Haque Academy Midterm Exam Syllabus 2023 Grade 7

MATHEMATICS

Unit 1: Primes, HCF and LCM

Textbook Topics:

New Syllabus Mathematics Textbook

Chapter 1: Primes, Highest Common Factor and Lowest Common Multiple

Learning Objectives:

a) Prime Numbers

 Explain what a prime number is

 Determine whether a whole number is a prime
 Express a composite number as a product of its prime factors
 Compute highest common factors (HCF) and least common factors (LCM) using prime
factorization
 Solve problems involving HCF and LCM in real-life context

b) Square, Cubes, Roots, and Reciprocals

 Find square, cube, and reciprocal of a given number

 Find square and cube root of the given number using prime factorization

Unit 2: Real Numbers

Chapter 2: Integers, Rational Numbers and Real Numbers (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4)

Learning Objectives:

 Understand the real number system

 Use negative numbers, rational numbers and real numbers in a real world context
 Know the following general rules to simplify the four operations with integers

Rules for Adding and Subtracting Integers

i. +(-n) = -n
ii. (-n) = +n
iii. -a-b = -(a+b)
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iv. a-b = -(b-a)

v. -b+a = a+(-b)

Rules for multiplying integers

i. -a × b = -(a×b)
ii. -a × (-b) = ab
iii. a × (-b) = -(a×b)
iv. Multiplying even number of negative factors - the product is always positive
v. Multiplying odd number of negative factors - the product is always negative

Rules for division of integers

i. (–a) ÷ b = -(a÷b)
ii. (–a) ÷ (-b) = a ÷b
iii. a ÷ (- b) = -(a÷b)

Unit 3: Algebra

Textbook Topics:

Chapter 4: Basic Algebra and Algebraic Manipulations (4.1, 4.2, 4.3)

Learning Objectives:

 Use letters to represent numbers.

 Express basic arithmetical processes algebraically from word to algebraic expression and vice
versa.
 Evaluate the given algebraic expressions.
 Expand and simplify algebraic expressions.
 Expand and simplify algebraic expressions with fractional coefficients.
 Combine like terms with the same letters/variables and same exponents.

Unit 4: Linear Equations

Textbook Topics:

Chapter 5: Linear Equations and Simple Inequalities (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, Selected questions only)

Learning Objectives:
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 Understand the concept of open sentences or explore the concept of equations and
inequality
 Know the symbols of inequalities (>, < , ≤ , ≥, ≠)
 Know that open sentences which use the symbol ‘=’ are called equations
 Solve linear equations in one variable
 Solve fractional equations that can be reduced to linear equations
 Formulate linear equations to solve word problems

(All the work completed from the book, workbook, worksheets and practice questions
shared through LMS are included.)
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SCIENCE

Resources for Exam Preparation:

 Science Matters Textbook Volume A & B

 Science Matters Workbook Volume A & B
 ALL resource notes posted on LMS
 ALL videos posted on LMS
 ALL worksheets done as Class Work and Homework
 ALL notes & and video notes done in Science Journal

Unit 1: Particulate Nature of Matter & Effects of Heat and its Transmission

Chapter 7: The Particulate Nature of Matter (Volume A)

 7.1 Using the Particulate Nature of Matter as a Model

 7.2 Models of States of Matter
 7.3 Models of Expansion and Contraction
 7.4 Models of Changes in State

Chapter 17: Effects of Heat and its Transmission (Volume B)

 17.1 Expansion and Contraction of Matter

 17.2 Effects of Expansion and Contraction

Students should be able to:

 State that matter is made up of small particles, which are in constant and random motion.

 Understand the simple model of solid, liquid, and gases in terms of the arrangements and
movement of particles.

 Compare the properties of solids, liquids, and gases (volume, shape, density and
compressibility) in terms of how particles are arranged.

 Use models to explain melting and boiling in terms of the change in the state of matter.

 Explain the difference between boiling and evaporation.

 Understand that matter generally expands when heated and contracts when cooled.
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 List and explain some of the everyday applications and consequences of expansion and
contraction.

 Explain that heat can be transferred through conduction, convection, and radiation.

Unit 2: Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

Chapter 3: Exploring Diversity of Matter by its Chemical Composition

 3.1 Chemical Composition of Matter

 3.2 What are Elements?
 3.3 What are Compounds?

Students should be able to:

 Identify an element as the building block of matter

 Identify if a substance is an element

 Classify elements into metals and non-metals based on their properties

 Identify some properties and uses of common metals and non-metals

 Understand how elements are generally classified into metals and non-metals in the
Periodic Table.

 Describe compounds as substances consisting of two or more chemically combined

elements

 Recognize a compound through its general characteristics and chemical reactions

 Understand that mixtures are made up of two or more elements and/or compounds that
are not chemically combined

Unit 3: Atoms and Molecules

Chapter 8: Model of Matter (Volume A)

 8.1 The Atom

 8.2 Using Models to Represent Atoms
 8.3 Using a Model to represent the structure of an Atom
 8.4 The Molecule
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Students should be able to:

 Understand the history and importance of atoms and how the understanding of the atom
has evolved.
 State the definition, characteristics, and relative size of an atom.
 Use simple models and symbols to represent atoms.
 Identify protons, neutrons and electrons as subatomic parts of an atom and state its relative
charge.
 Define proton number (atomic number) as the number of protons in the nucleus of an
atom.
 Define nucleon number (mass number) as the total number of protons and neutrons in the
nucleus of an atom.
 Define isotopes as atoms of the same element which have the same proton number but a
different nucleon number.
 Use proton number and the simple structure of atoms to explain the basis of the Periodic
Table with special reference to the elements of proton number 1 to 20.
 For first twenty elements, draw models to illustrate how electrons are correctly arranged in
shells orbiting the nucleus.
 Define molecule and how it is different from an atom.
 State the difference between molecule of an element or molecule of a compound.
 Create models to show molecules of elements or compounds (molecular diagram and ball
and stick model).
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URDU

 Composition

 Comprehension

 Translation

 Cloze passage

 Dialogue writing

 Summary writing

 Idioms

 Grammar (including Book and Notebook)

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ENGLISH

ENGLISH COMPOSITION PAPER 1

A. FICTIONAL NARRATIVE

Students will be expected to plan and write a Short Story between 350-450 words from the
choice of prompts given.

 Planning should be done separately covering all the relevant points of the story. Focus on
the Plot, Settings, and Characters when planning your story. Elements of story arc must be
incorporated in the plan and evolved within the narrative.
 Decide the narrative tense of your story (first person, third person- omniscient and third
person -limited)
 Create interesting conflict with eventful rising actions
 Climax should be thought provoking.
 Modes of story-telling (Internal Monologues, Dialogues, Narration, Description) must be
incorporated within the narrative.
 Characterization - Whether the prime character of the story is a Protagonist or an
Antagonist. Evolve them through actions and behavior as the story unfolds.
 Figurative language such as similes, metaphors, personification and imagery must be
incorporated wherever it supports the flow of the story
B. POETRY WRITING - Free Verse Poetry:

(Students will NOT need to follow the strict poetic norms and rules, but they must incorporate
all the poetic tool and figurative language taught in class as they like)

 Plan their poem as per the poetry map provided

 Create first rough draft including all the elements mentioned below and then write the
final one.
 Identify and create the EXTENDED METAPHOR for the topic given.
 Brainstorm ideas for comparison.
 Figurative language such as Similes, Personification, and Imagery must be carefully penned
in a poetic manner to allow the reader to feel and visualize the idea.

ENGLISH COMPREHENSION PAPER 2

COMPREHENSION PAPER: The comprehension paper will comprise a fictional narrative

and poetry comprehension. Students should be able to apply their learning of the fictional
narrative unit and Poetry unit to extract correct information and formulate answers. Students
will be expected to:

 Demonstrate understanding and analysis of unseen passages from fiction genres.

 Identify elements of fictional narrative
 Analyze character traits, behaviors, and actions
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 Infer the character’s motives, personality, and intentions with reference to the context
given
 Identify the author’s purpose, main idea, theme
 Identify the narrative tense of the story
 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including literal,
figurative, and connotative meanings.
 Demonstrate understanding of imagery and figurative language (simile, metaphor,
personification, hyperbole, irony).
 Understand and identify sound devices (alliteration, assonance, consonance,
onomatopoeia) and rhyme scheme.
 Identify the Voice and Tone in a poem.

Answers should be written in complete sentences and revised for spelling or sentence structure
errors.
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HISTORY

Chapter 1: Islam, its origins and its successes (Pages 1 to 7)

A. Labeling Map: Figure 1.1 on page 1. Location of the following countries/cities on the map
of Arabia must be noticed and practiced:

a. Saudi Arabia b. Makkah c. Madina d. Basrah e. Jerusalem f. Damascus g. Oman h. Yemen i.

Red Sea j. Arabian Sea

B. Fill in the blanks and short questions from the following topics:

a. Hijrat to Medina

b. Conquest of Makkah

c. Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphate (notes on LMS)

Essay questions from the following topics:

a. The life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

b. Khulafa e Rashidun

Chapter 2: The Abbasids and Islamic Civilization (Pages 9 to 14)

A. Study the following topics thoroughly for short answers and fill in the blanks.

1. Islamic civilization, page 9

2. Astronomy, page 10

3. Mathematics, optics and Medicine, pages 11 & 12

4. Technology, page 13 (Water machines)

5. Art and Architecture, page 14 (notes on Calligraphy and Arabesque given in copy)

6. Astrolabes (answer done in copies)

7. Camera Obscura (image and description)

8. Information on Al Razi and Ibn Sina, Al Nafis, Al Biruni, Al – Battani, Ibn – Al –

Haythem, Omar Al Khayyam
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(All information from book and notes given in copy)

B. Understand and be able to explain the importance of the following figures. (You will not be
asked to draw any figure.)

 Fig 2.2  Fig 2.6

 Fig 2.3  Fig 2.8

 Fig 2.4  Fig 2.9

C. Study the following topics for detailed answers.

1. Round city of Baghdad

2. Notes on Bait ul Hikmat & Harun Rashid (notes are on LMS)

3. Camera Obscura (images and answers done in copies)

4. Golden age of Islam (answers done in copies)

Chapter 3: The Byzantium and Europe (Pages 15-19)

A. Map work: Locate the following on the present-day world map.

 The Byzantine empire

 Bosphorus Strait, Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

 Constantinople

B. Essay questions from the following topics:

1. The Byzantine Empire (Page 16 and notes in copy)

2. Constantine the great (notes in copy); Location of Constantinople on modern day world map

3. Justinian code – (notes in copy)

4. What allowed Byzantine Empire to grow – (notes in copy)

5. Western Europe in 600 (Page 16)

6. Charlemagne – Famous king of Medieval Europe – handout

 Achievements and Qualities that made him a good ruler

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 Trial by Ordeal versus Trial by Panel/Jury

 Why did Charlemagne feel there was a need to change the law of trial by ordeal

 Discuss the advantages of trial by panel/jury over trial by ordeal

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GEOGRAPHY

Chapter 1: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Fold Mountains

1. Tectonic plates and plate boundaries (pages 2 and 3 of book and all work done on LMS and
copy)

 Figure 1.2 (labeling of continents and 7 major tectonic plates, importance of arrows, names of
plates that form different boundaries)

 1.3 and 1.4 (labeling)

2. Earthquakes (pages 4 and 5 of book and all work done on LMS and copy)

3. Volcanoes (pages 6 and 7 of book and all work done on LMS and copy)

 Figure 1.10 (drawing and labeling)

4. How are Young fold mountains formed? (pages 9 and 10 of book and all work done on LMS
and copy)

 Figure 1.15 (label young fold mountains on world map)

5. Major relief features in Pakistan (page 11, 12 and 13 of book, labelling of map, and all work done
on LMS and copy)

6. The Pacific Ring of Fire (page 14 of book. Answer done in copy)

(All definitions and explanations shared on LMS)

Chapter 2 – Tectonic activity and the effects on people

Section 1: Earthquake damage

 List and differentiate between primary and secondary effects of earthquakes (page 16)

 Causes of secondary effects of earthquakes (page 16)

(Excluded - Figure 2.8, page 21 and Figure 2.9, page 22)

Section 3: Volcanoes and their effects on people (pages 27 & 28)

 Benefits of volcanoes - Figure 2.16

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 Disadvantages of volcanoes

Chapter 3: Climate and human activities

 How climate changes between the equator and poles (pages 36 and 37)

 Factors that affect climate: Latitude and Altitude (pages 38, 39 & 40)

 Factors that affect climate: distance from sea and wind direction (pages 40, 41, 42 & 43)

 Do people affect climate (pages 44, 45, 46 & 47)

 Climate Graphs –

 Line and bar graphs - Drawing and interpretation of line and bar graphs

(All definitions and explanations shared on LMS.)