Unit 1 Study Guide Part I:

Students: Please be model active learners and be empathetic to your substitute and each other. Do not write on this handout as all classes need it today. You will write the questions and the answers on your own loose leaf notebook paper. You may work together, but you all must write your own questions and answers.

If you have not finished your revisions and your

8 sentence paragraph on the three revision techniques that you found had the greatest positive effect on your paper then you must get a computer and finish that first before you complete this activity.

Instructions: You will use the Springboard text to answer questions 1-17.

  1. Label the top of your paper Unit 1: Study Guide Part 1.
  2. Answer all of the following questions legibly.
  3. Skip one line in between each answer.

Read Page 30. (Pay particular attention: many of you had questions about transitions)

  1. What are two ways to create sentence variety?
  2. Why are transitions used in narratives?
  3. What are some common transitions used in narratives?
  4. What is parallel sentence structure?
  5. Follow the directions and complete the PRACTICE on page 30 as your answer for number 5.

Read Page 32-33

  1. What is coherence?
  2. What is internal coherence?
  3. What is external coherence?
  4. What helps both internal and external coherence?
  5. List the transitions used within the example paragraphs.
  6. List the transitions used between paragraphs.

Answer Check your Understanding questions bottom of page 33

  1. Describe the main steps to responding to a writing prompt. (the answer is in your reading from these 2 pages)
  2. Explain how a writing group can help you improve your writing. (Base this on your experience—be sure to explain your answer)

Pages 36-37

Read Grammar & Usage on Page 36. If you do not remember the definition of a compound-complex sentence, write the definition before answering the question about commas.

  1. List the 3 comma rules on page 37 in Grammar&Usage

Pages 40 and 41

Reread the definition for looping on page 40: you already have it written down from last week.

  1. What are coordinate adjectives?

Copy the sentences and fill in the blanks from page 41

  1. ______are used to separate ______adjectives in sentences.
  1. To figure out if adjectives are coordinate, first, ______the order of the adjectives; then, put the word ______between the adjectives. If the adjectives make ______, they are ______adjectives and require a ______between them.

As a reminder, words that give information about ______, shape, ______, color, material, religion, or ______are not coordinate ______.