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