Proficiency Multiple Choice Review

1. Proficiency Multiple Choice Review Checking your progress on the sophomore standards

2. Independent Reading • Monday: No log • Tuesday’s Focus Question: When and under what circumstances has your character felt guilty? OR what do you think would make them feel guilty? • Tuesday’s Learning Target: I can read text closely to analyze an author’s choices. Standard _________. Locate the standard on your chart.

3. Announcements Remediation begins tomorrow at 2:20 in Lab 218 Powder Puff practice tomorrow! Halloween in the Halls Next Monday from 6 – 7:30

4. Homework Vocabulary Review Units 1-4 Quiz on Friday

5. How did we do?

6. Proficiency Exam: Multiple Choice • Record percentage correct on your analysis form • Write the standards/skills covered for Proficiency Exam 1 in first column: • Reading Comprehension • Literary Criticism (figurative language, tone, inferences) • Grammar (sentence combining, parallel structure)

7. #1 Which question demonstrates effective parallelism? Look at the similar parts to determine which one is correct. • A. “Ride the roller coaster, swim in the lagoon, or play a game…” • B. “the roller coaster, swimming in the lagoon, or play a game…” • C. “ride the roller coaster, swim in the lagoon, or playing a game…” • D. “riding the roller coaster, swim in the lagoon, or play a game…” A is correct- ride, swim, play

8. 2. #2 What is the BEST way to write the sentence? They were working on the same assignment, the two students argued about the approach to take, either a persuasive or a narrative essay would work well. We have 3 separate independent clauses that are not connected by a period or semicolon. We can eliminate A, B and D because they have the same problem. • The two students working together on the same assignment argued about taking a persuasive or narrative approach to the essay, since either approach would work well. C is the correct answer. The dependent clause at the end of the sentence is tied to the main sentence with a comma and the adverb since.

9. #3Which statement BEST combines these simple sentences into a longer, more interesting sentence? The horse and rider approached the low wall. The horse began its leap. It caught its foreleg on the wall. • Eliminate all the sentences that have events out of order. • A & B • Eliminate any sentences that do not use punctuation appropriately. • B & D The correct answer is C

10. #4What is the BEST way to revise these two sentences? Eating breakfast is a delicious way to start the day. It gives you energy all morning. The only options we are given are commas and semi-colons. A semi-colon connects two independent clauses that are closely related. The two sentences above are closely related and can be combined using a semi-colon. The correct answer is B

11. # 5 Based on the passage’s descriptive details, where does the story take place? • Which ones can we eliminate? • B- desert (there are plants and hills) • D- the land has guava groves so there are obviously trees • We’re down to A and C…let’s look at key words. • Key Words & Phrases: cabana, guavas, “the people with money who drove through Altamira to the beaches on the coast” • Correct Answer- A

12. # 6 This passage most prominently features which elements of fiction? Go through and check off each element that the story does have. • Action-  • Moral Lesson • Dialogue  • Antagonist  • Description  Therefore, the correct answer is: C

13. #7 Which statement BEST suggests the source of Yolanda’s frustration? Hint: When you see the word BEST or MOST it means that at least two of the answers will make sense. It’s your job to pick the better one. • Find a passage that shows Yolanda’s frustration. Look for phrases that may sound tense. • “Yolanda’s voice had an edge, for suddenly, it was as if the woman had turned into the long arm of her family…” The correct answer is D

14. #8 The term long arm (lines 65-66) provides an example of which literary device? Find lines 65-66 “…the woman had turned into the long arm of her family.” • It doesn’t use like or as, so it must not be a simile. • It doesn’t predict anything, so it must not be foreshadowing. • It is not mean to be harsh or bitter, so it must not be sarcasm. It is a comparison. The woman was being compared to the long arm – or extension – of Yolanda’s family. It must be B- Metaphor.

15. #9 In Spanish, Dona is a title of courtesy that means lady. What does the repetition of the word Dona suggest about the old woman’s attitude toward Yolanda? If Dona is a title of courtesy that means lady, what might that be similar to in our culture? • Miss, Mrs. or Ma’am. • Whom do you say this to? • When you call someone Miss, Mrs. or Ma’am, it is a sign of respect for someone who is either older or of a certain social standing. Therefore, by calling her Dona…She acknowledges Yolanda’s wealthy status. Answer- C

16. #10 Which word best describes the mood of the passage? Process of elimination… • It’s only in the last sentence that the author even hints that Yolanda is returning to her home land, so the overall mood is not sentimental. We can eliminate A. • Melancholy means sad and there is nothing to indicate sadness in the passage. We can eliminate B. Now, it’s down to C & D. References to the little boy’s 3 important names, his shyness as Yolanda sees him duck behind the old woman’s skirt and his boasting as he and his friends mill around Yolanda’s car, give the piece a light and humorous mood. The correct answer is D

17. #11 Which device or technique used in the poem creates a conversational tone? Process of elimination… • Do you see any incomplete sentences? • Do you see any slang terms? Now, it’s down to B & C. • Is the poem structured formally or is it written freely? The correct answer is C

18. #12 Which phrase contains a metaphor? We know a metaphor is a direct comparison. Let’s use process of elimination: • Stiff and immaculate No comparison made • Kept Watch over the engines and dials No comparison made • Like an angel/heralding a new day Comparison made, but it is a simile • Coming back/from the bellies of iron whales. Compares the ships to iron whales. Yes!

19. #13Which literary device helps develop a religious theme in the poem? What words or phrases discussed religion? “White cloth”, “round cap on his head like a halo”, “our father like an angel” “bellies of iron whales”. Are any of these phrases or words… • Irony? No • Figurative language? Yes • Foreshadowing? No • Exaggerations? No Correct answer is B- figurative language

20. #14 Which phrase is MOST helpful in creating an adoring tone toward the father? Process of elimination…which of the following creates an adoring (loving, worshipful) tone toward the father? A. Round cap on his head like a halo B. Where he kept watch over the engines C. On the nights and dawns of his arrival D. Siren’s song that kept him coming back. Correct answer: A, “halo”

21. #15 What does the speaker most likely mean by referring to the father as an apparition (line 4)? An apparition is a ghost or a surprise visitor. Because the father spent so much time on the submarine, he was like a stranger to his family. The correct answer is A.

22. Record the percentage correct on your analysis chart. What do you still need to work on… Record this on your analysis chart. • Metaphors? • Setting? • Similes? • Poetry Analysis? • Sentence Combining? • Parallel Structure?

23. Remediation to Recover Standards • Grammar: Wednesday, October 23 • Literary Analysis:Wednesday, October 30 • Reading Comprehension: Wednesday, November 6 • C-E-A Paragraph: Wednesday, November 13 • Vocabulary/Test-Taking Skills: Wednesday, November 20 Meet in Lab 218 at 2:20

24. Packing Up Today . . . • File Analysis Handout in the Reading Section of your binder • Keep/recycle your bubble sheet • Stack Proficiency test packets in center of table