Greenwood International School
English Department
Mid-Year Examination
Grade 10 Mid-Year Examination 2016-2017
Required Material
English Paper
Literature (50 Marks)
Unit 1: Plot, setting, and mood
Harrison Bergeron
Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:
RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
RL 3 Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other
characters, and advance the plot.
L 3 Apply knowledge of language to make effective choices for meaning or style.
L 4c Consult reference materials to determine or clarify a word’s meaning or etymology.
L 5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships.
Comprehension Skills and Text Analysis based on the Literary Selection
Vocabulary: consternation cower, synchronize, neutralize, vigilance, wince, flinch
Vocabulary Handout 1 “Harrison Bergeron”
Review vocabulary words from https://quizlet.com/2982198/harrison-bergeron-vocabulary-flashcards/
https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u1_harr_berger_kurt_vs.pdf
https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u1_harr_berger_kurt_vp.pdf
https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u1_harr_berger_kurt_vsy.pdf
Unit 2: Character Development
The Possibility of Evil
Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:
RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support inferences drawn from the text.
RL 3 Analyze how complex characters develop and interact with other characters.
L 5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships.
L 5b Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
Comprehension Skills based and Text Analysis based on the Literary Selection
Vocabulary:
1. Degraded, infatuated, negotiable, rapt, reprehensible, translucent
2. Vocabulary Handout 2 and 3
3. Review vocabulary words from https://quizlet.com/8225547/the-possibility-of-evilvocabulary-flash-cards/
4. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u2_poss_evil_shirle_vs.pdf
5. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u2_poss_evil_shirle_vp.pdf
6. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u2_poss_evil_shirle_vsy.pdf
Unit 3 Narrative Devices
There Will Come Soft Rains
Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:
RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
RL 4 Determine the figurative meaning of words in a text.
RL 5 Analyze an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text and order the events within it.
L 4c Consult reference materials to determine or clarify a word’s etymology
Comprehension Skills based and Text Analysis based on the Literary Selection
Vocabulary:
1. Manipulate, oblivious, paranoia, silhouette, sublime, and tremulous.
2. Vocabulary Handout 4 “There Will Come Soft Rains”.
3. Review vocabulary words from https://quizlet.com/1912035/there-will-come-soft-rainsvocabulary-flash-cards/
4. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u3_soft_rains_ray_vs.pdf
5. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u3_soft_rains_ray_vp.pdf
6. https://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/student/ebook_gr10/osp/data/u3_soft_rains_ray_vsy.pdf
Novel “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:
RL 1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the text.
RL 2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the
text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of
the text.
RL 3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the
course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
Read about Ray Bradbury and his writing style.
Review part 1, 2, and 3 from the novel and try to analyze the following:
 Context
 Plot Overiew
 Analysis of Major Characters (Guy Montag, Mildred Montag, Captain Beatty, Professor
Faber)
 Themes (Censorship and Knowledge Versus Ignorance),
 Motifs (Paradoxes, Animal and Natural Imagery)
 Symbols (Blood, “The Hearth and Salamander”, “The Sieve and The Sand”, The Phoenix,
Mirrors)
Language (50 Marks)
Reading Informational Text (TOEFL Reading Skills 1, 2, and 3)
Unseen Reading Comprehension:
Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as
well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text,
including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective
summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.3
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in
which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are
drawn between them.
Craft and Structure:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative,
connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on
meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in
both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Writing:
1. Write Literary Analysis
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.A
Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important
connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables),
and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.B
Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete
details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge
of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.C
Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and
clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.D
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.E
Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and
conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.F
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or
explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a
new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and
audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and
shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and
audiences.
2. Writing a Short Story W3a-e, W4, W5, W10
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.A
Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation, establishing one or multiple
point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator and/or characters; create a smooth progression of experiences or
events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.B
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop
experiences, events, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.C
Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D
Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the
experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.E
Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed, or resolved over the
course of the narrative.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.5
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach,
focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames
(a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. (Refer
to your Rubric
and guidelines handout.)
Grammar (Refer to the Language Handbook):
Benchmarks (Skills) covered according to the Common Core State Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing
or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1.B
Use various types of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, participial, prepositional, and
absolute) and clauses (independent, dependent; noun, relative, adverbial) to convey specific
meanings and add variety and interest to writing or presentations.
1. Parts of Speech:
Types of Verbs (Transitive and Intransitive, Action Verbs and Linking Verbs pgs. 61- 66),
Verbal Phrase (pgs. 61-62), Adverbs (pgs. 66-68), Prepositions (pgs. 70-71), Types of
Conjunction (pgs.72-73), Interjections (pg. 73)
2. Phrases:
Adjective Phrases, Adverb Phrases, and Verbal Phrases (pgs. 110-113)
Wish you all the best
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Important Note:
English Mid-Term Examination Paper will be for three hours!
‫المادة المطلوبة لالختبارات النصفية في المواد العربية‬
‫للعام الدراسي ‪2017 – 2016‬‬
‫الصف ‪ :‬العاشر‬
‫الموضوع‬
‫القرآن‬
‫الحديث‬
‫العقائد و‬
‫العبادات‬
‫والشخصيات‬
‫مالحظات‬
‫الموضوع‬
‫القراءة‬
‫المحفوظات‬
‫القواعد‬
‫البالغة‬
‫مالحظات‬
‫الرقم‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-2‬‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-2‬‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-2‬‬
‫‪-3‬‬
‫الرقم‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-2‬‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-2‬‬
‫‪-3‬‬
‫‪-1‬‬
‫‪-2‬‬
‫التربية اإلسالمية‬
‫اسم الدرس‬
‫سورة الكهف اآليات من ( ‪) 8 : 1‬‬
‫أصحاب الكهف‬
‫الوقف عطاء ونماء‬
‫الصفحات‬
‫من ص ‪ 12‬إلى ص ‪19‬‬
‫من ص ‪ 48‬إلى ص ‪57‬‬
‫من ‪ 74‬إلى ص ‪81‬‬
‫القرآن المكي والمدني‬
‫سكينة بنت الحسين‬
‫من ص ‪ 20‬إلى ص ‪25‬‬
‫من ص ‪ 40‬إلى ص ‪45‬‬
‫اللغة العربية‬
‫اسم الدرس‬
‫مصباح الحمام‬
‫العتاب صابون القلوب‬
‫إذا المرء لم يدنس حفظ األبيات من ‪5 : 1‬‬
‫صيغ المبالغة‬
‫الصفة المشبهة‬
‫االستعارة‬
‫مراجعة التشبيه البليغ والمفصل ص ‪142‬‬
‫الصفحات‬
‫من ص ‪ 44‬إلى ص ‪49‬‬
‫من ص ‪ 60‬إلى ص ‪66‬‬
‫من ص‪ 22‬إلى ص ‪27‬‬
‫من ص‪ 126‬إلى ص ‪130‬‬
‫من ص ‪ 132‬إلى ص ‪137‬‬
‫من ص ‪ 142‬إلى ص‪145‬‬
Required Material (Special Subjects)
2016 – 2017
Grade: 10
No
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Lesson
‫الفصول األربعة‬
‫الفصول األربعة‬
‫ثمن الظل‬
‫ثمن الظل‬
‫العودة من العطلة‬
‫العودة من العطلة‬
‫قيمة الوقت‬
‫أوراق العمل‬
‫كل ما كتب‬
Lesson
Surah Yasin(1-10)
Unit A, Ch3
Unit A, Ch3, Lesson 1
Unit A, Ch1
Unit B, Ch1
Unit B, Ch2
Unit B, Ch3
Hadeeth Shareef
Arabic
Pages
2-3-7
3-4
10-11-14-17
6-8
18-19-22-23-25
10-11-12
9 ‫كتاب التلميذ ص‬
‫ملف الطالب‬
‫دفتر الطالب‬
Islamic
Pages
A17
A16
A17-A22
A2-A7
B2-B7
B8-B15
B16- B21
A21 - B20 - C25
Note
‫كتاب التلميذ‬
‫كتاب التدريبات‬
‫كتاب التلميذ‬
‫كتاب التلميذ‬
‫كتاب التدريبات‬
‫كتاب التلميذ‬
‫النشيد‬
‫الملف‬
‫الدفتر‬
Note
All the related pages
from the workbook
will be included
Mid -Year
Examination
Required
Material
Grade 10
World History
Chapter 8
Ancient Greece
Chapter 9:
The Greek
World
Section 1: Geography and the Early Greeks
Pages 228 to 233
Section 2: Government in Athens
Pages 236 to 241
Section 3: Greek Mythology and Literature
Pages 242 to 249
Pages 253 to 255
Section 1: Greece and Persia
Pages 260 to 265
Section 2: Sparta and Athens
Pages 266 to 271
Section 3: Alexander the Great
Pages 272 to 276
Section 4:Greek Achievements
Pages 277 to 282
Pages 285 to 287
Students are requested to revise all related papers in the Portfolio: Graded Classwork sheets,
quizzes, reinforcement sheets, map activity sheets and presentations.
Mid-term Exam Required Material
Grade 10
Accounting
Chapter 1: You and the World of Accounting (page 724)
Section 1.1: Exploring Careers
Section 1.2: Accounting Careers: The Possibilities Are Endless
Chapter 2: The world of Business and Accounting: (page 3144)
Section2.1: Exploring the World of Business
Section 2.2: Accounting: The Universal Language of Business
Chapter 3: Business Transactions and the Accounting Equation: (page 5375)
Section 3.1: Property and Financial Claims
Section 3.2: Transactions That Affect Owner’s Investment, Cash, and Credit Owner
Chapter 4: Accounts and The Double-Entry Accounting System: (page 8199)
Section 4.1: Accounts and the Double Entry Accounting System
Section 4.2: Applying the Rules of Debit and Credit
Chapter 5: Transactions That Affect Revenue, Expenses, and Withdrawals: (page 107128)
Section 5.1: Relationship of Revenue, Expenses, and Withdrawals to Owner’s Equity
Section 5.2: Applying the Rules of Debit and Credit to Revenue, Expense, and Withdrawals
Transactions
Chapter 6: Recording Transactions in a General Journal: (page 135->161)
Section6.1: The Accounting Cycle
Section 6.2: Recording Transactions in the General Journal
+ All related problems solved on your worksheets.
Greenwood International School
“Grade 10 ICT Mid-Term Exam Material”
Practical:
Mid -Term Exam will include the following sessions from the book “Adobe Photoshop CS5”:
Lesson 4
Page 71
Lesson 5
Page 99
Lesson 6
Page 130
Lesson 8
Page180
The Basics of Working With Photoshop
Page 57 to
Making the Best Selection
Page 73 to
Painting and Retouching
Page 101 to
Getting to Know Layers
Page 157 to
Theoretical:
1) Converting IPv4 to Binary
Note: The exam will be practical (on computer) and written.
Midyear Required Material- Grade 10
Biology
Title
Pages No.
1
The Study of Life
pp. 4-6
2
Unifying Themes of Biology
pp.7-11
3
pp. 13-17
3
Scientific Thinking and
Processes
Biologist’s Tools and
Technology
Carbon-Based Molecules
4
Chemical Reactions
pp.48-51
5
Enzymes
pp.52-54
2
Cell Organelles
pp.69-75
4
Diffusion and Osmosis
pp.81-83
5
Active Transport, Endocytosis,
and Exocytosis
pp.85-87
4
pp.19-23
pp.42-46
3
Cells
2
Chemistry of Life
Sec.
Related
Material
Make sure you Study hard your notebook, graded classwork sheets, given handouts +
Scientific Method + All Levels questions in Refer to a Text + all your related lab sheets.
1
Biology in the 21st
Century
Ch.
Midyear Exam
Required Material
2016-2017
Greenwood International School
Math Department
Grade 10A/E
Subject: Algebra 1 /Geometry
Teacher’s E-mail:
[email protected]
Mathematics is not only for solving numbers. It’s also for
dividing sorrow, subtracting sadness, adding happiness
and multiplying love and forgiveness 
Required Materials (Term 1- Algebra 2)
Unit 9: Statistics
Module 23: Data Distributions
Lesson
Lesson 23.1: Probability Distributions
Lesson 23.2: Normal Distributions
Pages
1117 to 1130
1131 to 1140
Unit 8: Probability
Module 19: Introduction to probability
Lessons
Lesson 19.1: Probability and Set Theory
Lesson 19.2: Permutations and Probability
Lesson 19.3: Combinations and Probability
Lesson 19.4: Mutually Exclusive and Overlapping Events
Pages
949 to 960
961 to 972
973 to 984
985 to 996
Required Materials (Term 1- Geometry 1)
Unit 6: Properties of circles
Module 15: Angles and segments in circles
Lessons
Lesson 15.1: Central Angles and Inscribed Angles
Lesson 15.2: Angles in Inscribed Quadrilaterals
Lesson 15.3: Tangents and Circumscribed Angles
Lesson 15.4: Segment Relationships in Circles
Lesson 15.5: Angle Relationships in Circles
Pages
779 to 792
793 to 804
805 to 814
815 to 828
829 to 842
Unit 6: Properties of circles
Module 16: Arc length and sector area
Lesson
Lesson 16.1: Justifying Circumference and Area of a Circle
Lesson 16.2: Arc Length and Radian Measure
Lesson 16.3: Sector Area
Pages
851 to 862
863 to 872
873 to 882
Note: Study from the online text book, note book, POW, beyond the standard and practice
the mock test.
Please don’t forget your calculators and geometry set.