Reddam House

Waterfall Estate

Information Booklet

November 2017 Examinations

Grade 7

Examination Rules and Procedures

• Students are to arrive at school timeously and should be at the examination

venue 5 minutes before the start of the examination. Latecomers will not be

granted extra time to complete any examinations.

• Students are to ensure that they report to the correct venue and are to wait outside the examination venue until called to be seated by the invigilator.

• A doctor’s certificate must be handed in to Ms Marais if a student is absent from an

examination, otherwise a “zero” will be given. The examination will still need to be written on the student’s return to school.

• Students must wear full school uniform for all examinations, including practicals.

Offenders will be brought down to Mrs Noonan at the end of the examination to

receive a debit.

• School bags must be placed in the student’s locker or in a designated place in

the examination venue. Students may not have any books, notes, ipads, ipods or

other electronic devices with them during the examination.

• Cell phones must be clearly labeled with the owner’s name, switched off (not on

silent) and placed on the teacher’s desk.

• No eating or drinking is allowed in the examination venue. Students are permitted

to have a transparent bottle of unflavoured, still water.

• Stationery must be placed in a transparent container or plastic bag and no borrowing will be allowed. Cell phones may not be used as calculators. Scientific, non-programmable calculators may only be used if specified in the examination instructions. Memories of calculators must be cleared.

• No “tippex” may be used on answer scripts.

• No communication (verbal or non-verbal) is allowed between students during the

examination.

• Students are not to ask the invigilator any questions during the examination. Any

concerns can be addressed with the examiner after paper and will considered in

marking.

• No student will be permitted to leave the examination venue prior to the

end of the examination.

• Toilet visits are strongly discouraged. Students should make use of the toilet before the start of the examinations. Should a student use the bathroom during the examination, they will be accompanied by a staff member, where possible, and the invigilator will record the time on the student’s answer script and sign it.

• Prior to the start of the examination there will be 10 minutes reading time. No

writing or highlighting can be done during reading time.

• Invigilators will record the start and end time of the examination on the board.

Students will be given a verbal warning by the invigilator 5 minutes before the end of the examination. Students will not be dismissed before the full time allocated for the examination is up.

• Answer sheets, examination papers and any rough-work paper will be taken in at

the end of the examination session.

• Students may not read a book once they have finished writing.

• Students must move quickly and quietly away from the examination venue when

they are dismissed, as other examinations may still be in progress.

• Gr 7 – 12 students may have one or two examination sessions per day. They

should be collected from school when they have finished their examinations.

IEB PENALTY CLAUSE

Candidates render themselves liable to be disqualified if:

- They take into the examination room, or have in their possession whilst they are in

the examination room, any book, memorandum, notes or any paper whatsoever,

except their copy of the printed instructions to candidates and their timetable, and

such answer books or papers that have been supplied to them by the invigilator.

- They aid other candidates, or communicate in any other way with other

candidates.

Afrikaans

Length of examination: 1½ hours

The layout of the examination paper is as follows:

80 punte

Afdeling A:

Begripstoets (20)

Sluit in:

Woordeskat

Sinonieme en antonieme (teenoorgesteldes)

Visuele teks (10)

Sluit in:

Woordeskat

Sinonieme en antonieme (teenoorgesteldes)

Afdeling B:

Taalleer (30)

Tye (Verlede, hede en toekomende tyd)

Negatiewe vorm

Voegwoorde

Woordorde

Lydende en bedrywende vorm

Direkte en Indirekte rede

Meervoude

Verkleining

Tyd

Afdeling C:

Letterkunde (20)

Agent Snoet en die Hondelewe

Dance

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

This paper consists of 3 sections

Duration 1.5 Hours

Section A – Dance History and Theory

Section B – Music

Section C – Anatomy and Healthcare

Section A – Dance History and Theory

Careers in Dance

Theatre Expertise

Dance Forms, Genres and Styles

o Ballet

o African Dance

o Contemporary Dance

Section B – Music

Note values and Rests

Time signatures

Music Definitions

Instrument Categories

Section C – Anatomy and Healthcare

Warm up and cool down/stretching

The Skeleton o The Spine o Functions of the Skeleton o Types of Bones

Posture and Alignment

Eating Disorders

Nutrition and Hydration

Stereotyping

Sports Science

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

You are required to study the following topics:

Anatomy

Anatomical Positions

Posture First Aid

General

Shock

Choking

Strapping

Environmental injuries Health & Nutrition

Drama

Length of examination: 1hr

Tools of modulation-notes handed out in class and notes in online textbook chapter

5

Voice and body-notes handed out in class and in creative arts online textbook

chapter 1 and 4

Choral verse-notes handed out in class and online creative arts textbook chapter 12

Elements of drama- creative arts online textbook chapter 9

How to develop a character- creative arts online text book chapter 8

Mime notes- handed out in class.

EMS

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

You need to cover the following content:

History of money

Needs and Wants

Goods and services

Businesses

Accounting Concepts – Financial Literacy

Poverty

The production process

English

Length of examination: 2 hours

Section A: Grammar and Comprehension

Your English ‘Handbook and Study Guide’ and ‘All About English” workbook should be consulted for revision purposes for both papers

Paper 1:

Section A: Reading comprehension and language.

Language will cover all the structures and conventions we have studied but notably sentence structure, parts of speech and punctuation in context.

All punctuation (names and functions)

All parts of speech

Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions

Prepositions Interjections Articles Transitive and intransitive verbs Gerunds Participles (past and present) Infinitives

Sentence structure

Direct and indirect objects Subject and predicate

Synonyms and antonyms

Direct and indirect speech

Passive and active voice

This section will also test knowledge of style, register, audience and purpose.

Section B: Poetry

This examination will include an unseen poem. The questions will test poetic techniques such as imagery, figures of speech, structure and other poetic conventions we have covered this year.

Section C: Response to a literature text.

The novel, ‘Who Killed Kimmy Valentine’ will be tested so a detailed knowledge of this text is advised. Questions will focus on:

Contextual questions

Character sketch

Paper 2

Transactional writing:

Students will be expected to be able to write one of the following:

Diary entry

E-mail Descriptive paragraph

Narrative paragraph

Short story

The short stories will be tested in detail. Questions will focus on plot, characters and the central messages or ideas in the narratives.

“The Monkey’s Paw”

“The Three Wishes”

- Focus on themes and understanding different characters

- Contextual questions

- Character sketch

Visual Literacy

- Questions based on an advertisement and / or a cartoon

French

Length of examination: 1½ hours

Session: 1

Exam: Comprehension + grammar activities + writing

Study everything in your cahier de français and all the notes that have been handed out

to you this year.

Go through all your tests and exams from this year.

Study Adosphère 1 Méthode to page 72 (end of Module 5).

Study Adosphère 1 Méthode : Ton dico illustré, pages 109 -116

and pages 118 - 125.

Study Adosphère 1 Cahier d’activités to end of Module 5.

Grammaire

Il faut savoir comment (You must know how to):

Nommer les objets scolaires.

Dire ce qu’on aime / déteste.

Demander des questions et répondre aux questions.

Demander et dire son âge.

Parler des sports et des activités qu’on pratique.

Utiliser mon/ma/mes, etc. et chez moi/toi, etc.

Utiliser la forme de la négation (Je ne comprends pas, je n’aime pas la glace).

Utiliser les articles définis et indéfinis.

Demander des questions.

Utiliser les verbes :

être, avoir, faire, aller s’appeler, présenter, aimer, adorer, écouter, retrouver, jouer, parler,

regarder, danser, habiter, acheter+ other –er verbs

Vocabulaire et orthographe:

l’école, la maison

les goûts et les loisirs (faire / jouer)

les jours, les mois, les numéros (0 – 100)

la description physique (taille, cheveux, yeux, etc.)

les vêtements, les couleurs

les sports, les parties du corps

la ville

All the relevant vocabulary in “ton dico”

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During the exam:

Read instructions carefully.

Ask yourself what information is required and how you must provide that information.

(i.e. what is being tested?)

Make sure you read the whole question.

Look at the mark allocation.

Highlight key words.

Check your spelling, agreement of verbs/articles/adjectives.

Your answers must make sense!

Bonne chance!

Geography

Duration 1.5 Hours

100 marks

Natural Hazards and Disasters

Volcanoes, earthquakes and floods

Structure of the Earth

Natural resources and conservation in South Africa

o Natural resources on earth – including water, air, forests, soil, animal and

marine life

o Use and abuse of natural resources

o Management of resources

History

Length of examination: 1 ½ hours

100 marks

Term 1 work – Sources, Kingdom of Mali

Term 2 work – Atlantic slave trade

Term 3 work - Colonisation of the Cape

Term 4 work – Expanding frontiers

Natural Science

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

You are required to study the following topics:

Measuring volume

Tables and graphs

Scientific Method

Human reproduction including contraceptives

Inheritance

Properties of materials and separating mixtures

Acids and bases

Introduction of the Periodic Table Of Elements

Mathematics

Length of examination: 2 hours

Topic Chapter

Whole numbers

Exponents

Fractions

Integers

1

2

6, 7

18

Two-dimensional shapes

Straight lines

Area and Perimeter

Volume and Surface Area

Three-dimensional shapes

4

5

9

10

17

Functions and relationships

Graphs

8, 11, 12, 19, 20

15

Algebraic expressions 13, 14, 21, 22

Transformations

Data Handling

Probability

16

23

24

Visual Art

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

Pre Historic art

The San

Elements of art.

African Art

Art Appreciation

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

Elements and art.

Principles of design.

Art analysis.

Notes on: Sculpture

Anton van Wouw

Sam Nhlengethwa

Zulu

Length of examination: 2 hours

ISIQEPHU A

Ukufunda ngokuqondisisa (comprehension test)

Learn question words

Umqondophika

Umqondofana

Bhala ngesiNgisi [30]

ISIQEPHU B

Ukusetsenziswa kolimi (grammar)

Ondaweni

Ubumnini

Izinhlobo zamagama

Izinkathi zonke

Ukuphika

Isivumelwano somenzi nesezenzo [40]

ISIQEPHU C

Izinkondlo

Uhlelo lwamagama ukwazi ukuphendula inkondlo

Ukuchaza ngesiNgisi

Izinkondlo ezimbili ezifundiwe neyodwa engafundiwe

[30]

ISIQEPHU D Short Stories (Ezabasha) AMAMAKI ONKE = 120

Music

Length of examination: 1.5 hours

Musical Elective Set Piece

Musical instruments

Page numbers: p 6, 12, 13, 14 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26.