Name: ______Date: ______

Assignment: Fall 2017 Final Exam Study Guide Period: ______

Section #1- Daily Grammar Practice

Directions: Capitalize and punctuate the sentence. Identify the parts of speech for each word in the sentence. Identify the subject (complete & simple), complete predicate, verb, direct object, predicate nominative, and prepositional phrase for each sentence. Identify the sentence type as simple, compound, complex and compound-complex; identify the sentence purpose as declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

  1. i rode my old yellow bike
  2. did your dog chew the blue slippers
  3. put the letter in its envelope
  4. wow that is a really big bridge
  5. both tayler and megan visited their friend in dallas texas during the summer
  6. to whom were you speaking
  7. my friend jessica really likes the song hakuna matata
  8. we visited seattle washington on our vacation
  9. your friends left their skateboards at my house
  10. four cats ran quickly through the yard

Section #2- Reading Comprehension

Time to Think

Ticktock, ticktock. For most kids, the average school day—six and a half hours—is long enough. But in some states, officials want more time on students' side. Kids need more time to learn, they say.

More class time can improve test scores, according to a recent report by the research group Education Sector. As a result, schools are experimenting with tacking on an hour or more to the school day.

Elementary and middle school students at Fletcher-Maynard Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have gone to an eight-hour school day. Fletcher-Maynard Academy is just one of 10 schools in Massachusetts trying out the new schedule. Lawmakers in Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, and Washington, D.C., are also debating extended school hours.

People in favor of longer school days say kids need to learn more to stay competitive in today's world. The additional hours enable teachers to spend more time on each subject. Fletcher-Maynard principal Robin Harris likes having the extra hours. "Teachers can be a little more creative," she told WR News.

Students aren't just spending the extra time with their heads in a book, though. Harris explains that her students get longer recesses and more snack time. Parent Dawn Oliver says her 11-year-old daughter, Brittany, is an advice columnist for a magazine at her school in Fall River, Massachusetts. "The kids get so involved in these things because it's not all book work," says Oliver.

Critics argue that extended school days could be too long for today's busy kids. And extra school time might prevent students from exploring other interests. Some students have complained about having to stay later. They are concerned that they wouldn't be able to concentrate during the last classes of the day.

Other people point out that longer school days interfere with, or get in the way of, after-school sports and clubs. "The day is long enough already," student Cameron Villers from Ansonia, Connecticut, told WR News. "After-school activities would be affected. Nobody wants to be at school from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m." If schools have different schedules, planning athletic games could prove difficult.

1. The author wrote this to

  1. encourage more schools to have a longer day.
  2. discourage schools from having a longer day.
  3. encourage readers to speak out against longer school days.
  4. inform the reader about schools with longer days.

2. Students who attend schools that have a longer day

  1. are smarter than students than who attend schools that have a shorter day.
  2. are more frustrated and tired than students who attend school that have a shorter day.
  3. have longer recesses than students who attend schools that have a shorter day.
  4. all of the above.

3. ______encourage students to learn more and do well in school.

  1. Schools that have longer days
  2. Typical schools
  3. Both types of schools
  4. Neither type of school

4. Schools that have a six-and-a-half-hour day

  1. give students a longer recess.
  2. allow the teachers more time to teach each subject.
  3. have students that do not score well on tests.
  4. give students more time for after-school activities.

Remote-Control Classroom

An Iowa class heads into high-tech tests.

Every student in class has a remote control, and the kids are clicking away at the screen. But they aren't changing channels. They're taking a test! Terry Rex's fourth graders at Wings Park Elementary School in Oelwein, Iowa, are using a new kind of classroom technology. Instead of writing with pencils on exam papers, the students use remote controls to take tests.

"It's more fun," Courtney Ricchio, 9, told WR News. "I don't have to write, and my hand doesn't get tired." The remote controls are part of the Classroom Performance System (CPS). When students use CPS to take a test, the questions appear on an electronic screen. Students key in their answers on the remote-control response pad.

Rex is one of the first teachers in Iowa to use CPS. His students use the technology for more than taking tests. They also play learning games with the system. Sam Myott, 9, says his favorite CPS activity is a football game. "It's a math game with multiplication and subtraction," he told WR News. "Since it's on the computer, it's more fun than a worksheet on your desk.”

Making the Grade

Some teachers think using CPS to grade a test is more efficient, or a better use of time, than grading a written test. The computer keeps track of the students' answers and prints out their grades at the end of the day. The computer also reports which questions the class found most difficult to answer, so Rex can review them with the group.

Tech Trends

Classrooms across the country are trying out new teaching gadgets.

The Right Touch

Sixth Graders Marina Gagliano (Front) and Kerry O'Conner Of Wellwood Middle School in Fayetteville, New York, label parts of a microscope on an interactive whiteboard. The whiteboard allows students to use their fingers to click and tap answers on the projected image.

Get Up And Go

Fourth and fifth graders at Elton Hills Elementary School in Rochester, Minnesota, are on the move. Their classrooms have no chairs! Tiny desks hold high-tech gadgets, such as laptops and iPods, with different lessons. Researchers say this setup may be healthier for students than sitting at desks all day.

1. One reason students might enjoy using the CPS is that they

  1. have more time for recess.
  2. can use it to play a math learning game.
  3. don’t have to study for their tests.
  4. don’t have any pencils.

2. The teachers like the CPS because

  1. the teacher does not have to teach the students.
  2. their students don’t have to study for the tests.
  3. the students use remote controls to answer questions.
  4. it tells them what the class needs to study more.

3. The high tech classrooms described in this passage include

  1. sixth grade only.
  2. fourth, fifth, and sixth grades.
  3. fourth and fifth grades.
  4. fourth grade only.

4. Which is a positive effect of using gadgets in the classroom?

  1. Students will spend more time alone and less time in groups.
  2. Students have eye problems caused by looking at a computer screen all day.
  3. Students’ hands hurt from using the remote controls all day.
  4. Students can move around the classroom.

Section #3- Writing

Wu Mei (Adeline Yen Mah) is mistreated in the memoir entitled,Chinese Cinderella, The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. Write a letter of advice to Wu Mei giving her encouragement about her situation. It must be written in the format of a letter. It must identify the problem(s) that she has, and you must offer her solution(s) for the problem(s).

Example:

Greeting:
Problem
Detail
Detail
Solution
Detail
Detail
Conclusion
Salutation: / Dear Wu Mei,
Identify the problem(s) that she has and include at least two details.
Offer her solution(s) to her problem(s) and include at least two details.
Write a conclusion and/or concluding sentence.
Your friend, or Sincerely,
Your Name

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