Year 8 Revision Guide

Art In year 8 there is no need to revise, but you will be producing a piece of work in exam conditions, over 2 lessons.

Drama – no summer assessment

Design & Technology – no summer assessment

English – Writing Exam

 Remember PAF – Purpose (why are you writing?), Audience (who are you writing for?) and Form (what style are you writing in?).  Think carefully about audience engagement – how will you grab the audience’s attention?  Use a range of language devices to make your writing come alive.  Use structure for effect – sentences and paragraphing.  Use your 5 senses to develop descriptions.  To show your grasp of the English language, use a wider, more challenging vocabulary.  Use punctuation for effect and meaning.  Plan your work carefully and use it as a checklist at the end.  Proofread your work carefully, making any corrections.  Manage your time carefully to ensure you complete all the set questions – keep an eye on the timer on the board!

English – Reading exam

• Skimming and scanning a text for required information. • Highlight key information as you read set extracts • Using PEE to create paragraphs. • Select relevant quotes to support your ideas. • Analyse the effects of language. • Consider writer’s intentions. • Think about different meanings behind words and phrases. • Remember PAF – Purpose, Audience and Form. • Identifying the different techniques used by the writer = both language and structural techniques. • Consider the marks available for each question to enable you to write enough. • Plan your work carefully and use it as a checklist at the end. • Proofread your work carefully, making any corrections. • Manage your time carefully to ensure you complete all the set questions – keep an eye on the timer on the board!

Food Technology – no summer assessment

French The End of year tests will consist of a Reading and Listening test for years 8 and either an open-book or translation test. You should revise using the vocabulary sheets for each of the 5 Modules given to you throughout the year by your teacher. If you have lost any of these, they have been put onto Frog as a homelearning for each of you to access.

Geography

 What Migration is.  What economic migration is.  Why Mexicans are so keen to get to the USA.  What advantages and disadvantages immigrants can bring.  What the terms rural and urban mean.  Why rural-urban migration is so common in poorer countries.  What problems mass migration to towns in poorer countries can bring.  What solutions have been found to these problems.  Different peoples’ viewpoints on immigration.  What problems need to be tackled in shanty towns.

Yr 8 German Exam Vocab List (Reading & Writing) Bananen Orangen Äpfel Birnen Kirschen Trauben Erdbeeren Kartoffeln Karotten Zwiebeln Champignons Tomaten Um 2 Uhr mit in der Stadt eine Hose Ich habe … gekauft Ich mag kaufen Ich habe … gegessen ich habe …. gehört dann ich bin … gefahren / ich bin … gegangen Kleider Letzten Samstag hatte jetzt dreizehn es war denn weil laut zu ich habe…getanzt ich habe … getrunken aber manchmal nächsten ich möchte ins Kino gehen vierzehn Frankreich Italienerin ich sehe gern fern eine Gruppe ich spiele nicht gern im Zimmer einkaufen gestern ich bin gegangen ich stehe auf um ich wasche mich ich frühstücke ich gehe in die Schule

bananas oranges apples pears cherries grapes strawberries potatoes carrots onions mushrooms tomatoes at 2 o’clock with in town a pair of trousers I bought I like to buy I ate ich habe …. gehört then I went clothes last Saturday had now 13 it was because because loud to/too I danced I drank but sometimes next I would like to go to the cinema 14 France Italian I like watching TV a pop group I don’t like playing in my room shopping yesterday I went I get up at I get washed I have breakfast I go to school

neunzehn einundzwanzig im Badezimmer Brot und Butter Kaffee heute Sonntag zum Strand Freunde getroffen Deutscher sieben sechzehn abends Abendbrot zweiundzwanzig ins Bett acht geschlafen zehn in der Stadt Bier wieder in den Sommerferien nach mit dem Zug Ferienwohnung am Wochenende münchen mit dem Auto besuchen Großeltern man kann viel machen dort denn groß ich werde Zürich reisen eine Woche bleiben es schneit Ski fahren

19 21 in the bathroom bread and butter coffee today Sunday to the beach friends met German 7 16 in the evening supper/evening meal 22 to bed 8 slept 10 in the town beer again In the summer holidays to by train holiday flat at the weekend Munich (German city) by car visit grandparents you can do a lot there because big I will Zurich (Swiss city) to travel a week to stay it snows to go skiing

History 

There will be a small section on the Suffragettes

 There will be a larger question on the Chartists ICT     

Recap of some Year 7 topics – including inside a computer and input and output devices Visual Programming (use of scratch) Control (recap of terms and symbols from unit) Spreadsheet knowledge E-Safety

Maths Year 8A Revision List - All the chapter references are for the MyMaths books on Kerboodle Topic

What to revise

Book

Whole numbers and decimals

Powers of 10; rounding; order of operations; factors, multiples, divisibility and primes; prime factors, HCF and LCM; ordering decimals Shapes made from rectangles

3A

Chapter & exercise 1a-f

2A

2g

Metric and imperial measures; area; area of a triangle and parallelogram; circumference of a circle

3A

2a-f

Simplifying expressions; writing a formula

2A

3e & g

Simplifying expressions; using brackets; formulae

3A

3a-c

Adding and subtracting fractions;

3A

4a-b

Fraction of a quantity; multiplying and dividing fractions; fractions and decimals; percentage of a quantity; percentage problems; repeated percentage change Angles and lines; angles in a triangle; properties of triangles; angles in a quadrilateral; properties of quadrilaterals Horizontal and vertical lines; tables of values; drawing straight line graphs; problems involving straight line graphs; straight line rules; interpreting real life graphs; time series graphs Addition and subtraction problems; written addition and subtraction; multiplication and division problems; interpreting the calculator display Addition and subtraction; mental multiplication and division; written multiplication; written division; estimating and approximating; using a calculator Averages form frequency tables; comparing data sets Designing a survey; collecting data; frequency tables; bar charts; pie charts; calculating averages; scatter graphs; stem-and-leaf diagrams; frequency diagrams; writing a statistical report Reflection and rotation symmetry; reflection; translation; rotation; enlargement; enlargement through a centre; scale drawings Equality and inequality; solving equations; balancing equations; writing equations Square numbers and square roots; indices; standard form Using a protractor; perpendicular lines; perpendicular bisectors; angle bisectors; constructing triangles; bearings

3A

4c-h

3A

5a-e

3A

6a-g

2A

7d, e 11a, f

3A

7a-f

2A 3A

8h, i 8a-j

3A

9a-g

3A

10a-e

3A 3A

11a-d 12a-f

Measures, perimeter and area Measures, perimeter and area Expressions and formulae Expressions and formulae Fractions, decimals and percentages Fractions, decimals and percentages Angles and 2D shapes Graphs

Calculations

Calculations

Statistics Statistics

Transformations and symmetry Equations Powers and roots Constructions

Maths Year 8B Revision List - All the chapter references are for the MyMaths books on Kerboodle

Topic

What to revise

Book

Whole numbers and decimals Measures, perimeter and area Expressions and formulae Expressions and formulae Fractions, decimals and percentages Angles Angles

Powers of 10; Rounding; factors, multiples and primes; estimating and approximating Measures; area of a 2D shape; circumference and area of a circle; compound measures

3B

Chapter & exercise 1a-d

3B

2a-f

Expanding brackets

2B

3d

Factors in algebra; algebraic fractions; formulae in context; rearranging formulae; deriving and graphing formulae Adding and subtracting fractions; multiplying fractions; dividing by fractions; decimals and fractions; percentage change; percentage problems; repeated percentage change Angles in parallel lines Angles properties of a triangle, quadrilateral and polygon; congruent shapes Equation of a straight line Tables of values; drawing straight line graphs; Gradient of a straight line graph; y-intercept of a straight line graph; the equation y = mx + c; equations given implicitly; real life graphs; distance –time graphs; time series Adding and subtracting decimals; multiplying decimals; dividing decimals; using a calculator; interpreting the calculator display Scatter graphs and correlation; stem-and-leaf diagrams Planning a project; data collection; frequency tables; statistical diagrams; calculating averages; interpreting graphs; correlation; averages from grouped data; comparing distributions; communicating the results of an enquiry Transformations; enlargements; combinations of transformations; maps and scale drawings; bearings Solving multi-step equations Solving equations; equations with brackets; unknown on both sides; constructing equations; trial-and-improvement Order of operations; squares and roots Square roots and cube roots; indices; indices and surds; standard form Loci Constructing a triangle; Loci and constructions

3B

3a-e

3B

4a-g

2B 3B

5c 5a-e

2B 3B

6b 6a-i

3B

7a-e

2B 3B

8g, h 8a-k

3B

9a-e

2B 3B

10b 10a-e

2B 3B

11d, 1f 11a-e

2B 3B

12e 12a-c

Graphs Graphs

Decimal calculations Statistics Statistics

Transformations and symmetry Equations Equations Powers and roots Powers and roots Constructions Constructions

Maths Year 8C Revision List - All the chapter references are for the MyMaths books on Kerboodle

Topic

What to revise

Book

Whole numbers and decimals Whole numbers and decimals Measures, perimeter and area Measures, perimeter and area Expressions and formulae Expressions and formulae

Rounding and estimation

2C

Chapter & exercise 1f

Significant figures; upper and lower bounds; using numbers in index form Surface area of a prism; volume of a prism

3C

1a-d

2C

14c-d

Measures; dimensions; length and area; compound measures

3C

2a, c-d

Algebraic fractions

2C

3i

Index Laws; multiplying linear expressions; factorising expressions; identities; formulae; changing the subject of a formula Fractions, decimal and percentages

3C

3a-h

2C

4f

Calculating with fractions; recurring decimals and reciprocals; percentage increase and decrease; reverse percentages; repeated percentage change Angle problems; angles in a polygon; circle properties; arcs and sectors; congruence Equation of a straight line; graphs of implicit functions The gradient of a straight line; graphs of linear functions; parallel and perpendicular lines; quadratic graphs; cubic graphs; distancetime graphs; real life graphs; time series; exponential and reciprocal graphs Calculator skills

3C

4a-e

3C

5a-e

2C 3C

6b, e 6a-j

2C

11c

Order of operations; calculating with decimals; using a calculator; interpreting the calculator display Frequency tables; constructing diagrams; averages Planning a statistical survey; data collection; frequency diagrams; moving averages; the mean; correlation; cumulative frequency; interpreting data; comparing distributions; box plots Transformations; enlargements; maps and scale drawings; similar shapes Linear equations; simultaneous equations; constructing simultaneous equations; solving simultaneous equations with graphs; solving inequalities; solving equations using trial-andimprovement Powers of 10; trial-and improvement Standard form; powers and operations; indices and surds Constructing triangles Pythagoras’ theorem; constructing a triangle

3C

7a-d

2C 3C

8c-e 8a-j

3C

9a-e

3c

10a-g

2C 3C 2C 3C

7b, 1g 11a-d 12b 12a-c

Fractions, decimals and percentages Fractions, decimals and percentages Angles and 2D shapes Graphs Graphs

Decimal calculations Decimal calculations Statistics Statistics

Transformations and symmetry Equations

Powers and roots Powers and roots Constructions Constructions

Music There will be two sections to your exam. In the first section you will listen to a number of extracts and answer questions about them. The second section is a selection of short theory questions. This is to test your knowledge of note names, note values and where notes are on the keyboard. Listening for projects covered this year Programme music – where the music is written to express a feeling/mood/emotion or a scene or place as well as an animal or character/person! – Carnival of the animals Music from China – identifying elements used in Chinese Music - Ostinato – repeated phrase - Pentatonic Scale – scale made up of 5 notes – C D E G A - Improvisation – melodies made up during the performance Identify different musical groups and families – orchestra, string groups, brass, woodwind, recorder group Pulse – beat, is it steady or irregular Dynamics – louds and softs, getting louder, getting softer etc. Sections/families in the orchestra – percussion, strings, woodwind, brass Tempo – fast, slow, getting faster, getting slower Time signature – 4/4 – 4 beats in a bar ¾ - 3beats in a bar Key – major (happy) or minor (sad) Recognition of instruments (timbre) Scales – major (happy), minor (sad) chromatic (stepwise using all the notes) pentatonic (5 note scale) Musical Terms

Articulation

Tempo – speed Allegro – fast Andante – at a walking pace, moderate

Staccato – short notes Legato – smooth Pizzicato – plucked strings

Dynamics Forte –loud Piano – soft Crescendo – getting louder Diminuendo – getting softer Music Theory – crotchet= 1

quaver = ½

minim = 2 ,

Recognise and name notes on the piano keyboard and treble clef.

semibreve = 4

semiquaver = 1/4

Notes in the spaces FACE in the SPACE Football Notes on the line Every Grandma Buys Delicious Fudge

Physical Education – no summer assessment

PSHE – no summer assessment

POR Christianity Revisit and revise any topics we have covered within Christianity. This includes the information programme you watched at the beginning of the topic. You should be prepared to recall information and evaluate your opinions on these topics. You can re-watch the programme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKTQz7DyI&list=PL5s73Bw1qh6jQzikMzmp56PmvWM7sd8Sx&index=5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zc46nbk/resources/1 - informative clips to help your revision of the topics

Science You will have only two revision lessons in science before the science exam, so it is important that you start your revision at home. Mechanics Be able to construct distance time graphs to show when something is moving and when it is stationary Be able to interpret distance time graphs Be able to calculate speed from a distance time graph Be able to predict how a force will change the shape of a material Be able to explain what Hooke’s Law is and apply it to situations Be able to describe the energy changes in a stretched material Be able to calculate pressure (pressure = force / area) Be able to identify when there is high or low pressure and know how to increase or decrease the pressure on a surface Be able to explain how air and liquids behave under pressure Be able to describe how pressure increases with depth in liquids and how gases create pressure Be able to describe uses of pivots and how they work Be able to calculate the moment of a force (moment = force x distance) Be able to describe lever and piston systems as force multipliers

Photosynthesis -

Be able to understand terminology relating to food chains and food webs and know that organisms in a chain or web are independent Be able to explain the importance of photosynthetic organisms in food chains and webs Be able to describe the conditions needed for a plant to carry out photosynthesis Be able to recall the word and chemical equation for photosynthesis and know how the plant gets the reactants and what happens to the products Be able to understand the importance of minerals to plants Be able to identify and explain the ways in which a leaf is adapted to carry out photosynthesis Be able to understand the importance of indicator species in assessing levels of pollution Be able to describe the process of bioaccumulation and understand the long term significance of this

Chemical reactions Be able to recall the hazard symbols Be able to compare the difference between physical and chemical changes Be able to identify whether a change is physical or chemical Be able to state and identify the reactants and products of combustion Be able to state the reactants and products of fermentation and know uses and problems with the reaction Be able to distinguish between aerobic and anaerobic respiration and know uses and problems with the reaction Be able to recall the test for carbon dioxide (lime water) Be able to recall the variables in an investigation Be able to plan an investigation into rusting and know ways to prevent rusting from happening Be able to recall the word equation for rusting Be able to explain the conservation of mass principle in reactions Be able to balance chemical equations, realising that there should be the same number of each element on each side of the equation Light and vision Be able to distinguish between luminous and illuminated objects Be able to identify transparent, translucent and opaque objects Be able to recall that light travels in straight lines and can cause shadows Be able to recall the law of reflection and be able to construct diagrams showing reflection Be able to explain why refraction happens Be able to explain dispersion and the spectrum Be able to recall the order of the colours in the spectrum Be able to explain how lenses converge light rays Be able to discuss how lenses are used in cameras and the human eye

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Be able to recall the primary and secondary colours of light Be able to explain how filters work in terms of absorption and transmission of the different colours of light

Elements, compounds and mixtures Be able to define elements, compounds and mixtures, give examples of each and compare the differences between them Be able to explain how filtration works, what it separates and the terms filtrate, residue, funnel and filter paper Be able to explain how evaporation is also a separating technique and what it can separate Be able to describe distillation as a separating technique, using the terms evaporation and condensation Be able to describe the process of fractional distillation of crude oil Be able to explain what chromatography is, what is separates and how it separates Be able to recall that compounds have fixed compositions Be able to describe what a chemical formulae is Food and Digestion Be able to recall the components of a balanced diet and give examples of each Be able to explain the function of each component of a balanced diet Be able to discuss what malnutrition is and use examples including obesity Be able to calculate energy requirements based on their life style Be able to recall the food tests for lipids, proteins, carbohydrates and starch Be able to recall the position of the organs involved in digestion and know the function of each one Be able to describe that food molecules need to be digested before they can be absorbed into the blood Be able to recall the importance of enzymes involved in digestion and know specific examples for proteins, fats and starch Be able to explain the role of bacteria in the human digestive system Energy Be able to recall the nine forms of energy Be able to discuss energy transfers and be able to construct energy flow diagrams Be able to define a joule Be able to calculate the energy transferred to an object by doing work ( work done = force x distance) Be able to identify if energy is useful or wasted Be able to describe how energy is conserved and how it can be saved by reducing waste Be able to calculate energy supplied (energy supplied – useful energy + wasted energy) Be able to recall what fossil fuels are and describe how they are formed Be able to give advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels Be able to define non-renewable and renewable in terms of fuels Be able to describe the energy transfers that occur in a power station Be able to recall that 1kJ = 1000J Be able to describe that increases and decreases in the amount of energy can be associated with temperature in investigations Be able to give advantages and disadvantages of nuclear fuels Be able to identify different types of renewable energy resources and describe how they work Be able to give advantages and disadvantages of renewable sources of energy Be able to calculate power (power = energy / time) Be able to use the term Kilowatt-hours and use this to work out the cost of energy usage How my body works Be able to recall the functions of a skeleton and know the different types of skeleton Be able to describe the interaction between muscles and the skeleton Be able to discuss examples of antagonistic muscle Be able to predict the force exerted by a muscle Be able to recall the word and chemical equation for aerobic respiration Be able to discuss how the reactants are obtained and what happens to the products of aerobic respiration Be able to recall the word and chemical equation for anaerobic respiration Be able to discuss how the reactants are obtained and what happens to the products of anaerobic respiration Be able to compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration Be able to recall the components of the circulatory system and the functions of each part Be able to fully explain the role of the circulatory system in respiration

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Be able to interpret information on how exercise affects the circulatory system Be able to recall the structure of the respiratory system and the functions of each part Be able to discuss where gas exchange occurs Be able to describe the mechanism of breathing and air movement in terms of air pressure Be able to discuss the impact of exercise, asthma and smoking on the human gas exchange system Be able to discuss the effects of recreational drugs on behaviour, health and life process Be able to explain how the different drug categories can affect the body

Electricity Be able to describe how static charges are created Be able to describe static electricity in terms of electron transfer and the attract and repel forces between the charges that then occur (like = repel and opposites = attract) Be able to recall the symbols and names for circuit components and be able to draw a working circuit Be able to define current as the flow of charge that is measured with an ammeter in series in amps (A) Be able to define voltage as the measurement of the amount of energy transferred by a component, that is measured with a voltmeter in parallel to the component in volts (V) Be able to define resistance within a circuit Be able to calculate resistance (resistance – voltage / current) Be able to interpret graphical data from resistance investigations Be able to describe a series circuit and know what happens to current, voltage and resistance in a series circuit Be able to describe a parallel circuit and know what happens to current, voltage and resistance in a parallel circuits Periodic Table 2 Be able to state the pattern of reactivity in groups 1 to 3 on the periodic table Be able to use observations from practical work to compare reactivity of metals Be able to construct work equations for the production of metal oxides Be able to recall the properties of metals and non-metals Be able to summarise the trend of reactivity on the halogens based on their reactions with iron Be able to recall what displacement reactions are Be able to use the reactivity series to predict displacement reactions Be able to construct word equations for displacement reactions Be able to describe the thermit reaction as an example of a displacement reaction and give uses of this reaction

Test dates: All of year 8 will have the science summer exam on Thursday 9 th June

Spanish Year 8 Spanish – Use the Mira 2 book to revise from 

Unit 1 – people, presentations, talking about other people, comparatives, nationalities, expressing opinions

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Unit 2 – talking about places in the town, inviting someone out, making excuses, likes and dislikes

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Unit 3 – holidays, using the past tense, saying where you went, who with and what you did

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Unit 4 – food, descrbing meals, preferences for foods and drinks, eating out, using 3 tenses together

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Unit 5 – clothes, giving opinions about clothes, saying what you are going to wear

Textiles – no summer assessment