Friday, June 02, 2006

Study Guide for finals

Science
Chapter 2- Earthquakes and volcanoes
Chapter 3- Weathering and Mass Movement
Chapter 5- Periodic Table
Chapter 12 – Weather Systems
Chapter 18-21 – Astronomy


Reading / Writing
- Review your notebooks for the following:
· persuasive writing
· analyzing a short story
· expository writing
· analyzing a painting
· ideas on creating visual thinking skills

- Comparing and contrasting
- Inferring
- Drawing Conclusions


Social Studies
· chapter 10 – Age of Exploration
· chapter 12 - Democracy in the Age of Jackson
· chapter 13 – westward expansion
· chapter 17- Civil War
· chapter 18- Era of Reconstruction


Mathematics
- Chapter 2 – Fractions : addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Chapter 8 – Decimals to fractions; terminating and repeating decimals.
- Chapter 9 – Measurement: metric and customary units.
- Chapter 10 – Plane Geometry: - using a protractor, bisecting an angle, constructing parallel and perpendicular lines, line and rotational symmetry.
- Chapter 13 – Percentages/ Decimals/ Fractions


Spelling
- Vocabulary for Achievement
· word lists and definitions for chapters 10-12
- Spelling Text
· Units 25-30 Word lists, definitions, usage and punctuation.





Religion
- Definition of the following:
· Lords day
· Yahweh
· Exorcism
· Ascension
· New commandment
· Mystagogy
· Viaticum
· Triduum
· Neophyte

Review:

New Testament
Chapter 8 – Jesus’ divinity
Chapter 12 – Church as the kingdom f God
Chapter 11 – Paschal Mystery


Faith and Witness
Chapters 4, 5, 10 and 11 – Focus on the Sacraments. Their origins, essence, and associated rituals.