2015-2016 Comprehensive Guide-to-Study 7th Grade

May 23 Day 1 May 24 Day 2 May 25 Day 3Physics:

As the school year winds down, we are winding up in preparation for the Comp Exams at the end of May. The Physics Comp will be the second test your 7th grade student takes May 23, the first day of testing. We have moved fairly quickly through the curriculum and, as a result, we will have several weeks to devote to Comp preparation. Although it is a bit early to provide a detailed schedule of the weeks leading up to the Comps, it is never too early to start studying. What your student should be doing at home As usual, your student will have a Physics homework assignment every day that we meet (three times per week). It may be a worksheet, a set of questions, a reading, or simply to study his or her notes. As we approach the test date, your student’s homework will move away from studying notes and toward question sets covering a broad range of topics. Expect your student to spend approximately 15 minutes on his or her assignment, whether it is a worksheet or reviewing notes. What we are doing in class On the week of May 9, two weeks before Comps, we will move completely into review mode with no new material presented. As we approach that date new material will still be presented, but our focus will gradually transition toward reviewing material from earlier in the school year. Additional review time outside of class All students are encouraged to attend regular student hours on Wednesday from 4:00-5:00 p.m. Additionally, your student’s lunch time coincides with my 8th grade AE (study hall) and they are welcome to drop in and ask a question. General outline of Comp topics* 1) Laboratory and Fundamentals

a) metric prefixes b) SI units – base units and derived units c) unit conversions

2) Kinematics (how objects move) a) position b) displacement / distance c) speed / velocity d) acceleration e) graphing motion

i) position vs. time graphs ii) velocity vs. time graphs

3) Mass and Forces (why objects move) a) Types of Forces

i) contact ii) non-contact

b) Newton’s Laws i) 1st – Law of Inertia ii) 2nd – F=ma iii) 3rd – Equal and opposite forces

c) Net Force and equilibrium d) Free-Body diagrams

4) Energy a) Mechanical energy

i) Potential energy (1) gravitational P.E. (2) spring P.E.

ii) Kinetic energy b) Work c) Power d) Conservation of Energy

5) Momentum a) Conservation of Momentum b) Collisions

i) elastic collisions ii) inelastic collisions

6) Electrostatics a) electric charge b) charging methods c) Conservation of Charge d) Electric fields e) Coulomb’s Law and electric force

7) Waves and Light a) Wave types and properties

i) longitudinal/transverse waves ii) mechanical/EM waves iii) frequency, wavelength, and wave speed

b) wave motion c) interference and standing waves

*-underlined topics were covered after Pre-Comps

Biology: The Comp will assess how well students can identify and apply the characteristics of living things and how homeostasis is maintained throughout all the kingdoms of life. To prepare, students are encouraged to review old exams and quizzes. Test corrections are mandatory throughout the year as this give students the chance to see what topics they might need to review. Students are currently making flashcards for main vocab terms which will be used for study material. Students should use these to quiz themselves or others in a study group. Coming to student hours is a great place to do this.   Closer to the testing date, students will be making a concept map to visual the connections all the kingdoms have with each other. Making sure key topics learned in class are applied properly is the best way to build confidence going into testing. Remember, having a positive attitude is a great test taking technique! 

History: • Primary basis for study will be Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

(one Test at the end of each Grading Period). • Also, notes to be taken during the five class

periods of Comp. Study Week. • Secondary will be studying of one’s notes and

the American Republic to 1877 textbook as needed.

Chemistry:

Mr. Nabhan’s: The students will receive a homework assignment every day that reviews a unit which will be tested on the comprehensive exam.  Each homework will count as a take-home exam worth 50%.  Some of these assignments include short essays on various topics.  Others focus on math used in chemistry. Classwork will include whiteboard drills and further review and clarification of topics. Students will receive a PowerPoint review and past PowerPoints upon request. The school is offering a practice test at the end of the term.

Chemistry Comprehensive Exam Study Plan Comprehensive format

• Multiple choice/Short answer questions Study suggestions

• Your old tests and quizzes will help you study, but be sure to focus on concepts and short math questions.

• Go through the materials from the beginning of school year and make an outline of what we covered from your notes. Make it fairly simple, with definitions and examples for each key idea.

• Get lots of sleep and eat a good breakfast on the test days.

What students should be doing at home: 1. Complete the COMP Study Guide. 2. Review class-notes. 3. Review old Exams. 4. Quizlet

What we will do in class: We will continue to learn new content through the end of April. It is essential that students spend an extra 1-2 hours of review at home every week in order to have a thorough review and be prepared for the exam. For in-class review,

• Students will complete at least one timed “Remember Me?” Quizzes a week.

• In-class timed multiple choice questions.

Math:

Algebra I-II Bridge Class We are busy finishing up the lessons in the Saxon Algebra II book, and will be working on learning new material right up until May 9. But, we are reviewing as we go! For the rest of the year, students will have review worksheets for homework every night. These homework assignments will give them practice on the new topics, as well as the old topics they need to know for the Algebra II Comprehensive exam in May. Our weekly tests will also focus on the most important material needed to do well on the Comps. From May 10th through the 20th, we will be in full review mode. Students will receive a comprehensive review packet to work on at home, while we use class time for various review activities. This packet will be handed out on the previous Friday, May 6th. So, help your student to pace themselves and do a few problems each night until exams begin. Help is offered during student hours, which are now being held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays after school.

Algebra II Class In Algebra II, we have already covered the material that will be on the Comprehensive exam and we will continue with textbook lessons through May 5. Students should be especially diligent about doing their book problem sets each night, in order to master the material as we get closer to Comps. Our weekly tests have begun to focus on the most important material needed to do well on the Comps. Each week, we work on test corrections and go over the concepts that are giving students the most trouble. From May 10th through the 20th, we will be in full review mode. Students will receive a comprehensive review packet to work on at home, while we use class time for various review activities. This packet will be handed out on the previous Friday, May 6th. So, help your student to pace themselves and do a few problems each night until exams begin. Help is offered during student hours, which are now being held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays after school.

All Mr. Koonce and Mr. Theis’ Pre-Algebra, Pre-Calculus A, and Pre-Calculus AB students:

1) Complete the Comp Study Guide (will be given to them a week or two before the Comps) and turn in the Friday before the Comps (May 20th).  Students should show all their work and check their answers with the answer key prior to submitting.  The Comp Study Guide will count as one test grade and will be graded on completion.

2) Keep up with the daily Problem Set homework exercises from the book.  The number of problem Sets will be greatly reduced the last two weeks prior to the Comps (May 9th – May 20th) to review and allow students time to finish the Study Guide by Friday, the 20th.

3) During the Review Week of May 16th – May 20th, the students will be given in-class problems to do each day.  They will be provided the answers to the problems at the end of each class.  The students should review/study these problems nightly.

4) In addition to reviewing the daily in-class problems each night during Review Week (May 16th – 20th), the students should review one of their most recent (5) tests.

5) Students who need some extra help should attend student hours as much as possible between now and the Comps.  They should come prepared with a list of problems or topics that need clarifying.  Student hours are meant to be active and require the students to be assertive in approaching the teacher for help.

2015-2016 Comprehensive Guide-to-Study 7th Grade

May 23 Day 1 May 24 Day 2 May 25 Day 3English:

READING: TOPICS FOR COMP. EXAM

• Antagonist (human and non-human), Flat and Round, Static and Dynamic, First Person, Third Person, Literary Themes, Subject v. Theme, Explaining the Effects of Literary Strategies and Devices, Sequence of Events

• Cause-Effect Relationships, Making Predictions, Generating Clarifying Questions, Infer Word Meaning, Summarizing and Paraphrasing

• Literary Themes, Subject v. Theme, Literary & Rhetorical Device - Motif, Figurative v. Literal Language, Literary & Rhetorical Device - Imagery (Concrete Language), Stanza

• Figurative Language - Irony( Situational, Dramatic, Verbal)

• Literary & Rhetorical Device - Symbol (symbolism), Literary & Rhetorical Device - Tone, Literary & Rhetorical Device - Mood

• Figurative Language - Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole

• Function of Evidence • Relevance and Sufficiency of Evidence • Inferences • Evidence Supporting Inferences • Fact v. Opinion • Literary Themes, Subject v. Theme, First Person, Third

Person, Figurative v. Literal Language • Explaining the Effects of Literary Strategies and Devices • Sequence of Events, Cause-Effect Relationships, Making

Predictions • Collective • Reflexive Pronoun • Possessive Pronoun(Used as Adjective v. Used as Noun) • Identifying Antecedent Pronoun • Pronoun-antecedent Agreement • Action: Transitive • Action: Intransitive • Linking • Auxiliary • Verb Phrase • Objects - Direct Object • Objects - Indirect Object • Comma Mechanics - Series (Oxford) • Comma Mechanics - Compound Sentences • Apostrophe, Apostrophe Mechanics - Possessives,

Apostrophe Mechanics - Contractions • Formatting Titles • Colon Mechanics – List • Underline or Italics (Book, Periodical, Play, Film, Artworks,

TV Show, Website) • Incorporating Quotations into Sentences • Appositive and Appositive Phrase • Essential and Nonessential • Participle/Participial Phrase, Gerund/Gerund Phrase,

Infinitive/Infinitive Phrase, Prepositional Phrase, Adjective Prepositional Phrase, Adverb Prepositional Phrase

• Objects - Object of Preposition • Grammar: Kinds of Sentences (Declarative Sentence,

Interrogative Sentence, Imperative Sentence, Exclamatory Sentence)

• Subject (Simple Subject, Complete Subject, Compound Subject)

• Predicate • Complements • Predicate Nominative • Predicate Adjective • Adverb • Possessive Pronouns • Simple Predicate • Complete Predicate • Compound Predicate • Complements • Types of Sentence (Simple Sentence, Compound

Sentence, Complex Sentence, Compound-Complex Sentence)

• Subordinating Conjunction • Independent/Main • Dependent/Subordinate • Verb Voice: Active and Passive • Verb Tense (Past, Present, Future, Progressive, Perfect,

Perfect Progressive • Relative Pronoun • Clause • Independent/Main • Dependent/Subordinate Adverbs • Relative/Adjective Clause (Essential/Nonessential) • Noun/Nominal Clause • Sentence Structure - Sentence Combining • Subordination v. Coordination • Sentence Structure - Parallel Structure (Parallelism) • Sentence Structure - Placement of Modifiers • Common Errors • Run-ons and Fragments • Misplaced Modifiers, Subject-verb Agreement, Pronoun-

antecedent Agreement

Foreign Language:

French Comp, 7th grade: Break it down into sections. Study vocabulary for a couple of nights (make sure to know if a word is feminine or masculine by looking at article, know spelling). Study grammar rules another night. Study all present tense conjugations and all the different verbs involved. Take a few more nights and practice piecing all rules together and be able to form complete sentences.

Make sure to focus on what we studied that day in class. If you break you’re studying down into pieces like we do in class together, you will do much better. You don’t want to confuse yourself by jumping back and forth. Good luck! Each student will also get a print out of specific topics that will be on the test with textbook page numbers. The list will specify what chapter each topic is in, what page number they can find it on, and what exactly they need to know about each specific topic.

Spanish:

1st and 2nd day, focus on vocabulary. 2nd and 3rd day, know all your verb conjugation that have been covered. 3rd and 4th day, know all your grammar rules (reference study guide, and notes)

a. Look at text book “Gramática” sections. b. Know sentence structure. (Word order)

ex. subject + verb + indefinite/definite article +   noun +         adjective      Pablo        es                 un / el                           chico            inteligente.

**Study all your quizzes and exams.

Mandarin 7th grade: -Lesson cover: 1 - 28

-Study all the previous Quizzes and Test: 1) Chinese stroke order Quiz 2) Radical (p.1 – 6) Quiz 3) Chapter 1 – 3 TEST 4) Number 0 – 10 Quiz 5) Lesson 1 – 6 Vocabs Quiz (From Quizlet) 6) Lesson 7& Sports Quiz 7) Lesson 7 – 10 TEST 8) Lesson 7 – 12 Quiz 9) Lesson 11 – 13 TEST 10) Lesson 14 – 15 Quiz  11) Lesson 13 – 18 TEST 12) Lesson 19 – 20 Quiz 13) Lesson 21 – 24 TEST 14) Lesson 25 – 26 Quiz 15) Lesson 27 – 28 Quiz

-Study vocabularies from flash card and can study them through "Quizlet" on the website or phone app. Search for “DerekLaoShi” and you can find all the chapters that you need to study.

Latin 7 - Comp Study Guide ▪ Make sure you review your flashcards every weekday and

bring your flashcard log to class on Mondays. ▪ Study for your Latin quizzes because they make up a

significant part of your grade besides the Comp! ▪ When you review particular chapters, make sure you study the

vocabulary and grammar. ▪ It’s important that you memorize which declension a noun or

adjective belongs to. The same applies to verbs with regard to the conjugation.

▪ You can additionally complete the respective tasks in your comp study packet (it’s voluntary).

▪ You shouldn’t use your notes while you’re practicing. Always try to decline, conjugate, or translate on a separate, blank sheet of paper and cover up your notes. Check your answers and translation sentences after you’re done.

▪ If you’d like to practice translation, I suggest looking at the short text passages and exercise sentences (“exercitationes”) at the end of each chapter in your textbook.

▪ What to review right before the comp: Day 1: Chapters 7-9 Day 2: Translations Ch. 7-9 Day 3: Chapters 10-12 Day 4: Translations Ch. 10-12 Day 5: Chapters 13-15 Day 6: Translations Ch. 13-15 Day 7: Chapters 16-18 Day 8: Translations Ch. 16-18 Day 9: Chapters 19-21 Day 10: Translations Ch. 19-21 Day 11 (day before the comp): Review your study guide/study packet!