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?

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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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