Knowledge Organiser: March 2019
Year 8
“Wise men and women are always learning, always listening for fresh insights.”
Proverbs 18:15 (The Message)
Determination – Integrity – Ambition – Humility – Compassion
Student Name:
Using Your Knowledge Organiser
Your teachers have worked hard to produce this document for you and have selected the most important knowledge that you will need to know to make good progress in their subjects. You should aim to learn all the information in your knowledge organiser off by heart.
Try out some of the strategies listed here to help you achieve this.
1. Read the knowledge organiser and ensure you understand it. Try and make links between the information on it and what you already know and do.
2. Look, Cover, Write, Check – the traditional way of learning spellings!
3. Create a Mnemonic – Using the first letters of keywords create a memorable sentence or phrase.
4. Create an acronym – using the first letters of keywords to create a word to prompt you to remember all of the information.
5. Write it out in full on a blank version of the same format.
6. Write it out in note form, reducing it to key ideas or words. Try the same format but a smaller piece of paper.
7. Recreate the knowledge organiser as a series of images and
words
8. Write a set of test questions for yourself using the organiser. • Answer these without the organiser the next day. • Swap your questions with a friend to increase
challenge. • Turn your questions in to a game by putting them
on cards and playing with friends.
9. Chunk the knowledge into smaller bitesize sections of around 5 pieces of information. Concentrate on mastering a chunk before you start on the next.
10. Try to make connections between the information and people you know. E.g. Visualise yourself trying these strategies with a specific teaching group.
11. Talk about the information on the knowledge organiser with another person. Teaching someone else about it helps us learn it.
12. Say the information out loud – rehearse it like learning lines
for a play, or sing it as if you are in a musical!
Good Timber by Douglas Malloch
Determination – Integrity – Ambition – Humility – Compassion
1. The tree that never had to fight 2. For sun and sky and air and light, 3. But stood out in the open plain 4. And always got its share of rain, 5. Never became a forest king 6. But lived and died a scrubby thing
7. Good timber does not grow with ease, 8. The stronger wind, the stronger trees, 9. The further sky, the greater length, 10. The more the storm, the more the strength. 11. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, 12. In trees and people good timbers grow.
Y8 Magnus Academy Homework Timetable March 2019
To help you learn the contents of your knowledge organiser thoroughly, you will be required to show evidence of learning it as homework. Please write out the required section three times in your purple book, and be prepared to demonstrate your learning in the lesson.
Subject Week 1: Week 2: Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6: (collected) 25th Feb 4th March 11th March 18th March 25th March 1st AprilEnglish CHRIS RICE Technical vocabulary Context Effective vocabulary Technical vocabulary ContextMaths Data Charts Calculating statistics Technical vocab Algebra Calculating statisticsScience Words 1,2,3 Words 4,5,6 Words 7,8,9 Words 10,11,12 Words 13,14, 15 Words 16, 17, 18,19
Geography Technical vocabulary
Demographic transition model and add a country into each stage
Copy out the technical vocabulary 3 times
Copy out push and pull factors once and draw a picture to go with each.
Copy out the technical vocabulary 3 times
Copy out the technical vocabulary 3 times
SpanishKO test on Key infinitives
KO test – technical vocab
KO test Key adjectives KO test verb buster
Vocab test from purple book – new words from reading and listening exams.
Vocab test on exam rubric from the listening , reading and writing papers.
ArtCopy information about German Expressionism
Technical vocabulary key words
Technical vocabulary definitions 1st 5
Technical vocabulary 2nd 5 definitions
Food Reducing Food wasteFood production impact on the environment
Differences Types of pastry
Drama5 words from the technical vocabulary
Answer questions in ‘Use of Voice’ section.
Complete the ‘Use of voice and Movement revision.’
RE 1st Noble Truth 2nd Noble Truth 3rd Noble Truth 4th Noble TruthICT Box 1 Box 2 Box 3 Box 4 Box 1 Box 2
Technology What is ACCESS FMHard, Soft and Manufactured Boards.
Technical Vocabulary
PEShort-term effects of exercise
Create table to explain position of each bone
technical vocabulary table
History Technical vocabulary Timeline section Key people section Key facts section Write a paragraph using every word from
conscription
propaganda
the home front
the front line
hypocrisy
hypocritical
political
pacifism
violence
harrowing
shrapnel
artillery
patriotism
national pride
camaraderie
heroism
Half-Term: Spring 2 Subject: Year 8 WW1 Anthology Threshold Concept Link(s): Writer’s Craft / Context
Technical Vocabulary
Adjective A word which describes a noun e.g. ‘Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light’
Verb An action e.g. ‘someone still was yelling out and stumbling,’
Adverb A word which describes how the action occurs e.g. ‘The larks, still bravely singing, fly’
Metaphor The writer says one thing IS another thing e.g. ‘Drunk with fatigue;’
Simile The writer says one thing IS LIKE another thing e.g. ‘Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn.’
Onomatopoeia A word that reflects the sound it makes e.g. ‘He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.’
Personification To give an inanimate object human qualities e.g. ‘gathering sleep had mothered them from him.’
Alliteration The repetition of the first letter in a sentence e.g. You listen with delight, by tales of dirt and danger fondly thrilled.’
Imagery Language which creates a vivid/memorable picture for the reader e.g. ‘the poppies blow/Between the crosses, row on row.’
Narrative voice
Either first or third person perspective e.g. ‘You love us when we’re heroes’ or ‘He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark,’
CONTEXT
1. The First World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918. 2. Men were encouraged to join the war because of propaganda posters;
these suggested that soldiers would have a smart uniform and good equipment.
3. In reality, many soldiers had uniform that didn’t fit and faulty equipment. 4. The “war poets” joined the way to help the war effort. 5. They wrote poetry to protest about the poor conditions the soldiers
experienced. 6. Some of the poetry was banned during the war because of censorship. 7. The war poets can be divided into three categories:
a. ‘The Illusion’ – hopeful and patriotic poetry that glorifies war. b. ‘The Reality’ – poetry that honestly described what conditions were
like for the soldiers. c. ‘The Aftermath’ – poetry that was written after the war and
reflected on the cost of the war and the number of men who died.
EFFECTIVE VOCABULARY
Half-Term 4 Subject: Maths 8 Threshold Concept Link(s) Solving Equations/Inequaliities
Display and Interpret Data
Algebra
Solve the equation: a - 5 = 10 a - 5 = 10 Undo the - 5 by adding 5 to both sides a - 5 + 5 = 10 + 5 a = 15
Solve the equation: 6a = 18 6a = 18 Undo the x6 by dividing by 6 on both sides 6a ÷ 6 = 18 ÷ 6 a = 3
Solve the equation: 2a + 3 = 7 2a + 3 = 7 Undo the + 3 by subtracting 3 from both sides 2a + 3 - 3 = 7 - 3 2a = 4 Then undo the multiply by 2 by dividing by 2
again on both sides 2a ÷ 2 = 4 ÷ 2
a = 2
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Solve To find the value of a variable (letter)
Substitution Change the value of a variable from a letter to the number given; then carry out the calculation
Equation A statement separated by an = sign
Inequality A statement separated by a <, >, ≤ or ≥ sign
Inverse Operation The reverse operation; Multiply and Divide; Add and subtract; Square and Square Root
Order of operations The order of importance when carrying out a calculation; Brackets first; Powers next; Multiply or divide next; add or subtract last.
Discrete Data Data made from certain definite values (shoe size 5, 5.5 , 6; nothing in between)
Continuous Data Data made from any value in between (height 1.5m, 1.5247m)
Grouped data Data that has been put into groups according to a rule, to make it easier to handle.
Frequency The number of times that each piece of data is found.
Calculating Statistics
Mode A value that occurs the most often in a set of data
Look for the data that occurs the most often (common)
Median The middle number in a set of numbers Put the data in order from lowest to highest, then find the middle value
Mean An average of a set of numbers Add all the data together, then divide by how many pieces of data there were.
Range Gives an idea of the spread of the data Subtract the smallest piece of data from the largest piece of data
A Two-Way Table
Right-handed
Left-handed
Sub-Total
Girls 188 32 220
Boys 203 37 240
Sub-total
391 69 460
The table may be used by finding the correct column and row. Sub-totals can be found for each row and each column. The total frequency can be found by adding up each cell, or adding the appropriate sub-total.
Data Charts
A pictogram
• Must have a key • Has a symbol or part symbol to
represent a value • Columns must be labelled
A Bar Chart
• Must have a key or title • Frequency and scale values labelled
on the lines of the y axis • For discrete data label category in
the middle of each bar on the x axis • For continuous data label the scale
values on the lines of the x axis (see diagram)
A Pie Chart
• Must have a key or sectors labelled • 360° divided by the total frequency =
angle per one item of data • Each sector represents a proportion
of the data
Half-Term __3___________________ Subject ____8 _____ Theshold Concept Link(s)__Energy and Waves __
Exam Command Words
10. State Only a short answer is required, not an explanation or a description.
11. Calculate Students should use numbers given in the question to work out the answer.
12. Evaluate Students should use the information supplied, as well as their knowledge and understanding, to consider evidence for and against.
13. Compare This requires the student to describe the similarities and/or differences between things, not just write about one.
14. Explain Students should make something clear, or state the reasons for something happening.
15. Suggest This term is used in questions where students need to apply their knowledge and understanding to a new situation.
16. Identify Name or otherwise characterise.
17. Give Name or otherwise characterise.
18.Describe Students may be asked to recall some facts, events or process in an accurate way.
IChoose Reward Words 19.Independent variable
the variable that is changed or selected by the investigator
20.Dependent variable The variable that is measured
21.Control variable Variables that you keep the same
22.Unit What something is measured in e.g. the unit of distance is metres.
23.Method A series of step-by-step instructions.
24. Pattern A regular sequence.
25. Prediction A statement suggesting what will happen in the future.
26. Hypothesis An explanation you can test which includes a reason and a ‘science idea’.
27. Continuous data Has values that can be any number
Topic Key Words 1. Work Done The energy transferred when a force moves an object through
a distance, in joules. 2. Deform When an object is stretched or squashed, which requires
work. 3. Lever A type of machine which is a rigid bar that pivots about a
point. 4. Thermal
Conductor A material that allows thermal energy to pass through it quickly.
5. Thermal Insulator A material that only allows thermal energy to travel through it slowly.
6. Convection Transfer of thermal energy when particles in a heated fluid rise.
7. Radiation The transfer of energy through a wave.
8. Conduction Transfer of thermal energy by the vibration of particles.
9. Ionisation The removal of an electron from an atom.
Half-Term 4 History Topic: Second World War CHRONOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING,CAUSE, CONSEQUENCE, CHANGE, SIGNIFICANCE
TIMELINE 1933 Germany begins to rearm.
1936 German troops march into Rhineland.
1938 Austria and Germany unite.
1938 Appeasement agreement (Munich Pact).
1939 Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and Poland.
1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany.
1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk.
1940 Battle of Britain.
1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union.
1942 Russia starts to push the German army backwards.
1943 German army surrenders at Stalingrad.
1944 D-Day landings.
1945 Germany surrenders and the war is over.
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY
ALLIED POWERS An alliance during World War II made up of the countries that opposed the aggression of Nazi Germany. Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union were the most prominent members, although many other countries also joined.
APPEASEMENT The British and French policy of conceding to Adolf Hitler’s territorial demands prior to the outbreak of World War II.
AXIS POWERS The collective term for Germany, Italy, and Japan’s military alliance in opposition to the Allied Powers.
BATTLE OF BRITAIN An extended campaign from July 1940 to the spring of 1941 in which British air forces fought off wave after wave of German bombers and denied Germany in its quest to attain air superiority over Britain.
BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
A brutal, five-month battle between German and Soviet forces for the important industrial city of Stalingrad that resulted in the deaths of almost 2 million people.
BLITZKRIEG Literally “lightning war,” the term for Hitler’s invasion strategy of attacking a nation suddenly and with overwhelming force.
D-DAY June 6, 1944, the day on which the Allied invasion of France via the Normandy coast began.
FASCISM A system of government dominated by far-right-wing forces and generally commanded by a single dictator.
Key Facts
Although the Treaty of Versailles had forbidden Germany to rearm, Hitler ignored this. From 1933 onwards he began to rearm Germany in preparation for War.
The policy of appeasement failed because Hitler failed to keep his word and invaded Czechoslovakia and Poland.
The early war in Europe demonstrated the strength of the German army. However, the Battle of Britain, marked an important turning point as Britain resisted the German attack. Despite the harsh conditions and extreme brutality of the Battle of Stalingrad, this proved to be a major turning point in the war, as Germany suffered defeat to the Soviet union.
Key People
Adolf Hitler Chancellor and self-proclaimed Führer, or “leader,” of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Neville Chamberlain
The prime minister of Britain from 1937 to 1940, who advocated a policy of appeasement toward the territorial demands of Nazi Germany.
Winston Churchill
The prime minister of Britain during most of World War II. Churchill was among the most active leaders in resisting German aggression and played a major role in assembling the Allied Powers, including the United States and the USSR.
Franklin Roosevelt
The 32nd U.S. president, who led the country through the bulk of World War II until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage in April 1945, just a few months before the war ended.
Joseph Stalin General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953.
Half-Term 4 Subject Geography Threshold Concept Link(s) Population and Settlement
Push Factors- a factor that encourages people to move from a place
Pull Factors- a factor that encourages people to move to a place
• Lack of services • Lack of safety • High crime rate • Crop failure • Drought • Flooding • Poverty • War
• Higher employment • More wealth • Better services • Good climate • Safer, less crime • Political stability • More fertile land • Lower risk from natural
hazards
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY
Population All the inhabitants of a particular Death Rate The number of deaths to the
population usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand
Birth Rate The number of live births per thousand of population per year.
Natural increase the difference between births and deaths
Urbanisation An increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas.
Counter Urbanisation Where people move from urban areas to rural areas.
Suburbanisation the process by which suburbs grow as a city expands outwards
Inequality differences between people, in terms of factors such as; poverty, wealth, wellbeing, employment opportunities, housing, education etc.
Megacity a city with a population over 10 million people
Migration The movement of people from one place to another.
The Demographic Transition Model
Types of Industry
Half-Term September 2018 Subject Spanish 11 El medio ambiente Threshold Concept Link(s): Recognise full opinions, questions , 100 infinitives and how to conjugate in the simple future tense.
Key infinitives
Desaparecer To disappear
Luchar To struggle / fight
Alejarse de To move further away from
Amenazar To threathen
Frenar To break
Rescatar To rescue
Señalar To indicate
Escoger To chose
Recoger To pick up
Vaciar To empty
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY El gamberro Hooligan
Los niños de la calle Street children
La pobreza Poverty
Los sin techo Homeless people
El vertedero Rubbish dump
La comisaría Police station
El indice de criminalidad Crime rate
Hasta cierto punto To a certain extent
La mancha Stain
El casco Helmet
Environmental problems
El calentamiento global Global warming
La marea negra Oil spill
La lluvia ácida Acid rain
El atasco Traffic jam
La seguía Drought
Los incendios forestales Forest fires
La selva Jungle
La circulación Traffic
El efecto invernadero Greenhouse effect
La capa de ozono Ozone layer
Verbs in the simple future tense
Ir = to go Hacer = to do / make Tener = To have Iré = I will go Haré = I will do Tendré = I will have
Irás = You will go (s) Harás = You will do (s) Tendrás = You will have (s)
Irá = He / she will go Hará = He/ she will do Tendrá = He / she will have
Iremos = We will go Haremos = We will do Tendremos = We will have
Ireís = You will go (p) Hareís = You will do (s) Tendreís = You will have (p)
Irán = They will go Harán = They will do Tendrán = They will have
Half-Term: HT4 Y8 Subject: Art Threshold Concept Link(s): Use a range of media and analyse and write critically demonstrating understanding.
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German expressionism was an early German expressionism was an early twentieth century German art movem movement that emphasized the artist's inner feelings or ideas over st's inn replicating reality, and was characterised by simplified shapes, bright
colours and gestural marks or brushstrokes
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY
Distortion Pulled or twisted out of shape
Portrait A picture of a face
Expressionism A style of art that expresses the inner emotion
Personal Belonging to or affecting a particular person
Reflection An identical duplication in reverse
Tone How light or dark something is
Shape A series of lines that form the outline
Proportion The relationship between things in size
Analyse Examine in detail
Form 3D Shape
Half-Term _Year 8 Subject – Term 2 Knowledge Organiser Food and the environment
Reducing Food waste
What Supermarkets can do
Sell wonky vegetables
Give a use by date only
Do not over stock perishable items
Donate their edible food waste
What we can do
Meal planning
Do not over shop
Smell and see if food is edible before it’s wasted, despite the date on it Re use left overs to make other meals or freeze
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Sustainability- To remain diverse and productive indefinitely.
Food miles- The distance food has travelled to reach your plate Reduce -food waste, eat leftovers
Re use -containers, bottles, jars
Re cycle - packaging, tins, cardboard
Repair- Fix items instead of replacing them
Refuse -over packaged foods, carrier bags
Food production impact on the environment
Fishing some species are being wiped out Causes damage to seabed and coral reef
Dairy farming Only females are used Increases methane production
Palm oil Loss of natural ecosystems and tribal homes
Crop production Monocrop can be wiped out due to disease Use of pesticides on the environment
Supermarkets Putting small farmers out of business Only sell perfect fruit and vegetables Transport produces food miles
Packaging Over packaging to get your attention Isn’t always recyclable and goes to landfill Pollution in the oceans
Differences Types of pastry
Filo- mostly readymade. Thin and fragile Samosas, baklava
Shortcrust- Pies, rubbing in Mince pies, Cornish pasties
Puff pastry- Laminating fat layers by folding and rolling
Palmiers, sausage rolls
Sweet pastry- Desserts, tarts enriched dough with egg and sugar
Lemon tart, treacle tart
Hardwoods Softwoods Manmade Board
Deciduous trees Coniferous trees Made mainly from coniferous trees
Very unsustainable Sustainable Sustainable
Contains defects Contains defects Does not contain defects
Warps Warps Uniform strength
Very expensive Cheaper than hardwoods Cheapest of the wood groups
Types of Hardwood Types of Softwood Types of Manmade Board
Oak Interior woodwork, good quality furniture Pine Cheaper furniture and
building materials M.D.F Used in building and furniture projects
Mahogany Good quality furniture Larch
Window frames, boat planking, floors and
staircases Plywood Made from veneers
with resin
Beech Furniture, toys and tool handles
Red Cedar
Decking, outdoor furniture, roof shingles
as it resists weather Chipboard
Covered with a plastic laminate used in
furniture.
Thermoset Plastic Thermoplastic These are plastics that once that they are
heated and moulded cannot be reheated and remoulded. The molecules of theses
plastics are cross linked in three dimensions, this is why they cannot be reshaped or
recycled.
These plastics can be reheated and reshaped in various ways, They become mouldable after reheating as they do not undergo significant chemical change. Reheating and reshaping
can be repeated. These can be recycled.
Urea Formaldehyde
Plug Sockets
HDPE
Buckets and hard wearing
HIPS
Children’s Toys
Melamine Formaldehyde Used to cover chipboard work surfaces
Expanded polystyrene
Throw away cups and
packaging
Rigid PVC Guttering
Epoxy Resin
Adhesives
Acrylic (PMMA)
Trophies
Acetate
Packaging
Phenol Formaldehyde Pan handles
PET Drinks bottles
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Storage The action or method of storing something for future use.
Iterative Design Continuously modelling, developing and improving through a design process
Manufacture To make something using tools and machinery
Accuracy Being precise in measurements for your designs and manufacturing
CAD Computer Aided Design – to design an idea using computer software to help you. E.g. 2D Design
CAM Computer Aided Manufacture – to manufacture a product using software to program a machine. E.g. using the laser cutter
Mass Production The manufacture of products in large quantities by machinery and by use of techniques such as the assembly line
One off production
When only one product is made at a time. Every product is different so it is labour intensive.
HT4 Subject: Physical Education Threshold Concept Link(s): A, C & E
Warming Up and Cooling Down A safe warm up A warm up needs to start slow and increase over a
period of time. Starting off at a high pace will increase the risk of injury.
Psychological Getting your brain focused on the task ahead.
Injury Prevention Warming up reduces the risk of injury, allows the temperature and length of the muscles to increase.
Heart Rate Increase The number of beats per minute (BPM) increase, getting more blood to the muscles.
Recovery Cooling down will help your muscles to recover better. This also helps to prevent injury.
Range of Movement How much you are able to move your muscles and joints. This will increase as a result of an effective warm up.
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY
Hand-eye Coordination The way that the hands and eyes work together to successfully perform a technique.
Spatial Awareness Being aware of who and what is around you.
Technique The correct way of performing a skill.
Skill The learned ability to do something.
Tactics Action or method used to achieve a certain goal. E.g. Winning a football match.
Pass The ability to move a ball to a teammate purposely.
Dribble A single player moving the ball in a given direction, avoiding opponents.
Balance The ability to stay upright in a controlled way.
Agility The ability to quickly change body direction.
Tackle To gain possession of the ball from an opponent.
The Four noble Truths
What is wrong?
All life involves suffering.
What has caused your illness?
Th
What will cure it? Stop craving,
suffering will also cease.
How to get the treatment?
To stop the suffering follow the Middle Way
and the Eightfold Path
The Buddha could be compared to a doctor:
How does it influence Buddhists? Buddhists aim to come to an understanding of these truths through study, reflection, meditation and other activities.
The four noble truths contain the essence of Buddha’s teaching. He discovered them whilst meditating under the
peepul tree. 1. Truth of suffering (dukkha)
2. Truth of the cause of suffering (samudaya) 3. Truth of the end of suffering (nirodha)
4. Truth of the path leading to the end of suffering (magga)
They seek to explain why we suffer and how to end it
1st
noble truth
Suffering is a part of life and everone experiences it.
Physical Eg’s: Birth, old age, sickness and death. (3 of these were the suffering that Sidhartha
saw when he left the palace) Mental eg’s: Separation from someone/thing
you love, contact with someone/thing you don’t like; not achieving your desires.
Happiness!!!
Happiness exists, but it is impermanent and will
therefore lead to dukkha. Is this pessimistic? (it could be argued so!) Buddhists
say that it is simply realistic. Because happiness and pleasure are only temporary he developed other
teachings to prevent people suffering. The first step: accept
suffering exists.
Translated as Tanha
There are three types of craving: 1. Craving sensual things (eg.
Drinking hot chocolate because you like the taste)
2. Craving something that you are not (eg. Wanting to be famous or rich)
3. Craving not to be (non-existence). (eg. Not wanting to feel
“It is this craving which leads to
renewed existence,
accompanied by delight and lust, seeking delight here and there;
that is, craving for sensual pleasures,
craving for existence, craving for extermination”
The Buddha in Samyutta Nikaya
You become attached to things you
like and want to avoid
things you don’t like. However,
annica shows that people will suffer if this is the
case.
Ignorance
Desire Anger
Three poisons are the forces that keep the cycle of samsara turning. They lay at the centre of the wheel of life as they keep the wheel spinning. Craving is rooted in ignorance about the nature of reality. Craving also leads to greed and hatred. So craving, leading to the poisons, trap us in the cycle of samsara and prevent us from reaching enlightenment
“There is no fear for one whose thought is untroubled [by faults],
whose thought is unagitated, who is
freed from good and evil, who is awake.”
The Buddha in Dhammapada, verse
39
2nd noble truth
3rd
Noble Truth
The third noble truth teaches that it is possible to end suffering by overcoming ignorance and craving.
You should take pleasure in things but recognise that they do not last. Enjoy them without craving them or
becoming attached to them.
How does it influence Buddhists? To have a total appreciation of what one has and
inner satisfaction with life.
The eight spokes of the wheel represent that these do not need to be followed in a linear sequence but can be practised at the same time.
How does it influence Buddhists? Acting more ethically might include making the effort to mediatie more
regularly. This leads to a greater understanding of the teachings, which
in turn makes it easier to act more
Ethics
Wisdom
Meditation
4th
Noble Truth
The Eightfold path (also known as the middle way)
You will need to know why each section is
important and why it is all important
together.
Half-Term- 4 Subject- Drama- Year 8- Scripted Threshold Concept Links-
Perform using a character using vocal technique.
Perform using a character using physical technique.
Use of Voice
Tone Does your voice sounds appropriate - perhaps harsh or soft, angry or happy? Is it suitable for the character you're playing?
Volume Have you got the loudness or quietness of your character right?
Pitch Does your character speak with a high or low pitched voice? If you were playing a hanging judge, would a squeaky voice sound right?
Pace How quickly do you say your lines? Too fast, and the audience won't keep up, too slow and they might get bored. Can you change the pace according to what's happening in the play?
Articulation Have you practiced speaking very, very clearly? It's crucial!
Movement
Dynamics There are moments where tension and atmosphere build, moments of activity, stillness, pauses and sections of higher and lower energy.
Body language How you move/ hold your body to show attitude and feelings.
Facial expression How you move/ hold your face to show attitude and feelings.
Emotions How your character moves to show the emotions they are feeling.
Eye contact Do you need to have eye contact with another character or is your character shy?
Character The person you are acting.
Posture How your character stands to show their age, confidence, disability, etc.
Gesture A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or a head, to express an idea or meaning.
Use of voice- revision
V The loudness and quietness of your speech
P How quickly you say your lines.
T How you show the emotion in your voice.
A How clearly you speak in performance.
Use of movement- revision
P How your character holds their body to show their age, etc.
C The person you are playing.
D The moments of tension and atmosphere build up.
G A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or a head, to express an idea or meaning.
TECHNICAL VOCABULARY Monologue One person speech in a play.
Body language How you move/hold your body to show attitude and feelings.
Facial expression How you move/hold your face to show attitude and feelings.
Use of voice How you use your voice in performance to show character.
Rehearse Practice the performance
Character The person you are playing from the script
Blocking Working out the movement in a performance.
Duologue A 2 person performance of a play
Gesture A movement of part of the body, especially a hand or a head, to express an idea or meaning.
Components
CPU Central Processing Unit, Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place
Graphics Card A programmable logic chip (processor) specialized for display functions. The GPU renders images, animations and video for the computer's screen
RAM Random Access Memory is the place in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor
Hard Disk A rigid non-removable magnetic disk with a large data storage capacity
Power Supply A power supply is a hardware component that supplies power to an electrical device
Heat Sink A heatsink is a device that attaches to a microprocessor to keep it from overheating by absorbing its heat and dissipating it into the air
Motherboard A motherboard is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer
Key word Definition User Interface This can be a graphical user interface or a
command line interface. This allows a user to communicate with a computer.
Operating system A program that allows a user to communicate with the hardware of the computer.
Software Software is the programs on a computer systems for example Microsoft word, Excel, Photoshop etc.
Hardware This is the parts of a computer we can actually touch for example motherboard, power supply, keyboard etc.
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