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2018 Catholic SchoolsAcademic Junior High Decathlon

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Theme: Space Odyssey

Team Event: Logic TestThe Logic Test may contain, but is not limited to, any of the following types of problems:

Ken Ken SudokuCryptograms Word problemsAnagrams Spatial reasoningPatterns & graphs ProbabilityLateral thinking Logic gridsVenn diagrams Rebus puzzlesTrue/False logic KakuroWord ladders RiddlesLogic fallacies

The following websites provide excellent sample problems:

http://www.brainbashers.com

http://www.mensa.org/workout.php

http://www.mensaforkids.org

http://puzzlersparadise.com

http://www.sudoku.org.uk

http://www.mathisfun.com/puzzles

http://www.allstarpuzzles.com

http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers


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Team Event: Super QuizFine Arts

DK Eyewitness Books: Dance by Andre Grau

Hardcover: 72 pagesPublisher: DK Children (April 11, 2005)ISBN-10: 0756610656ISBN-13: 978-0756610654

Available in hardcover from Amazon.com andas an e-book from DK Publishing.

Here is an original and exciting new guide to the magic and beauty of dance around the world.Step-by-step sequences and glorious full-color photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view ofdance traditions including the magical performances, stunning costumes- and extraordinarytalent of dancers. See a ballet costume designed by Picasso, dancers who balance on stilts, andheaddresses studded with gemstones. Learn why male dancers sometimes dress as women, thestories of the great classical ballets, and why the tango was banned. Discover why Javanesedancers "flow like water," see dance crazes from the last 100 years, witness the dervishes whowhirl around in worship, and much, much more.


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Team Event: Super QuizLiterature

The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart

Paperback: 512 pagesPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition(September 5, 2017)ISBN-10: 0316389544ISBN-13: 978-0316389549

Available in paperback, kindle, and hardcover

When Reuben discovers an extraordinary antique watch, he soon learns it has a secret powerand his life takes an intriguing turn. At first he is thrilled with his new treasure, but as onesecret leads to another, Reuben finds himself torn between his innately honest nature and thelure to be a hero.

Now he is on a dangerous adventure--full of curious characters, treacherous traps, andhairsbreadth escapes--as he races to solve the mystery before it is too late. Even with fearlessPenny, mighty Jack, and the wise Mrs. Genevieve on his side, can Reuben outwit andoutmaneuver the sly villain called The Smoke and his devious defenders the Directions and savethe city from a terrible fate?


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Team Event: Super QuizReligion

The Mass: The Glory, The Mystery, The Traditionby Cardinal Donald Wuerl

Paperback: 224 pagesPublisher: Image; Reprint edition (March 5, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0307718816ISBN-13: 978-0307718815

Available in hardcover, paperback, and kindle.

The Mass: The Glory, the Mystery, the Tradition is an engaging and authoritative guide toCatholicism’s most distinctive practice. And now, with the Church introducing revised languagefor the Mass, Catholics have a perfect opportunity to renew their understanding of thisbeautiful and beloved celebration.

Science

DK Smithsonian Knowledge Encyclopedia Space! by Ben Morgan

Stars – pages 68 – 93Galaxies – pages 94 – 110Reference – pages 200 -201

Paperback: 208Publisher: DK Children (September 1, 2015)ISBN-10: 0241196302ISBN-13: 978-0241196304

Available in paperback and hardback

Truly encyclopedic in scope and fully up-to-date covering the stars and planets, spaceexploration, and the night sky, Space! is packed with amazing facts and NASA images revealingthe wonders of the cosmos - from black holes to the big bang to the planets. Using computer-generated 3D models to explore and open up the most amazing objects in the universe.


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Team Event: Super Quiz

Social Studies

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the BlackWomen Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Raceby Margot Lee Shetterly

Paperback: 368 pagesLanguage Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprintedition (December 6, 2016)ISBN-10: 0062363603ISBN-13: 978-0062363602

Available in paperback, hardback, and Kindle

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group ofdedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules andadding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts,into space.

Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women,some of the brightest minds of their generation.

Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement andthe Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, MaryJackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women whoparticipated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly threedecades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their ownlives, and their country’s future.


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Individual Subject Tests:Current Events

News articles for the Current Events Individual Test come out at the end of each month, fromSeptember through January, and include information from multiple sources. For the CurrentEvents Test, decathletes will be tested on their knowledge of the information and vocabularyfrom the news articles. Decathletes should also be familiar with the political leadership andlocation of countries mentioned in the news articles.

The complete study guides, including the news articles, review questions, vocabulary,worksheets, maps, and quizzes, are available for purchase athttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Education-Test-Creators for $20.00. This is asubscription to the Current Events Study guides and will be added to each month through themonth of January as new articles and study resources are developed.

For those who do not wish to purchase the complete study guide, the news articles areavailable for download in pdf format from the Academic Decathlon wikispaces page athttps://academicdecathlon.wikispaces.com/Current+Events. Go tohttps://academicdecathlon.wikispaces.com to request membership to the AJHD wikispacespage. Then click on the Current Events tab located on the left margin of the AJHD home pageor go to https://academicdecathlon.wikispaces.com/Current+Events for the list of news articles.Make sure to check back for additional issues at the end of each month.

Please note: Links from the Catholic Schools Academic Junior High Decathlon (AJHD) to third-party sites do not constitute an endorsement by the AJHD of the parties or their products orservices. The appearance of advertisements or products or information for services on third-party sites does not constitute an endorsement by the AJHD, nor does the AJHD investigate anyclaims made by any advertiser. The AJHD is not responsible for incorrect information on third-party sites, nor is it responsible for alterations or edits to materials linked to the AJHD site.Parents and/or coaches are advised to screen all materials prior to viewing by academicdecathletes.


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Individual Subject Tests:Fine Arts

Classical Music for Dummies by David Pogue and Scott Speck

Decathletes will only be tested on the following chapters:

Chapter 2: The Entire History of Music in 80 PagesChapter 3: Knowing How to Spot a SonataChapter 5: For Your Listening Pleasure (pg. 137-158 only)Chapter 6: Keyboards & Co.Chapter 7: Strings AttachedChapter 8: Gone with the WoodwindsChapter 9: The Top (and Bottom) BrassChapter 10: Percussion's Greatest HitsChapter 11: The Dreaded Music Theory ChapterChapter 12: Once More, with Feeling: Tempo, Dynamics, and OrchestrationAppendix C: Glossary

Paperback: 384 pagesPublisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (July 7, 2015)ISBN-10: 111904975XISBN-13: 978-1119049753

Decathletes will also be responsible for listening to music Tracks 1 through 9, available athttp://www.dummies.com/book-extras/classical-music-dummies-2nd-edition-resource-center.

Available in paperback, Kindle, and ebook editions.

The beginner's guide to classical music, Classical Music for Dummies, is a friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide to composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more.Classical music is widely considered one of the pinnacles of human achievement. Thisinformative guide shows just how beautiful and rewarding it can be. Learn how Bach is differentfrom Beethoven, how Mozart is different still, and why not all "classical" music is actuallyClassical if it's really Baroque or Romantic. Be introduced to the composers and their work, anddiscover the groundbreaking pieces that shake the world every time they're played. Listen toclassical music with the essential recordings that define orchestral, choral, and operatic beauty.


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Individual Subject Tests:English

Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students,by Mignon Fogarty

Paperback: 304 pagesPublisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (July 5, 2011)ISBN-10: 0805089446ISBN-13: 978-0805089448

Available in Kindle and paperback versions.

Grammar Girl Presents the Ultimate Writing Guide for Students is a complete andcomprehensive guide to all things grammar. Complete with a writing style chapter and a guideto the different kinds of writing--everything from school papers to letter writing to e-mails--thisguide is sure to become the one-stop, essential book on every student's desk.

Conventions of Standard English:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage whenwriting or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.AExplain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and theirfunction in particular sentences.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.BForm and use verbs in the active and passive voice.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.CForm and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, andsubjunctive mood.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.DRecognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.


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Individual Subject Tests:English

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, andspelling when writing.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.A, B and CUse punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. Use an ellipsis toindicate an omission. Spell correctly.

Knowledge of Language:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3.AUse verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood toachieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressinguncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases basedon grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.AUse context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position orfunction in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.BUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to themeaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).


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Individual Subject Tests:Literature

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pagesPublisher: Square Fish (May 1, 2007)ISBN-10: 0312368569ISBN-13: 978-0312368562

Available in paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions.

In A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle, a companion to the Newbery Award winner AWrinkle in Time and A Wind in the Door, fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace and the unicornGaudior undertake a perilous journey through time in a desperate attempt to stop thedestruction of the world by the mad dictator Madog Branzillo. They are not alone in their quest.Charles Wallace's sister, Meg--grown and expecting her first child, but still able to enter herbrother's thoughts and emotions by "kything"--goes with him in spirit. Charles Wallace mustface the ultimate test of his faith and his will as he is sent within four people from another time,there to search for a way to avert the tragedy threatening them all.


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Individual Subject Tests:Math

Expressions and Equations Work with radicals and integer exponents:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.1Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent numericalexpressions. For example, 32 × 3-5 = 3-3 = 1/33 = 1/27.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.2Use square root and cube root symbols to represent solutions to equations of the formx2 = p and x3 = p, where p is a positive rational number. Evaluate square roots of small perfectsquares and cube roots of small perfect cubes. Know that √2 is irrational.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.3Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times an integer power of 10 to estimatevery large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than theother. For example, estimate the population of the United States as 3 times 108 and thepopulation of the world as 7 times 109, and determine that the world population is more than 20times larger.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.A.4Perform operations with numbers expressed in scientific notation, including problems whereboth decimal and scientific notation are used. Use scientific notation and choose units ofappropriate size for measurements of very large or very small quantities (e.g., use millimetersper year for seafloor spreading). Interpret scientific notation that has been generated bytechnology


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Individual Subject Tests:

Math

Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.B.5Graph proportional relationships, interpreting the unit rate as the slope of the graph. Comparetwo different proportional relationships represented in different ways. For example, compare adistance-time graph to a distance-time equation to determine which of two moving objects hasgreater speed.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.B.6Use similar triangles to explain why the slope m is the same between any two distinct points ona non-vertical line in the coordinate plane; derive the equation y = mx for a line through theorigin and the equation y = mx + b for a line intercepting the vertical axis.

Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.7Solve linear equations in one variable.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.7.AGive examples of linear equations in one variable with one solution, infinitely many solutions,or no solutions. Show which of these possibilities is the case by successively transforming thegiven equation into simpler forms, until an equivalent equation of the form x = a, a = a,or a = b results (where a and b are different numbers).

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.7.BSolve linear equations with rational number coefficients, including equations whose solutionsrequire expanding expressions using the distributive property and collecting like terms.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.8Analyze and solve pairs of simultaneous linear equations.


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Math

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.8.AUnderstand that solutions to a system of two linear equations in two variables correspond topoints of intersection of their graphs, because points of intersection satisfy both equationssimultaneously.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.8.BSolve systems of two linear equations in two variables algebraically, and estimate solutions bygraphing the equations. Solve simple cases by inspection. For example, 3x + 2y = 5 and 3x + 2y =6 have no solution because 3x + 2y cannot simultaneously be 5 and 6.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.EE.C.8.CSolve real-world and mathematical problems leading to two linear equations in twovariables. For example, given coordinates for two pairs of points, determine whether the linethrough the first pair of points intersects the line through the second pair.

Define, evaluate, and compare functions.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.A.1Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph ofa function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.A.2Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way (algebraically,graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). For example, given a linearfunction represented by a table of values and a linear function represented by an algebraicexpression, determine which function has the greater rate of change.


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Math

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.A.3Interpret the equation y = mx + b as defining a linear function, whose graph is a straight line;give examples of functions that are not linear. For example, the function A = s2 giving the area ofa square as a function of its side length is not linear because its graph contains the points (1, 1),(2, 4) and (3, 9), which are not on a straight line.

Use functions to model relationships between quantities.CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.B.4Construct a function to model a linear relationship between two quantities. Determine the rateof change and initial value of the function from a description of a relationship or from two (x, y)values, including reading these from a table or from a graph. Interpret the rate of change andinitial value of a linear function in terms of the situation it models, and in terms of its graph or atable of values.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.B.5Describe qualitatively the functional relationship between two quantities by analyzing a graph(e.g., where the function is increasing or decreasing, linear or nonlinear). Sketch a graph thatexhibits the qualitative features of a function that has been described verbally.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.B.6Explain a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.B.7Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to determine unknown side lengths in right triangles in real-world and mathematical problems in two and three dimensions.


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ReligionThe Church: Unlocking the Secrets to the Places Catholics CallHome by Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina

Hardcover: 240 pagesPublisher: Image (March 5, 2013)ISBN-10: 0770435513ISBN-13: 978-0770435516

Available in hardcover and e-book.

From the bestselling authors of The Mass, comes an insightful andpractical guide that explores the architectural and spiritual components of the Catholic Church.Your local church is not only a physical place, but a spiritual home. In this thought-provokingbook, Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Mike Aquilina illuminate the importance of the Church in itsmany guises and examine the theological ideas behind the physical structure of churches,cathedrals, and basilicas.

ScienceDK Smithsonian Knowledge Encyclopedia Space! by Ben Morgan

The Solar System – pages 6 – 67Reference – pages 196 – 199Glossary – pages 202 - 203

Paperback: 208 pagesPublisher: DK Children (September 1, 2015)ISBN-10: 0241196302ISBN-13: 978-0241196304

Available in paperback and hardback


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Social Studies

Final Countdown: NASA and the end of the Space Shuttle Program by Pat Duggins

Hardcover: 264 pagesPublisher: University Press of Florida; 1st edition(October 21, 2007)ISBN-10: 081303146XISBN-13: 978-0813031460

Available in paperback, hardback, and Kindle.

The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. spaceprogram. However, each new flight brings us one step closer tothe retirement of the shuttle in 2010. Final Countdown is theriveting history of NASA's Space Shuttle program, its missions, andits impending demise. It also examines the plans and earlydevelopment of the space agency’s next major effort: the OrionCrew Exploration Capsule.

Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert," chronicles the planningstages of the shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrills of the first flight in 1981,construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000sto shut it down.


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Optional Individual Subject Tests:

Writing

For the second year, the Academic Junior High Decathlon program is offering an optionalindividual writing test. The individual writing test is a timed-essay competition. Writers will beassessed based on the Common Core Standard for Literacy listed below. Awards will be givenfor first, second, and third place.

The individual writing test will be administered approximately two weeks before the diocesanAcademic Decathlon competition. The date, time, and place for the individual writing test willbe provided by the diocesan Academic Decathlon coordinator.

As this is an optional test, points awarded in the writing test competition will not be used todetermine the overall team score for the Academic Junior High Decathlon.

Write Better Essays in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition

by Learning Express

Paperback: 188 pagesPublisher: LearningExpress, LLC; 3rd editionISBN-13: 978-1576857922ISBN-10: 1576857921

Whether you are applying to school, trying to pass an academic course, or drafting a businessproposal, writing effectively can be challenging. This guide covers all essentials: how tounderstand essay questions, create a strong thesis, develop a captivating introduction, supportyour ideas, and revise your work. Included are many sample essays, strategies for planning andrevising in-class essays, tips to overcome writer's block, and instruction on achieving high scoreson essay exams.


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Optional Individual Subject Tests:

Writing

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, andinformation through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.AIntroduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, andinformation into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g.,charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.BDevelop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details,quotations, or other information and examples.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.CUse appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationshipsamong ideas and concepts.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.DUse precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain thetopic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.EEstablish and maintain a formal style.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.FProvide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports theinformation or explanation presented.

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