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Pointer JHS3 of Semester 1 Assessment 2023-2024
Pointer JHS3 of Semester 1 Assessment 2023-2024
JHS 3
JHS 3
1. English
● Type of Semester Practical Assessment: Writing and Speaking
● Objective:
o Write a 4-5 minute speech about the object you would like to uninvent.
o Deliver a 4-5 minute persuasive speech about the object you would like to uninvent and
persuade the class to support your choice.
● Equipment and Media: Laptop, paper, visual aids
● Day, Date and Time:
o Writing: Thursday, 16 November 2023, during the regular lesson schedule.
o Speaking: Wednesday, 22 November 2023, during the regular lesson schedule.
● Duration:
o Writing: 90 minutes
o Speaking: 90 minutes, 4 - 5 minutes per student
● Marking Criteria:
- Purpose & Audience (12.5%)
- Text Structure (12.5%)
- Sentence Structure (12.5%)
- Punctuation (7.5%)
- Spelling (5%)
- Content and Organization (17.5%)
- Preparation and Conviction (15%)
- Fluency and Use of Language (10%)
- Eye Contact and Audibility (7.5%)
o Content and Organization
Guide Questions:
● How did the speaker organize his/her ideas while observing correct sentence structures
to deliver the speech?
● How did the speaker utilize different kinds of words to deliver his/her ideas clearly?
● How did the speaker relate his/her ideas to share detailed and accurate information?
o Preparation and Conviction
Guide Questions:
● How did the speaker maximize the usage of his/her vocabulary words?
● How did the speaker interpret the information to persuade the audience?
● How did the speaker lift the thoughts and or feelings to convince the audience?
o Fluency and Use of Language
Guide Questions:
● How fluent is the speaker with the use of the language?
● How did the speaker put his/her words together?
● How did the speaker use correct and accurate grammar in his/her speech?
o Eye Contact and Audibility
Guide Questions:
● How did the speaker use eye contact to pull the audience into the presentation?
● How did the speaker communicate verbally with a good modulation of voice?
2. Science
● Type of Semester Practical Assessment: Laboratory
● Objective:
o Assess the students' ability to apply their knowledge and practical skills in determining the
density of various objects through measurements and calculations
● Equipment and Media: Laboratory tools and objects to be measured
● Day, Date and Time: Wednesday, 22 November 2023, during the regular lesson schedule.
● Duration: 90 minutes, 5 minutes per student.
● Marking Criteria:
○ Understanding of Experimental Concepts (17.5%)
○ Measurements and Calculations (17.5%)
○ Accuracy (15%)
○ Experimental Procedures (20%)
○ Laboratory Techniques (15%)
○ Data Recording and Analysis (15%)
3. Chinese
● Type of Semester Practical Assessment: Speaking and Listening
● Objective:
o Speaking: Reading or Presenting a short text and making sentences according to the given
picture or answering questions asked by the teacher.
o Listening: Choose the correct picture and answer according to the audio
● Equipment and Media: none
● Day, Date and Time:
Sepaking: Tue, 21 November 2023
Listening: Friday, 24 November 2023
(during the regular lesson schedule)
● Duration: 60 minutes, 3-5 minutes per student
● Marking Criteria:
- Identification (25%)
- Comprehension (25%)
- Fluency and Accuracy (25%)
- Intonation (5%)
- Reading Pace and Volume (10%)
- Structure (10%)
Maria Regina Junior High School
Semester 1 Written Assessment
(S1WA)
2023 – 2024
JHS 3
1. English
● Closed-Book
● Duration: 120 minutes
● Pointer:
o GOING UNDERGROUND
▪ Contemporary fiction
▪ Contemporary drama
▪ Non-fiction (Travel Writing)
o TIME
▪ Pre-20th century poetry
▪ Newspaper articles
▪ Contemporary fiction
o THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT
▪ Contemporary prose fiction
▪ Non-fiction (explanatory and argument articles
2. Mathematics
● Closed-Book with provided formula sheet
● Duration: 120 minutes
● Pointer:
o Pythagoras’ Theorem and Similar Shapes
▪ Pythagoras’ theorem (additional: simplfying surd/root/radical form without
calculator)
▪ Understanding similar triangles
▪ Understanding similar shapes (especially: similar shapes and the area ratio, similar
solids and the volume ratio)
▪ Understanding congruence (especially: congruent triangles using the rule
SSS/SAS/ASA/AAS/RHS)
o Vectors and Transformations
▪ Simple plane transformations (especially: translation, reflection, rotation,
enlargement) (additional: digital transformation using Geogebra or other common
application)
▪ Further transformations (especially: problems solving of combination of the 4
simple plane transformations)
▪ Vectors 2D (especially: vector notation, translation vector, multiplying a vector by
a scalar, addition/subtraction of vectors, magnitude of vector using Pythagoras’
theorem)
o Managing money
▪ Earning money
▪ Borrowing and investing money (especially: simple interest, compound interest)
▪ Buying and selling (especially: buying/selling price, profit/loss, tax/discount)
o Scale Drawings and Bearings
▪ Scale drawings (especially: scale, angle of elevation, angle of depression)
▪ Bearings (Bahasa Indonesia: Jurusan Tiga Angka)
3. Science
● Closed-Book
● Duration: 90 minutes
● Pointer:
o Sound
▪ Changing Sounds
▪ Looking at vibrations
▪ How sound travels
▪ Sounds on a screen
▪ How we hear
o Light
▪ How light travels
▪ How shadows form
▪ How reflections for,
▪ How light bends
▪ The spectrum of white light
▪ Coloured light
o Magnetism
▪ Magnets and magnetic materials
▪ Magnetic poles
▪ Magnetic field patterns
▪ Making an electromagnet
▪ A stronger electromagnet
▪ Electric current make magnetic fields
o Motion
▪ Measuring motion
▪ Measuring speed
▪ Speed check
▪ Speed calculations
▪ Pattern of movement
▪ Distance/time graphs
o Forces and Motion
▪ Forces
▪ Forces big and small
▪ Weight – the pull of gravity
▪ Friction – an importance force
▪ Air resistance
▪ Patterns of falling
o Forces in action
▪ The idea of density
▪ Pressure
▪ Pressure calculations
▪ Pressure in gases and liquids
▪ The turning effect of a force
▪ The principle of moments
▪ Calculating moments
o Thermodynamics
▪ Conduction of Heat
▪ Convection
▪ Radiation
▪ Evaporation
4. Chinese
● Closed-Book
● Duration: 60 minutes
● Pointer:
Level 2
o Lesson 7《让我们一起参加运动会》
o Lesson 8《我的相机摔坏了》
o Lesson 9《这是志伟发过来的电邮》
● vocabularies
● language points
o vocabularies
o language points
o reading comprehension
Level 4
▪ Unit 1《新同学,新鲜事》
Textbook and Activity Book
▪ Unit 2《团圆》
Textbook and Activity Book
▪ Unit 3《相约狮城》
Textbook and Activity Book
♦ Level 5
o Unit 5 单元五 《创新与改变》
▪ vocabularies
▪ language points
▪ reading comprehension
▪ 四大发明
o Unit 6 单元六《小人物 大贡献》
▪ vocabularies
▪ language points
▪ reading comprehension
▪ 名言名句
♦ Level 6
o Unit 1 《有你作伴》
▪ vocabularies
▪ language points
▪ reading comprehension