Greenwood International School

English Department

Mid-Year Examination

Grade 10 Mid-Year Examination 2016-2017

Required Material

English Paper

Literature (50 Marks)

Unit 1: Plot, setting, and mood

Harrison Bergeron

Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:

RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences

drawn from the text.

RL 3 Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other

characters, and advance the plot.

L 3 Apply knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning or style.

L 4c Consult reference materials to determine or clarify a word’s meaning or etymology.

L 5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships.

Comprehension Skills and Text Analysis based on the Literary Selection

Vocabulary: consternation cower, synchronize, neutralize, vigilance, wince, flinch

Vocabulary Handout 1 “Harrison Bergeron”

Review vocabulary words from https://quizlet.com/2982198/harrison-bergeron-vocabulary-flash-

cards/

https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u1_harr_berger_kurt_vs.pdf

https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u1_harr_berger_kurt_vp.pdf

https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u1_harr_berger_kurt_vsy.pdf

Unit 2: Character Development

The Possibility of Evil

Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:

RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text.

RL 3 Analyze how complex characters develop and interact with other characters.

L 5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships.

L 5b Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

Comprehension Skills based and Text Analysis based on the Literary Selection

Vocabulary:

1. Degraded, infatuated, negotiable, rapt, reprehensible, translucent

2. Vocabulary Handout 2 and 3

3. Review vocabulary words from https://quizlet.com/8225547/the-possibility-of-evil-

vocabulary-flash-cards/

4. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u2_poss_evil_shirle_vs.pdf

5. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u2_poss_evil_shirle_vp.pdf

6. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u2_poss_evil_shirle_vsy.pdf

Unit 3 Narrative Devices

There Will Come Soft Rains

Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:

RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences

drawn from the text.

RL 4 Determine the figurative meaning of words in a text.

RL 5 Analyze an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text and order the events within it.

L 4c Consult reference materials to determine or clarify a word’s etymology

Comprehension Skills based and Text Analysis based on the Literary Selection

Vocabulary:

1. Manipulate, oblivious, paranoia, silhouette, sublime, and tremulous.

2. Vocabulary Handout 4 “There Will Come Soft Rains”.

3. Review vocabulary words from https://quizlet.com/1912035/there-will-come-soft-rains-

vocabulary-flash-cards/

4. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u3_soft_rains_ray_vs.pdf

5. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u3_soft_rains_ray_vp.pdf

6. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u3_soft_rains_ray_vsy.pdf

Novel “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury

Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:

RL 1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as

inferences drawn from the text.

RL 2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the

text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of

the text.

RL 3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the

course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Read about Ray Bradbury and his writing style.

Review part 1, 2, and 3 from the novel and try to analyze the following:

Context

Plot Overiew

Analysis of Major Characters (Guy Montag, Mildred Montag, Captain Beatty, Professor

Faber)

Themes (Censorship and Knowledge Versus Ignorance),

Motifs (Paradoxes, Animal and Natural Imagery)

Symbols (Blood, “The Hearth and Salamander”, “The Sieve and The Sand”, The Phoenix,

Mirrors)

Language (50 Marks)

Reading Informational Text (TOEFL Reading Skills 1, 2, and 3)

Unseen Reading Comprehension:

Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as

well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text,

including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective

summary of the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.3

Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in

which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are

drawn between them.

Craft and Structure:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative,

connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on

meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7

Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in

both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.

Writing:

1. Write Literary Analysis

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.A

Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important

connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables),

and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.B

Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete

details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge

of the topic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.C

Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and

clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.D

Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.E

Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and

conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.F

Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or

explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are

appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5

Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a

new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and

audience.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.10

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and

shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and

audiences.

2. Writing a Short Story W3a-e, W4, W5, W10

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.A

Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple

point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or

events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop

experiences, events, and/or characters.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C

Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D

Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the

experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E

Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the

course of the narrative.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,

purpose, and audience.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5

Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach,

focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.10

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames

(a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. (Refer to your Rubric

and guidelines handout.)

Grammar (Refer to the Language Handbook):

Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing

or speaking.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1.B

Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, and

absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific

meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations.

1. Parts of Speech:

Types of Verbs (Transitive and Intransitive, Action Verbs and Linking Verbs pgs. 61- 66), Verbal Phrase (pgs. 61-62), Adverbs (pgs. 66-68), Prepositions (pgs. 70-71), Types of Conjunction (pgs.72-73), Interjections (pg. 73)

2. Phrases:

Adjective Phrases, Adverb Phrases, and Verbal Phrases (pgs. 110-113)

Wish you all the best

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Important Note:

English Mid-Term Examination Paper will be for three hours!

مواد العربيةالالمادة المطلوبة لالختبارات النصفية في

7201 – 6201للعام الدراسي

العاشر الصف :

اللغة العربية

الموضوع الرقم اسم الدرس الصفحات

قراءةال 1- مصباح الحمام 49إلى ص 44من ص

2- العتاب صابون القلوب 66إلى ص 60من ص

محفوظاتال 1- 5: 1إذا المرء لم يدنس حفظ األبيات من 27إلى ص 22من ص

1- صيغ المبالغة 130إلى ص 126من ص

قواعدال 2- الصفة المشبهة 137إلى ص 132من ص

-3

145إلى ص 142من ص 1- االستعارة

البالغة

-2

مالحظات 142مراجعة التشبيه البليغ والمفصل ص

سالميةالتربية اإل

الموضوع الرقم اسم الدرس الصفحات

( 8: 1سورة الكهف اآليات من ) 19إلى ص 12من ص قرآنال 1-

2- أصحاب الكهف 57إلى ص 48من ص

حديثال 1- الوقف عطاء ونماء 81إلى ص 74من

-2

المكي والمدنيالقرآن 25إلى ص 20من ص عقائد وال 1-

عباداتال

والشخصيات 2- سكينة بنت الحسين 45إلى ص 40من ص

-3

مالحظات

Required Material (Special Subjects)

2016 – 2017

Grade: 10

Arabic

No Lesson Pages Note

1- الفصول األربعة كتاب التلميذ 2-3-7

2- كتاب التدريبات 4-3 الفصول األربعة

3- كتاب التلميذ 17-14-11-10 ثمن الظل

4- كتاب التلميذ 8-6 ثمن الظل

5- كتاب التدريبات 25-23-22-19-18 العودة من العطلة

6- كتاب التلميذ 12-11-10 العودة من العطلة

7- الوقت قيمة 9كتاب التلميذ ص النشيد

8- الملف ملف الطالب أوراق العمل

9- الدفتر دفتر الطالب كل ما كتب

Islamic

No Lesson Pages Note

1. Surah Yasin(1-10) A17

2. Unit A, Ch3 A16

3 Unit A, Ch3, Lesson 1 A17-A22

4- Unit A, Ch1 A2-A7

5- Unit B, Ch1 B2-B7

6- Unit B, Ch2 B8-B15

7- Unit B, Ch3 B16- B21

8- Hadeeth Shareef A21 - B20 - C25

9- All the related pages

from the workbook

will be included

Students are requested to revise all related papers in the Portfolio: Graded Classwork sheets,

quizzes, reinforcement sheets, map activity sheets and presentations.

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Chapter 8

Ancient Greece

Section 1: Geography and the Early Greeks Pages 228 to 233

Section 2: Government in Athens

Pages 236 to 241

Section 3: Greek Mythology and Literature

Pages 242 to 249

Pages 253 to 255

Chapter 9:

The Greek

World

Section 1: Greece and Persia Pages 260 to 265

Section 2: Sparta and Athens Pages 266 to 271

Section 3: Alexander the Great

Pages 272 to 276

Section 4:Greek Achievements

Pages 277 to 282

Pages 285 to 287

Mid -Year

Examination

Required

Material

Grade 10

Mid-term Exam Required Material

Grade 10

Accounting

Chapter 1: You and the World of Accounting (page 724)

Section 1.1: Exploring Careers

Section 1.2: Accounting Careers: The Possibilities Are Endless

Chapter 2: The world of Business and Accounting: (page 3144)

Section2.1: Exploring the World of Business

Section 2.2: Accounting: The Universal Language of Business

Chapter 3: Business Transactions and the Accounting Equation: (page 5375)

Section 3.1: Property and Financial Claims

Section 3.2: Transactions That Affect Owner’s Investment, Cash, and Credit Owner

Chapter 4: Accounts and The Double-Entry Accounting System: (page 8199)

Section 4.1: Accounts and the Double Entry Accounting System

Section 4.2: Applying the Rules of Debit and Credit

Chapter 5: Transactions That Affect Revenue, Expenses, and Withdrawals: (page 107128)

Section 5.1: Relationship of Revenue, Expenses, and Withdrawals to Owner’s Equity

Section 5.2: Applying the Rules of Debit and Credit to Revenue, Expense, and Withdrawals

Transactions

Chapter 6: Recording Transactions in a General Journal: (page 135->161)

Section6.1: The Accounting Cycle

Section 6.2: Recording Transactions in the General Journal

+ All related problems solved on your worksheets.

Greenwood International School

“Grade 10 ICT Mid-Term Exam Material”

Practical: Mid -Term Exam will include the following sessions from the book “Adobe Photoshop CS5”:

Lesson 4 The Basics of Working With Photoshop Page 57 to

Page 71

Lesson 5 Making the Best Selection Page 73 to

Page 99

Lesson 6 Painting and Retouching Page 101 to

Page 130

Lesson 8 Getting to Know Layers Page 157 to

Page180

Theoretical:

1) Converting IPv4 to Binary

Note: The exam will be practical (on computer) and written.

Midyear Required Material- Grade 10

Biology

Ch. Sec. Title Pages No. Related

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3 Scientific Thinking and

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pp. 13-17

4 Biologist’s Tools and

Technology

pp.19-23

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3 Carbon-Based Molecules pp.42-46

4 Chemical Reactions pp.48-51

5 Enzymes pp.52-54

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2 Cell Organelles pp.69-75

4 Diffusion and Osmosis pp.81-83

5 Active Transport, Endocytosis,

and Exocytosis

pp.85-87

Mathematics is not only for solving numbers. It’s also for

dividing sorrow, subtracting sadness, adding happiness

and multiplying love and forgiveness

Required Materials (Term 1- Algebra 2)

Unit 9: Statistics

Module 23: Data Distributions Lesson Pages

Lesson 23.1: Probability Distributions 1117 to 1130

Lesson 23.2: Normal Distributions 1131 to 1140

Unit 8: Probability

Module 19: Introduction to probability Lessons Pages

Lesson 19.1: Probability and Set Theory 949 to 960

Lesson 19.2: Permutations and Probability 961 to 972

Lesson 19.3: Combinations and Probability 973 to 984

Lesson 19.4: Mutually Exclusive and Overlapping Events 985 to 996

Required Materials (Term 1- Geometry 1)

Midyear Exam

Required Material

2016-2017

Greenwood International School

Math Department

Grade 10A/E

Subject: Algebra 1 /Geometry

Teacher’s E-mail:

wissam.ezz@greenwood.sch.ae

Unit 6: Properties of circles

Module 15: Angles and segments in circles Lessons Pages

Lesson 15.1: Central Angles and Inscribed Angles 779 to 792

Lesson 15.2: Angles in Inscribed Quadrilaterals 793 to 804

Lesson 15.3: Tangents and Circumscribed Angles 805 to 814

Lesson 15.4: Segment Relationships in Circles 815 to 828

Lesson 15.5: Angle Relationships in Circles 829 to 842

Unit 6: Properties of circles

Module 16: Arc length and sector area Lesson Pages

Lesson 16.1: Justifying Circumference and Area of a Circle 851 to 862

Lesson 16.2: Arc Length and Radian Measure 863 to 872

Lesson 16.3: Sector Area 873 to 882

Note: Study from the online text book, note book, POW, beyond the standard and practice

the mock test.

Please don’t forget your calculators and geometry set.