Mrs. JIndra’a

9th grade review sheet

1st semester exam

Tuesday: Final (1st period exam---7:45 – 9:15) Room 112

This review sheet highlights all of the learning indicators and skills you were supposed to master this semester. Underneath each indicator is a bolded passage explaining how we practiced that skill in the 1st or 2nd quarter. The exam will have some information we have covered in class, but it will also be filled with cold reads, readings you have not seen before. You will be asked to read these passages and answer questions about them. This will show that your skills have transferred to new information, hence, showing that you truly have mastered the skill in English class this year. In order to prepare for the exam please read through this list of questions and consider if you have mastered each skill. If you have not mastered these skills, go back and practice the skill, review your notes, finish reading the novel, review definitions and the handouts, practice analysis, finding text evidence, etc. Consider the following information we covered this semester:

·  Review your notes, expository/informative, and comparison writing.

·  Do you know what to include in a well-written essay?

·  Do you know the purpose of, expository and comparison essay?

·  Do you know the formula/structure and definition of an essay?

·  Do you know the importance of understanding your speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and main idea in a piece of writing?

·  Do you know how to analyze the author’s point of view in a piece of writing?

·  Do you know how to determine the main idea from a piece of writing?

·  Do you know the difference between fiction and nonfiction?

·  Do you know how to respond to an OGT short or extended response question?

·  Do you know how to write an essay using the appropriate structure?

·  Do you know how to label an essay (all parts in the margins so you know if you have included all of the elements)

·  Do you know how to form a thesis? Make a 3-part thesis? Make it parallel?

·  Do you know how to support a thesis?

·  Do you know how to write an essay?

·  Do you know how to vary your sentence structure?

·  Do you know how to find research?

·  Do you know how to analyze a literary text (like 1984)?

·  Do you know how to isolate themes in a literary text?

So how do you study?

Answer all of the following questions & then discuss with peers and in class next week

·  Review your notes, expository, and comparison writing.

·  Do you know what to include in the writing toolboxes? (Remember what Stephen King says? You need to bring the right tools to write)

Expository Essay Comparison Essay

·  What is the purpose of, expository and comparison essay?

·  What is the formula/structure and definition of an essay?

·  Do you know the difference between fiction and nonfiction?

·  Read the following excerpt from Richard Wright’s autobiography Black Boy on page 105, and apply and write an extended response about the theme of the text. (practices critical reading and writing skills)

·  Why is it important to understand your speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and main idea in a piece of writing?

o  Speaker:

o  Audience:

o  Purpose:

o  Tone:

o  Theme/Main Idea

·  What is the implicit/explicit argument or perspective in this piece of writing? Can you support your answer?

·  What is the structure for an essay?

·  Make this thesis parallel:

o  Although recycling is not mandatory in all cities one should participate in this because it takes care of the environment, living a green life, and determined to make a difference.

·  Do you know how to write a thesis? Make a 3-part thesis? Make it parallel? Now you try: Okay, write one! 

·  Why is the thesis so critical to an essay?

·  Explain how to support a thesis? What is an anecdote, analogy, facts, concrete details?

Anecdote:

Facts:

Text evidence:

·  Combine the following sentences and add variety:

I went to the store and got a notebook. Now I can write a diary of my thoughts. This will make me feel better.

·  Why is sentence variety important in writing?

·  Add transitions to the following passage: (for a key ---look on next page)

o  The ancient Egyptians were masters of preserving dead people's bodies by making mummies of them. Mummies several thousand years old have been discovered nearly intact. The skin, hair, teeth, fingernails and toenails, and facial features of the mummies were evident. It is possible to diagnose the disease they suffered in life, such as smallpox, arthritis, and nutritional deficiencies. The process was remarkably effective. Sometimes apparent were the fatal afflictions of the dead people: a middle-aged king died from a blow on the head, and polio killed a child king. Mummification consisted of removing the internal organs, applying natural preservatives inside and out, and then wrapping the body in layers of bandages.

·  Why are transitions necessary in writing?

·  Do you know how to find credible research?

·  Correct the following parenthetical citations.

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," (Wordsworth, 263)

o  Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process. (Wordsworth).

·  How do you write a works cited page? Why must it be done?

·  Review the works cited page below and underline the thing that would be found in each parenthetical citation.

Works Cited is a list of citations at the end of a research paper. A Works Cited page starts on a new page and is numbered as a continuation of the paper. Items in a Works Cited list are alphabetized by author. When no author is given, alphabetize by title, ignoring “A”, “An” and “The” if one of these is the firstword. Use a five space (½”) indentation for all lines after the first line of a citation entry. Double-space the entire list.

Works Cited

Berman, Morris. The Twilight of American Culture. New York: W.W. Norton,

2000. Netlibrary. Web. 22 Aug. 2009.

Cox, Ted. “Once Daring, MTV Now a Bland Corporate Commodity.” Daily Herald

[ArlingtonHeights, IL] 1 Aug. 2006: 1. Infotrac Custom Newspapers. Web. 27 Aug. 2009.

Curtin, Michael F. “Media and the Degradation of Language: The Tides of

Vulgarity Can be Countered.” Vital Speeches of the Day 72.20-21 (Aug. 2006): 578-80. Print.

Edmundson, Mark. “One the Uses of a Liberal Education: I. As Lite

Entertainment for Bored College Students.” Harper’s Sept. 1997: 39-49. Print.

KEY FOR TRANSITIONS

Below is the same paragraph revised for coherence. Italics indicates pronouns and repeated/restated key words, bold indicates transitional tag-words, and underlining indicates parallel structures.

The ancient Egyptians were masters of preserving dead people's bodies by making mummies of them. In short, mummification consisted of removing the internal organs, applying natural preservatives inside and out, and then wrapping the body in layers of bandages. And the process was remarkably effective. Indeed, mummies several thousand years old have been discovered nearly intact. Their skin, hair, teeth, fingernails and toenails, and facial features are still evident. Their diseases in life, such as smallpox, arthritis, and nutritional deficiencies, are still diagnosable. Even their fatal afflictions are still apparent: a middle-aged king died from a blow on the head; a child king died from polio.

·  Do you know how to analyze a literary text (1984)?

·  (We will write a reduction for these---I will explain next week)

Literary Devices / 1984
Characters
Setting
Plot
Conflict
Theme
Symbols
Important Quotes
Social Commentary
Themes

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·  Do you know how to isolate themes in a literary text? If so, what are some of the themes in 1984? How do you know they are themes?

·  Why are works of literature so important to read?

·  Can you elevate the diction of the following passage?

The small boy bent down in the corner and picked up a small piece of thread. As he held it in his hand, he realized it was much more than a small string. He realized it was the connection to his past.

·  Essay Writing:

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Do you know how to respond to an OGT short or extended response question?

These are the formal directions for an OGT Writing Test: The OGT will ask you to write two essays to writing prompts. One at the beginning of the test and one at the end. The writing prompts will either be expository or persuasive (see why we are spending so much time on these popular essay forms?). You will have a maximum of 2 ½ hours to complete the essays, multiple choice, and short-response section.

Here are two examples you could try:

Expository: Most people have a favorite season or time of the year. Write an essay explaining your favorite season.

Comparison Most students have a class that they like and a class that they do not like. Write an essay comparing two classes that you are taking this year.