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Year 9 Revision Guide 2014

The Skinners’ School

Revision Guide Year 9

Summer 2014


May 2014 Dear Year 9 pupils Summer Exams Monday 9 – Friday 20 June 2014 Some tips for you to take note of:-

Start revising NOW!

Do not leave all the revision for the night before. Plan your revision by creating a timetable that includes a regular slot for each subject.

All subjects are important – not only those you have chosen for GCSE.

Make sure you have all the necessary equipment for the exams.

Use this guide booklet to ensure you have revised EVERYTHING for each subject. Do not leave out sections – you'll probably be caught out.

Do revision in a quiet room, where there are minimal distractions. Do not slouch on your bed when revising. Working at a desk is preferable. Make use of revision cards. If you are a visual learner, don't forget to make posters and stick them up in your room.

Use the next week to ask teachers any questions that you might have about the topics in the exams.

Have sensible bedtimes during the exam period – staying up late for last minute revision will not work.

Have breakfast in the morning so your body is ready to work.

Make good use of your time and study well. If you put in the hours for revision, you are bound to reap the benefits and achieve good grades. Ms S Everard Head of Year 9


Monday 9th June

Period Week B Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Monday 16th June

Week A Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

B G R Y B G R Y B G R Y B G R Y B G R Y

1 Ma ND

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Other examinations, outside of the two week period.

Art exams Y7-9 are being done in lessons throughout May and June.


SUBJECT: BIOLOGY LENGTH OF PAPER – I Hour REVISION TOPICS Characteristics of Life

Know the 7 characteristics of living organisms

Describe the common features shared by organisms within the following main groups: plants,

animals, fungi, bacteria, protoctists and viruses

Levels of organization –atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, system, organism

Cell structure and functions of cell parts ie nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, vacuole,

cytoplasm, ribosomes, mitochondria

Diet, Health, Enzymes and Digestion

Biological molecules – the structure of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and the elements they

contain

Tests for glucose and starch using Benedicts reagent and Iodine solution

Movement of substances into and out of cells by diffusion, osmosis and active transport

Nutrition and the components of a healthy diet.

How enzymes work

Enzymes used to digest the main food groups, what the groups are digested to

Understand why complex organisms need specialized nutrient absorption surfaces

The digestive system structure and its adaptations for efficient absorption, and assimilation of

nutrient molecules into the cells.

Effect of pH and temperature on enzymes, denaturing by changing the active site shape

Respiration, Breathing, Gas Exchange and Smoking

Respiration in cells – aerobic and anaerobic. Word and symbol equations for aerobic.

Word equation for anaerobic in plants/yeast and animals

The effect of exercise on the heart and breathing rate and the links to respiration rate of muscle

cells.

Understand why complex organisms need specialised gas exchange surfaces

Gas exchange and the structure of the lungs and breathing system for efficient gas exchange.

The effect of smoking on the gas exchange system and its links to diseases such as lung

cancer, bronchitis, emphysema and coronary heart disease

Heart, Blood Vessels, Blood and Disease Protection

Understand why complex organisms need transport systems

Transport in the circulatory system, the structure of the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries.

How the heart rate is controlled by nerves and adrenaline.

The effect of smoking on the heart

The functions of different types of blood cells, including red blood cells, platelets, phagocytes,

lymphocytes.

The role of white blood cells in protection against disease, the development of immunity

In addition to the above topics, you should know how to set up practical investigations and interpret

the results. Use the CORMS mnemonic to plan investigations.


SUBJECT: CHEMISTRY

LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour

REVISION TOPICS

Fundamentals of Chemistry Solids, liquids and gases Conservation of Mass Balancing equations Atomic Structure Limestone and the reactions or carbonates Crude Oil and Fuels Fractional distillation Cracking Alkanes Alkenes Polymers Alternative fuels Reactivity of Metals Reactivity series and reactions of metals Extraction of Metals The Blast Furnace Properties of Iron and Steel Rusting Gases and their Compounds Properties of oxygen Percentage oxygen in air Preparation of oxygen Properties and preparation of carbon dioxide Acid rain and global warming Thermal decomposition Properties and preparation of Hydrogen EQUIPMENT NEEDED Black pen, calculator OTHER HINTS Take care to use good scientific vocabulary to make your answers as clear and precise as possible. See our websites: www.skinnerscience.com

http://www.skinnerscience.com/


SUBJECT: ENGLISH LENGTH OF PAPER: Two Hours (split over two sessions of 1 hour). Mirroring the Controlled Assessment aspect of next year’s GCSE course, taking place in the computer rooms, students will write an analytical essay on an aspect of the Shakespeare text that they are currently studying, comparing it with a filmic interpretation. 9 Blue: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

9 Green: Richard III

9 Red: Much Ado About Nothing

9 Yellow: Much Ado About Nothing

SPECIFIC DETAILS:

Meeting the same criteria of the GCSE paper, students will be given the essay title prior to the end of term five, so, allowing them to plan their response. English teachers will support students in the planning process.

Students will be able to take up to an A4 sheet of notes in to the exam, in addition to their copy of the play.

Controlled Assessment conditions will be applied, so enabling students to familiarise themselves with the process that they will experience next year, within both GCSE English and GCSE English Literature controlled assessment units of study.

MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION

The conventions and expectations of the analytical writing process (specifically, the different ways in which one can analyse quotations).

A range of comparison phrases and connectives.

Shakespeare’s play in performance – having a good understanding of the film version studied in class.

Making suitable links between Shakespeare’s play and the film version studied in class.

Being able to comment on the motivations of the playwright/film director and the impact on an audience.

You will need to use appropriate style and language for your reader.


SUBJECT: FRENCH

LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour listening and reading. 1 hour writing. MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION

Modules 1 – 5:

Module 1

Discussing what’s on television Talking about films and books Describing your routine

Using direct object pronouns Using the past tense Using aller + infinitive Using reflexive verbs

Module 2

Talking about the future Planning what you will do Talking about future careers

Using the future tense Using connectives to make more complex sentences

Module 3

Talking about illnesses and injuries Discussing healthy living

Expressions with avoir and être Using negatives Using imperatives and pronouns

Module 4

Talking about what you used to do Discussing which sports you used to do

Using the imperfect tense Using qui and que

Module 5

Learning about a region in France Making travel arrangements Arranging hotel accommodation

Using adjectives and understanding adjective agreements Using different tenses in sentences

Use vocabulary pages at the end of each module to revise vocabulary and spelling and use Expo-Langue to revise grammar. Reading comprehension and grammar exercises will be based on the topics of each unit. How can you check your revision progress? Work through the “Mini-test” sections in your textbook, modules 1-5. Since you will need to be able to show that you can communicate clearly in French, revise your grammar and vocabulary by using: www.rgshw.com

www.languagesonline.org.uk

www.linguascope.com (Username: skinners; Password: skinmfl014)


SUBJECT: GERMAN LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour listening. 1 hour reading. 1 hour writing. MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION Echo Express 2 Chapters 1 - 5 Holidays

- Food and shopping

- Body and illness

- Clothes

- Trips out

- Pocket money

- Television Grammar: Present tense Perfect Tense: Haben/Sein verbs Regular (weak) ] Past Irregular (strong) ] participles Future tense Modal verbs Accusative and dative prepositions Word order Time, Manner, place Um…Zu Weil, wenn Revision: use summary sheets as a basis for revision. Reading comprehension and grammar exercises. You will be expected to write a summary of one of the above topics, in German. Since you will need to be able to show that you can communicate clearly in German, revise your grammar and vocabulary by using: Revision aids: www.rgshw.com www.yjc.org.uk www.linguascope.com www.linguascope.com (ID: skinners ; password: skinmfl014) Remember that you will need to be able to recognise and use past, present and future tenses

http://www.rgshw.com/

http://www.yjc.org.uk/

http://www.linguascope.com/


SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY

LENGTH OF PAPER: 50 minutes

TOPICS FOR REVISION

Tourism

The growth of tourism around the world.

The development of tourism in the United Kingdom and the less Economically Developed World.

Learn your case studies. You should know at least one example of the impact of tourism for the UK, Europe and a Less Economically Developed country

The potential of tourism to help LEDC countries achieve sustainable development.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED

Pens, pencils, coloured pencils, rubber, sharpener, ruler

HINTS

Read questions carefully. . The last question on each section needs to be answered at length. Write detailed, clear and well-explained answers, and where appropriate refer to case studies and examples.


SUBJECT: HISTORY LENGTH OF PAPER – 1 HOUR MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION:

Slavery

African American Civil Rights

World War One

Question 1

A three part question from a choice of two.

Questions will test knowledge (4 mark question), explanatory skills (6 mark question) and

your ability to construct an argument (10 mark question)

Question 2

A compulsory two part source question

The questions may ask you to evaluate the reliability or utility of the sources or explain the

message or purpose.

You will need to use both knowledge and skills in your answers.

This question should take you about 1 hour Ask your teacher for further details.


MATHEMATICS Equipment needed for exams: pen and pencil, eraser, calculator, protractor, compass, ruler. Tracing paper will be provided, if necessary. There will be a Non-Calculator and a Calculator exam each lasting 1 hour.

Chapter in Book & Exercises

Topic Learning objective

1 Ex1A -1G Solving real-life problems Solve problems set in a real-life context.

Approximation of calculations

*Round to a given number of significant figures. *Approximate the result before multiplying two numbers together. * Approximate the result before dividing two numbers. *Round a calculation, at the end of a problem, to give what is considered to be a sensible answer.

Negative numbers *Multiply and divide positive and negative numbers. * Understand simple instances of BIDMAS

2 Ex 2A-2K One fraction as a quantity of another

*Find one quantity as a fraction of another.

Increasing and decreasing quantities by a percentage

*Increase and decrease quantities by a percentage.

Expressing one quantity as a percentage of another

*Express one quantity as a percentage of another. *Work out percentage change.

Compound interest and repeated percentage change

*Calculate compound interest. * Solve problems involving repeated percentage change.

Reverse percentages * Find a reverse percentage, e.g. find the original cost of an item

Ratio * Simplify a ratio. * Express a ratio as a fraction. * Divide amounts into given ratios. * Complete calculations from a given ratio and partial information.

Best Buys *Find the cost per unit weight. *Find the weight per unit cost. *Use the above to find which product is the cheaper.

Speed, time and distance *Recognise the relationship between speed, distance and time. * Calculate average speed from distance and time. *Calculate distance travelled from the speed and the time. * Calculate the time taken on a journey from the speed and the distance.

3 Ex 3A Limits of accuracy * Find the limits of accuracy of number that have been rounded to different degrees of accuracy.

10 Ex 10A – 10D Number sequences *Recognise how number sequences are built up. *Generate sequences, given the nth term.

Finding the nth term of a linear sequence

*Find the nth term of a linear sequence.

*Explain why a number is, or is not, a member of a

given sequence

Special sequences *Recognise and continue some special number sequences.

General rules from given *Find the nth term from practical problems.


patterns

11 Ex 11A – 11E Basic algebra *Recognise expressions, equations, formulae and identities. * Substitute into, manipulate and simplify algebraic expressions.

Factorisation *Factorise an algebraic expression.

Rearranging formulae *Rearrange formulae, using the same methods as for solving equations.

4 Ex 4A – 4K Averages *Use averages. *Solve more complex problems using averages. *Identify the advantages and disadvantages of each type of average and learn which one to use in different situations.

Frequency tables *Calculate the mode and median from a frequency table. *Calculate the mean from a frequency table.

Grouped data *Identify the modal group. *Calculate and estimate the mean from a grouped table.

Frequency diagrams *Draw frequency polygons for discrete and continuous data. *Draw histograms for continuous data with equal intervals. *Draw pie charts.

Histograms with bars of unequal width

*Draw and read histograms where the bars are of unequal width. *Find the median, quartiles and interquartile range from a histogram.

* Complete a histogram from a frequency table

*Complete a frequency table from a histogram * Use a histogram to work out the frequency in part of a class interval

Surveys *Conduct surveys.

Questionnaires *Ask good questions in order to collect reliable and valid data.

The data-handling cycle *Use the data-handling cycle.

Other uses of statistics *Apply statistics in everyday situations.

Sampling *Understand different methods of sampling. *Collect unbiased reliable data.

12 Ex 12A- 12I Straight-line distance–time graphs

*Interpret distance–time graphs. Gradients

Other types of graph *Identify and draw some of the more unusual types of real-life graphs.

Linear graphs *Draw linear graphs by plotting.

Uses of graphs *Use straight-line graphs to find formulae. *Solve simultaneous linear equations, using graphs.

Other graphs

*Recognise and plot cubic, exponential and reciprocal graphs.

Parallel and perpendicular lines

*Draw linear graphs parallel or perpendicular to other lines and passing through a specific point.

14 Ex 14A – 14 C

Drawing graphs from equation

*Drawing graphs using the gradient and intercept method.

Find the equation of line from a graph

*To find the equation of a line from its graph by finding the gradient and y-intercept.

8 Ex 8A -8E Area of a trapezium *To calculate the area of a trapezium

Sectors *To calculate the arc length of a circle *To calculate the sector of a circle


Volume of a prism *To calculate the volume of a prism

Special triangles and quadrilaterals

*To calculate the interior angle of triangles and quadrilaterals

Angles in a polygons *To calculate the interior or exterior angles of any polygon

7 Ex 7A-7F Multiplication and division with decimals

*Multiply another decimal by another *Divide by decimals by changing to an integer

Multiples, factors, prime numbers, powers and roots

*To find multiple and factors *To identify primes, squares, cubes, square roots, cube roots and triangular numbers

Prime factors, LCM and HCF

*To calculate the Prime factor decomposition of a number *To find the LCM of two numbers *To find the HCF of two numbers

Adding and subtracting fractions

*Adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators

Multiplying fractions Dividing by a fractions

*Multiply proper fractions *Multiply mixed numbers *To divide fractions

5 Ex 5A- 5E Line graphs Draw a line graph to show trends in data.

Stem-and-leaf diagrams Draw and read information from an ordered stem-and-leaf diagram.

Scatter diagrams Draw, interpret and use scatter diagrams.

Cumulative frequency diagrams

Find a measure of dispersion (the interquartile range) and a measure of location (the median) using a graph.

Box plots Draw and read box plots.

6 Ex 6A- 6K Experimental probability *Calculate experimental probabilities and relative frequencies. *Estimate probabilities from experiments. *Use different methods to estimate probabilities.

Mutually exclusive and exhaustive events

*Recognise mutually exclusive, complementary and exhaustive events.

Expectation *Predict the likely number of successful events, given the number of trials and the probability of any one event.

Two-way tables *Read two-way tables and use them to work out probabilities and interpret data.

Addition rule for events *Work out the probability of two events such as P(A) or P(B).

Combined events *Work out the probability of two events occurring at the same time.

Tree diagrams *Use sample space diagrams and tree diagrams to work out the probability of combined events.

Independent events *Use the connectors ‘and’ and ‘or’ to find the probability of combined events.

Conditional probability *Work out the probability of combined events when the probabilities change after each event.


SUBJECT: PHYSICS LENGTH OF PAPER: 50 minutes

TOPICS FOR REVISION

Heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation)

Evaporation and condensation

Energy and efficiency

Sankey Diagrams

Electrical energy and how it is generated – power stations

Renewable and non-renewable resources

National grid and transformers

Transverse and longitudinal waves

Amplitude, wavelength, frequency and the wave equation

The electromagnetic spectrum – uses, production and dangers

Analogue and digital signals

Atomic structure

Alpha, beta and gamma radiation and their properties

Half life – how to calculate it and read it from a graph

Uses and dangers of radioactive isotopes

How science works – practical techniques, errors, graphs

EQUIPMENT NEEDED Black pen, calculator, ruler, pencil, rubber OTHER HINTS See our website: www.skinnerscience.com If you would like the physics department revision app for your smartphone, see your teacher You need to learn the equations: Efficiency = useful energy output / total energy input Wave speed (m/s) = frequency (Hz) X wavelength (m) Power (W) = energy used (J) / time taken (s)

http://www.skinnerscience.com/


SUBJECT: RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Revision Guide for year 9 end of year exam [AQA Spec B Religion and Life issues] Paper 1 hour. Answer all questions on their first GCSE topic of War and peace. Remember to revise factual content about the topics alongside the religious teachings. The examiner wants to see that you have detailed knowledge and understanding of the issues. Explain your points and use examples to further develop your answers. Religion, war and peace

Key terms

Causes of war – use examples

Peace, justice and sanctity of life

Christian views of war – Just War Theory and Pacifism

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Irene Sandler

Islam and Holy War/Jihad

Effects of war, victims of war

Working for peace

Keeping the peace

Weapons of mass destruction

Religious arguments and teachings


STEM LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour in lessons Pupils will be tested on everything learnt in STEM so far this year. STEM product development (Mrs Spencer) Topics covered

The 8 steps of the design process

Analysing a design brief and understanding how to explore key words in a design brief and define a

task

Defining a ‘design movement’

Describe how the sense of smell can be used in design and technology

Defining a product specification and knowing how it is used to design a product

Know how to annotate a design idea

Identifying different categories of wood

Identifying appropriate tools used to cut and shape wood

Identify health and safety considerations when working in the workshop

Identify a selection of wood joints

Identify and describe different processes to make a product prototype out of wood

Remember that all your lesson content can be found on any Skinners computer, by opening the DT folder on computer desktops/DT public folder/Yr 9 STEM Pr Dev notes/ then the folder relating to your rotation. STEM product branding (Mr Hillier) Topics covered

Product branding

Typography

Logo development

Computer Aided Design

Equipment needed for the Exam:

Pencil

Eraser

Ruler (30cm)

Sharpener

Compass

Colouring pencils


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