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To: Parents/Guardians of 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students

From: Navina Daswani, Secondary School Coordinator

Date: Wednesday 10th January 2018

Subject: Summer School 2018 and CIE preparation course - Exam Timetable & Study Guides

Dear Parent/Guardian

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that examinations will be held during the last three days of

the Summer School and CIE preparation courses – i.e. Wednesday 31st , Thursday 1

st and Friday 2

nd February,

2018. A timetable for these examinations is attached, together with a study guide for each subject, showing

exactly what students will be studying and, therefore, examined on.

The information attached is important, as it is vital that students appear on time, in full school uniform and

properly prepared for these examinations.

Kind regards

Navina Daswani

Secondary School Coordinator

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THE OXFORD SCHOOL

STUDY GUIDES – SUMMER SCHOOL 2018

REMEDIALS, RE-INFORCEMENTS, INCOMPLETE TERM

JANUARY 10th, 2017 TO FEBRUARY 2nd, 2018

11 TH GRADE

Summer School 2018 - Exam Timetable

11th Grade Wednesday 31st January Thursday 1st February Friday 2nd February

8:00 a.m to

10:00 a.m.

CHEMISTRY

BUSINESS STUDIES

MUSIC

BIOLOGY

ECONOMICS

FRENCH

PHYSICS

ACCOUNTING

ENGLISH LITERATURE

10:15 a.m. to

12:15 p.m.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

MATHS SPANISH

1:00 p.m. to

3:00 p.m.

ICT

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

(Project)

GEOGRAFIA

HISTORIA

INTERNATIONAL

HISTORY (Project)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

Conventions of speeches, diaries, journals and reports. (content, structure and style)

Conventions of newspaper and magazine articles. (content, structure and style)

Conventions of two types of letters (audience, purpose and style)

Short passages for comment (writer’s purpose, tone, language features and structure)

Longer passages for comment (language and style)

Paper 1 - Passages.

Commenting on language and style

Write short sections (120 – 150 words) based on original text

Paper 2 - Composition

Writing for an audience (discursive/argumentative writing) (min. 600 words)

ENGLISH LITERATURE –

Paper 3 Songs of Ourselves

Poems to be studied:

1. The White House

2. Sons, Departing

Stories of Ourselves

Stories to be studied:

1. Journey (Patricia Grace)

2. The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)

3. Anita Desai, ‘Games at Twilight’ 4.Paule Marshall, ‘To Da-duh, in Memoriam’

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MATHS: 11th grade

11 Grade AS

Pure Mathematics 1

Chapter 5 Inequalities

Chapter 6 Differentiation

Chapter 7 Applications of Differentiation

Chapter 8 Sequences

Chapter 9 The Binomial Theorem

Chapter 10 Trigonometry

11th

A-level Maths

Chapter 5. Inequalities

Chapter 6. Differentiation

Chapter 7. Applications of differentiation

Chapter 8. Sequences

Chapter 9. Binomial Theorem

SPANISH:

UNDÉCIMO SFL /SSL

1. Enriquecimiento léxico: sinónimos, antónimos, homófonos y parónimos.

2. Los signos de puntuación páginas 52 - 53

3. Uso de los conectores páginas 80 - 81

4. El resumen páginas 122 -123

5. La paráfrasis páginas 124 - 125

6. El ensayo literario. Redacción de ensayos.

Lectura de Réquiem por un campesino español. Ramón J. Sender

7. Técnicas para redactar párrafos de introducción, transición y conclusión.

Comprensión lectora de textos no literarios.

Sinonimia

Paráfrasis

Respuestas cortas

Resumen y opinión

Español 11. Destrezas y habilidades. Santillana

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PHYSICS: 11A

Chapter 3: Dynamics-explaining motion p37

Calculating the acceleration

Understanding SI units

The pull of gravity

Mass and inertia

Top speed

Identifying forces

Newton’s third law of motion

Chapter 4: Forces-vectors and moments p53

Combining forces

Components of vectors

Centre of gravity

The turning effect of a force

The torque of a couple

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CHEMISTRY:11A

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BIOLOGY: 11A

Biology Remedial Study Guide 11 Grade

A Cell structure

• The microscope in cell studies

• Cells as the basic units of living organisms

• Detailed structure of typical animal and plant cells, as seen using the electron microscope

• Outline functions of organelles in plant and animal cells

• Characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

B Biological molecules

• Structure of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins and their roles in living organisms

• Water and living organisms

C Enzymes

• Mode of action of enzymes

• Factors that affect enzyme action

D Cell membranes and transport

• Fluid mosaic model of membrane structure

• Movement of substances into and out of cells

F Genetic control•

Structure and replication of DNA

• Role of DNA in protein synthesis

G Transport

• The need for, and functioning of, a transport system in multicellular plants

• The need for, and functioning of, a transport system in mammals

• Structure and functioning of the mammalian heart

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PHYSICS – 11B

Grade 11B Science Summer Study Guide

Units and measurement

Units for measuring ( pages 10 – 13)

Forces and motion

Speed, velocity and acceleration (pages 20 -21)

Motion graphs (pages 22 – 25)

Falling with gravity (pages 28 – 29)

Forces, mass, weight, Newton’s Laws (pages 32 – 45)

Energy

Work and energy (pages 52 – 57)

Efficiency and power (pages 58 – 61)

Energy for electricity (pages 62 – 69)

Heat movement ( pages 72 – 77)

Light

Rays of light and flat mirrors (pages 84 – 87)

Refraction of light and waves (pages 88 – 93)

Sound

Sound waves (pages 100 – 101)

Speed of sound (pages 102 – 103)

High and low, loud and quiet (pages 106 – 107)

Electricity

Electricity in action (pages 122 – 123)

Voltage (pages 126 – 127)

Resistance (pages 128 – 129)

Ohm’s Law / solving circuits (pages 134 – 135)

How to prepare for the exam:

Study all notes on the above topics

Review all practice questions and tests given on these topics

Do all practice questions done in class and in the textbook

Textbook: New Coordinated Science Physics for Higher Tier 3rd

edition edition by Stephen Pople

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MUSIC: 11B

- Notation and use of musical instruments (Rudiments)

o Expressive effects (dynamics & tempo)

o Simple ornaments & articulation signs

o Clefs

o Key signatures

o Time signatures

o Intervals

- Melody & rhythm

- Harmony

- Tone-Colour (ensembles and instruments/voices)

- Instrumental & vocal effects

- Form (Structure)

- Compositional devices

- Texture

- Style & Genre

o Music of the Baroque, the Classic Style, Romanticism, Jazz, 20th Century

Characteristics

Representatives

ART: 11B

- Chiaroscuro

- Colour

- Analogy & Contrast

- Tonality & Value

- Texture

- Observation vs. Interpretation (Analysis)

- Surrealism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mexican Muralism, Die Brücke, Der Blaue Reiter, Neoprimitivism,

Social Realism, Figurative vs. Non-figurative art, De Stijl, Organic architecture, Pop art, Op Art,

Minimal Art, Kinetic Art, Computer Art.

o Characteristics

o Representatives

o Masterpieces

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FRENCH:11B

Year 11 :

- Le présent

- Le passé-composé

- L’imparfait

- Le futur (simple-proche)

- Le conditionnel

- Vocabulaire :

- Trouver 5 synonymes au vocabulaire donne en fonction du texte

- Compréhension de texte :

- Questions/ Réponses à deux textes qui traitent du même sujet d’actualité d’un point de vue diffèrent

(positif/négatif)

Les élèves devront apprendre à répondre par des phrases complètes, sans paraphraser.

Production écrite :

Les élèves devront écrire un paragraphe traitant du sujet évoqué dans les textes de compréhension écrite.

Thèmes à étudier

Year 11

- L’alimentation

- Healthy lifestyle

- Sports

- Education

- Racisme

- Commenter un film

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ACCOUNTING:11C

Chapter 10 Accruals and Payments (matching concept)

- Concepts, treating an accrued expense in an account, treating a prepaid expense in an

account, recording stocks of stores on expense accounts, adjusting income for accruals and

prepayments, adjusting a trial balance for accruals and prepayments.

Chapter 19 Manufacturing Accounts.

- What is a Manufacturing Account

- How to prepare a Manufacturing Account

- Unrealised profit included in stocks of finished goods

- Manufacturing Balance Sheet

AS/A Level Accounts Classification

BUSINESS STUDIES:11C

Chapter 8 External economic influences on business behaviour

- Economic objectives of governments

- Economic growth

- The factors that lead to economic growth

- The business cycle

(boom, downturn or recession, slump, recovery and growth)

- Inflation and deflation – changes in the value of money

- How is inflation measured?

- What causes inflation?

(cost-push, demand-pull)

- The impact of inflation on business strategy

- Unemployment

- What factors cause unemployment?

(cyclical, structural, frictional)

- The costs of unemployment

Chapter 13 Further human resource management

- Measuring and monitoring employee performance

- Labour productivity

- Business in focus – hotel industry productivity

- Absenteeism rates

- Labour turnover

- Employee performance – strategies to improve it

- Management by objectives (MBO)

- MBO – the possible benefits

- MBO – the possible problems

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ECONOMICS:11C

Chapter 1 Basic Economic ideas and resource allocation

Economic problem

The Fundamental Economic Problem

- The tax system

- What is meant by fundamental economic problem of limited resources and unlimited wants.

- What is meant by individuals, firms and governments

Chapter 2 The Choice and Opportunity Cost

- Define opportunity cost

- Identify the basic questions of what, how and for whom production takes place have to be

addressed in all economies

Positive and Normative

Statements in Economics

Aggregate supply and demand

- The difference between positive and normative statements

- Analyse positive and normative statements

- The determinants of aggregate demand and aggregate supply and the shapes of their curves

GEOGRAFÍA - 11 GRADO

TEMA #1 - La ciencia geográfica (Páginas 6 a 9)

TEMA #2 - La geografía humana en Panamá

(Páginas 10 a 15)

TEMA #3 - La Demografía (Páginas 16 a 21)

TEMA #4 - Relación del ser humano con el medio

(Páginas 24 a 29)

TEMA #5 - Distribución de la población (Páginas 30 a 33)

TEMA #6 - Población urbana y rural 36 a 45

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HISTORIA - 11 GRADO

TEMA #1 p.p 11- 14

El paso de la prehistoria a la historia

* La prehistoria

* Etapas de la prehistoria

* La formación geológica

* El Istmo de Panamá: ruta de tránsito y puente biológico

TEMA #2 p.p 18--22

La prehistoria en el Istmo de Panamá

* La Prehistoria de Panamá

* Los períodos de la prehistoria en el Istmo de panamá

* La Edad de Piedra

* Período Palo---indio

* Período Meso----indo

* Período Neo--- indio

* La Edad de los metales

TEMA #3 p.p 26--30

La Historia

La historia como ciencia

Definición de historia

Importancia de la historia

Las fuentes de la historia

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ICT

How organizations use ICT

(1) Control systems

Working practices

Use of ICT in Àdvertising

Teaching

Publishing

(2) Use of ICT in Time management

Data management

Payroll applications

Technical and customer support

Art and design work

The impact of ICT on Society

Online services

Online services and Employment

Leisure time

Working patterns

Security and privacy of Data

Health and Safety

How organizations use ICT 2

Expert systems

Monitoring and measurement

Project management

Modelling

How organizations use ICT 2 (cont.)

Market research

Research applications

Online applications

Stock control