Year 7 Assessment Booklet 2020

YEAR 7 ASSESSMENT QCE – 2020

SECTION ONE: PAGE NO. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO STUDENTS .................................................................................. 4 KEY ACADEMIC STAFF IN THE SENIOR SCHOOL ............................................................. 5 WELCOME MESSAGE - ACADEMIC CAPTAINS ................................................................. 6 LEANER PROFILE .................................................................................................................. 7 IB MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME ........................................................................................ 8 ASSESSMENT IN THE MIDDLE YEARS PROGRAMME ...................................................... 10 GENERAL GRADE DESCRIPTORS....................................................................................... 11 STUDY SKILLS ....................................................................................................................... 12 SENIOR SCHOOL ASSESSMENT AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY ......................... 13 POLICY STATEMENT – COPYRIGHT .................................................................................. 21 REFERENCING YOUR ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................... 22 THE HARVARD SYSTEM ....................................................................................................... 24 EXAMPLES OF REFERENCING USING HARVARD ............................................................. 25 SECTION TWO SUBJECT OUTLINES AND SUBJECT SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT CRITERIA THE ARTS (VISUAL ARTS) .................................................................................................. 26 THE ARTS (MUSIC) ............................................................................................................... 33 INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES ............................................................................................. 40 LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (ENGLISH) ......................................................................... 49 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION..................................................................................................... 56 (FRENCH) ............................................................................................................................... 57 (GERMAN) ............................................................................................................................... 59 (ITALIAN) ................................................................................................................................ 61 (JAPANESE) ….. ..................................................................................................................... 63 MATHEMATICS....................................................................................................................... 66 PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION ................................................................................ 71 SCIENCES .............................................................................................................................. 78 DESIGN .................................................................................................................................. 85 IB MYP YEAR 7 SUBJECT ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW ....................................................... 92 APPENDICES: A – MISSED TEST/ EXAMINATION FORM .............................................................................. 95 B – APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION – ASSESSMENT OTHER THAN EXAMINATION/ TEST FORM ......................................................................................................................... 96

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