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Year 9
Revision List
January 2016 Examinations
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Maths
Essentially Year 9 pupils are to revise everything covered in chapters 1- 4:
Directed numbers Simple algebra Simplifying expressions Solving equations Decimal places Significant figures Estimation Indices : multiplication/division/using bodmas Probability Fractions adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing Fractions with bodmas Finding a fraction of an amount Equivalent fractions Greater than/less than Ordering fractions Problems involving fractions Expressing one quantity as a fraction/percentage of another Finding the whole of a quantity Converting fractions/decimals/percentages (revision of year 8 work) Finding a percentage of a quantity Percentage increase Percentage decrease
Use the Review exercises in your text book from ch 1-4
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Technology & Design
Exam format: The examination will be 1 hour long and will consist of short answer
questions to test your knowledge and understanding of the topics listed below. A
number of the questions will also test your drawing skills.
Topics for Revision: Safety
Clocks
MP3 Speakers
Tips for success:
Use the learning intentions listed at the front of each of your booklets as a guide for
your revision.
Remember to bring a pencil, pen, eraser, sharpener, ruler and a selection of colouring
pencils to the exam.
When sketching, try to make your sketches look 3-dimensional and ensure that they are
as large as possible. Practice using isometric paper to draw 3-D shapes. You should also
try to add some colour and \ or shading to your drawings.
The number of marks allocated to each question will be shown on the exam paper. You
should spend more time on questions which have higher marks allocated to them.
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Geography
Population
Population distribution
Population density
Positive and negative factors affecting where we live
Population change (including birth rates, death rates and natural increase)
Factors affecting birth rate and death rate
Population pyramids for developed and developing countries
Migration processes (including push and pull factors)
The effects of migration
Kenya
Kenya’s main features (including location, landscape, people, cities and standard of living)
Kenya’s physical landscapes
Kenya’s climate (including climate graphs)
Life in shanty towns
The Maasai Mara Tribe
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Religious Studies
Topic : Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Revise all notes and handouts. Use the booklets you have been given.
Include :
His early life and home background, with important dates and events.
Know what kind of a family he had, and something about his relatives.
You must know something about the context – Germany, the situation for people after
WW1 and the lead up to WW2.
His life and work as a young man – what influenced him/ what he studied, the work he
did, where he travelled.
Thoroughly revise also:
The rise of Nazism, the Final Solution ,attacks on the Jews, Dietrich’s involvement in the
plots against Hitler.
Know about the Abwehr, the Gestapo, and anti-Semitism
Other plots against Hitler/ Stauffenberg etc.
His personal life/ engagement
His arrest and imprisonment, where he was imprisoned
His death/ where / how/ when/last words
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Biology
Topics to be revised:
You should revise all the material from year 8 and all that you have covered this year,
including:
Sampling
Classification
The animal and plant kingdoms
Keys
Ecology Definitions
Food Chains
Food Webs
Food Pyramids
Human impact on the environment including endangered and non-native species
Importance of biodiversity
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Spanish Revision
You should revise the following topics. Your test will include reading and writing activities. You need to be able to
understand what the words and phrases mean and you should be able to write them accurately.
You will find your vocabulary lists, your handouts and classwork helpful. Your test will take place in class time just after the main exam period in January.
The final date will be confirmed nearer the time.
Topics Checklist
Topic Guidance Vocab Sections
1 Introductions ( e.g. giving and asking names) 1A pg 11 , 1E pg 12
2 Greetings 1A page 11, 1E pg 12
3 Numbers 1-31 1C pg 11, 2C page 11
4 Classroom items 2 A page 13
5 Classroom instructions 1E PAGE 12
6 Days of the week 1D pg 11
7 Months 2C pg 13
8 Dates 2C pg 13
9 Drinks see 11A pg 14
10 Snacks see 11B pg 14
11 Ordering language e.g. quisiera BOX UNDER 11B pg 14
12 Articles e.g. un / una PAGE 6
13 Plurals e.g. una goma, dos gomas PAGE 6
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14. Core questions
1. ¿Cómo te llamas?
2. ¿Cuál es tu apellido?
3. ¿Cuántos años tienes?
4. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
Some suggestions for revision
Try the cover / write / check technique as you’ve used with spellings Try writing or typing the words from memory Get someone to test you – remember you need to spell the words too Draw a mindmap in different colours Write the words you find hard to remember onto post-its or cards or just bits of
paper Make an audio recording of the words and phrases and listen to it often. Try some of the sites such as linguascope, español extra or languages online. Practise writing your answers to the questions
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Physics
NB – for Physics exams you will need: Pen, sharp pencil, rubber, ruler, and calculator.
Topics covered in form 1 will also be examined. You should also be able to analyse data
from an unseen topic, e.g. plot graphs with lines of best fit.
Earth and Space
After revision of this topic you should
- know that the planets, Sun and Moon are spherical objects
- be able to explain day and night and how it depends on the rotation of the Earth
- be able to explain the seasons and how they depend on the motion of the Earth around
the Sun
- know the phases of the moon
- know the planets in order of distance from the Sun
- know that the Sun and planets make up the Solar System which is part of a large
collection of other stars (the Milky Way) called a Galaxy
- know that the Universe consists of many galaxies.
Energy
After revision of this topic you should
- know that energy gives an object the ability to make things work or happen know
that energy is measured in joules (J)
- know that energy exists in different forms
- know that energy can be converted from one form to another
- know of examples of devices that change energy
- be able to describe energy changes taking place in different situations
- know what is meant by the law of conservation of energy
- understand that energy is often converted to heat and becomes unusable
- know that the Sun is the main source of the worlds energy (eg fossil fuels)
- know what is meant by renewable and non-renewable sources
- be aware that the use of energy can cause pollution.
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History
Exam will consist of short and medium length answers and one piece of extended
writing.
Topics: Black Slavery
Civil Rights in USA
Renaissance
Music
Year 9 will carry out two common assessment tasks during class time which will go
towards their report.
1. Variation Form performance and composition task
2. Musical Form Test, including all forms covered [Binary, Ternary, Rondo and
Variation Forms], as well as questions on Elements and Notation.
Home Economics
Revision for Home economics will be everything covered in the class books up to page
49.
Art and Design
Year 9 Art and Design are completing a variety of “Common Assessment tasks” in class
and for Homework. There will be no formal revision required.
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French
All vocabulary from Unit 1 on Mahoodle HWs
Habiter + a
Je viens + de
Geographical location
Seaside / country / mountains / suburbs / in town
Size and type of town
Number of inhabitants
Depuis
What there is near your house – gender and plurals
Do you like your town / village and why
Weather
What activities you do in different types of weather – if / when
What you can do – on peut + infinitive
Asking for and giving directions
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English
What should I revise?
Persuasive writing (45%)
You will be asked to plan and complete a piece of persuasive writing.
This should be planned, well-organised and persuasive. You should utilise a number of
strategies to influence your reader to support your views. Such strategies might include:
rhetorical questions,
emotive language,
figurative language,
hyperbole,
the use of pronouns,
listing,
use of three
and juxtaposition.
Check your work carefully to rule out problems in spelling, grammar or punctuation.
Use paragraphs and try to vary your sentence structure.
The exam will last for one hour.
You will also have Controlled Assessments prior to the examination:
a Character Sketch (used to assess Reading 45%)
a Group Discussion (used to assess Speaking and Listening 10%)
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2nd Form Latin - What to Revise for the January Exam
Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the key to success. Revise the lists you have copied at the back of your Language Vocabulary book for Stages 8 & 9, and the January Exam Vocabulary List.
Noun endings or cases
Be able to write out the table below of subject, object and dative endings or cases for the three pattern nouns puella, servus,and mercator along with their meanings.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl.
Sub puella
girl
puellae
girls
servus
slave
servi
slaves
mercator
merchant
mercatores
merchants
Obj puellam
girl
puellas
girls
servum
slave
servos
slaves
mercatorem
merchant
mercatores
merchants
Dat puellae
to/for the
girl
puellis
to/for the
girls
servo
to/for
the slave
servis
to/for
the slaves
mercatori
to/for the
merchant
mercatoribus
to/for the
merchants
How Nouns Are Used in a Sentence
Know the use of each ending/case in a sentence:
the subject case is used for the subject of the
sentence
e.g. Metella Quinto togam dedit.
the object case is used for the object of the
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verb
e.g. Metella Quinto togam dedit.
the dative case is used for transferring
something from
one person to another
e.g. Metella Quinto togam dedit.
Know exactly what the dative case is used for:
The dative case is used when transferring the object to a person: dat means “gives” in
English.
This transfer can be several different kinds, such as giving, handing over, buying, searching
for, offering:
dat/dabat/dedit, tradit/tradidit, emit/emebat/ēmit, quaerit/quaerebat/quaesivit,
offert/offerebat.
These verbs almost always involve a physical object changing hands.
However other verbs can describe an oral or visual transfer, such as words, or showing
something to somebody: ostendit/ostendit, respondet/respondit.
When you translate the dative case, you may use either “to” or “for” to produce the correct
English translation for the transfer.
e.g. Metella Quinto donum ēmit. Metella bought a gift for Quintus.
However, do not confuse the dative case with moving from one place to another:
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e.g. Metella ad forum ambulavit. Metella walked to the forum:
Think about the way in which “to” is used in each of the sentences above:
In the first sentence, “to Quintus” is transferring an object to a person.
Therefore the person who gets the object is put in the dative case. There is no
separate word
for “to”.
In the second sentence, “to the forum” is movement. Therefore ad is used.
Word order can also help you identify the cases in a sentence. The usual word order is
Subject Dative Object Verb: Caecilius Clementi tunicam dedit. Caecilius gave a tunic to
Clemens.
Adjectives
Know the positive and superlative forms of the adjective, such as
Positive Superlative
laetus happy laetissimus laetissima very happy
iratus angry iratissimus iratissima very angry
and
pulchra beautiful pulcherrima very beautiful
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There are two ways to spell the superlative, or “very” form of the adjective:
-issimus, -issima, or “double –s-“ (very common)
-errimus -errima, or “double –r-“ (less common; for adjectives ending in “r”)
Verbs
Be able to recognize and translate the three verb tenses correctly.
Know the present tense endings “I” –o , “you s.” –s , “he/she/it” –t , and “they” –nt ;
Present tense
Regular verbs Irregular Verb
(ego) porto I carry,am carrying (ego) sum I am
(tu) portas you carry, are carrying (tu) es you are
(servus) portat he/she/it carries, is carrying (servus) est he/she it is, there is
(ancillae) portant they carry, are carrying (ancillae) sunt they are, there are
Remember: the Romans only used ego and tu for emphasis. The endings –o,-m and –s were what
they expected to hear.
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Imperfect tense
Regular verbs Irregular verb
portabat he/she/it was carrying
portabant they were carrying
erat he she is was, there was
erant they were, there were
know the imperfect tense endings –bat, he/she it was –ing, and –bant; they were –ing. Some imperfect tense verbs are translated as “began to”, such as fugiebant.
Perfect tense
know the perfect tense endings –it, he/she/it -ed, and –erunt, they -ed. Know the trigger letters v, x, s and u which commonly precede these endings. Know the most common perfect tense verbs which do not have these trigger letters: fēcit, cēpit, vēnit, vīdit, dedit, bibit, respondit, ostendit. Several of these have a long mark over the first vowel.
Others are tradidit and vendidit.
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Examples of the Perfect tense with v, x, s, u trigger letters:
portavit he/she/it carried
conspexit he/she/it caught sight of
duxit he/she/it led
dixit he/she/it said
discessit he/she/it left
misit he/she/it sent
tacuit he/she/it fell silent
aperuit he/she/it opened
portaverunt they carried
conspexerunt they caught sight of
duxerunt they led
dixerunt they said
discesserunt they left
miserunt * they sent
tacuerunt they fell silent
aperuerunt they opened
*Don’t confuse this verb with the adjective
miser, which means miserable.
Background topics
Stage 8, Two Kinds of Entertainment in the Amphitheatre: the design and structure of the
amphitheatre; who sponsored the games and why; six types of gladiators and what types of
gladiators were paired for fighting, the popularity of gladiators, the decisive moment in the contest,
rewards and retirement; the venatio, or wild animal hunt: the types of animals which fought other
animals, the bestiarius vs. animal, weapon and tactics; why the Pompeians and the Romans enjoyed
these kinds of entertainment. The riot at Pompeii in 59 A.D.: how it started, and why it was so
serious; how the Pompeiians and Regulus were punished. Look at the drawing of the wall painting in
your textbook.
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Stage 9, The Baths: before bathing: preliminary exercise in the palaestra; how the Pompeiians used
these bathing rooms: apodyterium, tepidarium, caldarium, and frigidarium; the order in which they
might have been used; the decoration of the bathing rooms; the strigil, massage and olive oil; how
the water was heated; in what way facilities for men and women were different; the noise from the
baths; other services and activities provided for the people who used the baths; why the Romans
and Pompeians enjoyed the baths.
A revision booklet will be given to you. Work through the booklet as the test is based on it.
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Chemistry
Pupils should use their booklets of notes during revision, along with Common Assessed Homeworks
and end of topic tests. The lists below are for guidance only.
The exam will include work from Year 8 - including Safety and Apparatus, Observations, States of
Matter and Solutions and Separating Substances.
You should see your teacher immediately if you do not have Year 8 booklets.
Year 9 Topics
Elements, Mixtures and Compounds
In this topic pupils should learn:
About the building blocks that make up all substances: elements (definition)
How to recognise the properties of different elements
About the different properties of metals and non-metals
How to use The Periodic Table of Elements which contains each element’s Chemical symbol
The names of Groups of the Periodic Table
How elements can be combined to form many different substances called compounds (definition)
How to name compounds using the –ide and –ate rules
How to recognise when a new compound is formed from its elements
About the differences between compounds and mixtures (definitions)
How mixtures can be separated (Year 8 Revision)
How to construct chemical formulae using the periodic Table and valencies for simple compounds
Acids and Alkalis
In this topic pupils should:
Revise the hazard symbols for laboratory chemicals
Find out about common acids and alkalis in the lab and at home – be able to name some common acids and alkalis
Know what indicators are and explain the difference between litmus and universal indictors
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Use the pH chart and values to identify substances as acids, alkalis or neutral and give an indication of strength.
Learn the different acid reactions and the products that are made: Acid + metal salt + hydrogen
Acid + carbonate salt + water + carbon dioxide
Be able to name salts
Know the tests for hydrogen and carbon dioxide gases.