Monday, December 17, 2012

Final Unit


EOC Review Syllabus

November 27 to December 21 
End of Course Test:  A state test design to measure a student’s reading, critical thinking, and writing skills.
Purposes: To ensure that students have all the skills need to pass the exam.
Objective: To complete a comprehensive review of the skills taught in English I and English II

Materials: State created practice test, vocabulary list, essay prompts, and student generated review materials


Daily Activities and Homework Assignments
Days
Class Activities
Homework
Christmas Break
None
Complete the EOC review packet. Create flash cards on the EOC terms, annotate the sample passage, and answer the sample questions correctly. However, flash cards can be used on the Jan. 3 exam. Due Jan. 11
Jan 3-4
Final Course Test (EOC style test with multiples and short answer

Jan. 7
Test Corrections

Jan. 8
Nonfiction multiples and short answer

Jan. 9
Poetry multiples and short answer

Jan. 10
Fiction multiples and short answer

Jan. 11
Grammar, Vocab, and Tone
Flash cards due
Jan. 14
First period exam

Jan. 15
Second period exam

Jan. 16
Third period exam

Jan. 17
Fourth period exam

Jan. 18
Make up exam


Front of Card: Term and picture to help you remember the definition




Terms for Flash Cards

Back of card: definition, example, and purpose the concept is used for in literature.
Simile
Slant character
Slant rhyme
Static character
Style
Symbolism
Syntax
Theme
3rd person omniscient
1st person
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Understatement
Allusion
Autobiography
Biography
Character trait
Memoir
Tone
Novel
Onomatopoeia

Cliché
Climax
Conflict
Consonance
Diction
Direct characterization
Dynamic character
End rhyme
Exact rhyme
External
Fiction
Flat character
Imagery
Implication
Indirect characterization
Introverted
Irony
1st person
Nonfiction

Perception
Person vs Person
Personification
Physical characteristic
Plot
Alliteration
Purpose
Rising action
Round character
Sensory details
3rd person limited
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Internal
Assonance
Level of formality
Mood


“Terminology” & Corresponding Questions from Released Test:
Directions
Read the chart below. Highlight any concepts that you would not be comfortable dealing with on the EOC. 
Cultural background

#14. How does the speaker’s cultural background affect her perception of the noon-time workers of New York?

Speaker’s point of view

#16. How does the speaker’s point of view affect her impression of the bustle of New York?

Inferred

#22. What is one possible reason why Kiran takes a “warm interest” in the Brahmin boy?
#30. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
#42. What can be inferred from the statement below?
#45. What can be inferred about Stefan’s character?
#52. What can be inferred from the author’s focus on Argentina’s trouble past and present situation?

Implied

#20. What is implied in the sentence below?
Reveal

#23. What does Kiran’s reaction to the arrival of the boy reveal about her character?

Convey

#39. In this selection, the use of the word liberalism to describe Stepan’s interactions with others is meant to convey what about his character?

Assumptions
#43. What assumptions can reader make about a character?

Connotation

#24. In the sentence below from the last paragraph, how does the connotation of the words reflect Sharat’s attitude toward the boy?

Additional depth
#25. How does the author introduce additional depth to the conflict between the two characters?

Internal conflict

#26. How does the author’s use of third person point of view reinforce the reader’s understanding of the character’s internal conflict?

Objective summary

#27. What is an objective summary of the selection?


Summarize the central idea

#46. Which statement summarizes the central idea of the selection?


Significance of (or Purpose of) individual words, sentences; paragraphs; sections…on the “selection”
#33. What is the significance of the statement below?
#41. In this selection, what is the purpose of the sentences below?
#49. What is the effect of the phrase below on the overall selection?


Phrasing
#42.  the phrasing demonstrates ___ attribute within character…
         the phrasing displays contrasts within character…
         the phrasing maintains characterization as …
         the phrasing builds (suspense) re: character’s motive/relationship

Figurative language

#50.  What is the purpose of the figurative language in the sentence below from the last paragraph?

Personification

#18. How does the use of personification in the first paragraph help develop the setting?
#31. What does the author mean when she describes the setting as “_____”?

Setting

#18. How does the use of personification in the first paragraph help develop the setting?

Simile

#19. What is the meaning of the simile in the sentence below from paragraph 5?

Rhyme scheme

#10. How does the author’s use of rhyme scheme enhance the theme of the poem?

Stanzas

#13. How has the speaker changed between the first and last stanzas of the poem?

Rhetorical Question
#53. In the excerpt from “”, why does the author choose to end the selection with a rhetorical question?  Use examples to support your answer.



Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Week 16


Week 16 Lessons 
Please note the following change in your syllabus. Test review will be Dec. 12 and is worth 50 points. Packet must be complete to count for credit.
Test is Dec. 14
Lab day is Dec. 17