Test Scope for Test 1 Semester 1

 

English Exam

Date: Wednesday, 7 October, Periods 1 & 2

50% Grammar:

Review Resources - For the grammar section of the test, students should review their, Grammar quizzes, review worksheets and Enter the World of Grammar 2 textbook. The areas to be tested are:

1.       Unit 1: Present simple and Progressive Pg. 4-10: Students must write the correct verb form to complete a text.

2.       Unit 2 Going to and Will Pg. 11-17: Students must choose the correct verb form to talk about the future. 

3.       Unit 3 Past Simple and Progressive Pg. 18-24: Students must write sentences from prompts using the correct past form.

20% Creative Writing:

Students must write a 4-paragraph essay relating to how an event in their Chapter book reminds them of an experience in their own lives (Text to Self.) Students will be graded on the content, organization and accuracy of their writing.  Students must have read up until chapter 5.

20% Reading:

Students will read a short passage and answer questions based on the text. Students will be graded on comprehension skills, spelling and grammar. Students will also be tested on their Soft Cover Journey’s book; lesson 1: An Ocean Learner, Lesson 3: Tomas Decides and Lesson 5: It takes team work. Short questions will be asked on these texts.

10% Vocabulary:

Review Resource: Vocabulary Quizzes / Language Handbook L1 – L5.

Students will be tested on a selection of vocabulary words taught from L1 to L5. A word bank will be provided from which students choose a suitable word to put into a gapped sentence.

Math and Science Exam

Date: Thursday, 8 October, Periods 1 and 2

Science

Review Resources – My Pals are Here Science Book 5A (Units 1 and 2) The respiratory system and Circulatory system.

Students will have to identify parts of the respiratory and circulatory systems and identify illnesses connected with both. They will also be required to complete sentences with vocabulary provided in a Word Bank.

Math

Review Resources – Prime Mathematics 5A

Chapter 1 

Lesson 2: Approximation & Estimation pg. 9-15

Lesson 3: Factors pg. 16-17

Lesson 4: Multiples pg. 18-19  

Chapter 2                                                                          

Lesson 3: Order of operations. pg. 28-33

Lesson 4: Word problems Pg. 47-50