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THE OXFORD SCHOOL
TERM TEST WEEK
TERM III -2016
121h-Grade- Science (12A1and 12A2)
Term Tests for 12th grade will take place from TUESDAY 29 TH NOVEMBER to FRIDAY 2ND
DECEMBER. The schedule for 12th grade Term Tests is the following.
Les informamos que los exámenes trimestrales de 120 se llevarán a cabo del MARTES 29 DE
NOVIEMBRE AL VIERNES 2 DE DICIEMBRE. El horario para los exámenes de 12o es el siguiente
TIME
7:15
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8:15
8:15–
10:15
10:15
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10:30
10:30
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10:45
10:45
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12:45
TUESDAY
29
WEDNESDAY
30
THURSDAY
1
FRIDAY
2
HOMEROOM/
STUDY HALL
HOMEROOM/
STUDY HALL
HOMEROOM/
STUDY HALL
HOMEROOM/
STUDY HALL
ENGLISH
LITERATURE
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
SPANISH/SSL
CHEMISTRY
RECESS
RECESS
RECESS
RECESS
STUDY HALL
STUDY HALL
STUDY HALL
STUDY HALL
MATHS
BIOLOGY
PHYSICS
END OF YEAR
CELEBRATION
During this period, classes will begin as usual at 7:30 a.m. and will end at 12:45 p.m. Students must go home
once this schedule is completed. Students are not permitted to remain in areas around the school after they
have completed their exams.
Durante este periodo, todos los exámenes iniciarán a las 7:30a.m. y terminarán a las 12:45 p.m. Los
estudiantes se retirarán a sus hogares después de haber terminado los exámenes y está prohibido que
permanezcan en los predios de la escuela una vez terminados el horario asignado.
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I. ENGLISH LANGUAGE:- 12TH GRADE AS LEVELS 9093
English Language
The exam will consist of two sections:
1. Composition. You will be given a choice of writing EITHER a piece of
imaginative writing OR writing for an audience. Your essay will need to be
between 600 and 900 words.
2. Reading & Use of English. You will be asked to read:
a) A text with some multiple choice questions
b) Four short texts with multiple-matching questions
c) A page of text with some numbered gaps which repesent missing paragraphs.
After the text there are some paragraphs which are not in the right order. You
have to decide which paragraph fits each gap
d) Various short texts and decide which text each question refers to.
II. ENGLISH LITERATURE - 12th Grade
Paper 5 – Christina Rossetti
You must have a developed understanding of the following poems:
 A Christmas Carol
 Winter: My Secret
 The Lowest Place
 Good Friday
 Remember
Important aspects of Rossetti’s poetry to consider:
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Faith/Hope – The ways in which language is used to present the speaker’s faith in
God.
The birth/death of Jesus – Consider the ways the speaker describes the birth of
Jesus and how it relates to her feelings.
Symbolism – Focus on how Rossetti’s use of symbolism in her poetry creates
imagery/meaning in her poetry.
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Paper 7 – Commentary and Appreciation
You will be given one unseen passage where you will be expected to focus on
language/imagery/form/structure and then explain how meaning is created. You must
have an understanding on the following features of unseen passages:
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Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
Line lengths and its effect
Imperatives/exclamatory sentences
Plosives
Sibilance
Symbolism
The writer’s purpose
III.PHYSICS
12A 1 12th Grade Physics ( Della Sera)
Study Guide
Chapter 23 : Coulomb’ s Law
Chapter 24 : Capacitance
Chapter 25 : Electronics
Chapter 31 : Nuclear Physics
12 A2 (Castroverde)
Chapter 5 Work energy and power
Doing work, transferring energy
Gravitational potential energy
Kinetic energy
g.p.e-k.e transformations
Down, up, down – energy changes
Power
Chapter 6 Momentum
The idea of momentum
Modelling collisions
Understanding collisions
Explosions and crash landings
Collisions in two dimensions
Momentum and newton’s law
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IV. BIOLOGY
12 A1/12 A2 Biology Study Guide
I. Chapter 4
Cell membranes and transport
P. 72 – 89
II. Chapter 5
The mitotic cell cycle
P. 93 – 106
III. Chapter 6
Nucleic acids and protein synthesis
P. 110 - 123
Textbook: Cambridge International AS and A Level Biology Coursebook
V. CHEMISTRY
Chapter 14: Introduction to organic chemistry
Representing organic molecules
Functional groups
Naming organic compounds
Bonding in organic molecules
Structural isomerism
Stereoisomerism
Organic reactions – mechanisms
Types of organic reaction
Chapter 15: Hydrocarbons
The homologous group of alkanes
Sources of the alkanes
Reactions of alkanes
The alkenes
Addition reactions of the alkenes
Oxidation of the alkenes
Addition polymerisation
Tackling questions on addition polymers
Chapter 16: Halogenoalkanes
Nucleophilic substitution reactions
Mechanism of nucleophilic substitution
Elimination reactions
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Chapter 17:
Alcohols, esters and carboxylic acids
The homologous series of alcohols
Reactions of the alcohols
Carboxylic acids
Chapter 18: Carbonyl compounds
The homologous series of aldehydes and
ketones
Preparation of aldehydes and ketones
Reduction of aldehydes and ketones
Nucleophilic addition with HCN
Testing for aldehydes and ketones
Reactions to form tri-iodomethane
Infra-red spectroscopy
VI. ESPAÑOL :
Grado: 12° SFL
Profesoras: Edilma Maure y Marina Markou
LITERATURA:
1. TRILOGÍA TEBANA: EDIPO REY, ANTÍGONA, EDIPO EN COLONO.
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Tragedia griega
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Temas
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Personajes
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Estilo
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Ambiente
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Estructura
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Técnicas narrativas
Valoración crítica de las obras.
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ANTOLOGIA LITERARIA - LITERATURA UNIVERSAL:
LITERATURA CLÁSICA. UNIDAD 1.
 Géneros narrativos en la antigüedad griega Pág.8
 El teatro griego.
 Poesía, Lírica y Oratoria.
 La literatura latina.
 Fragmentos representativos de los géneros literarios.
 La Odisea (pág.12)
 Oda a Afrodita (pág.20)
 Fábulas (pág.26)
 Autores de la antigua Grecia. Pág. 40-42
 Autores de la antigua Roma. Pág. 44-45.
TEMAS DE APLICACIÓN:
El análisis literario tradicional (p.26) o El análisis poético.
Elementos del análisis poético.
Coherencia y Cohesión (pág. 106 y Conectores pag.136).
Ortografía: acentuación general y puntuación.
12° AS & A LEVEL
Profesoras: Kattie Castillo y Maritza Valencia
1. PEDRO PÁRAMO (Novela completa). Autor: Juan Rulfo
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Biografía del autor
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Contexto histórico, literario y social
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Realismo mágico
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Estructura literaria
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Personajes, ambiente, estilo , lenguaje, temas
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Técnicas narrativas y simbologías
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2. BODA DE SANGRE, FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA
 Biografía
 La Guerra Civil
 Generación del 27
 Características del género dramático lorquiano
 Temática y estilo
 El lenguaje: simbología, y recursos poéticos
 La mujer desde la perspectiva lorquiana
3. EL AHOGADO, TRISTÁN SOLARTE
 Biografía de la autor
 Realismo mágico y social. El mito.
 Contexto histórico, literario y social de El ahogado
 Personajes, ambiente, estilo, lenguaje
 Técnicas narrativas, simbologías y temática
Temas de aplicación: Destrezas y habilidades 12°
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Los signos de puntuación págs. 36, 56
o Coma, punto, punto y coma, dos puntos
Análisis literario tradicional pág. 26
La matriz actancial pág. 46
Coherencia y cohesión pág. 106
La intertextualidad pág 114
Coherencia: la progresión temática págs. 132,133
Los conectores pág. 136
Repaso de la estructura del ensayo literario pág. 166
VII.
MATHS:
12TH GRADE
Pure mathematics 2 and 3
Unit 1 Polynomials
Unit 2 The modulus function
Unit 3 Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
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