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THE OXFORD SCHOOL
STUDY GUIDES – SUMMER SCHOOL 2016 9 TH GRADE- EXAM RE- SITS (NEW DATES)
MONDAY JUNE 27 TUESDAY JUNE 28
9TH GRADE (2015) HISTORIA, GEOGRAFIA SCIENCE, PHYSICS,
CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY
MATHS FRENCH, MUSIC
ENG LANG, ENG LIT ACC, BUS ST, ECONOMICS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE: 9TH 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 100–150 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”:
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“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: 9TH 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
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9º SFL
Temas de aplicación
1. Cualidades de un texto. Págs. 70-71
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. 10- 17. 40. 62-67.
3. Tipos de textos según su estructura.
Narrativos. Pág. 108
Descriptivos. Pág. 106
Expositivos. Págs. 206 4. 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. 20
2. Cualidades de un texto. Págs. 70-71
3. El párrafo y sus características (tema de repaso antes de entrar a las cualidades de un texto 4. Estructuras gramaticales pág. 92
5. Determinantes pág. 100 6. Los conectores
7. Estructura del ensayo literario LENGUAJE: Componente 2 y 4
1. Cartas, blogs y artículo
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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
9TH GRADE – SCIENCE 91,9A2,9A3 CHEMISTRY:
I. Chapter 2 from page 29-56
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 64-84
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)
5 9th A1/A2/A3 BIOLOGY – 9th 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
6 9th 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.
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9TH GRADE – ARTS
9B- ART & DESIGN - 9th & 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
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 80-90 dans un thème en particulaire.
9TH GRADE – COMMERCE 9C- ACCOUNTING:
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.
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 The Basic Economic Problem: choice and the allocation of resources. 1.1 The Basic Economic Problem pages 3-19
Unit 2 The allocation of resources: how markets work, market failure 2.1 Economic Systems pages 23-37
2.2 How markets work 39-47
Remember you need a ruler to draw your graphs, you are not allowed to borrow any material during the exam.
