Year 8 Exam Revision

Guide

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This booklet has been made to help you get ready for your Year 8, End of Year

Exams. You have been studying for these exams since arriving at Oak Academy.

Contents

How to study

Study Methods

Before your exam

Subject Information

English

Maths

Science

Art

Design Technology

Geography and History

MFL

Exams start the

week beginning

25th June 2018.

How to Study To do well, aim high.

Start revising early, the more you prepare the

more confidence you will have in the exam.

Do not leave the difficult topics until the end of

your revision time.

Check you know what topics to revise. You want to learn the

correct information.

Ask teachers for help if you need it as you get ready for your exam.

Find a quiet place to study.

Don’t distract yourself with Facebook or texts.

Keep calm. Exams are not there to trick you; they are to see how

much you have learnt.

Study Methods

Revision is not just reading your notes or text books.

There is no ‘right way’ to revise – different methods

suit different people.

Choose a way that will help you gain a solid

grasp of the facts and strengthen your

knowledge.

You may want to mix methods as variety

will help you concentrate for longer.

You could read your notes and make diagrams or revision cards of main

points.

Use colour, a highlighter and lots of pictures to help you remember. Write

the main points only as you will want to recall all of the important things.

If your notes are not clear, recheck your text book, do

not copy incorrect details.

Make posters with key facts then display these in your house where you will

see them.

Create Mind Maps with the subject in the centre and key words/pictures

linking it.

Record yourself reading notes to listen to on the move. Include questions, a

pause and then the answers so you can test yourself as you listen.

Study with a friend and test each other’s knowledge, but remember you are

meeting to revise rather than to chat!

Work through past question papers – use a watch so that

you can practise timing your answers.

Don’t forget to reward your hard work with things you enjoy. Take breaks.

Short blocks may be better for you than a solid three hours if nothing goes

in!

Before your exam

Make sure you know when and where your exams will be. Core subjects

exams will take place for most students in Hall B.

Make sure you have all the equipment you will need.

Make sure you eat breakfast and have a drink to

help you focus.

Do not stay up late the night before!

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Don’t just read up the night before, revision takes time. So make a plan.

Subject Information

English

Maths

Science

Art

Design Technology

Geography and History

MFL

Your End of Y8 English Exam

What have I achieved this year?

During Y8 at Oak in your English lessons you have studied:

Non-fiction reading and writing with the Travel Writing Unit

The novel, including study of plot, character and social and historical context in Private Peaceful Part 1

War Poetry and non-fiction writing to argue and persuade in Private Peaceful Part 2

Poetry – including how language, form and structure are used to create meaning and effect

Shakespeare with Much Ado About Nothing – including how Shakespeare uses language to create vivid

characters in his plays

Well done!

By your exam week you will be ready to sit an exam based on the GCSE Paper 2, called “Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives” and you will answer one GCSE Literature style question in which you will compare two poems you

looked at when you were studying Private Peaceful.

What will I have to do in my exam? Session 1 (Paper 2 Section A)

You will read two extracts of non-fiction writing from a great, well-known fiction text and answer 4 questions on what you have read:

Qu1 Will ask you to select four true statements out of nine about the Source A (4 marks)

Qu2 Will ask you to select and blend the main ideas form both Source A and B (8 marks)

Qu3 Will ask you to explain how the writer has used language to create an effect (8 marks)

Qu4 Will ask you to compare the writer’s ideas and how they have written their pieces (20 marks) Session 2 (Paper 2 Section B)

You will be asked to write a story or a description to show off your writing skills. You will gain marks for what you put into your writing and how you organise it (24 marks) as well as your technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar (16 marks).

Qu5 Will offer you the choice of two tasks – you only have to choose ONE

The two tasks will ask you to write a story OR a descriptive piece (Hint – even if you choose the story, you should still make it quite descriptive, or it might be kind of a boring story!)

One of the tasks will be based on an image to help inspire you to write

Session 3 (Literature – Prepared Poems) You will be asked to compare two poems from the WWI poems we studied in Private Peaceful Part 2, Unit 4 You should write about the different ideas and different poetic styles in the poems, use quotations and

How can I prepare and revise?

Take your exercise books from the year home with you and use them to revise: What you have learnt about writing in PEE paragraphs to respond to writers’ use of language

What you learnt about Wilfred Owen’s poetry and recruitment in WW1

Your knowledge about language techniques and other writers’ methods e.g. similes, alliteration etc

Read your green and yellow sheets to find out what your teacher has asked you to work on improving Go to BBC Bitesize for KS3 English revision and games here: https://www.bbc.com/education/subjects/z3kw2hv Use the example practice paper provided by your teacher.

Your End of Y8 Maths Exam

You will sit two exams. One non calculator paper and one calculator paper. Both last

1hour and 30 minutes. The exam questions will be read out aloud and you will be given

time to answer each question, one minute for every mark.

The papers cover the following subjects.

• Number

• Algebra

• Ratio, proportion and rates of change

• Geometry and measures

• Probability

• Statistics

You have studied aspects of all of these throughout Year 7 and 8. Use all your end of topic

self-assessments to help you identify key areas to revise.

Ways to revise:

1. On line – Key Websites Include

2. Revision cards and posters

3. Answer lots and lots of practice questions, if you want to win Bake off you

would bake cakes if you want to do well in maths do maths!

4. Know your calculator.

Your End of Year 8 Science Exam

Art – Unit 1 Cubist Portraits Revision

Cubism was the first abstract art style/movement. It originated in France and

Spain in 1907.

The Cubist style/movement ignored the rules of perspective and tried to show

people and objects from several different angles in one drawing/painting.

The most important Cubist painters were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Key Words –

Analytical Cubism – The early phase of Cubism, characterized by the use of

geometric shapes and a colour palette of mostly browns, greys and ochres.

Synthetic Cubism – The late phase of Cubism, characterized by the use of a

wider, brighter colour palette and the use of collage and textures.

Art - Unit 2 Synthetic Cubism Revision

A quick recap on what we know about Cubism-

Cubism was the first abstract art style/movement. It originated in France and Spain in 1907.

The Cubist style/movement ignored the rules of perspective and tried to show people and objects from

several different angles in one drawing/painting.

The most important Cubist painters were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

We have been creating our own Synthetic Cubist still

life studies over the past few weeks and will be

painting them during our assessment. We began by

drawing an assortment of overlapped objects. Then we

used a viewfinder to select an area of our drawing to

enlarge for our final painting.

Key Words –

Synthetic Cubism – The late phase of Cubism, characterized by the use of a wider, brighter colour

palette and the use of collage and textures.

Analogous Colours – Colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel. These colours can be

blended together successfully. You can blend green into lime green into yellow, for example.

When painting we need to remember the following.

- To paint each section, a different colour.

- Only colours next to each other on the colour

wheel can be blended successfully (analogous

colours)

This is the standard you are

aiming for.

Design Technology Revision

Textiles Revision

Fabric Natural / Synthetic (manmade) Items made from Properties

Silk Natural Items of clothing, cushion covers, bedding

Strong, soft, luxurious looking, breathable, expensive, hand washable

Velvet Synthetic Home furnishings including cushion covers, curtains and upholstery. Clothing – coats, trousers

Strong, soft, smooth, varies in price

Cotton Natural Bedding, clothing, curtains strong and durable. Linen is an easy maintainable, safe for all skin types.

Polyester Synthetic Flooring, curtains, clothing Strong, Durable, inexpensive, wrinkle resistant, soft, can be mixed with other fab

Felt (wool felt)

Synthetic Soft toys, cushion covers, hats highly resilient, retains its strength and unique properties for decades, flame retardant and self-extinguishing. Can be cut to any size, shape or thickness with no need to finish edges

Jute (Hessian) Natural bags or sacks, carpets, matting Heavy, breathable, strong and durable

Leather Natural Shoes, clothes, sofas, chairs Strong, durable, malleable, breathable, expensive

KEY WORDS

Disassembly Deconstruction of a product to find out how it is made

Darts Folds and sewn into fabric to take in ease and provide shape to a garment.

Haute Couture expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading fashion houses

Quality control a system of maintaining standards in manufactured products by testing a sample of the output against the specification

Trend a general direction in which something is developing or changing

6 R’s

Reduce -is it possible to reduce the

amount of materials used? This will help to

protect valuable resources.

Rethink - is there a better way to solve

this problem that is less damaging to the

environment?

Refuse - this means not accepting things

that are not the best option for the

environment. For example, is the packaging

really needed?

Recycle - could recycled materials be used,

or is the product made from materials that

are easy to recycle?

Reuse - could the product have another

use? Could its parts be used in other

products? Is this information clearly

communicated on the product? This will

extend its life.

Repair - is the product easy to repair? This

will extend its life.

Processes

Batik - A technique of

wax-resist dyeing applied to whole

cloth

Ploy Printing - A

printing technique using a Ploy

foam board.

Tie Dye - The

process typically consists of folding,

twisting, pleating, or crumpling fabric

or a garment and binding with string

or rubber bands, followed by

application of dye.

History and Geography Revision Best ways to revise History and Geography:

History Exam – Persecution and War Topics: Holocaust, Slave Trade and D-Day Landings

Three questions: Two, four mark questions and one, twelve mark question.

You will have 20 minute prep time and 40minutes to answer the exam questions.

MFL Revision

Topics:

Leisure activities - what I do/play, likes and dislikes (and why)

Frequency - how I use technology; how often I do activities; how weather affects what I do; what others like to do

Describing my town and local area - what there is/is not; opinions; and justifications; asking

for directions; what activities you can/cannot do; where I usually go; future tense - where

I'm going to go and when

Key Websites:

Vocabulary revision is important for the Listening and Reading exams. There are several

websites you can use to help you.

http://www.vocabexpress.com (see your MFL teacher if you have forgotten your username/password). The school Code is UKOAKA

http://www.atantot-extra.co.uk

Username - oakacademy

password - 1890

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk - no log-in required.

BBC Bitesize KS3 French is also another useful resource, especially for Listening practice.

You know what you need to do:

Set a goal

Work hard

Practice

Don’t be afraid

Get good grades

Then you succeed….