end of semester 2 exam learning objectives english year 9...
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Strands Objectives
Reading
Students should be able to:
understand how writers explore current issues through fictional dystopian societies
understand how language can be used to manipulate people
Writing Students should be able to:
understand the features of a dystopian narrative
understand how short, simple sentences can emphasise key moments in a narrative that highlight the dystopian features of a plot.
understand how writers can create a sense of fear by controlling the release of information to the reader
understand how to plan and write a dystopian short story
Grammar Students should be able to
understand how writers can use nouns and noun phrases to create an impression of a place and influence reader’s view of a fictional world.
understand how writers can use adverbs, adverbial phrases and sentence length to control the pace of action in a narrative
understand how choice of pronouns, nouns and verbs can influence the reader’s response to characters and their points of view
End of Semester 2 Exam Learning Objectives English Year 9 2017/2018
List of topics for End of Semester Exams 2018 Year 9
SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS A (IGCSE)
TOPICS LEARNING OBJECTIVES (Calculator allowed) Page
Number Chapter 17
Integer
Sequence
1. To be able to find the differences between terms in a sequence – Ex 17A 2. To be able to find the Nth term of a sequence – Ex 17B 3. To be able to find the Nth term of a linear sequence – Ex 17B
Page 278- 285
Chapter 18
Indices
4. Using indices – Ex 18A 5. Negative indices – Ex 18B 6. Multiplying and dividing with indices – Ex 18C
Page 288 - 294
Chapter 15
Straight line graphs
7. To be able to find the midpoint of a line on the Cartesian plane - Ex 15A 8. To be able to draw straight line graphs – Ex 15B 9. To be able to find the gradient of a line – Ex 15C 10. To be able to graph the equation y=mx+c. – Ex 15D 11. Parallel lines – Ex 15E 12. To be able to find the equation of a line – Ex 15F
Page 238 - 252
Chapter 31 Statistical
presentation
13. Pi charts – Exercise 31D
Page 547-550
Chapter 32 Statistical Measures
14. The mode – Ex 32A 15. The median – Ex 32B 16. The mean – Ex 32C 17. The range – Ex 32D 18. Which average to use – Ex 32E 19. Using frequency table – Ex 32F 20. Grouped data – Ex 32G
Page 558 -579
Chapter 30 Transformations
21. Translation – Ex 30A 22. Reflection – Ex 30B, 30C 23. Rotation – Ex 30D, 30E 24. Enlargements – Ex 30F
Page 498 - 516
Chapter 6 Sets
25. Inequalities – Ex 6A 26. Describing elements – Ex 6B 27. Venn diagrams – Ex 6C
Page 84 - 91
Chapter 7 Ratio,
proportion and speed
28. Ratio – Ex 7A 29. Dividing amounts in a given ratio and map scales – Ex 7B, 7C 30. Speed and density – Ex 7D, 7E 31. Direct proportion – ,Ex 7F
Page 96 – 107 111 - 113
Chapter 26 Trigonometry
32. Pythagoras’ theorem – 26A 33. Trigonometric ratios – 26B
Page 414 – 416
Chapter 33 Probability
34. Probability scale – Ex 33A 35. Calculating probabilities, Addition rule for probability – Ex 33B, 33C, 33D 36. Probability from data, Expected frequency - 33E, 33F
Page 590 - 604
Levels of organization
•Describe the levels of organisation within organisms: organelles, cells, tissues, organs and systems.
b)Cell structure
•describe cell structures, including the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplast and
vacuole
•describe the functions of the nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplast and vacuole
•compare the structures of plant and animal cells.
Movement of substances into and out of cells
•understand definitions of diffusion, osmosis and active transport
•understand that movement of substances into and out of cells can be by diffusion, osmosis and
active transport
understand the importance in plants of turgid cells as a means of support
• understand the factors that affect the rate of movement of substances into and out of cells, to
include the effects of surface area to volume ratio, temperature and concentration gradient
• Describe experiments to investigate diffusion and osmosis using living and non-living systems.
The organism in the environment
•understand the terms population, community, habitat and ecosystem
•explain how quadrats can be used to estimate the population size of an organism in two different
areas
•Explain how quadrats can be used to sample the distribution of organisms in their habitats.
Feeding relationships
•explain the names given to different trophic levels to include producers, primary, secondary and
tertiary consumers and decomposers
•understand the concepts of food chains, food webs, pyramids of number, pyramids of biomass and
pyramids of energy transfer
•understand the transfer of substances and of energy along a food chain
•explain why only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
End of Semester 2 Exam Biology Year 9 2017/2018
Cycles within ecosystems
• describe the stages in the carbon cycle, including respiration, photosynthesis, decomposition and
combustion
• describe the stages in the nitrogen cycle, including the roles of nitrogen fixing bacteria,
decomposers, nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria (specific names of bacteria are not
required)
Human influences on the environment
•understand the biological consequences of pollution of air by sulfur dioxide and by carbon
monoxide
•understand that water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and CFCs are greenhouse
gases
• understand how an increase in greenhouse gases results in an enhanced greenhouse effect and
that this may lead to global warming and its consequences
• understand the biological consequences of pollution of water by sewage, including increases in the
number of micro-organisms causing depletion of oxygen
•understand that eutrophication can result from leached minerals from fertiliser
•understand the effects of deforestation, including leaching, soil erosion, disturbance of the water
cycle and of the balance in atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide
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Year 9 Chemistry
End of Semester 2 Exam Learning Objectives
Topic (1): Energy and Reactions
Classify changes as exothermic or endothermic from temperature changes
Explain why energy input may be needed to start some reactions or keep them going.
Describe bond breaking and making in terms of energy transfer.
Summarise energy changes by drawing simple energy level diagrams.
Describe the combustion of hydrocarbons (in terms of reactants and products) as an example for
exothermic reactions
Describe examples of energy being used to start a chemical reaction or keep it going. (example
of endothermic reactions)
Apply knowledge of explosive reactions to explain why they occur more or less rapidly when the
particle size or the oxidiser is changed. (idea about factors affecting the rate of chemical
reactions)
Describe test for oxygen
Topic (2): bonding
a. Ionic Bond:
understand how ions are formed by electron loss or gain
know the charges of these ions:
metals in Groups 1, 2 and 3
non-metals in Groups 5, 6 and 7
Ag+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Pb2+, Zn2+
hydrogen H+, hydroxide OH–, ammonium NH4+,carbonate CO3
2 nitrate NO3-, sulfate SO4
2–
write formulae for compounds formed between the ions listed above
understand ionic bonding in terms of electrostatic attraction.
draw dot-and-cross diagrams to show the formation of ionic compounds by electron transfer, limited to
combinations of elements from Groups 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 7 (Only outer electrons need to be shown)
b. Covalent Bond
know that a covalent bond is formed between atoms by the sharing of a pair of electrons
understand covalent bonds in terms of electrostatic attractions
understand how to use dot-and-cross diagrams to represent covalent bonds in: diatomic molecules,
including hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, halogens and hydrogen halides
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Understand how to use dot-and-cross diagrams to represent:
inorganic molecules including water, ammonia and carbon dioxide
Organic molecules containing up to two carbon atoms, including methane, ethane, ethene and
those containing halogen atoms.
c. Metallic Bond
know how to represent a metallic lattice by a 2-D diagram
understand metallic bonding in terms of electrostatic attractions
explain typical physical properties of metals, including electrical conductivity and malleability
Topic (3): Redox
Understand the terms: redox, oxidation, reduction, oxidising agent and reducing agent (in terms of
gain and loss of oxygen)
Understand the terms: redox, oxidation, reduction, oxidising agent and reducing agent (in terms of
gain and loss of electrons)
Use results from displacement reactions to produce an order of reactivity. (Revisit the reactivity
series)
Recall how metals are extracted from ores taken from the Earth’s crust.
Recall that the extraction of some metals is more difficult than others, depending on the
metal’s reactivity.
Explain why some elements have been isolated for much longer than others.
Explain why the method used to extract a metal is related to its position in the reactivity series
and cost of the extraction process.
Topic (4): Extraction of metals
Describe how metals are extracted from their ores by heating with carbon (Extraction of iron by
blast furnace)
Describe the movement of ions in electrolysis.
Explain how oxidation and reduction happen during electrolysis.
Describe the electrolysis of Aluminium from molten aluminium oxide.
Pre-Knowledge required from Semester (1):
Valencies and formulae of compounds
Writing Balanced chemical equations
Converting word equations into symbol equations
Year 9 Physics
Semester 2 learning objectives
1. Able to use the following units correctly - kilogram (kg), joule (J), metre (m), metre/second
(m/s), metre/second2 (m/s2), newton (N), second (s) and watt (W)
2. Describe energy transfers involving energy stores: energy stores: chemical, kinetic,
gravitational, elastic, thermal, magnetic, electrostatic, nuclear
3. Energy transfers: mechanically, electrically, by heating, by radiation (light and sound) and
explain the principle of conservation of energy
4. Understand and use the relationship between efficiency, useful energy output and total energy
output: efficiency = (useful energy output/total energy input) x 100% and draw and interpret
Sankey diagrams
5. Describe how thermal energy transfer may take place by conduction, convection and radiation.
Explain the role of convection in everyday phenomena and explain how emission and
absorption of radiation are related to surface and temperature
6. Explain ways of reducing unwanted energy transfer, such as insulation
7. Know and use the relationship between work done, force and distance moved in the direction
of the force: work done = force × distance moved (W = F × d)
8. Know that work done is equal to energy transferred
9. Know and use the relationship between gravitational potential energy, mass, gravitational field
strength and height: gravitational potential energy = mass × gravitational field strength ×height
(GPE = m × g × h). Know and use the relationship: kinetic energy = ½ × mass × speed2
(KE = ½ × m × v2).
10. Understand how conservation of energy produces a link between gravitational potential
energy, kinetic energy and work. Describe power as the rate of transfer of energy or the rate
of doing work
11. Use the relationship between power, work done (energy transferred) and time taken: power =
work done / time taken (P = W/ t)
12. Describe the energy transfers involved in generating electricity using: wind, water, geothermal
resources, solar heating systems, solar cells, fossil fuels, nuclear power
13. • Describe the advantages and disadvantages of methods of largescale electricity production
from various renewable and non-renewable resources.
14. • Use the following units: degree Celsius (°C), Kelvin (K), joule (J), kilogram (kg),
kilogram/metre3 (kg/m3), metre (m), metre2 (m2), metre3 (m3), metre/second (m/s),
metre/second2 (m/s2), newton (N) and pascal (Pa). Use the following unit: joules/kilogram
degree Celsius (J/kg °C)
15. Know and use the relationship between pressure, force and area: pressure = force / area (p =
F / A). Know and use the relationship between density, mass and volume: density = mass /
volume (ρ = m / V)
Year 9 History Scheme of Work | Semester 2 | Feb-June 2018 Topic Guidelines for Semester 2 examination
History February 2018 to June 2018
Year 9
Learning Objective Topics Textbook Reference
To investigate the suffragettes and suffragists
To determine what finally won the vote for women
Who were the Suffragettes?
Pages 18 - 21
To explore the tragic event of the 1913 Derby
To determine if Emily Davison was murdered
History Mystery: Did Emily Davison mean to kill herself?
Pages 22 - 23
Explore the differences between a democracy and dictatorship
Identify the main features of both
Different ways to run a country Pages 64-65
Explain Fascism and Communism
Identify the countries that had these political systems
Two types of dictatorship (Communism)
Pages 66 - 67
Explore fascism in Italy
Two types of dictatorship (Fascism) Pages 68-69
Investigate Hitler’s life up to 1933
Adolf Hitler: choirboy, artist, tramp, soldier, politician
Pages 70-71
Investigate Hitler’s life up to 1933
Adolf Hitler: choirboy, artist, tramp, soldier, politician
Pages 72-73
Investigate what life was like under Nazi rule
What was life like in Hitler’s Germany?
Pages 74-75
Investigate what life was like under Nazi rule
What was life like in Hitler’s Germany?
Pages 76-77
Investigate the role and treatment of women in Nazi Germany
What was life like in Hitler’s Germany?
Pages 78 - 79
SUBJECT: Geography
TOPICS LEARNING OBJECTIVES Page No:
Rich world, poor world
Key words: Standard of living, unequal, development
Explain what makes a poorly developed country consider the differences in peoples’ standard of living around the world
Recognise that differences exist within countries as well as between countries in terms of peoples’ standard of living
Pages 66-67:
So what is development
Keywords: Crust: Development, improvement
Define what is meant by development
List some of the conditions you would expect to find in a highly developed and a poorly developed country
Pages 68-69:
Measuring and mapping development
Key words: Development indicator, Life expectancy, Gross Domestic Product, Purchasing power parity
Understand what is meant by a development indicator and why they are used
List five examples of development indicators
Interpret a world map of GDP per person
Pages 70-71:
Malawi: a developing country
Key words: Cash crops
Locate Malawi on a world map
Understand some of the reasons for Malawi’s low level of development
Pages 72-73
Singapore: a developed country
Key words: Transhipment port, Colony/ Colonies
Locate Singapore on a world map
Understand some of the reasons for Singapore’s high level of development
Pages 74-75
How did the development gap grow?- part 1
Key words: Industrial revolution
Explain how historical factors, geographical factors, and levels of health and education, contribute to the development gap between countries
Pages 76-77
How did the development gap grow?- part 2
Key words: Conflict, cash crops, Corruption, Commodities
Explain how conflict and corruption, over-reliance on a few exports, and a lack of industry, contribute to the development gap between countries
Pages 78-79:
Escaping from poverty
Keywords: Poverty, Refugees, Fairtrade
Appreciate why some people risk everything in the hope of finding a better life in another country
Understand why there is no easy solution to illegal immigration
Pages 80-81:
Putting an end to poverty
Keywords: Aid, NGO’s, microfinancing
Describe some of the ways in which poorer countries, richer countries, and individuals like us, can help to end poverty
Explain how manufacturing can help countries to develop
Pages: 82-83
Topic Guidelines for Semester 2 examination February 2018 to June 2018
Year 9
Semester 2 End of Semester Exam Learning Objectives 2017-2018
Year 9
SUBJECT: ICT – Software Skills
SOFTWARE LEARNING OBJECTIVES Pg. No.
Arts/Graphics
(Microsoft Paint)
Explain features of image types: bitmap, vector
Know how to create images: combining basic shapes and text
Know how to edit images using:
o Crop
o Resize
o Rotate
Know the features and tools of Microsoft Paint, including:
o Creating shapes
o Adding text and changing text colour and size
o Using brushes
o Using fill
o Cropping, resizing and rotating images
239-247
Desktop Publishing/Word
Processing
(Microsoft Publisher/
Microsoft Word)
Know how to enter or edit text
Know how to format text using:
o font colour
o font size
o font type and style
o Bullets and numbering
Know how to use columns and tables
Know how to use layout features:
o Text wrap
o Page orientation
o Margins
Know the features and tools of Microsoft Publisher, including:
o Adding text using text boxes
o Adding images
o Using text wrap
o Changing the page orientation
o Changing the margins of a page
o Changing text colour, size, style
o Creating lists using bullet points and numbering
o Adding tables and columns
o Adding headers and footers and page numbers
208-235
Presentation
(Microsoft PowerPoint)
Know how to create slides using Microsoft PowerPoint
o Know how to add images and text
o Know how to use themes/templates
o Know how to add animations and transitions
o Know how to add action buttons and hyperlinks
Know how to create a template/master slide in Microsoft PowerPoint
o Know how to add a slide background
o Know how to use placeholders
o Know how to add footers and slide numbers
Know how to print presentation slides
o Know how to print full page slides, 2 slides per page and 3 slides per page
handouts
o Know how to add headers and footers to handouts
Know the features and tools of Microsoft PowerPoint, including:
o Using predesigned templates/themes
o Adding text and images to slides
o Applying animations to text and graphics
o Applying slide transitions
o Adding action buttons and hyperlinks
o Designing presentations using Slide Masters (setting background colour, font
size, style and colour, adding headers and footers)
o Using the different print layout settings
248-261
SUBJECT: AFL ISLAMIC
TOPICS LEARNING OBJECTIVES Pg. No Tick
Visiting the sick Explain the reward for sick
List the things to remember when visiting the sick
2.22
Miracles of the Prophet
To understand the definition of a miracle
To recall and explain one of the miracles of the Prophet
To understand that the Quran is the greatest miracle
2.25
Hijab Understand the role of clothing in the Quran
Define the term hijab, awrah and mahram
2.28
The 99 Name of Allah
To understand why it is important for Muslims to learn and live by the names of Allah.
To be able to explain how Muslims can use the names in prayer and remembrance of Allah
3.14
Guarding the tongue
Understand the dangers of gossiping, lying and backbiting
To know why it is important to watch what you say
3.25
Forgiveness To know the importance of asking for forgiveness in Islam
To list the ways of asking for forgiveness
3.29
Anti-Social Behaviour
To understand why Muslims should behave well and how to avoid Anti- social behaviour in society
3.31
Revelation
To know what the revelation is
To learn the story of the first revelation of the Quran
To know at least 3 ways on how revelation was received by the Prophet
2.15
Ramadan To understand why Muslims fast during Ramadan
To explain the things to avoid and things to do whilst fasting
1.11
Laylat al Qadar To describe the important of Ramadhan
To explain what the Night of Power is and how one may look search for it
2.9
The Prophet’s (PBUH) Last
Sermon
To explain the main teachings covered in the last sermon (Brotherhood, Life and property, Riba) and its importance for Muslims today
3.32
Semester 2 Learning Objectives Year 7-9 AFL ISLAMIC
Year 9 Qatar History
To be able to explain Qatar’s Interior and Foreign policies and explore
the role of the Sovereign investment fund. (Pages 36-41)
Be able to explain the social changes under the rule of the different
emirs. (46-50)
Be able to explain Qatar’s role in supporting Arab and Islamic issues. (56-
60)
Be able to explain Qatar’s role in supporting the Palestinian cause. (64-
66)
Topic Guidelines for Semester 2 examination February 2018 to June 2018
Qatar History Foreigners Years 7 to 9