Year 9 Revision Booklet Autumn 2013
English You will sit one test in English and it will be a writing test. In addition, some students will be invited to sit the Extension Paper which will ask you to respond to the writer s craft in any novel recommended on the Reading Road plus one other of your choice. For the writing test, you will be asked to write an article that explains your viewpoint to a given audience. You will need to revise the features of an article and you will need to recognise whether it is an article that discusses or an article that argues a case. You will need to use Tardis to help you with your technical accuracy. 1) Beginnings and ends of sentences 2) Adverbs at the beginning of sentences 3) The semi colon 4) Tip top paragraphs 5) The apostrophe for contractions 6) Punctuation of speech Format Purpose Features article To argue Title: state what is being discussed Introduction: to the issues involved and your viewpoint Arguments: for your viewpoint, with reasons, evidence and examples Answers to any argument against your viewpoint, with reasons, evidence and examples Conclusion: to sum up your viewpoint and arguments To discuss Title: a headline to sum up the topic Introduction: a statement or question to set the scene and focus on the topic Main section: detailed examples and comments Conclusion/recommendations: what you think should happen (for the reader to consider) *Practise writing an article for a magazine aimed at teenagers, which argues the case for students to do community service one afternoon every week instead of lessons. *Practise writing an article for The Hodgson Highlight in which you discuss how successful the Mobile Phone policy has been! You may also wish to use the following skills in your article: Language Punctuation and Grammar Structure Positive/negative language Accent/ dialogue/ slang Tone Appeal to the senses Similes, Metaphors Personification Alliteration, onomatopoeia Types of sentence simple, complex Questions Strong verbs, Interesting adjectives and adverbs Ellipsis, Exclamations, Questions Brackets, Semi colons. Sentence length How paragraphs connect Speech Beginnings and endings Extension Paper: You will be asked: 1) To analyse and evaluate the writer s craft in presenting either a character, event or setting in one of the novels that you have chosen. 2) A question about your wider reading.
Maths Sets 1 and 2 Revision List Prime numbers, factors, squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots Sequences nth term Number theory (even, odds, divisibility rules in algebraic form) Index laws (zero power, negative, fractional) Rounding, significant figures, estimating Standard form Expand and simplify expressions (including 2 brackets, square an expression) Factorise quadratics + solving quadratics equations Simultaneous equations (elimination and substitution method) Change the subject of a formula Area and circumference of circle Area and perimeter of sectors and arcs Compound shapes calculating areas Volume and surface area of 3D shapes Pythagoras Theorem (2 and 3 D) Trigonometric functions :Sin, cos and tan (finding missing sides) Fractions and mixed numbers (add, subtract, multiply and divide) Percentage change (compound) Proportional change Substitution/ Plot linear graphs Find the equation of straight line graphs Find the equation of a line parallel/ perpendicular to another Plot the graph of a quadratic equation and solve graphically Solve simultaneous equations graphically (recognise the equation of a circle) Sampling / 2 way tables Averages (from tables and grouped data) Cumulative frequency and cumulative frequency graphs Frequency diagrams (including box plots) Correlation and lines of best fit Sample space diagrams Probability laws Compound events tree diagrams
Sets 3 and 4 Revision List Primes, factors, multiples, squares and square roots HCF and LCM of 2 numbers Index notation Simple index laws Expand and simplify expressions (multiply over a bracket and collect like terms) Factorise expressions (single term) Substitution (positive and negative integers) Construct and solve linear equations (one and two step) Solve (non linear) equations using trial and improvement Generating sequences. Finding the nth term Plot graphs of linear functions Find the equation of linear functions Draw and interpret real life graphs (time distance) Plot graphs of quadratic functions Sum of interior and exterior angles in polygons Angles in parallel lines Fractions (4 operations) Percentage change simple interest Simplifying ratios. Sharing amounts into ratios Decimals (+; ; multiplying and dividing numbers by 10 and powers of 10) Rounding, approximating answers. Checking calculations. Questionnaires. Data collection sheets Draw and interpret diagrams (bar, pie charts, simple histograms), line graphs Plot and use scatter diagrams; recognise correlation Calculate averages and range from raw data and simple frequency tables Mutually exclusive events sum of probabilities Sample space diagrams Revise area of triangles, trapezium and parallelograms Area and circumference of circles Volume and surface area of simple prisms Plan symmetry of 3D shapes Combinations of rotations, reflexions and translations Enlargements
Set 5 Revision List Primes, factors, multiples, HCF and LCM Squares and square roots BIDMAS Linear sequences Alternate and corresponding angles. Angles on a straight line Sum of angles in triangles, quadrilaterals and polygons. Finding unknown angles Decimal place value, ordering, rounding Adding/subtracting decimals and directed numbers Multiplying/dividing whole numbers Calculator use, including fraction key Equivalent fractions; cancelling down Problems with time and money Writing expressions Solving 1 step equations Substitution Reading tables Drawing/ Interpreting bar and pie charts Read and use stem and leaf diagrams Averages and range from raw data Probability (words, add up to 1, P (not happening)) Real life graphs conversions Shape properties Metric and imperial equivalents Perimeter and area of triangles, rectangles, parallelograms, trapeziums Volume and surface area of cuboids Fractions (adding, subtracting, fractions of amounts) Ratios simplest form Proportions solving problems using direct proportions Best buys questions Percentages of amounts. (Percentage change) Symmetries of 2D shapes Revise rotations, reflections and translations, on paper and using ICT Enlargement, given a centre of enlargement and a positive whole number scale factor
Science Biology: Life processes Cells Health Variation and classification Feeding relationships Chemistry: Solids, liquids and gases Periodic table Acids and alkalis Rock types and the Rock cycle Environment Physics: Energy Forces Electric currents Magnetism Astronomy
ICT All students recap the following topics: Spreadsheets To be able to use formulas to perform basic calculations (*/ +) To use =IF, =COUNTIF To understand the benefits of using formulas To understand the term conditional formatting and how it can be used within a model. Be able to use a spreadsheet for making predictions (modelling) Be able to discuss the advantages and possible disadvantages of using a spreadsheet.
French Sets 3 MFL Revise work from book Voila 2 as follows: Chapter 2 Free time activities and last weekend Chapter 5 Friends, stars and a day in the past Chapter 6 What you do as a family Both classes will receive vocab sheets and will be doing exam prep in class. French Sets 4 These classes will be assessed on free time activities, sport, music and daily routine. They will receive vocab sheets and will be doing exam prep in class. Spanish All sets should revise work done last half term on free time and this half term on food. Exam details will be noted in exercise books and planners. German Sets 1 and 2 on both sides of the year are doing a German reading and writing assessment in the hall. Students should revise language to do with: Pocket money Shopping Clothes Household chores Opinions Past tense verbs Future tense verbs The written task will be an essay on the topic of money this will be prepared in lessons, but students will have to write the essay from memory using only 40 key words (of their choice). Revision should include learning key phrases from their prepared essay at home. Speaking and listening assessments will be done in lesson time and will be based on the same topics.
History Revise the work that you have completed on the Industrial Revolution.
Geography Read about glaciation using KS3 BBC Bitesize Geography: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/geography/physical_processes/glaciation/revisio n/1/
RE The exam week will cover arguments for and against the existence of god, including teleological, cosmological, miracles and the existence of evil and suffering.
Exempt Subjects No Revision Required Art Students will use their gained knowledge and skills to do a one hour exam in lesson. PE