Exams Y10, Term 1 2013/2014 School Year

I posted the Y8 Term 1 exam earlier this evening. Now for Y10. Before I get to it though, I'll say first that I think it will be a very good experience this time. I recall one of the first times I gave the kids their exams. "I don't know that!" "I didn't read anything about that!" "Mom, I don't understand your questions." But this time? This time each of the kids looked over the exam and not a quibble. I do plan (with their permission) to put some of their on the blog when it's all done. 

Some of the questions for this exam may have come from AO's Y10 exams but at this moment, I can't recall which! 

Y10

Finish the motto:

I am ...

I can ...

I ought ...

I will ...

Bible

Choose 3

1. What does it mean "for the most part, the Christian life, as it is generally lived, is not entirely a happy life"? Explain scripturally why our life as Christians should be something that makes us happy.

2. What is “God’s Side and Man’s Side”? How do they relate?

3. What are the chief characteristics of a “life hid with Christ in God” and how does it differ from the ‘ordinary’ Christian experience?

4. What do you know about consecration?

5. What concept(s) has struck you most strongly so far?

AND

Recite all verses learned up to this point for “100 Verses in 2013”

Composition/Literature/Poetry

1. Write a sketch of Uncle Tom or Eva. (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

OR

2. Compare and contrast two slave-holding households. (Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin)

3. Summarize the short story My Kinsman, Major Molineux, Young Goodman Brown, or The Fall of the House of Usher.

4. Describe a scene from your reading in Les Miserables.

5. Write a praise poem in rhyming couplets. (Roar on the Other Side)

OR

6. Write a poem in a form of your choice about water.

English Grammar/Editing

1. Tell a copyeditor’s responsibilities and principal tasks. (The Copyeditor’s Handbook)

2. Complete a page in Editor in Chief.

3. Tell what you know about good and bad compulsive traits of editors. (The Elements of Editing)

4. Recall the basic steps in processing a manuscript. (The Elements of Editing)

American History

1. Describe Booker T. Washington's rise from a life of slavery. (Up From Slavery)

2. Immigration to America during the years 1815-1830 was very high. Tell why this happened. (A History of the American People)

OR

3. Write a character sketch of a prominent individual from A History of the American People.

4. What do you know about The Holy Alliance Treaty between Alexander I., emperor of Russia, Francis I., emperor of Austria, and Frederick William III., king of Prussia?  (Document)

Geography

Choose 3

1. What did Kinglake see in Galilee? (Eothen)

2. Tell about pilgrims journeying to the Holy City. (Eothen)

3. Describe the plague in Cairo. (Eothen)

4. What do you know about Canaan? (Walking the Bible)

5. Write what you recall about the Dead Sea. (Walking the Bible)

6. Share a scene or information you recall from Walking the Bible.

AND

7. Fill in the USA map, add in capitals you know.

8. Seterra- Choose a country or location that you know well to practice. Write the country name and your final score.

Chemistry/Nature Study/Health

Choose 3 for Chemistry

1. What do you know about the first elements?

2. Tell what you know about ancient metals.

3. Describe the composition of atoms.

4. Explain the difference between alchemists and chemists.

5. Write about phlogiston.  (Mystery of the Periodic Table)

AND

6. Describe an experiment you performed this term. (Be sure to include the relevant information, ‘why, how, what’ and your thoughts.)

7. Make a journal entry for Nature Study.

8. Explain the different fuels for our body and how they are used. (THM)

OR

9. What effect does excess insulin have on the body?

Citizenship/Government/Worldview

See AO. 

4. Write about “the roots of capitalism”. (Economics 101)

5. Why is understanding the ‘starting point’ important for worldview? (Thinking Straight…)

6. What is a statist viewpoint? Write about one ‘statist viewpoint’ and the ‘other side of the story’? (Evaluating Books)

Math

Complete the next lesson in Life of Fred: Geometry.

Latin

Complete Lesson 4 Quiz in Second Form Latin.

ASL

LifePrint (TBD)

Picture Study/Music Appreciation

1. Describe a picture from this term's picture study.

2. Tell about your favorite piece of music from this term.

OR

3. Tell about your favorite composer from this term.

Recitation

Recite the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence