New-Bridge Integrated College

New-Bridge Integrated College

STUDY SKILLS PLANNER

YEAR 10

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DOs AND DON’Ts IN EXAMINATIONS

Make a list of what you should do in examinations. Discuss with a partner

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Make a list of what you shouldn’t do in examinations. Discuss with a partner

Revision List

· Key words and definitions for the following topics:

· Ceramics and collage.

· Fine Art painting: the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Collage, watercolour painting.

· Practise still life observation drawing techniques using watercolour paints, colouring pencils and 2B pencil for tonal shading.

· Bring in the following equipment for Art exam:

o Sketchbook

o Watercolours

o 2B pencil

o Colouring pencils

Revision List

‘Bog Child’ or ‘Holes’

There will be two sections in this paper:

Section A is the Reading Section

There will be a passage from the novel in your paper. You will have to answer questions on this passage.

Section B is the Writing Section

Your task will be to write a persuasive article on the following topic:

‘The life of a teenager today is tougher than ever!’

To ensure that writing is both effective and engaging, pupils should focus on the following:

ü Planning/editing work

ü Varied and appropriate vocabulary

ü Rhetorical devices

ü Formal language

ü Structure (15 marks)

To ensure that Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar are used accurately and effectively, pupils should focus on the following:

ü Full stops

ü Commas

ü Apostrophe of omission

ü Apostrophe of possession

ü Question marks

ü Exclamation marks

ü Colon

ü Semi-colon

ü Paragraphs

ü Simple sentences

ü Complex sentences

ü Appropriate connectives

ü Homophones (there, their, they’re/where, wear, we’re/allowed, aloud)

ü Verb tenses

ü Spelling (10 marks)

ü Synonyms

Revision List

Globalisation:

1. Olympic Games: Why are they held? Where (places)? When (times)?

2. Give examples of sports companies linked to local/ national/ global sports.

a. Why do sports companies spend money on sponsorship?

3. What is a ‘transnational corporation’ and how does it operate?

4. How is Shenzhen a good example of an ‘export processing zone’?

5. How is the ‘just-in-time’ model used in the sportswear industry?

6. Why can sportswear be described as ‘footloose’ and ‘low tech’?

7. Describe the working and living conditions for a sweat-shop worker in Asia.

8. Why do you think the workers are paid so little for the long hours they work?

9. What are ‘alternative’ clothing suppliers doing?

10. What other action could be taken to end sweatshop practices?

Cotton

1. What is cotton? Name the characteristics. Give examples of cotton products.

2. Name the top cotton producers and consumers using graphs/statistics.

3. Describe various social, economic and environmental problems resulting from cotton growing e.g. Case Study: Aral Sea Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan.

4. Describe some conflicts caused by growing to cotton. Name the places.

· Colonialism: Britain/India

· Middle East: Israel /Palestine/Syria.

· Globalisation: fashion sweatshops in Bangladesh.

5. Issues about growing cotton e.g. Subsidies/Pesticides/Fair Trade/ Genetically Modified cotton/Organic Cotton.

Remember:

Review booklets ‘Globalisation’ and ‘Cotton’ for exam practice.

Revision List

A BALANCED DIET

· NSP (Dietary Fibre)

· Fruit and Vegetables

· Dental Caries

· Anaemia

· Constipation

· Vitamins and Minerals.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

· Baby - Clothes

· Care Symbols

CONSUMER

· Making a complaint

Revision Lists

Pupils are advised to revise each of the topics covered during this academic year. Each teaching group will be given a revision list by their maths teacher.

In addition pupils can use my.maths and the BBC Bitesize websites.

Access to the website the BBC Bitesize website will aid revision. (See below)

Follow the following link http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/maths/ to access this website

MODERN LANGUAGES

Revision List

· Revise All Subject Content covered in class.

· Practice pass papers provided

· Learn the vocabulary provided in class

Revision List

· Note names & values

· Minimalism – techniques, composers, pieces we have studied, e.g. ‘Tubular Bells’, ‘Bed’, ‘Electronic Counterpoint’

· Film Music – genres, mood, composers

· Elements of Music – vocabulary, musical terms

· Garageband terms/vocab

Revision List

For your exam you will need to learn the following topics:

1. St Patrick – who was he and what did he do?

· When did St Patrick bring Christianity to Ireland? Which century?

· What symbol did he use to teach the Irish about the Trinity (God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit)?

· What two documents did Patrick write?

· What happened to him when he was 16?

· Where did he build his first Church?

· Can you describe some of the myths and legends associated with St Patrick?

· What happened after he died? His burial?

2. St Augustine - who was he and what did he do?

· England

3. St Alban - who was he and what did he do?

· What is the legend associated with St Alban and his death? The legend tells us he was martyred (put to death for his beliefs) for hiding a priest. When he was executed the executioner’s eyes fell out so he didn’t have to see what he was doing.

4. St Columba - who was he and what did he do?

· Scotland

5. Key terms from Celtic Christianity

· Use a dictionary to find definitions of the following words: missionary, martyr, convert

6. The Early Christian Church

· What was Pentecost? What happened during Pentecost? Where did it happen? How is it connected to the Holy Spirit?

7. Read the following story Acts 2: 1-41

· What is persecution?

· Use a dictionary to find a definition of the word persecution.

· Why do you think some people are prepared to go through pain and suffering for their beliefs? Is there anything you would be prepared to suffer for?

Revision Lists

The topics of Environmental Chemistry, Using Chemistry &Speeding up will not be examined.

9B – Fit and Healthy: Healthy and balanced diet, food groups for a balanced diet (e.g. vitamins and minerals, carbohydrates etc), units of alcohol and effects of drinking on the body.

9C – Plants and Photosynthesis: Photosynthesis word equation, starch production and test, leaf structure, plant structure, gas exchange, water transport and loss.

9D – Plants for Food: Nutrients, fertilisers, pesticides and signs of pollution.

9E – Metals and Metal Compounds: Elements, properties of a metal, reacting metals with acids and use of universal indicator paper, acid and base reactions, making copper sulphate, fertilisers.

9F – Patterns of Reactivity: Order of reactivity, reacting metals in hydrochloric acid.

7L – The Solar System and Beyond: The Solar System, day and night, the seasons, the moon and its phases.

9G – Gravity and Space: The Solar System, gravity and satellites.

Make sure to revise these topics thoroughly using both your class notes and the text book. There will also be some general Science questions on the test from Science knowledge gained over the last 3 years.

Revision List

Personal Items Project

Birch plywood box project

Wood

Revise different types and groups.

There are 2 groups. Hardwoods & Softwoods. Be able to list at least 3 of each.

Hardwoods come from Deciduous Trees (loose their leaves)

Softwoods come from Coniferous trees (Evergreen)

Man-Made Boards can also be called “Manufactured Woods”

Examples of these are Plywood (your project was made from this).

Working with wood

You used a Tenon saw to cut a Lap Joint for your box.

A Coping Saw is used to cut curves in wood. Know what it looks like.

You joined your lid to the box using “Hinges”.

You finished your plywood off using wax and steel wool. It was then polished using a cloth.

Electronics

LED’s & PCB & Soldering.

Know the symbols for LED, resistor, battery, switch.

Bring in ruler, colouring pencils, rubber, sharpener, pen, pencil.

Working with plastics

Revise vacuum forming, injection moulding, blow moulding.

Rigid Polystyrene was used for vacuum forming your mould.

Further Support for Study Skills, Revision Techniques and Exam Preparation can be found in your Homework Diary Pgs. 26-41.

Do I have the time to study?

Fill in each ½ hr section with the activity that you do during that time. Use a colour key:

Phone/Friends

T.V. /Computer (games)

Sports/Leisure/Clubs

Eating

Homework Study

Monday