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Killarney P-10 State School Years 7, 8, 9/10 Assessment Overview: Term 3, 2017 Subject to changes and amendments as per teacher discretion

Mrs Elder: - Year 7 Form Teacher Mrs Hay - Year 9/10 Form Teacher Yr 7 – Literacy, English, Arts Yr 7 – Numeracy Yr 8 – Literacy, English, Arts Yr 8 - Numeracy Yr 9/10 – Arts Yr 9/10 – Maths, Numeracy, Business

Miss Rolfe – Year 9/10 Form Teacher Mr Gillespie– Year 8 Form Teacher Yr 7 - HPE Yr 7 – Maths, History/Geog, Dig Tech Yr 8 – Maths, HPE, Science Yr 8 – Literacy, History/Geog, Dig Tech Yr 9/10 - HPE Yr 9/10 – English, History/Geog Mrs Thompson - Yr 7 – Japanese Yr 8 - Japanese Mr Popple - Yr 7 ITD, Science Yr 8 ITD, Science Mrs Bartz - Yr 7 - Hospitality Yr 9/10 – Science, Furnishings, AD&T Yr 8 - Hospitality Yr 9/10 - Hospitality Year7 Week Subject Assessment Task Topic / content 3 English Task Reading comprehension 3 Japanese Verbal exam Regular verbs and ‘masen’, ‘mashoo’, ‘masu’ & ‘mashita’ tenses. 4 Maths Task Financial Maths unit 4 Science Exam Astronomy – Earth and moon 5 Japanese Written Design an action hero with character traits, with visual and written elements. They must include the physical attributes, personality/behaviour, motivations and powers of their hero. 6 English Imaginative recount Black Snake – The Daring of Ned Kelly 7 Science Task Exploring the seasons 7 History Short Response Exam Ancient Rome 7 HPE Assignment / project Super Snacks 8 Japanese Hiragana Full hiragana chart 9 Business Expository report Risking it all - Entrepreneurs 9 Maths Exam Integers and real numbers 10 English Persuasive argument (draft) Hero, villain or victim (Ned Kelly) 10 Japanese Written Create an imaginative comic about your action hero. Monitoring Digital technologies Ongoing creation of educational maze game – Scratch. Ongoing English Unit activities that will need to be completed as formative assessment and submitted throughout the term. Ongoing Literacy Skill practice activities that will need to be completed and submitted throughout the term as formative assessment; Tuesdays - Written proofreading & spelling test of weekly words; Spelling paragraph & Practise Worksheet

Homework- Set and Independent The Department of Education has developed guidelines for homework in Queensland schools. The following overview is based on these guidelines.  In Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 some homework is set by and should be completed daily or over a weekly or fortnightly period. This may include daily independent reading and includes set tasks.  In Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 students are given more responsibility for their own learning. They will usually be required to engage in independent learning to complement work undertaken in class.  Homework for secondary students could be up to but generally not more than 5 hours a week.  While some subjects will have regular set homework, other subjects can administer homework tasks as required.  Students should always be reviewing the work covered in class as part of their homework and should be aware that this will contribute to their familiarity and content knowledge for further in class applications (Independent homework).  Study for exams and review of work should also be considered homework. It is expected that students use the assessment overview to plan their study / review time to ensure they are best prepared for assessment tasks.

Year 8 Week Subject Assessment Task Topic / content 1 English Written analysis Text of Choice which reflects Aboriginal & Torres Strait in either culture, history, people or place 3 Japanese Written task Students are to write an email to a friend describing a situation and how they are feeling. 4 Maths Assessment task How would Scrabble (TM) scoring work in another language? 5 Japanese Listening task Students listen to a number of borrowed words and write down what they feel the meaning in English would be. 6 /7 Science Task Investigating energy transfers and transformations 6 English Reading comprehension exam Interpreting, & Identifying Language Features in a TV Series - Noah & Saskia 7 History Short response exam Spanish Conquest of the Americas 7 HPE Research task My adolescent relationships: digital communication 9 Maths Test Ratios, linear relationships and time 9 Japanese Hiragana test All 46 Katakana characters 9 Hospitality Practical and written task Select, produce and evaluate a celebration food using a set of pre-determined criteria 10 English Written blog - draft Analysis of an ethical issue arising from the Television Series Noah & Saskia 10 Japanese Written task Part A: Students create a children’s storybook with illustrations, describing how a character might feel when encountering an unfamiliar situation. Part B: Students are to create a glossary to identify borrowed words in the children’s storybook. Monitoring Digital technologies Ongoing creation of educational maze game – Scratch. Ongoing English Ongoing unit activities that will need to be completed and submitted

Suggestions for homework / study time  Regular homework / study times are essential to create routine and avoid last minute attempts to complete work  Consider other activities students are involved in when determining routine ie. work and sporting commitments.  Use your Junior Secondary Planner to create your plan Year 9/10 Week Subject Assessment Task Topic / content 4 Year 9 Maths Exam Index laws and simple interest (financial mathematics) 4 Year 10 Maths Exam Money and financial mathematics (compound interest) 4/5 Arts Journal Personal Project – I Am … Dry point etching + printed etching

5 Year 9 English Interview Shakespeare : The Taming of the Shrew 5 Year 10 English Literary Analysis Shakespeare : The Taming of the Shrew 5 Science Task Human homeostasis 5 Business Paragraph Selecting a suitable job 6 Arts Journal – statement of Personal Project – I Am … intention 7 HPE Research task My social responsibility 8 AD&T Practical task Folding shovel 8 Furnishings Practical task Attaché case 8 Science Task Effect of change on ecosystems 8 Year 9 History RSL Links research project World War I 8 Year 10 History Short Response Exam World War II : Kokoda Campaign 8/9 Arts Collection of artworks #1 Personal Project : I Am … including in-class experimentations and reflections 9 Business Exam Roles and responsibilities of participants in the workplace 9 Maths Exam Linear and non-linear relationships 10 English Film review Shakespeare : The Taming of the Shrew 10 Year 9 Maths Exam Triathlon (solving problems on a Cartesian plane) Weekly Hospitality Condamine Coffee Club – Each week students will be assigned roles to be part of a simulated hospitality environment. Students collect, organise, make, distribute and seek feedback. Monitoring Hospitality Observation and verbal questioning focused on the following units for gathering evidence – Participate in safe work practices ; Provide information and assistance ; Work effectively with others; Carry out basic workplace calculations