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Grade 8 End of Term I Assessment - Overview Letter

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Next week, our End of Term I assessments will be administered to students in

each of their core subjects. These assessments will be reflected on student
end of term progress reports. Therefore, it is very important for students to
review what they learned in each subject.

Find below the End of Term assessment schedule and also the points to review for

each subject:

End of Term I Assessment Schedule:

Monday, December, 13, 2021 CHEMISTRY

ENGLISH
CIVICS
Tuesday, December, 14, 2021 SOCIAL STUDIES

GEOGRAPHY
Wednesday, December, 15, 2021
BIOLOGY

PHYSICS
Thursday, December, 16, 2021 AMHARIC
MATH
Friday, December, 17, 2021
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Subject Review Points:

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UNIT 1-Squares, Square roots, Cubes and Cube roots

● The square of a numbers

● The square of a rational number
● Cubes and cube roots

UNIT 2

● Further on working with variables

● Further on Algebraic terms and Expressions
Math ● Multiplication of Binomials
● Highest Common Factors (HCF)

UNIT 3

● Linear Equations and Inequalities

● Further on solutions of Linear Equations
● Solution of linear equations involving Brackets.
● Solution of linear equations involving Fraction.
● Solving word problems using linear equations.

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The English exam shall entail contents from Units 1, 2 & 3. The following topics will be
assessed:

1.Comprehension Passage

2. Grammar:

● Gerund and Participle

● Sentence Construction
● Compound and complex sentences
English ● Adverbs

3. Punctuation:

● Punctuating a paragraph

4. Vocabulary:

● synonyms
● antonyms

5. Creative writing: Students will have a range of three choices to select from.
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The topics covered for the exam includes:

● · Relative location band size of the continents

● · Major features of the continents

● · Major world languages

● · Ancient world civilizations

● · Population distribution band livelihood

Social Studies
● · Factors affecting population distribution

● · Livelihood in different part of the world

● · Major religion in the world

● · The beginning of industrial revolution

● · The effects of industrial revolution

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Amharic
ውድ ወላጆች / አሳዳጊዎች - ሰላም !

ከህዳር 27/03/2014 - 01/04/2014 ባሉት የትምህርት ቀናቶች ከዚህ በታች የተዘረዘሩትን ዋና ዋና ነጥቦች
ስለሚማሩ እንዲሁም ስለሚከለስላቸው ከወዲሁ የተዘረዘሩትን ዋና ዋና ትምህርታዊ ይዘቶች ገለፃዊ በሆነ መንገድ
ታስረዷቸው አልያም የሚያስፈልጋቸውን ድጋፍ ወይም እገዛ ታደርጉላቸው ዘንድ በትህትና ልንገልፅ እንወዳለን፡፡

የስምንተኛ ክፍል የአማርኛ ትምህርት ይዘት

( ከህዳር 27 – ታህሳስ 01/ 2014 ዓ.ም)

 ምንባብን መተግበርና የአንብቦ መረዳት ጥያቄዎችን መስራት፣

 የዓ.ነገር ምንነት እና ስምምነቶች የዓ.ነገር አይነቶች (ነጠላ፣ድርብ፣ድብልቅ፣ድርብ ድብልቅ)
 የሐረግ አይነቶች ምንነት፣
 የግስን በድርጊት ማርባት፣
 የቃላት እማሬያዊና ፍካሬያዊ ፍቺ፣
 የግጥም ዓይነቶች(ሰንጎ መገን፣ቡሄ በሉ፣የወል ቤት)
 ቀለም እና የስነ ግጥም ምጣኔ፣
 ጠቋሚ መስተኣምራን(አመልካች ተውላጠ ስም)፣
 ተውሳከ ግስ፣
 ምዕላድ(ነጻ ምዕላድ እና ጥገኛ ምዕላድ(አያያዦች)፣
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 የጥገኛ ምዕላዶች(የአያያዦች) አከፋፈልና ተግባራት፣

 ምክንያትና ውጤት ድርሰት፣
 የስነ ግጥም ምንነትና ባህርያት፣
 ቃላዊ ግጥሞች፣
 የዘይቤ ምንነትና ዓይነቶች፣
 የግጥም ጭብጥ ትንተና፣
 ማወዳደርና ማነጻጸር ድርሰት፣
 ጥገኛ ሐረጎች፣
 የአንደኛው ወሰነ ትምህርት ክለሳና የማጠቃለያ ምዘና፡፡

“ለሚያደርጉልን እገዛ ከወዲሁ ላቅ ያለ ምስጋናችንን እናቀርባለን”

(የአማርኛ ት/ክፍል)

Unit-1 Biology and technology

· Biology for development

· Technological products used in biology

Unit-2 Cell Biology

Biology
2.1 Looking at Single celled Organisms

· Characteristics of Amoeba

· Characteristics of Paramecium

· Characteristics of Euglena

UNIT 1: PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT Page Range 2-20

 Measuring Area
Physics  Measuring Volume
 Measuring the Density of a Substance
 Dimensional Expression of Physical Quantity
 Scientific Notation

Civics ምዕራፍ ሁለት፦ የሕግ የበላይነት

2.1 ሕገ ማንግሥት
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2.2 ሥነ ምግባር

2.3 የሥልጣን ገደብ

2.4 ምስጢር

2.5 ሙስናን የመከላለያ መንገዶች

ምዕራፍ ሦስት፦እኩልነት

3.1 የብሔሮች፣ ብሔረሰቦችና የሕዝቦች አካባቢያቸውን የማስተዳደር መብት

3.2 እኩል ተጠቃሚነት ካልኖረ የሚያስከትለው ጉዳት

3.3 የብሔሮች፣ ብሔረሰቦችና የሕዝቦች እኩልነት

3.4 የፆታ እኩልነት

3.5 የአካል ጉዳተኝነት

3.6 የሃይማኖት እኩልነት መብት አለማከበር የሚያመጣው ጉዳት

1.Rocks

 Group of Rocks
 Weathering
 Rock cycle
 Geological time scale
 Rock and landscapes
 Soil
Geography
2. Living off earth’s resources: Renewable & Non-renewable

 Water around the world

 The growing water challenge-soil a precious resource
 Soil destruction
 Desertification in dry lands
 The fight against desertification

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Chemistry
Unit One: Classification of Compounds Page Range: 10-46

 Organic compounds
 Inorganic Compounds
 Oxide, Acid, Base, and Salt
 Preparing Common Salt ( from the Cambridge Book)
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 Safety Precautions

From the Cambridge Book

 Endothermic and Exothermic reaction

 v\ Patterns of reactivity
 Rates of reaction

Unit Five: Calculation Based on Formulas Page Range: 122-131

 Atomic Mass
 Molecular Mass
 Formula Mass
 The mole concept
 Molar mass

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