Transcript on my 9-Weeks Test? 9

9-WEEKS REVIEW
How do I make an “A” on my 9-Weeks Test?
VOCABULARY
Study Flashcards with a friend or family member.
Remember there are three vocabulary sheets:
The Holocaust Vocabulary
Short Story Elements
Vocabulary III
**All three vocabulary lists are on my website under
“Vocabulary” on the left-side of page.
PREFIXES
Study Prefixes with a friend or family member.
Remember there are three sets of prefixes and it’s under
“Vocabulary” on my website titled Root Words 2013.
STUDY THE GRAMMAR STUDY
GUIDE
Study the grammar study guide that I provided for you on
the last grammar quiz:
8 parts of speech
5 parts of a sentence
Complete Subj./Complete Pred.
Subjects, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions,
Prepositional Phrases, Object of Preposition
Questions that Adjectives and Adverbs Answer
Kinds of Sentences (Declarative, Exclamatory, Imperative, and Interrogative)
Classify Sentences ( Identify parts of speech and parts of sentence)
FIND THE MAIN
IDEA/SUPPORTING DETAIL
Be prepared to read a passage and find the main idea and supporting detail.
Where Do Songs come from?
Historians say the earliest music was probably connected
to religion. Long ago, people believed the world was controlled by
a variety of gods. Keeping the gods happy was believed to be
very important to survival. Singing was among the first things
humans did to show respect to the gods.
Singing is still an important part of most religions.
Buddhist (bood-ists), Christians, and Jews all use chants and/or
songs in their religious ceremonies. If you have every sung a
song, you know singing is fun. The feeling of joy that comes
from singing must also have made ancient people feel happy.
What is the main idea? What are some supporting details?
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Be prepared to answer basic comprehension
questions on Act II.
EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH
Noun
Pronoun
Adjective
Adverb
Verb
Adverb
Conjunction
Interjection
Preposition
PUNCTUATING QUOTATIONS
Refer to your D.O.L. for examples.
whose that note from asked mrs capulet juliets mother.
Its from that beauteous romeo replied juliet dreamily
Correct the sentence above with the correct punctuation
for quotations.
“Whose that note from?” asked Mrs.Capulet, Juliet’s
mother. It’s from that beauteous Romeo,” replied Juliet
dreamily.
FINDING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
The trouble with television is that it discourages concentration. Almost anything
interesting and rewarding in life requires some constructive, consistently applied effort.
The dullest, the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those
who never concentrate on anything. But television encourages us to apply no effort. It
sells us instant gratification. It diverts us only to divert, to make the time pass without
pain.
Television’s variety becomes a narcotic, not a stimulus. Its serial, kaleidoscopic
exposures force us to follow its lead. The viewer is on a perpetual guided tour: thirty
minutes at the museum, thirty at the cathedral, then back on the bus to the next
attraction – except on television, typically, the spans allotted are on the order of
minutes or seconds, and the chosen delights are more often car crashes and people
killing one another. In short, a lot of television usurps one of the most precious of all
human gifts, the ability to focus your attention yourself, rather than just passively
surrendering it.
Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a
mass-marketing tool? But I see its values now pervading this nation and its life. It has
become fashionable to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast moving, impatient public.
FINDING TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Find the answer in the text:
1) According to the author, what is the “trouble” with
television?
2) According to the passage, a lot of television usurps
one of the most precious of all human gifts. What is this
gift?
3) The author says that television “sells instant
gratification.” The word “gratification” probably
means—
A) information, B) interpretation, C) satisfication
Grammar Practice
Find the complete subject and complete predicate, and then identify the
simple subject and simple predicate:
1. Species of plants and animals are disappearing near cities.
2. Urban sprawl harms their habitats.
3. Growing families want bigger houses and yards.
4. Many of them move from dense central cities into suburbs.
5. Real-estate developers need land for new housing.
Find the three sentences that have prepositional phrases and write down the
phrase labeling the preposition and the object of the preposition.
Identify the verb phrases in the following sentences and label the helping verb
(s) and the main verb:
1. Modern industries have allowed cities and towns to flourish.
2. However, they can cause serious problems as well.
3. Chemical wastes from factories can poison our environment.
4. Pollution is endangering animals and plants.
5. Automobiles have been polluting the air for decades.
Grammar Practice (Advanced Only)
Find the compound sentence part in each of the sentences below and label
it for Compound Subject (CS), or Compound Verb (CV).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tornadoes and hurricanes are dangerous.
The swollen river rose and crested.
Alabama and Mississippi have been devastated by both weather events.
Rescue workers located and evacuated residents.
A flood or an earthquake can devastate a city.
Identify the different kinds of sentences:
1. I went to Honolulu last week.
______________
2. Did you surf while you were there?
______________
3. Show me your photographs.
______________
4. What a lucky person you are!
______________
CLASSIFYING SENTENCES
1. The mighty PACK team trudged through the first 9-Weeks with an
extremely diligent attitude.