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FALL SEMESTER REVIEW 2015

Each student is responsible for printing out the review sheet. Please use the quizlet links to study! Pre-Ap Lit Terms – https://quizlet.com/_1spfdd Grammar Terms – https://quizlet.com/_1sphtd PREAP ELA FALL SEMESTER REVIEW 2015 Items on the Final: BLOOMS- Know each level in order 6 questions Literary Elements- Matching 16 questions - make sure you have memorized the bright yellow sheet in your Writer's notebook Poetry Analysis - 6 questions Denotation/connotation identification- 5 questions Grammar - 16 questions parts of speech identification and application.   The Pearl- 8 questions- you will be given quotes to analyze Lit Elements in The Pearl The Crucible 14 comprehension and analysis questions Theme identification - 5 questions Literary Elements : matching questions in addition to usage for application/analysis questions throughout the test –   Literary Elements application questions ·           Theme ·           Symbolism ·           Third-

PREAP ELA Nov 30 - Dec 4th

MEMBEAN DUE Dec 6th 75 minutes for a quiz grade Monday Nov 30 Review Crucible Act III/IV test Assign Crucible Project Go over Rubric/examples Make Project Selection Begin Crucible Project - DUE DEC 10th Tuesday Dec 1st Discuss Parts of Speech Semester Review - posted on blog- Due DEC 14th McCarthyism and the Crucible comparison Paste ADV/PREP/Conj Notes side Work on Crucible Project Wednesday Dec 2nd FIELD TRIP - 1-6 back at 1:15  Go to 7th and 8th period class Work on Project Thursday Dec 3rd Work on Crucible Project Friday Dec 4th Work on Crucible Project

PARTS of Speech Fall Final Review. Posted November 30 -- DUE DECEMBER 14th

Students please use your grammar book as needed for additional assistance in completing your Parts of Speech Review for Fall Final.  Please cut and paste the review and print it out at home and complete.  We will go over the answers together in class on Nov 14th Monday.   Due Monday November 14th. PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW 2015  Nouns A:   Circle all the nouns in the following sentences. 1. The announcer said that the bus for Minneapolis would leave in thirty minutes. 2. Dr. Cooper was in college with my father.  3. John wanted to change the ribbon on his typewriter, but the ribbon would not cooperate. 4. There was a scream of skidding tires and then a metallic thud, followed by the sound of splintered glass.  5. Bob and his brother crossed the continent in their old car last summer.  6. Bob drove through the desert at night and slept in the daytime. 7. Helen is president of the class, and her sister is secretary.  8. Brad wrote a paper about Willa Cather and her

PREAP ELA Nov 23 -24

Monday Nov 23rd MEMBEAN WINDOW open Nov 22- Dec 6 75 minutes = quiz grade Ck  Act IV Summary John Proctor Conflict Chart Structure in the Crucible Chart Crucible movie - 15 minute clip Study for Act III/IV Test on Tuesday - Study guide packet/vocabulary/Summaries/annotations in book Tuesday Nov 24th Crucible Act III/IV Test 50 questions Scantron Thanksgiving break begins Wednesday 25th  Thursday 26th HAPPY THANKSGIVING -- thankful for each of you! Friday 27th

Crucible Projects Options. Will be assigned on Nov 30 --Due Dec 10th

                             Project Assignment Choices for The Crucible = MAJOR GRADE You will choose 1 of the projects below to complete. Creativity, neatness, correct spelling/grammar/punctuation does count! You may work alone or in pairs. Project #1: Newspaper OR Magazine:  by yourself or in pairs Create a newspaper for others to read about the events that happened in Salem.  Look at real life newspapers/magazines to see the format/layout/variety of sections.  You must include the following items, and you may add items that are not on the list to demonstrate your creativity. Cover the 5 W’s:  Who, What, When, Where, Why ____1 Headline story/ if a pair – 2 headline stories                                           ____2 Minor stories                                                                             ____Volume/issue number, dates                                   ____1 Editorial/if a pair – 2 Editorials (a piece from the editor or reader that exp

Crucible Summaries for Act I/II/III

Summaries Act One: 1.      Takes place in Parris home/1692 Spring/Salem 2.     Affair happens before play begins – 7 months ago – Abigail fired 3.     Girls caught by Parris Dancing/conjuring in the woods with Tituba 4.     Ruth/Betty cannot wake – send for DR—witchcraft suspected 5.     We find out that Mrs. Putnam who lost 7 babies in child birth has sent Ruth to Tituba to conjure the dead babies to see who killed them 6.     Parris sends for Mr. Hale – expert in Dark Arts 7.     Parris – not liked by congregation – fears losing his job because of this controversy 8.     Abigail –orphan – saw her parents killed by Indians- threatens the girls if they tell—drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor 9.     Tituba – they threaten to kill her unless she confesses – so she confesses and goes back to God.  Hale says that she has been sent by God to help “cleanse the village” 10.  Abigail “goes back to God” and starts crying out. 11. Girls start crying out on people in t