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HERZLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
NOVEMBER EXAMS 2015
STUDY MATERIAL
GRADE 9
ENGLISH
Note: All pages, unless otherwise specified, refer to the Textbook.
Literature Paper:
Novel: The Art of Racing in the Rain in its entirety (focus on pages 201 - 321)
Short Stories: Lamb to the slaughter (Literature booklet), Pure Rotten (Literature booklet),
Killer (Literature booklet).
Folktales: The Giant of the Flood (handout)
Drama: Romeo and Juliet extracts (booklet)
Poetry: Ozymandias (Literature booklet), If (Literature booklet), Shall I compare thee to a
Summer’s day (Handout), The Parting (Handout), Phenomenal Woman, (Handout),
Foreboding- page 113, and Elizabethan, Petrachen Forms (notes).
Language and Comprehension Paper:
Revise all Grade 7 and 8 work as well as grade 9 language. Refer to the the June Revision
booklet. Revise all parts of speech and terminology. New work includes euphemism, irony,
ambiguity, hyperbole, puns, emotive language, fact and opinion, text type, style, register, and
some of the common errors as well as phrases and clauses and sentence analysis.
Summary and Visual Literacy as for Grade 7 and 8 including analysis of, adverts, posters,
magazine covers and cartoons. The main focus will be on posters and advertisements. Go
over the notes you made on cartoons and visual literacy.
Transactional Writing: Learn the format for: Letter to the Editor (June Revision Booklet);
Formal letter (cover letter) and the Advert Review (pages 124-125 –my review).
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HEBREW
1. NETA CLASSES
a. ALPHA BOOK 4: UNITS 19-20: PAST AND FUTURE TENSE AND VOCABULARY
b. BISHVIL HA’IVRIT: PAGES 1-45
c. No content will be tested.
d. Learn vocabulary well.
e. Revise by listening to the texts on the website.
2. MODIFIED HEBREW:
a. Story: Nathan Elbaz
b. infinitives
c. single and plural
d. adjectives
e. verbs
f. nouns
g. prepositions
h. family ( family tree, vocab- family members)
i. colors
j. food
3. BEGINNERS HEBREW (MORAH GUTMAN AND MORAH TAHOR)
ESREI BOOK 3: ALL VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
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AFRIKAANS
Vraestel 2: Leesbegrip, Taal, Opsomming
TAAL:
Handboeke: 1. Afrikaans sonder Grense :Taalstrukture en Lesreekse
2. Herzlia se Oranje Taalboek
ASG:STRUKTURE
(agter in boek)
Bladsynommers:
ASG: LESREEKSE
(voor in boek)
Bladsynommers:
ORANJE TAALHANDBOEK
Bladsynommers:
1. Byvoeglike naamwoorde
242-245
161
42-50
2. Tye
249-252
225 + wanneer en
dan werkvel
19-29
3. Selfstandinge
naamwoorde
232-240
206
35-41
4. Voornaamwoorde
246-248
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8-9
5. Antonieme
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87 + 88 (afgemerk)
6. Deelwoorde
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66-72
7. Voegwoorde
254-255
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31-34
8. Betreklike
voornaamwoorde
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56-61
9. Woordvorming:
samestelling + afleidings
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78-80
10 Direkte en indirekte rede
259-260
190,225
62-65
11 Voorsetsels
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12 Letterlike en figuurlike
betekenis
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155
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13 Homofone en homonieme
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Notas in klas gegee
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14 Lydende en bedrywende
vorm
257-258
192
73-77
15 Ontkennende vorm
256
Werkvel in klas
gegee
51-55
16 Infinitief
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17 Stelsin → Vraagsin
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TAALASPEK
10 + 11
25-26
Werkvel in klas
gegee
Kyk ook na die oefeninge wat in die geel werkboek gedoen is.
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Vraestel 4: Letterkunde
Kortverhaal: Nog iemand vir pynappel op pizza (bl. 65 in Leesboek)
Drama:
Die aarde weet (bl. 176-178 in Afrikaans sonder grense)
Gedigte:
Uitveër (bl. 128-129 in Afrikaans sonder grense)
My hart is ‘n hamburger (Uitdeelstuk (hand out)
MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
1 hour 30 minutes (100 marks)
Maths Topics
Textbook
Booklets /Worksheets
Number work
Topics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Real Number System
booklet
Number Patterns
Functions &
Relations
Topics 6, 7
Worksheets
Algebra
Topics 8, 9
Worksheets
Functions and
Relations
Topic 15
Worksheets
Expressions &
Factorisation
Topic 16
Worksheets
Equations
Topic 17
Worksheets
Algebraic Graphs
Topic 18
Algebraic Graph Booklet
Pythagoras
Topic 11
Paper 2 1 hour 15 minutes
(80 marks)
Geometry
Topic 10
Pythagoras
Topic 11
Constructions
Topic 12 Ex 12.1-Ex 12.4
Sum of interior and exterior
angles of polygons
Worksheets
Worksheets
Geometry
Topic 13 Ex 13.1-Ex
13.9
Worksheets
Perimeter & Area
Topic 14
Worksheets
Surface Area and
Vol
Topic 19
Worksheets
Transformations
Topic 20
Transformation Booklet
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Data Handling
Topics 22 – 24
Probability
Topic 25
Geom of 3D
shapes
Topic 21
Data Handling Booklet
Note: Mathematics is a hierarchical subject – i.e. all work covered in previous grades can
be tested.
How to study Maths:
● Take home your Portfolio File which has all the tests you have done and re-do tests written
earlier this year.
● Practise by systematically working through exercises done in class.
● Use the Maths Website to download tests and exams from previous years. Solutions are
also provided.
● Use your Answer Series or Achieve! books to revise all topics.
● Do the revision exercises at the end of each chapter in the Platinum Textbook.
GEOGRAPHY
All Work from Term 1 to Term 4
MAP WORK (Term 1)
Contours: All notes handed out. Use your textbook to supplement your notes.
● Green Map work booklet:
● Definitions
● Direction
● Bearing
● Scale
● Co-ordinates
● Speed, Distance and Time
Text book Pages 1-25.
All work covered in lessons as well all activities done in class.
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (Term 2)
Concept of Development- Study all lesson notes as per power point presentations.
Text book : Pages 27 -43
All work covered in lessons as well all activities done in class
EROSION AND WEATHERING (Term 3)
Pupils must study entire PowerPoint presentation. Text book to be used to supplement the
Power Point notes. All activities done in the textbook must be studied.
Text book pages 55 – 66.
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All work covered in lessons as well all activities done in class.
RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY (Term 4)
Text Book: Pages 84- -- 103
All work covered in lessons as well all activities done in class
The Geography examination will contain 4 questions. Pupils must answer question 1
and 4, and either choose question 2 or 3.
Question 1
Map work skills- Compulsory
(30 marks)
Question 2
Two questions of 30 marks each set on content of Term 2 and term 3.
Pupils are required to answer 2 or 3.
Question 4
Resource use and sustainability. (40 marks)
HISTORY
Apartheid
Defining Apartheid
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Defining Racism
National Party and the Apartheid Laws
Bantustans
Group Areas Act eg Sophiatown
Resistance 1950’s and 1960’s and the State’s Response
1950s Defiance Campaign
1960s Sharpeville
Rivonia Trial
The Cold War
Communism vs Capitalism
The Atomic Bombs and the Nuclear Age
What was the ‘Cold War’?
USA vs Soviet Union - the Arms Race and the Space Race; the division of Germany
The Collapse of Communism and the end of the Cold War
Exam
2 hours
Question 1 – Apartheid 1948-1963 – Sources [30 Marks] Essay [20 marks]
Question 2 – The Cold War – Sources [30 marks] Essay [20 marks]
You will need to complete BOTH Source-based questions and ONE essay.
TOTAL: 80 marks
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EMS
1. All Accounting:
a. Theory
b. A=OE+L
c. Source Documents
d. Journals
e. General Ledger
2. Topic four - The circular flow
3. Topic six - Price theory (Demand and Supply)
4. Topic 7 - Sectors of the economy
5. Topic 11 - The functions of a business
Pupils need to study from their textbooks, class notes and boolets.
JEWISH STUDIES
Alcohol
Pleasure Principles
Channukah
TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 1 Communication
(nothing from textbook, only study drawing notes in workbook)
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Rendering
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Dimensioning
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Two Dimensional drawings and views
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Three Dimensional oblique drawings
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Scale drawings
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One point perspective
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Two point perspective
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Isometric drawings
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Orthographic drawings
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Scale
Chapter 5 Gears
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Pages 90-99
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Table Drawn in class
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MA
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VR
Chapter 6 Electrical systems and control
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Pages 122-129
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Class notes
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Ohms law calculations
Chapter 8 Processing of Materials
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Pages 164-184
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Grade 7 and 8 Revision
(pupils received a revision booklet)
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Pulleys
Levers
Frame and shell structures
Structural members – beams, columns, ties, struts, guys, arches
Rigidity
Forces – compression, tension, bending, static, dynamic
LIFE ORIENTATION
FREEDOM WRITERS BOOKLET
HUMAN RIGHTS
- Human Rights Report (know your topic and be able to answer the questions contained
in your report)
- List of SA’s Basic Human Rights (Handout) (be able to explain what each one is)
- Human Rights Case Study - Children’s Rights in Somalia (handout)
SA NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
LEGAL AGES
SCIENCE
NATURAL SCIENCE
STUDY MATERIAL
ALL TERM 1,2,3 & 4 Work in Textbook, Worksheets,
Presentations & Workbook in some sections.
1hr ~100marks
Paper 1
Cells
Systems of the body
Circulatory System (Heart)
Respiratory System and Gaseous exchange
Reproductive System (Human Reproduction)
1hr~100marks
Paper 2
Chemistry booklet
Compounds and chemical reactions
Reactions of metals and non-metals
Forces
Electric cells
Resistance
Series and Parallel Circuits
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ART
Learn from your Visual Diary notes, Textbook and Sculpture Booklet.
Your Visual Diary should be a progression of work from Grade 7, 8 and 9.
All page Numbers refer to the Textbook. Also pay attention to “keywords” on specified pages.
Learn the following:
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ELEMENTS OF ART (tools of Art)
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PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN AND ART (rules of Art)
You have printed notes on this – revision from Grade 7 and 8.
You must know the Elements and Principles of Art and be able to explain them AND their
function in an artwork. Pages: 324, 325, 327, 382. -you also practised this when doing the
Surrealism activity in your Visual Diary.
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PRINTING: pages: 376, 378 (These are important pages as well as the keywords)
- Know the difference between Relief Printing and Intaglio Printing page 378.
(You made a linocut/ Relief print in class)
You researched an African linocut artist- you must be able to write a factual paragraph on this
artist and name the artist.
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SCULPTURE: All information in the yellow booklet.
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SURREALISM: Worksheet, printed note (colour copy that you stuck into your Visual
Diary).
DRAMA
TEXTBOOK RESOURCE – SPOT ON CREATIVE ARTS- GRADE 9
1.
Designing a 10 minute warm-up routine for a Drama class.
2.
Drama and cultural practices – parallels between your own culture and others in South
Africa – refer to your cultural parallels group skit performed as part of your practical work.
3.
Drama elements and speech terms used in performance (p118).
4.
Characterisation and role-play in skits and dramatic monologue presentations performed
this year (pp 134-137).
5.
South African Theatre history and Protest Theatre (printed handout +p124 & p162).
6.
Melodrama - Refer to the structuring of your soap opera scene in your practical
assessment.
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Types of stage designs and stage areas – terminology used (p167).
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Costumes and props (p172-173).
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Reviewing a theatrical performance – refer to the play review that you submitted (p155).
10. Careers in the Performing Arts – role functions of key personnel in a theatrical presentation
(Career Focus textboxes in textbook).
11. Refer to all journal preparation and final scripts in Drama Portfolios.
12. Glossary of terminology (P203-206).
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MUSIC
The exam for Music will be comprised of two sections: Section A (Music Literacy) worth 30 marks and
Section B (General Musical Knowledge) worth 20 marks, for a combined total of 50 marks.
There will be NO additional aids/information provided to you for the music literacy, so please ensure
that you are familiar with the notes of the stave (treble and bass clef), note values and rests. A
diagram of a piano keyboard will be provided to assist you with the construction of a scale.
In preparation for your exam please ensure that you go through all the notes provided to you in class,
the Trinity Grade 1 Theory Workbook and the Spot-on Creative Arts Learner’s Book. I will upload all of
the hand-outs and PowerPoint presentations used in lessons to the Google Classroom.
There will be no listening examples in the exam.
Topic
Music Literacy
What you will need to know
Textbook References
All work covered from Grade 7 & 8
Trinity Grade 1 Workbook
The Stave
Pg 1 - 15
Notes of the Treble Clef
Notes of the Bass Clef
Spot-on Creative Arts Learner's Book
Note Values
Activities/consolidation on pgs 212, 214,
Rests
216, 218, 225
Time Signatures
Music Literacy
All work covered this year
Trinity Grade 1 Workbook
Tones and Semitones
Pg 16 - 27
Accidentals
Construction of a Major Scale: C, F
and G
Spot-on Creative Arts Learner's Book
Tonic Triads
Activities/consolidation on pgs 220, 222,
Key Signatures
238, 240, 242, 257
Intervals
Arpeggios
General Musical
Knowledge
Instruments of the Orchestra
Spot-on Creative Arts Learner's Book
Musical Theater
Opera
Instruments of the Orchestra: pgs 212 231
Contemporary Style periods
RnB
Reggae
Contemporary Style Periods: pgs 237 246
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South African Jazz
Musical Theater: pgs 273-274
Kwaito
Rap
Pop
Metal
Opera: pgs 265 - 268