : Etre ; s appeler; 5- Les numéros eu lettrés 6- Singulier à pluriel 7- Les adjective possessives 7

8 8- Masc. à féminine 9- Les verbes: aimer, adorer, préférer, détester; dessiner; portes avoirs + tous les autres verbes 10- Les mois de l année 11- Compréhension de Lecture 12- Ecrivez environ dans un thème en particulaire. 9C- ACCOUNTING: 9TH GRADE COMMERCE Chapter 1. - Introduction to Accounting. (pages 1-9) - Accounting History - Analyze transactions using the Rules of debit and credit. (see notebook) - Vocabulary No.1. (see notebook) - The Accounting Equation. - Prepare a Balance Sheet - Review questions. Chapter 3 Trial Balance (Pages 31-41) - The purpose of a Trial Balance - Prepare a Trial Balance with adjustments. - List kinds of errors in the Trial Balance and recognize them. Remember you need a calculator and a ruler, you are not allowed to borrow materials during the exam. 8

9 9C- BUSINESS STUDIES: Section 1: Understanding Business Activities -Business Activities -Classification of Businesses -Enterprise, business growth and size -Types of Business Organization Section 2: People in Business - Business Objectives and Stakeholder Objectives. Section 3: Marketing - Marketing, competition and the customer - Market Research 9C- ECONOMICS: Unit 1 Unit 2 The Basic Economic Problem: choice and the allocation of resources. 1.1 The Basic Economic Problem pages 3-19 The allocation of resources: how markets work, market failure 2.1 Economic Systems pages How markets work Remember you need a ruler to draw your graphs, you are not allowed to borrow any material during the exam. 9