The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has announced the structure of the 10th grade entrance exam.

Ninth-grade students from Nguyen Du Secondary School (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City). This is also the first group of candidates taking the 10th-grade entrance exam under the new exam structure.

Structure and format of the 10th grade Vietnamese language exam.

Scope of assessment: The required reading comprehension and writing skills in the 2018 General Education Program for lower secondary schools, primarily grades 8 and 9.

Reading Comprehension Section

• Source: Non-textbook materials
• Text type: Literary text, and one of two types: Argumentative text or informational text.
• Length: The total length of the texts in the exam should not exceed 1,300 words.

Write

a) Write a paragraph (approximately 200 words). One of the following two requirements must be met:

• Write a paragraph expressing your feelings about a poem or a stanza of a poem.
• Write a paragraph analyzing the thematic content, the distinctive artistic features of the work, and its aesthetic effect.

b) Write an essay. One of the following two requirements must be met:

• Write an argumentative essay on a social issue, clearly presenting the problem and the writer's opinion (agreement or disagreement) on that issue; provide convincing arguments and evidence.
• Write an argumentative essay on a problem that needs solving; present feasible and persuasive solutions.

Exam structure

Part 1 (5.0 points): Reading comprehension of literary texts and writing a paragraph

Question 1 (3.0 points): Reading Comprehension

Question 2 (2.0 points): Write a paragraph

Part 2 (5.0 points): Reading comprehension of argumentative or informational texts and writing a social commentary essay.

Question 1 (1.0 point): Reading Comprehension

Question 2 (4.0 points): Write a social commentary essay.

The Department of Education and Training also noted that the exam included a question on Vietnamese language in the reading comprehension section of a literary text.

The exam is designed to integrate the assessment of reading comprehension and writing skills, with the content in the writing section relating to the texts in the reading comprehension section.

Ninth-grade students will take the tenth-grade entrance exam this year under the new curriculum.

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Structure and format of the 10th grade math exam.

Scope of assessment: The 2018 General Education Program for Mathematics at the lower secondary level includes the following knowledge areas: Geometry and measurement; Numbers and algebra; Statistics and probability.

The test aims to assess mathematical abilities: mathematical thinking and reasoning; mathematical problem-solving; and mathematical modeling.

Assessment orientation: Students should be able to apply learned knowledge to solve real-world problems. Encouragement should focus on self-learning and creativity, avoiding rote memorization and memorization.

The assessment content aims to help students identify some of the necessary knowledge and skills for entering high school.

Exam structure

Exercise 1 (1.5 points) Given the function y = ^ax²

a) Draw the graph (P) of the above function.

b) Find the points on (P) that satisfy the given condition.

Exercise 2 (1 point) Given the quadratic equation ^ax² + bx + c = 0

a) Find the conditions under which the equation has solutions.

b) Using Vieta's formulas, calculate the value of the expression related to the roots.

Exercise 3 (1.5 points) Practical math problems involving probability and statistics.

Exercise 4 (1 point)

Write an expression A that represents a certain quantity x in a real-world problem.

Find the value of x for which A satisfies a certain condition.

Exercise 5 (1 point) Practical math problems related to geometry:

Perimeter, area of ​​a triangle, quadrilateral, arc length, circumference of a circle, area of ​​a circle, sector, segment, annulus...

Surface area, total surface area, volume of geometric shapes in reality…

Lesson 6 (1 point) Practical math problems involving equations, inequalities, and systems of linear equations with two variables.

Lesson 7 (3 points) Plane geometry problem consisting of 3 questions.

Prove that four points lie on a circle, and that elements are parallel, perpendicular, equal, etc.

Proving relationships, equal elements, collinearity, concurrency, etc.

Calculate length, perimeter, area, angle measurements, etc.

Assessment criteria: The learning objectives for mathematics in the 2018 general education curriculum, primarily for grades 8 and 9.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training will announce the structure of the 10th grade entrance exam this afternoon.

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Structure and format of the 10th grade English exam.

The assessment of language proficiency should not be based solely on students' rote memorization of grammar and vocabulary; it must also assess their ability to understand and apply language knowledge in appropriate contexts, especially in real-life situations.

Changes in assessment methods need to be synchronized with the use of appropriate teaching materials, and the teaching and learning of English should shift from primarily using the Grammar Translation or Direct Method to combining it with the Communicative Approach and applying language to real-life situations.

Focus the assessment on specific language skills, setting specific goals for each knowledge area.

Scope of evaluation:

Phonetics: Pronunciation of basic vowels and consonants; Correct stress placement; Vocabulary and grammar: Diverse vocabulary types and word meanings according to the curriculum; Grammar points according to the curriculum.

Communication, relating to real-life situations, the ability to understand and respond to simple situations in practical language.

Reading Comprehension: Read a text of 180-200 words and find the information; Read and fill in the blanks in a text of 80-100 words.

Writing: Write words in the correct form to complete meaningful sentences; Write simple sentences based on given information; Write sentences using grammatical structure and word combination skills.

Exam structure

Part 1 (1.0 point): Phonetics

From sentence 1 to sentence 4

Part 2 (3.0 points): Vocabulary, grammar, communication

From question 5 to question 16

Part 3 (3.0 points): Reading Comprehension

Read and fill in the blanks: From sentence 17 to sentence 22

Reading comprehension questions: Questions 23 to 28

Part 4 (4.0 points): Writing

Write the correct form of the word: From sentence 29 to sentence 34

Write the appropriate phrase based on the given information: Sentences 35, 36

Write sentences: From sentence 37 to sentence 40

The Department of Education and Training notes that the 10th grade English exam includes two new questions on writing appropriate phrases based on given information. This question tests the ability to read dictionary annotations to find linguistic information and apply knowledge.

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