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The document summarizes the scheme of assessment for Queenstown Secondary School's mid-year exams in 2010. It outlines the exam structure, duration, description, topics covered, and weightings for various subjects including English, mother tongue languages, mathematics, science, history, literature, design & technology, and art. Exams consist of multiple choice questions, short answer questions, structured questions, essays and comprehension passages. Subject assessments are divided into one or two exam papers and, in some cases, include coursework or practical components. Weightings for exam papers range from 30% to 70% depending on the subject.

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Sec 2 Normal Academic

The document summarizes the scheme of assessment for Queenstown Secondary School's mid-year exams in 2010. It outlines the exam structure, duration, description, topics covered, and weightings for various subjects including English, mother tongue languages, mathematics, science, history, literature, design & technology, and art. Exams consist of multiple choice questions, short answer questions, structured questions, essays and comprehension passages. Subject assessments are divided into one or two exam papers and, in some cases, include coursework or practical components. Weightings for exam papers range from 30% to 70% depending on the subject.

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Queenstown Secondary School Mid-Year Exam 2010 Scheme of Assessment Sec 2 Normal Academic Subject Paper Duration Description

Candidates answer both Section 1 and Section 2. Section 1 Free Writing Four topics are set. Choose one topic and write 200 350 words on it. Section 2 Situational Writing Candidates write 150 220 words on the question. All questions are compulsory. Section A: Comprehension Vocabulary Summary Section B: Grammar Letter writing + composition comprehension Listening comprehension Section A: Functional Writing (OE) - letter writing - dialogue (Minimum of 80 words) Section B: Essay Writing (OE) - Descriptive - Expository - Narrative (Minimum of 180 words) Section A A1 Prefixes, suffixes, affixes A2 Proverbs A3 Writing sentences A4 Gap Passage Section B Comprehension (MCQ) Section C Comprehension (OE) Listening Comprehension Marks Weighting

Paper 1

1h 30 min

60

50%

English Language

45 50% 15 70 100 30 35% 50% 15%

Paper 2

1h 30 min

Mother Tongue (Chinese)

Paper 1 1 h 30 min Paper 2 1 h 30 min Paper 3 45 min Topics: Book 1A

20 35% 50

Paper 1

1 h 30 min

Mother Tongue (Malay) Paper 2 1 h 30 min

10 5 9 5 10

35%

Mother Tongue (Tamil)

26 Paper 3 45 min 20 30% Topics: Unit 1 to 5 Proverbs No.1 to 25(Reduction list) This paper is divided into two sections. Students answer both Section 1 and Section 2. Section 1 - Letter Writing (Two 20 Paper 1 2h topics are set. Students choose one 40% topic and write 60 - 70 words on it.) Section 2 - Essay Writing (Four 40 topics are set. Students choose one topic and write 130 - 150 words on it.) Language Use and Comprehension Paper 2 1 h 30 min 70 47% (All questions are compulsory.) Listening Comprehension (This Paper 3 30 min paper consists of 10 questions. All are 20 13% compulsory.) Topics: Idioms and Word Pairs, Completion of Sentences, Sentence Construction, Cloze Passage, Comprehension (MCQ), Comprehension (open-ended) & Vocabulary

Subject

Paper Paper 1

Paper 2 Mathematics

Queenstown Secondary School Mid-Year Exam 2010 Scheme of Assessment Duration Description 16 22 short-answer and structured questions. 1 h 30 min All compulsory. 1 to 4 marks per question. 8 13 structured and long-answer questions. 1 h 30 min All compulsory. 4 to 10 marks per question.

Marks 60

Weighting 50%

60

50%

Science

History

Literature

Design & Technology

Art

Topics: Chapter 1: Algebraic Expansions and Factorisation Chapter 2: Algebraic Fractions, Equations and Inequalities Chapter 3: Cartesian Coordinates and Linear Graphs Chapter 4: Proportions and Map Scales Chapter 8: (8.1 8.2) Statistics and Simple Probability Includes Sec 1 Topics (10 15 %) MCQ (40 marks) 1 h 45 min Structured questions (30 marks) 100 Free response questions (30 marks) Topics: Chemistry Kinetic Particle Theory Atomic Structure Elements, Compounds & Mixtures Formulae Physics Energy Light Electricity Section A Part 1: MCQ (25m) Part 2: Short-answer Questions (20m) 1 h 30 min 80 Section B: Part I SBQ (15m) Part II Structured-essay (20m) Topics: Chapters 6 to 9 Section A: Prose 30 Paper 1 1h 30 min Section B: Poetry 20 Sing to the Dawn Poems taught in class. Section A: 40 m Paper 1 Design Questions 1h 60 (Theory) Section B: 20 m Isometric Drawings On-going Journal 40 Paper 2 (Coursework) work Practical 30 Topics: What is Design? PRIME Research (Interview, Questionnaire & PMI) Design Needs, Brief and Specifications Presentation Drawing Presentation Board Isometric Drawing 2 h 30 min Drawing and Painting 100 Topics: Drawing and Painting with Preparatory work included as assessment.

100%

100%

100%

30

70

100%

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