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September 24, 2012
• Journal: Write 5 sentences using the following words- approbation, assuage, coalition, decadence, elicit
• Get paper out for notes!!
• 2 weeks left in the 6 weeks!!!
A happy picture for a Monday….Baby Pandas!!!!!!
Study Resourcesfor Retest tomorrow
• Literary Terms List (given in class 1st week)
• Prentice Hall Literature Textbook (students checked out copies 1st week)– pages 4-7– Glossary of Literary Terms in back (pages R21-
30)
You’re invited to Klein Volleyball Middle School Night on October 2nd, 5:30pm. Come support the Lady Bearkats as they play Spring in an exciting district game!
Reminders:
• Re-test tomorrow
• Vocab Unit 1 Quiz Wednesday
• Vocab Unit 2 Test Wednesday
• Dig Pink Game tomorrow night!
• Wear pink in class and come to the game!!
Shallie Jeopardy Rules1. One team begins by selecting a category and a point level.2. The answer for that item is revealed on the game board.3. The team member who is next in line for their team must
answer.4. That student – and only that student – may respond. 5. If the response is correct, the given number of points will be
added to the score of that player’s team. That player’s team chooses the next category and point level.
6. If the response is incorrect, no points will be added or subtracted. When the signal is given, other students may stand and respond to that same item, holding their hand up. Again, the first student to stand will be called on to respond.
7. Play continues until all the items on the game board have been revealed.
8. If you yell out and it’s not your turn, your team loses 10 pts each time
9. Do not answer unless you are next in line. No whispering or lipping the answers.
Follow all rules or there will be no game….
Final Review GameCategories 10 Points 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points
Definitions DEFINITIONS
10 POINTS
DEFINITIONS
20 POINTS
DEFINITIONS
30 POINTS
DEFINITIONS
40 POINTS
Green Multiple
Choice
Multiple Choice
10 POINTS
Multiple Choice
20 POINTS
Multiple Choice
30 POINTS
Multiple Choice
40 POINTS
Blue
Multiple choice
Multiple Choice
10 POINTS
Multiple Choice
20 POINTS
Multiple Choice
30 POINTS
Multiple Choice
40 POINTS
Muscles for the brain
Muscles for the Brain
10 POINTS
Muscles for the Brain
20 POINTS
Muscles for the Brain
30 POINTS
Muscles for the Brain
40 POINTS
Definitions – 10 Points
• is the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme
• Answer
Definitions – 10 Points Answer
• Exposition
• Home
Definitions – 20 Points
a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
Answer
Definitions 20 Points - Answer
• Rising action
• Home
Definitions 30 Points
• the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
• Answer
Definitions – 30 Points Answer
• Falling action
• Home
Definitions – 40 Points
• The judgments, attitudes, and experiences the author brings to the subject
• Answer
Definitions – 40 Points Answer
• Author’s perspective
• Home
Multiple Choice– 10 Points
• If there is a story written from a girl’s perspective about her grandfather, the excerpt would be an example of:
• A. historical fiction
• B. expository
• C. biography
• D. personal essay
• Answer
Multiple Choice – 10 Points Answer
• D. personal essay• historical fiction-fictional stories with real historical
settings• expository present facts to increase the knowledge and
understanding of an audience• Biography-Narratives of a person’s life that include
everything from birth to death, revealing those facts in an outsider’s objective tone.
• personal essay- essay written about a story, narrative
• Home
Multiple Choice – 20 Points
The point of view that sees the world through one character’s eyes and reveals only that character’s thoughts is:
a. First personb. Second personc. Limited third persond. Omniscient third person
• Answer
Multiple Choice – 20 Points Answer
• Limited third person
• Home
Multiple Choice– 30 Points
The point of view that is “all knowing” - can tell readers what each character is thinking / feeling is:
a. Second personb. Unreliable authorc. First person limitedd. Omniscient third person narrator
• Answer
Multiple Choice – 30 Points Answer
• D. omniscient third person narrator
• Home
Multiple Choice– 40 Points
• ________ is the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it’s the emotions a selection arouses in a reader
• A. tone
• B. attitude
• C. purpose
• D. mood
• Answer
Multiple Choice– 40 Points Answer
• Mood
• It’s how the READER feels
• Home
Multiple Choice– 10 Points
• _________ is the author’s attitude toward a subject
a. tone
b. mood
c. climax
d. personality
• Answer
Multiple Choice– 10 Points Answer
• A. tone
• It’s what the AUTHOR is trying to make the reader feel like
• Home
MC– 20 Points
• What is the purpose of this picture?
• A. to inform• B. to persuade• C. to compare• D. to entertain• Answer
MC– 20 Points Answer
• To persuade
• Home
MC– 30 Points
• Which of the following informational texts would most likely be written to persuade?
• a. an instruction manual
• b. an encyclopedia article
• c. a biography
• d. an editorial
• Answer
MC– 30 Points Answer
• D. An editorial
• Editorial is a piece written from an author’s opinion that is usually in a newspaper
• Home
MC– 40 Points
• Which of these would be most helpful in finding the author’s purpose of an informational text?
• a. examining the style• b. researching the author• c. defining technical terms• d. identifying the thesis• • Answer
MC– 40 Points Answer
• D. identifying the thesis
• The thesis has the purpose of any piece of literature.
• Home
Muscles– 10 Points
• Read this mini story: John is in the cockpit of an airplane. The plane hits turbulence and the captain struggles to regain control. It doesn't last long, and everything is soon seemingly fine again...(end of story: plane crashes)
• This is an example of __________
• Answer
Muscles10 Points - Answer
• Foreshadowing:
• author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that will come later in the story.
• Home
Muscles– 20 Points
• What is the author’s purpose?• A. the author’s ability to convince the reader• B. the appeals an author uses• C. the effect the author has on the reader• D. the author’s main reason for writing
• Answer
Muscles 20 Points -Answer
• D. the author’s main reason for writing
• Author’s purpose
• Home
Muscles– 30 Points• What is the author’s perspective in this statement:
Shortly after I moved to California, there was an earthquake. Needless to say, it shook me up. Not only did I end up running into the street in my pjs with kittens on them– in which any adult would be embarrassed to be seen– but I also forgot my keys inside the house when I locked the door.
• A. to inform• B. to entertain• C. to persuade• D. to memorialize
• Answer
Muscles 30 Points - Answer
• B. to entertain
• Memorialize: to make a memorial out of
• Home
Muscles– 40 Points
A text that presents facts to increase the knowledge and understanding of an audience
a. Newspaper
b. Book
c. Expository text
d. novella
• Answer
Muscles 40 Points - Answer
• C. expository text
• Home
Final Review Jeopardy Round• Team members consider the total points and
decide how many to risk the Final Shallie Question. They record that number of points on the team paper.
• The Final Shallie answer is revealed. • Teams have 60 seconds to decide on and
record the correct response. Responses must be in the form of a question.
• The correct response is announced. Each team shows its written response. If the response is correct, the points risked are added to the team score; if the response is incorrect, the points risked are subtracted.
Final Question
• Which of the following would be an appropriate subject for an expository essay?
• A. My First Day of School• B. How Photosynthesis Works
• C. Why Watching Television is Bad For you• D. My Crazy Dog
• ANSWER
Final Answer
• B. How Photosynthesis Works
• (because it is informing the audience)
Other words for review
• Dialogue: conversation between or among characters.
• Figurative language: Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else (similies, metaphors, personifications, alliteration, etc.)
• What is the theme of a selection?• A. its ideas• B. its overall plot• C. its dialogue • D. it’s underlying meaning
• Theme is revealed by the author, plot, characters, or dialogue
Point of view
• “I looked at the paper and was stunned to realize that I had finally passed a chemistry exam”
• First person
• A limited third person narrator describes the thoughts of how many characters?
• one