YEAR 7 ENGLISH STUDY GUIDE- SEMESTER TWO 2012 EXAMINATION

• Exam Length- 90 minutes • Exam Structure:

Section 1 A) Comprehension multiple choice (20 marks) B) Language analysis: Features of a novel- multiple choice and/ or cloze passage: (10 marks) C) Language and Grammar: multiple choice (10 marks)

Section 2: A) Critical thinking a) short answers (10 marks) B) Part B: Film Terminology and Definitions

Section 3: C) Writing Task: Letter (20 marks)

• Exam Content: You will be assessed on your knowledge & understanding of the following grammatical & literary terms: - emotive language - stanza - alliteration - assonance - metaphor - simile - rhyming scheme - noun - haiku - persuasive language - onomatopoeia - pun Film Techniques: Close up Eye Level Shot High angle shot Long shot Low key Lighting High key lighting Establishing shot Soundtrack Dialogue Metaphor Novel study: Narrative Structure Plot Setting Characters Coda

3) You will be assessed on your ability to compose a letter based on your understanding of the novel you have read in class this year from the novel study unit.

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

YEAR: 7 French

Yearly Examination

Date: WEEK 9 Examination Period Task: Yearly Examination Skill 1: Vocabulary Skill 2: Reading Comprehension Weighting: 35%

Outcomes: A student 4.UL.1 demonstrates understanding of the main ideas and supporting detail in

written texts and responds appropriately 4.MLC.1 demonstrates understanding of the importance of appropriate use of

language in diverse contexts. 4.MBC.1 demonstrates understanding of the interdependence of language and

culture. 4.MBC.2 demonstrates knowledge of key features of the culture of French-

speaking communities. Task Description: During week 9 you will have your yearly French examination which will test your knowledge of vocabulary learnt throughout the year and your ability to read and comprehend French texts. Format: The format of the examination will be: Part 1: Vocabulary Multiple choice questions Part 2: Reading Comprehension Varied question format

Preparation: You will be expected to prepare for this task by revising the following vocabulary lists:

Unit 1A – Bonjour Unit 4 – Les Animaux Unit 1B– Toi et Moi Unit 5 – On a faim Unit 2 – Les Voisins Unit 6 – Au collège Unit 3 – Voici ma famille Unit 7- Le Sport et le weekend

You will need to be able to translate from French to English and recognise correct French spelling. These vocabulary lists are available as sets on www.quizlet.com. Search for the username: jewright and look in the Year 7 group to access the quizzes.

St. Joseph’s Regional College

Year 7 History

Exam Notification

Date: Term 4 Weeks 9 and 10 (as per exam timetable)

Weighting: 25%

Time: 90 minutes

Layout: There will be three sections:

• Section A: Multiple choice • Section B: Skills and definitions • Section C: 3 – 5 mark paragraphs:

o Maori culture: spiritual, economic, education, social, history

o Treaty of Waitangi: purpose and significance o Conflict between Europeans and Australian Aborigines:

example, causes and outcome What to Study: Australian Aborigines:

• The dreamtime • Aboriginal people and the land • First contact • The nature of colonisation • The reasons for colonisation • Initial relations with aboriginal people • Resistance and retaliation massacres

Maoris:

• Maori settlement of New Zealand • Maoris life before European settlement • Arrival of Europeans – settlers, whalers, missionaries, explorers • Treaty of Waitangi • Maori Wars

Outcomes Assessed:

• 4.1 – identify major historical periods in chronological order • 4.3 – describe some of the main features of past societies • 4.5 – explain the importance of different cultural practices within a society • 4.8 – use historical terms in appropriate contexts • 4.13- use appropriate written and graphic forms to communicate clearly for specific purpose

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St Joseph’s Regional College Port Macquarie

ASSESSMENT NOTIFICATION 2012 Course: Year 7 Mathematics Task: 4 Time Allowed: 90 minutes (plus 5 mins. reading time).

Date: Week 9 Weighting: 40% Equipment required: Calculator (section 1 only), pens, pencils, eraser and ruler.

Content: Topics to be tested Textbook Reference

Connections Spectrum Suggested Revision

Section 1 - all year 7 topics Section 2 - Fractions - Shapes and Solids - Length, Perimeter and Area

Chapter: 4, 5 3 14

Chapter: 5 2,13 7, 10

Chapter reviews Revision on g drive Past exams and class tests Mymathsonline

Outcomes Assessed SGS3.2a Manipulates classifies and draws 2D shapes. Describes side and angle properties

SGS3.2b Measures, constructs and classifies angles. SGS4.2 Identifies and names angles formed by the intersection of straight lines, including those related to transversals on sets of parallel lines,

and makes use of the relationships between them SGS4.3 Classifies, constructs, and determines the properties of triangles and quadrilaterals NS3.4 Compares, orders and calculates with simple fractions NS4.3 Operates with fractions

SGS3.1 Identifies 3 dimensional objects on the basis of their properties. Visualises and constructs them from drawings SGS4.1 Describes & sketches 3-dimensional solids (polyhedrons), and classifies them in terms of their properties SGS4.3 Classifies, constructs, and determines the properties of triangles and quadrilaterals MS3.1 Selects and uses the appropriate unit and device to measure length, distances and perimeters

MS4.1 Uses formulae in calculating perimeter and area of figures composed of rectangles and triangles Task Description Section 1 - calculator (30 minutes). Basic skills on all year 7 work. Section 2 - non-calculator (60 minutes). On topics listed above. Knowledge and Skills Fractions • the terms numerator and denominator

• finding an equivalent fraction

• converting a mixed number to an improper fraction and visa versa

• finding the lowest common multiple of two numbers

• adding & subtracting simple fractions with different denominators

• multiplying simple fractions

• multiplying mixed numbers and simplifying

• finding a fraction of a quantity

• dividing by a fraction

• finding the reciprocal of a fraction Shapes and Solids • the common shapes of: square, rectangle, triangle and circle

• the difference between prisms and pyramids; identifying common solids

• the parts of a solid: vertex, face, edge

• Euler’s rule

• Construct and measure intervals

• recognising and be aware of the basic properties of these shapes: parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium, kite, equilateral triangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon and circle

• recognising nets of solids

• the transformations: translations, reflections and rotations

• the symmetry of a figure line symmetry and how to draw the axes of symmetry of a figure

• rotational symmetry and point symmetry

• the term tessellation and drawing tessellation patterns Length, Perimeter and Area • common length abbreviations: km, m, cm and mm

• converting length units

• reading length units from a ruler and measuring intervals

• solving simple measurement problems

• finding the perimeter of plane shapes

• finding the area of a shape by counting the number of square units that it covers

• solving perimeter problems

• using a formula to find the area of a square and rectangle

• using the formula to find the area of a triangle

• finding the areas of composite shapes

REVISION – Present this material regularly to your class teacher to demonstrate your application to revising for this assessment.

Limited Complete and correct last year’s assessment task; review content from your bookwork.

Satisfactory Reattempt those questions in which errors were made with or without assistance from your notes.

Sound Complete and correct unit tests and/or chapter reviews, worksheets from G drive; specifically those which correspond to the topics in which you experienced difficulty in last year’s test.

MARKING CRITERIA

2 Mark Question 2 Marks- Correct answer with working 1 Mark- Correct bald answer OR incorrect answer with one significant mathematical process correct. 1 Mark Question 1 Mark- Correct answer OR correct solution

Year 7 Music STUDY GUIDE

The exam will be one period in length and will be a mark out of 100. It counts as 25% of your music assessment mark for the semester.

Listening 20% Composition 5%

All questions will be related to notes you have in your music exercise book. There will be 3 sections to the Year 7 Music Exam: Section 1: LISTENING SKILLS

This section could include questions such as � How is the sound made eg plucking � Name the concept eg pitch � Instrument recognition – name the instrument you hear � Rhythm dictation – write down in order the rhythms you hear

Section 2: LISTENING KNOWLEDGE - Topic Questions

This section will ask knowledge questions on the two topics covered of � The Concepts or Building Bricks of music � Australian music

Questions will all be short answer form and include true/false, multiple choice, spelling questions, and labelling parts of instruments.

You will need to revise � Concepts of music and their meanings � How sounds are made � Instruments of the orchestra � Keyboard instruments - their parts, and history � Aboriginal music � Australian folk music

Section 3: COMPOSITION & LISTENING KNOWLEDGE - Reading & Pla ying Music

This section will ask questions relating to the knowledge gained from playing music this semester. Much of this can be found in the manuscript section of your music book.

You will need to revise � Names of the notes for treble clef � The Rhythm values and their names eg minim � The black & white notes on the keyboard � Music symbols eg repeat sign, treble clef

To get the mark you best deserve you will need to look through your music exercise book thoroughly prior to this exam.

PDHPE Assessment of Learning Task Unit: 7.8 Drugs, Reality and Risk Weighting: 35% Task duration: 40 minutes Date Handed Out: Week 6 Date Due: In class – Week 8 Monday

Context: Students have been studying the use of drugs in our society as well as short and long term effects of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis. They have also been studying ways to stay safe and reduce the risks associated with drug use in our society Outcomes: 4.6 -describes the nature of health and analyses how health issues may impact on young people 4.7 -identifies the consequences of risk behaviors and describes strategies to minimize harm 4.12 - assesses risk and social influences and reflects on personal experience to make informed decisions. Description of Activity : Drugs Topic Test Students will be required to answer a variety of exam style questions including multiple choice, true / false, short answer, cloze passage questions and glossary activities. The entirety of this exam will occur online using the school Moodle site.

Sources and Resources: Topic 7.9 Moodle and student workbook Feedback-Future Directions You have: Teacher support in revising for the test.

• Record study notes and have teacher check for depth and accuracy • Practice questions on the reverse of this sheet • Practice questions/notes on Moodle

Marking Guidelines Marks will be awarded for accurate answers demonstrating a thorough knowledge and understanding of the health effects of drug.

DRUGS – REALITY AND RISK (Practice questions)

1. What is a drug, provide a definition.

2. How are drugs classified?

3. Give examples of both legal and illegal drugs?

4. Describe the consequences of drug use.

5. Identify patterns of drug use ie who uses drugs, when do they use them,

why do they use them.

6. List examples of safe legal drug use?

7. List examples of unsafe drug use?

8. Explain the reasons why people choose to use/not use drugs?

9. Name and explain the three factors in the drug triangle (the drug, the

person and the environment). How do these factors relate to affect the

harm that results from drug use?

10. List two short term and two long term effects of:

- tobacco

- alcohol

- cannabis

11. What is passive smoking?

12. What effects (short and long term) does smoking have on the body (see

Moodle links eg Health Effects – Biopsy Game)

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ST JOSEPH’S REGIONAL COLLEGE PORT MACQUARIE

YEAR 7 ASSESSMENT TASK 4 NOTIFICATION

DATE DUE: Thursday, December 6, 2012 (Week 9)

ASSESSMENT WEIGHTING: 35%

TIME ALLOWED: 90 minutes

TASK OUTLINE

This is a written HSC style exam.

TASK DETAILS

Section 1 This section has TWO parts Part A – 40 Multiple choice 40 marks Part B – 20 One word 20 marks Section 2 This section is worth 40 marks and is made up of 7 extended response questions which have different marks value. SYLLABUS OUTCOMES COVERED IN TEST

4.1 (a), (b), (c) 4.2 (f) 4.5.5 (c), (d) 4.6.1 (a), (b), (c), (d) 4.6.2 (a) 4.6.3 (a) 4.6.4 (a) 4.6.5 (a) 4.6.6 (a), (b) 4.6.7 (a), (b) 4.6.10 (a), 4.7.2 (b) 4.7.5 (a), (b), (c), (d) 4.8.1 (a), (b), (c), (d) 4.8.2

4.8.3 (a), (b) 4.8.4 (a), (b), (c), (d) 4.9.1 (a), (b), (c), (d) 4.9.2 (a), (b) 4.9.5 (b) 4.12 (a), (b) 4.13.1 (f) 4.14 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22

{Your teachers can give you a copy of the syllabus outcomes if you do not have them already or you could find them on the Internet on http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ and follow the links.}

Revision Guide Equipment needed: Ruler, Calculator, Pencil, Eraser, Blue or black pen Key word: In your exam, you will be asked one extended response question based on the key word evaluate.

Evaluate means to “Make a judgment based on criteria”

Question and topics studied breakdown

YEAR LENGTH

(min) Unit

Marks allocated

TOTAL MARKS

MC One Word Extended

7 90

Intro/Separating/Grouping 4 2 4 Our Place in space 10 6 7 Forces and Energy 10 6 7

Living or not 10 4 7 Skills 6 2 15

Marks 40 20 40 100

Question content by topic Topic Questions are based on these areas

Introduction to science - Units used to measure volume - Headings in an experiment and what each means (Aim, hypothesis, apparatus,

risk assessment, method, results, conclusion) - Steps in lighting a Bunsen burner - Drawing scientific equipment

Separating Mixtures - Separation techniques (E.g. filtration, centrifugation, distillation, magnetism) Grouping Stuff - How to read and interpret a dichotomous key

Forces and Energy - Types of energy (e.g. kinetic, potential, sound, light etc.) - Energy conversions - Types of energy that can move through outer space - Methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) - Definition of a force - Definition of ‘insulation’

Our place in space - Order of the planets from the Sun - Heliocentric model of the universe - Geocentric model of the universe - Definition of astronomy - The phases of the moon - What happens in a solar and a lunar eclipse - Definition of a galaxy - Definition of gravity - Why we get different seasons on Earth - What is the tilt of the Earth

Living or not - Definition of an organism - Characteristics of living things - Definition of unicellular - Definition of multicellular - What is photosynthesis and where does it occur in the cell - Parts of the microscope - Difference between monocular and binocular microscopes - How to determine the magnification when using a microscope - The differences between plant and animal cells - Label organelles within cells - What does the nucleus do in a cell - The scientist who first named them ‘cells’

Skills - Reading data from a table - Reading the temperature on a thermometer - Reading data from a graph - The colour of the safety flame on a Bunsen burner - Draw a line graph - Construct a table

Use the climate graph below to answer the following questions. (6 marks)

Climate Data Brisbane, Australia Latitude 27

o28’S, Longitude 153

o01’E Elevation 25m.

11. Which month has the highest temperature? (1 mark)

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12 Which month has the lowest temperature? (1 mark)

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13. Which month receives the highest rainfall? (1 mark)

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14. Which month receives the lowest mean rainfall? (1 mark)

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15. What is the latitude and longitude of Brisbane?

Latitude ___________ Longitude ____________ (2 marks)

16. In the boxes on the map of Australia below, label each city with the correct letter. (10 marks)

A. Sydney F. Melbourne B. Perth G. Darwin C. Alice Springs H. Brisbane D. Hobart I. Adelaide E. Canberra J. Port Maquarie