Year 9 Revision Guide 2021
TIPS ON HOW TO REVISE EFFECTIVELY & SUBJECT INFORMATION SHEETS
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CONTENTS Top Revision Tips .....................................................................................................3 Revision Carousel .....................................................................................................4 Best Revision Apps ...................................................................................................5 Memory Techniques ................................................................................................6 Revision sheets Biology......................................................................................................................8 Chemistry .................................................................................................................9 Computer Science ..................................................................................................10 Drama.....................................................................................................................11 English ...................................................................................................................12 Food & Nutrition ....................................................................................................14 French ....................................................................................................................15 Geography..............................................................................................................16 History ....................................................................................................................18 Mathematics ..........................................................................................................19 Music ......................................................................................................................20 Physics ....................................................................................................................22 Religious Studies ...................................................................................................23 Spanish ...................................................................................................................24 Revision planner ....................................................................................................25 Notes ......................................................................................................................26
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TOP REVISION TIPS There are hundreds of websites, blogs, books and people who have advice on how to revise. We suggest you keep it simple and follow our top five tips below.
1. Create your study space: It needs to be quiet and you need to let others who live with you know that you cannot be interrupted.
2. Write and follow a revision timetable (there is a blank one included in this pack). If you miss a session, re-write the timetable to make sure you cover it later. Be realistic…how long can you concentrate for, what can you realistically cover in a 20 or 30 minute session?
3. PUT YOUR PHONE IN ANOTHER ROOM. A lot of people (adults included) kid themselves that they have worked really hard for three hours when in fact, maybe half of that time has been spent Snapchatting, checking Instagram, experiencing FOMO, checking emails, playing a quick Fortnite mobile game, etc... Be HONEST with yourself. Put the phone in another room and look forward to catching up AFTER your revision session.
4. Variety is the spice of life! Use several different techniques to help things stay in your head. 17 mindmaps will become meaningless, shake it up by trying as many techniques on the next page as appeal to you. Work out the ones that work best for you.
5. Practice makes perfect. Clichéd but true. It is much harder to do some practice questions than answering a kahoot quiz on a topic but it is probably the most effective way of testing what you know and identifying gaps that still need to be learnt. Don’t shy away from the hard revision, this is far more effective than wasted hours copying out notes.
Remember that your teachers will be revising with you in class the week before half term so you will get more tips on individual subjects then.
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REVISION CAROUSEL
Headline It Map It
Create a newspaper headline Create a mind map with the that will remind you of the key key points. Stick it on the wall. points. Start by identifying the key words.
Story It Create a bizarre and multisensory story using the key points.
Mnemonic It
Teach It
Use the first letter of key words to create a sentence.
Split a topic with friends and teach each other.
Buddy It Quiz It Create your own questions from the answers.
Tape It Let your brain really hear your work. Record yourself talking about it - even play it as you fall asleep.
Index It Write the key points on index cards. Use them to learn the sequence too.
Sing It
Working with friends can be fun. Share ways of remembering but make sure you work!
We always remember our favourite song lyrics. Take some work and set it to music even ‘twinkle, twinkle little star’ will do.
Post It
Draw It
Write key words on to post it notes and stick them around your room/house.
Create your own diagram, flow chart, time line, etc. Use colour and pictures.
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BEST REVISION APPS FOR UPPER SCHOOL
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Quizlet enables you to create over 40,000 practice questions With these apps, you can your own revision flashcards, ready to go and free. You pick create mindmaps using built-in as well as using sets created by your subject and your exam sketch tools and digital addboard, then you take part in others. Teachers in MFL have ons, including some snazzy created sets for you to revise quizzes to test your knowledge. freehand branches. You can Get instant feedback and too. When you access a set, even record audio notes and there are four different modes detailed explanations, so if you have them sync to the cloud so go wrong, you can work out in which you can use them: you can access your creations why. cards, learn, match and test. from multiple devices.
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On Clips you can create short The easiest and quickest way to When you get a question clips with live annotations! We collaborate. You can create a wrong, the content will be recommend changing the repeated in many different shared space where everyone language of your device; use formats at the optimal time. can share ideas, links, images the videos to test your It’s the only revision resource and tips. The link can be shared pronunciation for MFL. with GIFs and memes that with everyone in a class, will make you laugh instead of allowing everyone to add in getting stressed. their information, save as a pdf and send to everyone!
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Stay focused with this antiprocrastination app. Whenever Get organised with Todait! you open the app to revise, you Categorise and organise your plant a tree and set a time limit tasks, set reminders and track for your revision session, if you your schedule. stop revising and check your phone, the tree will die. App costs £1.99
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MEMORY TECHNIQUES Learning to Learn What does the Science of Learning tell us about how we can work smarter?
You might be surprised to learn that some of the most popular techniques for learning are not very effective, according to numerous studies. In “Strengthening the Student Toolbox: study strategies to Boost learning” (Dunlosky, 2013) researchers reviewed the claims backing up several different learning methods. Their conclusions point out that many common methods students use like re-reading, highlighting and underlining and summarisation are not very effective. They are notable in how they may give you a feeling of mastery and learning but don’t provide proper feedback to show what you haven’t actually learned, and are not effective for retention. In contrast, here are two strategies that research tells us are among the most effective for learning: Retrieval Practice and Spaced Practice.
Retrieval Practice Retrieval practice means trying to recall material you have learned, as opposed to re-reading it.
“Retrieval practice is the act of bringing something to mind that you learned before. The act of retrieval itself strengthens the memory, making information more retrievable later.”
How could you do this with your revision?
1. FLASHCARDS “Students should be encouraged to take notes in a manner that will foster practice tests. For instance, as they read a chapter in their textbook, they should be encouraged to make flashcards, with the key term on one side and the correct answer on the other” (“Strengthening the Student Toolbox: study strategies to Boost learning”)
Making your own flashcards, which you then use to test yourself with, is a great way to help you learn.
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MEMORY TECHNIQUES 2. PRACTISE EXAM QUESTIONS Set a timer and recreate exam conditions. Completing practise exam questions and then marking them yourself against the mark scheme is a good way to test yourself and get feedback on what you need to go over. Re-draft. Once you have marked your work, re-draft part or all of it. Now you know the answers and what’s expected, can you re-draft it more effectively from memory?
3. BLANK MIND MAPS / KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS Once you have created your own completed Knowledge Organiser / Mind map for a topic, test yourself by seeing if you can rewrite the key points from memory on to a blank version. Creating the mind map alone and re-reading it is not enough, you need to recall the information in order to strengthen your memory.
Spaced Practice Space out studying. There is a benefit of having time delays between your revision sessions for a topic. If you are revising a subject, you will maximise your chance of remembering the content if you revise topics over time. ‘Mass’ revision of individual topics all at once is less effective than revising topics ‘little and often’. Revising topics at a later point in time, when you may have forgotten some details, has been found to be more effective. Even if it feels frustrating to forget, it’s actually helpful in the learning process.
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BIOLOGY Details of exam 1 x 1 hour exam which will include a range of question types.
Topics to revise B1 Cell Biology (Kerboodle chapters B1 & B2) • • • • • • • • • •
Microscopes + required practical Animal and plant cells Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells Specialisation in animal cells Specialisation in plant cells Diffusion Osmosis Osmosis in plants + required practical. Active transport Exchanging materials
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Cell division Growth and differentiation Stem cells Stem cell dilemmas
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Coronary heart disease Breathing and gas exchange Tissues and organs in plants Transport systems in plants Evaporation and transpiration
B2 Organisation (Kerboodle chapters B3 & B4) • • • • • • •
Tissues & Organs Human digestive system Food test + Required practical Enzymes + Required practical Components of blood Blood vessels Heart and structure
The AQA Specification can be found here:
http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/ biology/specifications/AQA-8461-SP2016.PDF
Revision tasks to be completed • • • •
You can revise from the BBC Bitesize website. Review your class notes, online Kerboodle, text book and handouts. Practise as many questions (obtained from textbook or the internet) as you possibly can. Review all the work in your exercise book and think carefully about your targets; which areas of your work need attention?
Additional Revision Tasks • Complete end of topic questions from the textbook on Kerboodle • Use the following websites to help with your revision https://www.senecalearning.com/ https://www.bbc.com/education/examspecs/zpgcbk7 http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/biology http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/biology/index.html
AQA GCSE (9-1) Biology Revision - PMT (physicsandmathstutor.com)
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In the exam, make sure that you read the question carefully so you understand what is being asked. And always try to answer the question as fully and directly as you can. Look at the number of marks available for each question and make sure you include enough points. Attempt every question. Keep a careful eye on the time: it is often better to leave a question that you can’t do and spend more time on those that you confidently can. Bring spare pens, pencils, eraser, ruler and most importantly a calculator. Check for any questions on back page and go back and check your work!
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CHEMISTRY Details of exam 1 x 1 hour exam which will include a range of question types.
Topics to revise C1 Atomic structure • Atoms • Chemical equations • History of the atom • Structure of the atom • Fractional distillation • Chromatography • Ions, atoms and isotopes • Electronic structures
C2 The periodic table • Development of the periodic table • Electronic structure and the periodic table • Group 1 • Group 7 • Explaining trends • The transition elements
C3 Structure and bonding • States of matter • Atoms into ions • Ionic bonding • Giant ionic structures • Covalent bonding • Structure of simple molecules • Giant covalent structures • Bonding in metals • Giant metallic structures • Nanoparticles
Revision tasks to be completed • • • • •
Use your revision guide to cover any topics you are unsure about You can revise from the BBC Bitesize website. Review your class notes, text book and handouts. Practise as many questions (obtained from textbook or the internet) as you possibly can. Review all the work in your exercise book and think carefully about your targets; which areas of your work need attention?
Additional Revision Tasks • Complete end of topic questions from the textbook on Kerboodle • Use the following websites to help with your revision https://www.senecalearning.com/ https://www.bbc.com/education/examspecs/z8xtmnb http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/chemistry http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/chemistry/index.html •
Use the department’s YouTube channel for links to excellent revision videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCALPsY6eUZuZOJSKkctXptg?view_as=subscriber
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In the exam, make sure that you read the question carefully so you understand what is being asked. And always try to answer the question as fully and directly as you can. Look at the number of marks available for each question and make sure you include enough points. Attempt every question. Keep a careful eye on the time: it is often better to leave a question that you can’t do and spend more time on those that you confidently can. Bring spare pens, pencils, eraser, ruler and most importantly a calculator. Check the back page! Check your work!
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COMPUTER SCIENCE Details of exam 1 hour exam on the computer. It will consist of both multiple choice questions and written answers.
Topics to revise Cybersecurity •
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Internet of Things
Understand the following cyber • threats to a computer: data interception, malware (virus, worm, trojan, ransomware), phishing, brute force, DoS/DDoS attack, and how they can be prevented
Describe what is meant by the Internet of Things, give examples of devices and their benefits. Be able to explain the security and privacy concerns and how they could be prevented.
Understand what is meant by social engineering. Name the different cyber threat actors and explain their motivations.
Know the laws that are relevant to cybersecurity (Computer Misuse Act, Data Protection Act, GDPR) and what the law is for.
Images How are different types of graphics stored on a computer? You should know: •
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The difference between raster (bitmap) graphics and vector graphics and when each may be used. How bitmap graphics are stored using pixels. How black and white and colour bitmap images are stored. What is metadata. What is meant by resolution and colour depth and how these affect the file size of an image. About copyright and creative commons licensing.
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Create flashcards covering the key points from the Year 9 Exam Revisions Materials on Sparkjar Topics, with a question on one side and answer on the other. Use these flashcards to test yourself.
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Create a Quizziz or other online quiz with the key cyber terms.
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DRAMA Details of exam The exam will last 1 hour and will include a mixture of mix and match and short and long written answers.
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What is a Production Element?
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Analysing effects of lighting choices
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Lighting terminology
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Identifying sound effects in a script
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Set design terminology
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Designing your own lighting
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Writing to evaluate
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Make flash cards with key terminology · Visit this sites to experiment with lighting: http://scenicandlighting.com/ academic/light-labs-and-more/
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Watch these videos on lighting and set design:
3 ways to create a space that moves you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU8JYKGekXo Design challenge: designing and making a set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLw-QapkxnA Extension: behind the scenes of designing the set of ‘Wicked’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHcON8JKhY Behind the Emerald Curtain: How ‘Wicked’ uses lighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUKDU3r6MYY Lighting ‘War Horse’: The Royal Opera House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY4oNW6s_y0&feature=emb_title •
Watch online videos of professional productions from National Theatre at Home, The Globe theatre, RSC online, Digital Theatre.
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Find pictures of theatre sets and practise evaluating using the structure used in class.
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ENGLISH Details of exam One exam of 1 hour and 45 minutes Section A: Reading and Comprehension (1 hour) A series of comprehension questions based on a literature extract:
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Find 4 facts from a short part of the extract: quote and explain
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Quote and analyse language from a short part of the extract, using relevant terminology
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Analysis of structural features
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Express your own views of the text, quoting to support your ideas
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Timing: Question 1: 6 minutes Question 2: 12 minutes Question 3: 12 minutes Question 4: 30 minutes Section B: Creative writing (45 minutes) This exam assesses your ability to narrate and/or describe. You will choose ONE of two written tasks: a. Either respond to a question about a picture. b. Or respond to a written instruction.
40 marks: • 24 marks for content (sequencing of ideas, structural features, interesting description, organisation of ideas into paragraphs with linking words and phrases) • 16 marks for spelling, punctuation, grammar, sophisticated vocabulary and range of sentences. Timing: 5 minutes plan, 35 minutes write, 5 minutes check
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Reading and comprehension Creative writing General: vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and grammar
Revision
Read the practice exams that you have already done, including CATs. What are your targets? Write a list of targets (e.g. use quotation marks, zoom in on words, and answer in more detail).
‘Magic Carpet’ Knowledge Organiser You have a copy of a Year 9 ‘magic carpet’ knowledge organiser in Sparkjar. This breaks down each part of the exam. Study it carefully, so that you feel confident with: A. What each question is assessing. B. How to answer it. C. Key vocabulary (terminology) 12
ENGLISH continued General Topics to Revise Vocabulary 1. Read through your homework in your exercise book. Do you repeat the same words (e.g. ‘nice’)? Use a thesaurus app to make lists of other words that you might use. 2. Make a list of new vocabulary that you come across in your regular reading in your exercise book. Try and use these words. 3. The best way to increase your vocabulary is to read as widely as possible outside the classroom. Spelling 1. Read through your homework in your exercise book. 2. Review classwork on spelling rules, advice on how to learn spellings, homophones, etc. 3. Learn the spelling of a few words a day. Punctuation and Grammar 1. Read through the work from your VSPaG lessons. Learn terminology and revise how you used the punctuation and sentence structures to enhance meaning. 2. Read through your homework in your exercise book: • If you have done additional VSPaG work (e.g. revising TipTop paragraphing rules), review that. • If your teacher has corrected your use of grammar, learn the correction(s). • Give yourself grammar targets, so that you do not repeat the same mistakes.
Other tips Look at interesting pictures and practise planning for ten minutes. Oxford Dictionaries: Spellings is an invaluable website for practising tricky and/or irregular spellings. A small notebook and committing to learning around five of the spellings from this list per week could significantly help you in your English attainment. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/common-misspellings BBC Bitesize contains a range of activities and resources to support your development in English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z3kw2hv The SPaG support is also fantastic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english
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FOOD & NUTRITION Details of exam This will be a written examination of 1 hour of short questions and longer questions to apply your knowledge.
Topics to revise Nutrition
Food Science and Commodities
Factors Affecting Food Choice
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Review questions on recipes
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Food Provenance- what is it, what are food miles, ways to reduce
Raising agent
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Special dietary needs - Diet through life, different dietary needs through life
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Healthy Eating guidelines – how to apply them to food we have cooked
Energy balance- what does it mean? • What is energy measured in? Values • of macronutrients
Pastry Dairy
Revision tasks to be completed Use sheets in exercise books and hand outs to make notes and revision cards. There is a revision guide on Sparkjar in the topic called “revision”.
Other tips Make sure you use Point Example Evidence and Link in your longer question answers.
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FRENCH Details of exam Reading and Writing: 1 hour – for the writing you will have some short exercises where you will have to include a variety of tenses including present, near future and preterit tenses. You will also have to translate some short texts from French into English and English into French. Make sure you answer the questions for the reading in the language stated in the instructions.
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Family members
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Furniture
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School subjects
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Age
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Rooms in the house
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Opinions about school subjects
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Possessive adjectives e.g. mon, ma, mes.
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Negatives
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Optional and compulsory subjects
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Ideal house
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Perfect tense with avoir
Adjectives for describing someone’s character
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Conditional tense
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Choisir/decider de/laisser
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Reflexive verbs to talk about relationships i.e. se fâcher, se disputer, s’entendre
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Town
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Devoir + infinitive
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On peut + infinitive
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Il faut + infinitive
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Comparatives and superlatives
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Il y a
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School day
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Best friend
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Describing where you live
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Ideal town
Saying what you did at school yesterday
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My region
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School rules
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Present tense
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Perfect tense with avoir and être
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Time phrases
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Negatives
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Genres of TV and film
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Opinions and infinitives
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Present tense
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Hobbies
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Weekend
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Past tense
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Future tense
Revision tasks to be completed • • •
Grammar revision using www.languagesonline.org.uk Français – Quick Links – Grammar Quizlet -Year 9 French Photocard description and role-plays
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Active revision – making notes, completing online activities, flashcards, testing a friend, mindmaps. Learning vocabulary little and often Look at Topics on Sparkjar.
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GEOGRAPHY Details of exam You will be sitting an examination of one hour. The question paper will have short answers, matching exercises, definitions, filling in the gaps and other similar question types. You will also be tested on your Application of skills and knowledge and you may be asked questions on: Interpreting maps • Using symbols, scale, grid references, etc… Interpreting graphs or forms of data presentation • Describing trends on graphs • Identifying clustering or patterns of distribution Interpreting geographical information from photographs or sketches • You should be able to describe physical or human geographical features You will also tested on your Skills of Analysis • You should be able to compare different locations/ views/ responses/ effects • You should be able to rank and justify the importance of factors in different geographical case studies You will also be tested on your Evaluation skills • You will be able to weigh up the arguments to an issue and give reasons for your decision
Topics to revise You will need to revise the following topics: Development • Development indicators (e.g. Birth Rate, GDP per capita, Infant Mortality Rate, HDI), the Brandt Line, Terms for countries at different stages of development (LICs, MICs, HICs, NEE, NICs, RICs) China • The physical geography of China (you will need to know where the Taklimakan desert, Gobi desert, plateau of Tibet, Himalayas, River Yangtze, Yellow River, Dongbei Plain are located) • The major cities of China (you will need to know where Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Chongqing are located) • The distribution and density of population in China • Population Growth and the One Child Policy • Rural to urban migration in China • Cities in China • Environmental Issues in China Globalisation • Definitions of globalisation and TNC, a case study of a TNC (Nike), sweatshops
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GEOGRAPHY continued Revision tasks to be completed The first place to look is your exercise book as the exam will only cover what you have been taught. However, you may like to look at some additional resources to give variety to your revision. Development: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwtsbk Try a Kahoot quiz: https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/6ece519c-f8c4-4977-9ca6-c000d504b93f Gapminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w China: The Physical Geography of China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6IrkUvJxio The geography of China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZKaEM0WVQ Rural- urban migration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZd9gt-b04 One Child Policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOnEdIQAjfo One Child Policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRBT70_RIWM Try a Kahoot quiz: https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/d683f1bf-138b-49b6-a81b-7bca3018ca97 Globalisation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ0nFD19eT8 Nike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_nD4teAGFg Kahoot Quiz: https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/62afa341-abb1-4ae8-ba02-bcbc114ae26e https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/8018f63d-d909-49aa-a38c-cfb94b945021
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Use flashcards to learn key geography terms. Geography has quite a lot of special terminology that it is important to get clear in your head. A good way to learn and remember terms and words is by using flashcards. Write one term onto a small piece of card or paper, with the definition and brief explanation written on the other side. Once you have the cards then pick one at random and try to remember what it means, checking the back if you can’t. Once you have done this a few times you will find you can remember a lot more than before. Try an online practice test. You can test some of your knowledge about geography and maps on certain websites.(some have been listed above) Apply effective studying methods. If some of the techniques are working for you better than others, then you might want to focus more time on those ones. By finding the ones that work best for you, you can make studying an easier time. Take breaks. Be sure to take a five minute break every twenty minutes so that you don't exhaust yourself. In these short breaks stand up and move around a bit to release some tension and get your blood moving around more. Don’t take really long breaks, you could lose your flow and find it harder to get back to work. Test each other’s knowledge. One of the big advantages of studying a group is that you can test each other and see where you have gaps. You can do this by using the flashcards you prepared. Ask someone to test you. By reviewing what you have studied with another person, you will be able to see how much you know. Review your notes and flashcards. Go over the information that you have studied, highlighting facts that you know as you go.
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HISTORY Details of exam • •
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Your summer exam will last for 1 hour. The exam will consist of a variety of questions and test you on different skills. There will be a knowledge section testing your factual knowledge of the topics below (e.g. key dates, names, etc.). There will be questions which will require extended answers and developed explanations. There will also be source-based questions, testing your ability to understand and compare historical sources/interpretations, as well as your ability to consider their usefulness. We will revise how to answer the different types of questions in class, but for now you should concentrate on learning the content (the facts and details).
Topics to revise World War One:
Democracy and Dictatorship
Anti-Semitism
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The causes of World War One
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Key features of a democracy and a dictatorship
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The treatment of Jews in Germany in the 1930s
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The Schlieffen Plan
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The Final Solution
Recruitment
Why Hitler was able to rise to power
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Trench Warfare – Features of a trench and life in the trenches
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Youth and women in Nazi Germany
Revision tasks to be completed There are lots of different ways to revise History: • • • • • • •
Colourful mind-maps Flash cards Colourful revision notes Look, cover, write, check (test yourself) Teach someone else Practise writing answers to questions Check the feedback on your marked work from throughout the year
Different revision techniques suit different people, so you need to figure out what works best for you.
Other tips In the exam remember that the marks for the individual questions should act as a guide for how much you should be writing e.g. a 12-mark question requires a lot more detail and explanation than a 4-mark question.
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MATHEMATICS Details of exam Paper 1 - calculator (1 hour) Paper 2 - calculator (1 hour)
Topics to revise This will be a cumulative assessment of the year. Topics that students should revise include; • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Fraction, decimal and percentage calculations Multiples, factors and primes Index laws Proportion Ratio Rounding and approximation Forming and simplifying algebraic expressions Expanding and factorising Solving equations Inequalities Metric units of length Area and perimeter Pythagoras Angle properties Probability
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Pupils should go through their exercise books and the KPI assessments and identify key facts, formula and methods for each topic. These can be summarised on mind maps, cue cards, etc.
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A pack of revision questions/answers will be provided the week before half term.
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These can be used for independent study both in class and over half term.
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Hegarty Maths can be used for additional question practice. Pupils should tackle Hegarty quizzes on the topics they find most challenging.
Other tips Students can use Hegarty Maths to revise and practise any topic (they do not need to have a task set for them).
There are 3 ways to search for relevant videos/quizzes on Hegarty Maths: 1 Type the topic name or Hegarty clip number into the search bar (top middle of screen) and select the relevant quiz. 2 Look back at the assessment feedback sheets in your exercise book – clip numbers are contained in the column ‘HM Clip’. 3 Click the ‘Fix Up 5’ button (next to the search button). This takes you to 5 questions you have previously tried and got wrong on Hegarty Maths. Deliberately practising things you previously got wrong is one of the best ways to improve.
REMEMBER TO WATCH THE HEGARTY VIDEOS FOR EXTRA HELP!
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MUSIC Details of exam Pupils will be given one hour to complete an online test. The test will feature a series of theory and listening activities relating to the schemes of work covered by the pupils this academic year.
Topics to revise Elements of Music • Pitch, dynamics, timbre, structure, texture, tempo, duration/rhythm. • Understand the vocabulary associated with each element • Be able to recognise aurally, how these elements are used in different ways
Blues & Jazz • Be able to describe the origins and history of blues music • Understand the 12 bar blues chord pattern and know the sequence of chords • Be able to recognise the sound of a walking bass line • Know the notes of the blues scale and understand the role of improvisation and scat singing in blues music • Recognise the notes on a treble clef and bass clef staff, including sharps and flats • Have a secure understanding of how to build a 7th chord onto a triad i.e. the notes of a C7 chord. Music for Film • Understand the terms ‘underscore’, ‘leitmotif’ and ‘theme’ and evaluate how they are used in a range of musical examples • Explain how the elements of music can be used to provide an underscore for different film genres including action, horror, comedy • Define the musical term ‘mickey-mousing’ and suggest examples for how it could be used to enhance actions on screen • Understand how composers use a storyboard to write music for films Music for the Stage • Describe the main features of opera and be able to describe how musical theatre evolved from this genre • Explain important features of musical theatre; what we would expect to see and hear • Understand terms such as overture, recitative, aria, chorus number, duet, solo, and be able to recognise musical examples • Have an understanding of how the musical elements are used to tell a story e.g. through word painting, major/minor, fast/slow tempi, soft/loud dynamics.
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MUSIC continued... Topics to revise continued… Baroque Music • Know the dates of the Baroque period and the main composers: Vivaldi; JS Bach; and Handel • Be able to define and recognise aurally, key Baroque terms such as: continuo, ornamentation, trill, ground bass, ritornello form • Identify the tone colour of the harpsichord and be able to describe the mechanical differences to the modern piano
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All PowerPoints and lesson resources can be found on the Digital Learning Site under ‘Music’
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Revise the work covered this year by working through exercise books and tasks on Sparkjar
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Use interactive websites to practise skills: https://www.teoria.com/en/tutorials/ for tutorials and exercises on note reading https://quizizz.com/ for quizzes on the elements of music, rhythm, notation and instrumental sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zbmct39 for advanced revision on music theory and the elements of music.
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PHYSICS Details of exam Exam duration: 1 hour Topics covered: • Topics 1 and 2 from the specification: Energy and Electricity • These correspond to chapters 1-5 from the textbook.
Topics to revise 1. Energy • Chapters 1-3 •
Conservation and dissipation of energy
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Energy transfer by heating
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Energy resources
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Electrical circuits
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Electricity in the home
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Make revision notes in whatever form best suits your style of learning e.g. spider diagrams, mind maps, revision cards or notes. Complete some of the past paper questions linked above under timed and non-timed conditions. Complete textbook and previous homework questions on the topics from chapters 1-5 Use Seneca Learning, BBC Bitesize and passmyexams
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As this is a fairly new specification there are only the only past papers available are the 2018 papers and the specimen papers. Both of these can be found here: https://www.aqa.org.uk/find-past-papers-and-mark-schemes. You must select Physics and then only use Paper 1. Paper 1 will also contain topics you have not covered, however, it will contain energy and electricity. Write longer answer questions in numbered points – this will ensure you are clear what you are writing for each mark. Describing practicals should all use the format: number each step, each step starts with a verb, list specific equipment you will use, give specific quantities. Ensure you know all the equations – see the equation sheet on Sparkjar Isaac Physics has some great maths-based problems. Follow the link below to access the material, you need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find links to the questions. https://isaacphysics.org/pages/phys_book_gcse_index Revision guides are excellent resources so it is recommended you purchase one. There are a few publishers so find one with a format you prefer.
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES Details of exam Your summer exam will last for 1 hour and will test you on all the units that you have studied this year. The exam will be split into four sections. Section A: This will be a knowledge based tasks on all the units that you have studied. Key words and concepts will be very important for this. Section B: This will be based on shorter answer questions and will involve you explaining the meaning behind some of the key themes that you have looked at over the year. Pay particular attention to: • What are morals and what in life is important to you? • What do people think happens after we die? What do you think? What sort of evidence is there of the afterlife? • What is truth and reality and is there such a thing? • What is Buddhism? Section C: You will be given a source and asked a question based around it. You may be asked to explain, evaluate or analyse this source. It can be from any unit of work. Section D: This is a longer written answer and will need you to use knowledge and understanding as well as your personal beliefs to write a structured answer.
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Social justice Truth and reality Is death the end? What does suffering mean to Buddhism?
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Read your exercise book or book creator and highlight key words or ideas. Use knowledge organisers or RAG sheet. Make a list or glossary of these terms. For each unit create a brainstorm of the important information for each section. Have a friend or peer test you on the important information. Create another brainstorm of the unit, this time without the help of your book.
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If you revise with a friend, it will help you to make sure you have all the notes. If you have missed any lessons you must make sure that, you revise the missed content with real care.
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If stuck, see your teacher.
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SPANISH Details of exam Reading and Writing: 1 hour – for the writing you will have some short exercises where you will have to include a variety of tenses including present, near future and preterit tenses. You will also have to translate some short texts from Spanish into English and English into Spanish. Make sure you answer the questions for the reading in the language stated in the instructions.
Topics to revise Relationships with family and friends
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My studies
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Free-time activities
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Talk about and describe family members and friends Describe how you get on with family members and friends Talk about your ideal future partner Talk about future plans – marriage/ children
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Describe your house and the rooms in it Say what your house is like Say what you can/can’t do in your town/region Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of where you live Say where you would like to live in the future
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Hay Prepositions Poder + infinitive Irregular verbs ir and hacer Conditional tense
Give and understand opinions about different subjects Talk about your studies Talk about your school and daily routines
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Tener que/deber que + infinitive Porque to justify and express reasons Comparatives and superlatives Using past, present and future tenses
Describe what you like and dislike doing Talk about your freetime and plans for the weekend Buying food and drink Talking about eating out and special occasion meals Talking about sport
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Verbs ser, tener and estar Adjective agreement Possessive adjectives Reflexive verbs casarse/enfadarse/ llevarse Present tense Near future tense (voy a + infinitive)
Perfect tense Present tense consolidation including irregulars – salir, querer, preferer, ver, dar Adverbs of frequency Using three tenses
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Speaking questions to be prepared using the speaking mats provided Go through the grammar and vocabulary in your exercise books
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Ensure you are revising little and often Try to do 5-10 minutes of Quizlet / vocab revision a day Ensure you are doing ‘active’ revision – writing things out, repetition, using flashcards, getting someone to test you, recording and listening to yourself. Use the Topics folder on Sparkjar. 24
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Afternoon 2
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Morning 2
Morning 1
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REVISION PLANNER
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NOTES Note down useful websites you have found (including usernames and passwords) or key information from this booklet or your school sessions to help you with your revision. Remember, it’s a personal process so everyone will have a slightly different approach!
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