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Midterm Review

Midterm Review. English 9. County Assessment Skills Writing-Compare/Contrast Essay. Read a poem and compare and contrast the attitudes of two different characters described Come up with multiple examples to support your inferences-must utilize specific text support

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Midterm Review

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  1. Midterm Review English 9

  2. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Compare/Contrast Essay • Read a poem and compare and contrast the attitudes of two different characters described • Come up with multiple examples to support your inferences-must utilize specific text support • Utilize paragraph organization (introduction, 2-3 body paragraphs, conclusion) • Proofread for spelling, grammar, usage, and mechanics-utilize a variety of sentence types (simple, complex, etc. • 6 point rubricdevelops a strong point of view, is well-organized, exhibits strong use of language/vocabulary, uses a variety of sentence types, is grammatically sound

  3. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Compare/Contrast Essay • Tips: Compare AND Contrast • Utilize specific evidence from the poem (quotes and paraphrases). • Focus on all comparisons first; then use a separate paragraph to address the contrasts. • Include an introduction paragraph which breaks down the prompt AND includes a thesis as the last sentence. (Thesis: states what you will prove in the essay)

  4. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Compare/Contrast Essay • Prompt: Think about your math teacher and your science teacher and the types of teaching methods they both use. Compose a well-developed essay that compares and contrasts the teaching methods used by your math and science teachers. Be sure to provide specific evidence to support your ideas. • Compose a thesis that could be used to support this prompt. • Example: Although my math teacher and science teacher both lecture to share information, my science teacher uses more experimentation and demonstration while my math teacher uses more group practice.

  5. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Edit a sentence for punctuation: comma needed in between 2 independent clauses (in front of FANBOYS) Examples: • Students are preparing for midterms, and they are reviewing their study guides. • The Ravens won yesterday, but the Redskins did not win.

  6. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Practice Question • 1.) Which is the best way to edit the underlined part of the sentence? Mr. Burton is the LRHS principal and Mr. Robb is the 9th grade administrator. • A. principal. And Mr. Robb • B. principal; and Mr. Robb • C. principal, and Mr. Robb • D. principal, Mr. Robb

  7. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Identify a word used as a noun (noun=person, place, thing, or idea) Examples: • The intensity of the team was seen in their facial expressions. • The dominance of the Ravens’ defense was shown when they sacked the opposing quarterback multiple times.

  8. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Practice Question • 1.) Which word is used as a noun in the following sentence? The team’s confusion was evident when they shot at the other team’s basket to begin the second half of the game. • A. was • B. second • C. team’s • D. confusion

  9. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Identify a sentence fragment. (incomplete sentence missing a subject and/or a verb and doesn’t express a complete thought) Examples: • Was missing the last question of the test. (missing a subject) • Ms. McVey in history class last Friday. (missing a verb) • Because the teacher said so. (has a subject and a verb but not a complete thought)

  10. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Practice Question • 1.) Which of the following is an incomplete sentence? • A. Since she studied hard for the test. • B. Mr. Rauscher is my science teacher. • C. The team won. • D. Though I studied my hardest, I still was not able to pass the exam.

  11. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Composition • Correctly format the the title of a novel • long works (i.e. novels, plays, textbooks, movies, albums) get underlined or italicized • Short works (i.e. poems, songs, chapter titles) get put in quotation marks Examples: • Exploring US History (textbook) “Mother to Son” (poem) • Macbeth (play) “Diamonds” (song) • To Kill a Mockingbird (novel) Macbeth (play)

  12. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Composition • Practice Question • 1.) Which of the following is the correct way to format the title of the novel? • A. “Breathing Underwater” • B. “Breathing Underwater” • C. Breathing Underwater • D. Breathing Underwater

  13. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Identify a word used as an adjective (adjectives=describe nouns) • colors, sizes, character traits, etc. Examples: • The pure intensity of the football team was seen in their facial expressions. • The dominance of the Ravens’ defense was shown when they sacked the opposing quarterback multiple times.

  14. County Assessment SkillsWriting-Language • Practice Question • 1.) All of the following words are used as adjectives in the poem EXCEPT Hold fast to dreams Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die For when dreams go
Life is a broken-winged bird Life is a barren field
That cannot fly. 4 Frozen with white snow. 8
 • A. broken-winged (line 3). • B. barren (line 7). • C. dreams (line 1). • D. white (line 8).

  15. Practice • For her persuasive essay Grace is writing about how competitive sports should be banned for young children. Read the draft of Grace’s paragraph below, and answer the questions that follow. (1) Competitive sports during childhood should be banned because of their dangerous nature. (2) Lots of people are on my side with this. (3) Children suffer many severe head injuries from contact sports. (4) Feel that this hurts them later in life. (5) Suffering a severe concussion, a major head injury, can have a detrimental effect on one’s health. (6) Although sports are often played for fun, they can cause major health problems for the participants.

  16. 1. Which of the following sources would be most useful to Grace in completing her research? • A. How to Play Competitive Sports: A Guide for Young Athletes • B. Sports Illustrated • C. Journal of Pediatric Medicine: Childhood Athletic Injuries • D. Origin of Youth Sports • 2. Which of the following sentences in Grace’s paragraph is not a complete sentence? • A. Sentence 1 C. Sentence 3 • B. Sentence 2 D. Sentence 4

  17. 3. Which of the following is the best revision of Sentence 5 for a younger audience? • A. Brain health is impacted in a negative manner when children suffer from concussions. • B. Getting hit on the head can really have some bad effects on your brain. • C. Having concussions during childhood can have a negative impact on people’s health. • D. Concussions of the brain when you’re a child can negatively impact one’s health. • 4. Which of the following best expresses the purpose of Grace’s paragraph? • A. to compare competitive sports to recreational sports • B. to explain the history behind sports injuries • C. to prove that competitive sports are too dangerous • D. to judge individuals who play sports

  18. County Assessment SkillsReading • Which of these conclusions about technology in today’s society is best supported by the cartoon above? A. It is crucial that we use more and more technology with everything we do. B. Technology is very unreliable. C. We rely too much on technology to do things. D. Schools need to incorporate more technology.

  19. County Assessment SkillsReading • “Mother to Son” • Well, son, I'll tell you:Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.It's had tacks in it,And splinters,And boards torn up, (5)And places with no carpet on the floor --Bare.But all the timeI'se been a-climbin' on,And reachin' landin's, (10)And turnin' corners,And sometimes goin' in the darkWhere there ain't been no light.So boy, don't you turn back.Don't you set down on the steps (15)'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.Don't you fall now --For I'se still goin', honey,I'se still climbin',And life for me ain't been no crystal stair. (20) --Langston Hughes

  20. 1. Which word best describes the relationship between the speaker and her son? A. encouraging B. angry C. jealous D. hurtful • 2. All of the following words are used as adjectives in the poem EXCEPT: A. crystal (line 2). B. hard (line 16). C. bare (line 7). D. dark (12).

  21. 3. Which conclusion about the speaker is best supported by information in the poem? • The speaker… A. realizes that life can be full of hardships, but one can not give up. B. feels that life should be easier. C. wishes her son were more successful. D. feels there’s no point in continuing to put forth her best effort.  4. Which of the following lines helps support the conclusion about the speaker that you identified in question three? A. “And places with no carpet on the floor” (line 6) • “For I’se still goin’, honey” (line 18) • “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair” (line 2) D. “And sometimes goin’ in the dark” (line 12)

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