Washington High School Overseas Department 2012 Fall 1st Midterm Criteria-Senior
年級
科目
高一 Grade 10
Group A – Mr. Zahn
The first midterm exam of the 2012 fall semester will
cover the advanced-reading handouts Spain’s Empire
and European Absolutism, The Reign of Louis XIV,
Central European Monarchs Clash, Absolute Rulers of
Russia, and Parliament Limits the English Monarchy.
Students are to review these handouts, as well as all
worksheets, additional supplemental handouts, and
vocabulary lists they have received (or will receive)
during the past six weeks of the semester.
Social
Studies
Group B-1 – Ms. Mclsaac
高二 Grade 11
Group A – Mr. Mclsaac
Group A-1 – Mr. Brennan
• Review Chapter 5 Absolute Monarchy – Lessons 1,Prologue Section 1- 3.
2, 3 and 4.
Handout p. 7-37
• Review all Key Terms and Names.
Know all vocabulary, review all notes, quizzes and
• Review results of independent research.
• The exam will be a mix of multiple choice, shortworksheets.
answer and long answer questions and essay questions.
Group B-1 – Mr. Fenster
“North American Societies”
“Maya Kings and Cities”
“The Aztecs Control Central Mexico”
“The Inca Create a Mountain Empire”
Social Studies objectives:
1. Understanding and analyzing cause and effect
Group B-2 – Mr. Brennan
Chapter 7 Lesson 1 p.212-219: Reunifying China
Chapter 8 Lesson 1 p.250-254: Land of the Rising Sun
Chapter 8 Lesson 4 p.275-277: The Korean Peninsula
Handout p10-24
Know all vocabulary, review all notes, quizzes and
worksheets.
高三 Grade 12
2.
Group A-2 –Mr. Mclsaac
• Review Chapter 13 The Great War – Lessons 1, 2, 3
and 4.
• Review all Key Terms and Names.
• Review results of independent research.
• The exam will be a mix of multiple choice, short
answer and long answer questions and essay questions
that focus on the beginning and ending of the Great War.
Understanding social patterns
Group B-2 – Mr. Brennan
Chapter 16 lesson 1-4. People and Empires in the
Americas
Handout p.10-28
Know all vocabulary, review all notes, quizzes and
worksheets.
Group A-3 – Mr. Fenster
“The Beginnings of Industrialization”
“Industrialization”
“Industrialization Spreads”
Social Studies objectives:
1. Understanding and analyzing cause and effect
2. Understanding social structures and patterns
3. Understanding the impact and connection of the
Industrial Revolution on modern businesses and societies
Mainstream – Mr. Desmarais
-Review all vocab.
Literature
-Stories: “There will come soft rains”, “The
pedestrian”, “Harrison Bergeron”, “Searching for
Summer”, “Marriage is a private affair”
-Focus on Characterization, Imagery setting, conflict,
Motivation
Mainstream – Ms. Ting
12A-1 – Mr. Desmarais
"World on a Turtle's Back", Coyote Stories, Raven --Review key concepts
Stories, Raven Tales
-Book of Genesis
Psalm 23
The Iliad
-Focus: Metaphor, Simile, Cultural, Values in literature,
Conflict depictions of religions views & fate
HPS-4 – Mr. Fenster
“A Sound of Thunder”
“Harrison Bergeron”
“Equilibrium”
**Literature Skills:
1. Recognizing and understanding themes
2. Recognizing and understanding mood
3. Making inferences and connections
4. Critical thinking
12A-2 – Ms. Ting
from Genesis "The Iliad"
12A-3 – Mr. Dumount
All vocab from The Hobbit & The Iliad
Comprehension Qs from bothe The Hobbit & the Iliad
Literature Devices - Foreshadowing / Symbolism / Plot
Development / Characterization / Tone / Poetry Rhyme
Scheme
HPS 3 – Mr. Mclsaac
• Review the stories – A Sound of Thunder, By the Water of Babylon, and the extract of Sherlock Holmes.
• Review the following Literary Terms and Features: Fiction, Plot Structure, Character, Setting, Infer, There will be Vocabulary Matching / Multiple Choice Qs
Foreshadow, Narrator, Simile, Metaphor, Mood, and Conflict.
/ Short Answer Qs / Chart
• Review all vocabulary.
• The exam will be a mix of multiple choice, short answer, short response and essay questions.
HPS 2 – Ms. W. Chen
1. The Necklace
2. Marigolds
a. Vocabulary
b. story comprehension
c. Critical thinking
Grammar
&
Writing
HPS 1 – Ms. Chen
- Review the stories Raymond’s Run, The Monkey Paw and the notes
- Test will focus on basic understanding of conflict, plot structure, point of view, characterization and figurative
language
- Review all vocabulary
- The test will have short answer questions, multiple choice, sentence making and vocabulary matching.
Mainstream
Mainstream
Grammar –Ms. Chen
Writing—Mr. Desmarais
- 1.Past tense and narrative present
-Expository paragraphs
2. Perfect tenses--past, present , future(3-2, 3-5, 4-6)
-Writing a chronology
3. Ch 13
-Cause & effect
-Using quotation and citations
-Essay structure
Writing –Ms. Ting
-Prewriting & outlines
Literary analysis writing
-Descriptive writing (Expository)
-Hand in the essay
A-1 Writing – Mr. Desmarais
Hand in the essay
A-2 Writing -- Mr. Armstrong
Students must complete their midterm assignments be
ready to hand them in during exam time.
A-3—Mr. Dumont
Expository Writing Vocabulary (from the handout)
Structure & Content Diagram of a Paragraph
Students will need to demonstrate their writing ability in
HPS 4 Grammar -- Ms. Chuang
- connecting ideas with and
- connecting ideas with but, or
- connecting ideas with so
- using auxiliary verbs after but
- using and + too, so, either, neither
- connecting ideas with because
- connecting ideas with even though / although
the 3 forms we covered this term (Writing to Inform /
Describe / Compare & Contrast
HPS4 Writing—Mr. Dumont
Expository Writing Vocabulary (from the handout)
Structure & Content Diagram of a Paragraph & an Essay
Students will need to demonstrate their writing ability in the 3 forms we covered this term (Writing to Inform /
Describe / Compare & Contrast)
Students will also need to choose from a selection of topics and write paragraphs
HPS 3 Grammar- Ms. Lu
Review Unit 1
Ø Using Present Perfect, Simple Past and Past Continuous tense(list of irregular verbs base form-past
participle)
Ø Test will include multiple choice, fill in the blanks, and sentence writing.
Ø The present perfect-Question formation
Ø Questions with Ever
Ø Answer with Yet, Already
Ø Questions with Lately and Recently
HPS3 Writing- Mr. Armstrong
Writing: Students must be prepared to answer questions on all of the grammar patterns and vocabulary
which we covered during the term. They must also be ready to write a well structured expository
paragraph.
HPS 2 Grammar – Ms. Chen
Review UNIT 1&2 (The simple present tense, the present continuous tense, and Action and
nonaction verbs, the future tense)
The test will include
(a) Multiple choice
(b) Making correction
(c) Fill in the blanks with the correct form and tense of the verb in parentheses
(d) Write a wh-question about the words in parentheses
(e) Connect the sentences
HPS2 Writing- Mr. Bell
Units 1 and 2.
Paragraph Features, Capitalization, and Brainstorming.
Expect several short answer questions, as well as Title Case capitalization editing.
Expect to write one medium length response, either as a Compare & Contrast, OR as a Cause &
Effect.
HPS 1 Grammar – Mr. Bell
Units 1 and 2.
To Be and To Have
Contractions, pronouns, negatives in the simple present, yes/no questions and answers, possessive pronouns, and
questions using what, where, and who.
HPS 1 Writing – Mr. Burger
• Great Writing 1: Unit 1 – Understanding Sentence Basics p. 1 - 29
• Expository Writing –Text Structure Worksheets for Expository Writing
Group A – Mr. Willemse
Algebraic Expressions 1.1, 1.2
Linear Equations 1.3, 1.4
Problem Solving 1.5
Absolute Value Inequalities 1.6, 1.7
Functions 2.1
Slope & Rate of Change 2.2, 2.3
Writing Equations of a Line 2.4, 2.5
Math
Group 10B-1- Ms. Cheng
2-7, 2-8, 3-2~3-6, chapter 4
Group 10B-3 – Mr. Wu
CH1-CH2
Group A – Mr. Willemse
Linear equations 1.3
Functions 2.1
Analyzing Graphs of Functions 2.2, 2.3
Transformation of graphs
2.4, 2.5
Quadratic Functions
3.1
Polynomial Functions 3.2
Rational Functions 3.3, 3.4
Group B-1 – Ms. Cheng
5-1~5-6 skip 5-5
Group B-3 – Ms. Chen
Number Operation
Number signs
Power Roots
Division
Prime Factors
Fraction Operation
Algebra English to Math
Group A – Mr. Willemse
1.
Limits and Continuity 1.1-1.5, 3.5
2.
Limit Definition of Derivative
3.
Basic Differentiation Rules 2.2
4.
Product and Quotient Rules
2.1
2.3
5. Higher Order Derivatives: Velocity and
Acceleration 2.3
6.
The Chain Rule
2.4
Group B-1 – Ms. Cheng
1-5~2-5
Group B-3 – Ms. Chen
Number Operation
Number signs
Power Roots
Division
Prime Factors
Fraction Operation
Algebra English to Math
Science
Group A Biology-- (Dr. Anstine)
See below
Group A (Dr. Anstine)
See below
10B Physics -- Mr. Lin
Chapter 17, 18, 19
Atomic Nature of Matter, Solids and Liquids.
Workbook page 1 – 71
11B Chemistry – Mr. C. Willemse
See Lesson Guide on the Blog
All topics covered during the first six weeks including:
Scientific method, Chemical and Physical Change,
Matter, Significant Figures, Scientific Notation
Textbook Chapter 1 – 3
10B Chemistry -_ Mr. C. Willemse
See Lesson Guide on the Blog
All topics covered during the first six weeks
11B Physics -- Mr. Lin
including:
Chapter 1 – About Science
Scientific method, Chemical and Physical Change, Chapter 2 – Mechanical Equilibrium
Matter, Significant Figures, Scientific Notation
Chapter 3 – Newton’s First Law of Motion – Inertia
Textbook Chapter 1 - 3
Chapter 4 – Linear Motion
Chapter 5 – Projectile Motion
10Business -- Mr. Wood
11Business – Mr. Chen
Chapter 1. Pgs 2 - 5
Chapter 15
★You will need to understand the main role of a
1. Know all the marketing objectives well
business. Inputs and outputs
2. Know the strategies too
★The four main functions of a business
3. Be able to distinguish the difference between
★You will need to be able to identify the market that a objective and strategy
Business
product fits into. e.g. Consumer non-durable,
4. Know the marketing mix
Consumer durable, Industrial goods and services
Chapter 2. Pgs 6 - 12
★Know what the main objectives of a stakeholder are.
★The difference between internal and external
stakeholders
★Be able to fill in the missing stakeholders from
Figure 2.1
★Know what private and social costs are
★The role of the government
You will need to be able to read a short current
business article and answer True of False to questions
about the article.
Group A (Dr. Anstine)
See below
Economic A-1 – Mr. Wood
See below
Economic A-2 – Ms. Mclsaac
• Review Chapter 1 – The Economic Way of
Thinking – Lesson 1, 2, 3 and 4.
• Review all Key Terms.
• Review all Cluster Diagrams and Summary Charts.
• The exam will be a mix of multiple choice,
vocabulary matching, short answer and essay questions.
10th Grade – Biology 1
Midterm I Exam Review
Prepared by Professor Anstine
1. Vocabulary Terms (p256; 15 vocabulary words): provide complete definitions for each vocabulary word
2. Reviewing Content (p257; problems 1-10)
3. Understanding Concepts (p257; problems 11-25). Remember complete sentences in answering these
short answer questions!
4. Critical thinking (p198, problem 26 & 27) Remember complete paragraphs (two or more sentences)
Biology I Homework: Chpt 11 (Due 30 Oct ’12)
1. Vocabulary Terms (p282; 24 vocabulary words): provide complete definitions for each vocabulary word
2. Reviewing Content (p283; problems 1-10)
3. Understanding Concepts (p283; problems 11-21). Remember complete sentences in answering these
short answer questions!
4. Critical thinking (p284, problem 22 & 23) Remember complete paragraphs (two or more sentences)
Biology I Homework: Chpt 12 (Due 13 Nov ’12)
1. Vocabulary Terms (p314; sections 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4 & 12-5): provide complete definitions for each
vocabulary word
2. Reviewing Content (p315; problems 1-10)
3. Understanding Concepts (p315; problems 11-25). Remember complete sentences in answering these
short answer questions!
4. Critical thinking (p316, problem 26 & 27) Remember complete paragraphs (two or more sentences)
HONORS BIOLOGY: 11th Grade
Homework Assignments for Chapters 27-28
Including 2nd Semester Midterm 1 Exam Review
Prepared by Professor Anstine
NOTE: All assignments must be submitted to Dr. Anstine on the following chapter due dates. After these dates your overall grade in the class will be reduced by 20 points for every
chapter problem set handed in late!!! Remember, the most successful WHS students entering the university have mastered this behavior as an important exit outcome from our high
school.
Biology I Homework: Chpt 18 (Due 29 Aug ’12)
1. Exercise #01: Module 18.01 (p 230; problems 01-04).
2. Exercise #02-#04: Module 18.02-18.03 (p 231-232; all problems).
3. Exercise #05 & #06: Module 18.04-18.06 (p 233-234; all problems).
4. Exercise #10 & #11: Module 18.11-18.13 (p 238-239; all problems).
5. Exercise #13: Module 18.15 (p 240-241; Problems 1-8; Test Your Knowledge, all problems & Essay problems 1-5).
Biology I Homework: Chpt 18 (Due 05 Sep ’12)
1. Exercise #07: Module 18.06-18.08 (p 235; problems 01-09).
2. Exercise #08 & #09: Module 18.09-18.10 (p 236-237; all problems).
3. Exercise #12: Module 18.14 (p 239).
4. Exercise #13 Module 18.16 (p 241-243; Apply the Concepts problems 1-11 & Essay problems 1-6).
Biology I Homework: Chpt 19 (Due 12 Sep ’12)
1. Exercise #01: Module 19.01 (p 245; problems 01-09).
2. Exercise #02 & #03: Module 19.02-19.04 (p 246; all problems).
3. Exercise #04 & #05: Module 19.05-19.08 (p 247-248; all problems).
4. Exercise #09: Module 19.11-19.15 (p 253-254 Test Your Knowledge, problems 1-13; Essay problems 1-7).
Biology I Homework: Chpt 19 (Due 19 Sep ’12)
1. Exercise #06: Module 19.09 (p 249; all problems).
2. Exercise #07: Module 19.09-19.10 (p 250-251; problems 1-34).
3. Exercise #08: Module 19.11-19.16 (p 252; all problems).
4. Exercise #09: Module 19.16-19.18; (p 254-256 Apply the Concepts problems 1-13 & Essay problems 1-5).
Biology I Homework: Chpt 20 (Due 26 Sep ’12)
1. Exercise #01: Module 20.01-20.02 (p 258; problems 01-06).
2. Exercise #02 & #03: Module 20.01-20.04 (p 258-259; all problems).
3. Exercise #04 & #05: Module 20.05-20.08 (p260-261; all problems).
4. Exercise #10: Module 20.14-20.15 (p 264-265, problems 1-14, Test Your Knowledge, all problems & Essay problems 1-5).
Biology I Homework: Chpt 20 (Due 03 Oct ’12)
1. Exercise #06 & #07: Module 20.08-20.11 (p 261-262 all problems).
2. Exercise #08: Module 20.12 (p 263; all problems).
3. Exercise #09: Module 20.13 (p 263; all problems).
4. Exercise #10: Module 20.14-20.15 (p 266-267 Apply the Concepts problems 1-10 & Essay problems 1-4).
WHS HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY (G12)
Homework Assignments for Chapters 9-11
Including Semester 2: Midterm 1 Exam Review
Prepared by Professor Anstine
NOTE: All assignments must be submitted to Dr. Anstine on the following chapter due dates. After these dates the assignments will be graded but
NO points will be awarded. Importantly, graded, non-point assignments should be used for review of the Midterm exam.
NOTE: All assignments must be submitted to Dr. Anstine on the following chapter due dates. After these dates the assignments will be reduced by 20
points will be awarded. Importantly, all interactive question responses must be type written
AP Biology Homework: Chpt 01 (Due 03 Sep ’12)
1. I.Q-1.1 Questions (p1, problems a-j)
2. I.Q-1.2-1.4, Questions (p2 )
3. I.Q-1.5-1.6 Questions (p3 )
4. I.Q-1.7-1.8 Questions (p4 )
5. Structure Your Knowledge (p5, problems a-h)
6. Test Your Knowledge Questions (p5-6, problems 1-9)
7. FRQ’s See Compendium
AP Biology Homework: Chpt 02 (Due 17 Sep ’12)
1. I.Q-2.1-2.4 Questions (p8 all problems)
2. I.Q-2.5-2.8, Questions (p09)
3. I.Q-2.9-2.11 Questions (p10)
4. I.Q-2.12 Question (p10-11)
5. Structure Your Knowledge (p11, problems 1-3)
6. Test Your Knowledge Questions (p11-13 problems 1-30)
7. FRQ’s See Compendium
AP Biology Homework: Chpt 03 (Due 01 Oct ’12)
1. I.Q-3.1 Question (p14 all problems)
2. I.Q-3.2-3.3, Questions (p15)
3. I.Q-3.4-3.6 Questions (p16)
4. I.Q-3.7 (p17, problems a-c)
5. Structure Your Knowledge (p17, problems a-k)
6. Test Your Knowledge Questions (p17-18 problems 1-24)
7. FRQ’s See Compendium
Economics 12A-2
Semester 1, Exam 1, Study guide 2012
The exams focus will be on the material learnt in chapter 1, sections 1 & 2, as well as being able to answer key economic questions on topical world events
and situations that may effect the global economy.
Chapter 1, Section 1: pages 4 - 11
★ What is scarcity
★ Understand the quick references;
• wants
• needs
• scarcity
• economics
• goods
• services
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Understand the relationship between the above
The three economic questions
what will be produced
how will it be produced
for whom will it be produced
The factors of production
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Land
Labor
Capital
Entrepreneurship
Chapter 1, Section 2: pages 12 - 17
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Understand the quick references;
Incentives
Utility
Economize
Trade-off
Opportunity cost
Cost-benefit analysis
Marginal cost
Marginal benefit
★ Understand the relationship between the above
★ You will be given a topical news article to read and analysis. You will be asked to answer key questions on the article as we have do previously. e.g. How
will this event possible effect the global economy?
Remember to put on your “Economist hat” and turn your analysis of the event, from an opinion into a prediction.