WEEK 16 SLIDES

1. WEEK 16 SLIDES

2. AGENDA Snow-Day Plan Book Talks ACT Grammar Argumentative Writing

3. SNOW-DAY PLAN • Wednesday Persuasive Writing • Thursday Persuasive Writing • Friday Writing Exam • Monday Reading Exam • Tuesday ACT Grammar Exam • Friday Make-Up Exams

4. WHATCHA BEEN READIN’?

5. 4) The climax of a story movie, play, or other work of literature is 1marked by a significant action. In ShakespearesRomeo and Juliet, for 2example, the horrifing climax occurs when Romeo and Juliet both kill 3themselves. A climax whether joyful or violent usually comes near the 4end of a story. 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

6. 5) The story “Everyday Use” __1__ place in the rural South during the 1960s. Values and ways of life were changing __2__ at that time. In the story, an African-American mother is living an old-fashioned farm life with one of __3__ daughters. Another daughter visits; she has new values, a new boyfriend, and her own plans for her part in preserving her __4__ heritage. 1. A. had been taking 3. A. she’s B. takes B. her C. take C. her’s D. was taking D. hers 2. A. quick 4. A. families’ B. quickest B. families C. most quickest C. familys’ D. quickly D. family’s

7. 6) In this story about a chinese immigrant mother and her American- 1born daughter, conflicts arise from differences in culture. There’s another type of conflict in the story and it’s common to many cultures. It arises 2 3from the differrent views of parent and child on how children should live their lives and what their goals should be. Have you ever wondered why our worst conflicts usually occur with the people we love most. 4 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

8. Exam: Essay 6-point rubric Relationship: Thesis that makes a claim AND connects the main ideas in both texts Support: Evidence that QUOTES each of the texts AND gives a thorough explanation of how the quotes support the thesis New Insights: Statements that create an original idea, express a new perspective, or form a new line of thinking

9. ESSAY STRUCTURE: Unit Exams (English 11) Broad topic with strategy Introduction Narrow focus Give thesis Quote from SSR book with explanation + tie to thesis Quote from Hamlet with explanation + tie to thesis Quote from new play with explanation + tie to thesis New Insight directly tied to texts: new line of thinking, perspective, or application Repeat thesis Apply to other people Conclusion Give insight

10. SAMPLE QUESTION • Courage may be described as those times when we must travel the road between who we think we are and who we can be. Write an essay in which take a stand on whether facing indecision and risk helps a person become strong.

11. AGENDA Announcements ACT Grammar Persuasive Writing

12. FINAL EXAM • Friday Reading • Monday Writing • Tuesday Grammar

13. 7) No two people in the world __1__ the same fingerprints. Similarly, __2__ the same style. Your style is __3__ own mode of expression—the way you dress, for instance, is a style. The way you shape your sentences is a style, too. Are your words plain or fancy? Do you write short and simple sentences, or __4__ they long and complicated? How would you describe your writing style? 1. A. have 3. A. you B. are having B. you’re C. has C. your D. had D. you are 2. A. everyone don’t have 4. A. were B. not everyone hasn’t B. are C. not everyone has C. is D. not everyone have D. be

14. 8) Most stories have a main character, called the protagonist. The protagonist admirable and likable, usually, but not always. A protagonist 1can also be unpleasant. In other words, this type of protagonist can 2even be unkind. In a good story, the protagonist is a realistic, complicated character. A. Not always, but usually, an admirable and likable protagonist. B. Usually, but not always, the protagonist is admirable and likeable. C. Usually, but not always, the protagonist, admirable and likable. D. Correct as is A. A protagonist can also be unpleasant or even unkind. B. A protagonist can also be unpleasant, and in other words, therefore, this type of protagonist can even be unkind. C. A protagonist can also be unpleasant; so, this type of protagonist can even be unkind. D. Correct as is.

15. 9)January 1 2010 1Dear Aunt Maya 2 Can you remember when you first appreciated someone? The narrator of “Distillation,” a story I’m reading, recalls a day when he recognized the force of his fathers love. Well today I realized that I 3 4appreciate you because you are so kind.Love,Lee 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

16. DECISION-MAKING • Scour the text for quotes that are good examples of characters making decisions • Copy them in your notes and include the parenthetical citation Ex: (2.3.43-44).

17. ESSAY STRUCTURE: Unit Exams (English 11) Broad topic with strategy Introduction Narrow focus Give thesis Quote from SSR book with explanation + tie to thesis Quote from Hamlet with explanation + tie to thesis Quote from new play with explanation + tie to thesis New Insight directly tied to texts: new line of thinking, perspective, or application Repeat thesis Apply to other people Conclusion Give insight

18. SAMPLE QUESTION • Courage may be described as those times when we must travel the road between who we think we are and who we can be. Write an essay in which take a stand on whether facing indecision and risk helps a person become strong.

19. MODEL ESSAY • Example question • Introduction • Body (4 major ideas) • Conclusion

20. 10) Sometimes a story’s ending takes us __1__ by surprise. Sometimes we can predict the ending because the writer __2__ to put clues into the text. These clues __3__, or hint at, events yet to take place. Part of our pleasure at the end of such a story __4__ from seeing how many clues we noticed. 1. A. completed 3. A. foreshadow B. complete B. foreshadowing C. completely C. foreshadows D. completing D. foreshadowed 2. A. choose 4. A. come B. chose B. to come C. chosen C. comes D. had been choosing D. coming

21. 12)May 15 2002 1dear Aunt Mimi, 2We have a new dog named liberty. He jumps on the couch and 3knocks everything off the coffee table. Once he even ripped up Mani’s garden. I think he was hunting for buried treasure. Come visit us so that you can meet him! Love,Your neice 4 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

22. 13) The Vietnam War __1__ America with particular bitterness. Some of the men and women who served in Vietnam often asked, both while on duty and on __2__ return home, what it all meant. The Vietnam War had a profound effect on __3__ nation, and several important movies __4__ about it. 1. A. divided 3. A. us B. divide B. our C. have divided C. those D. will divide D. his 2. A. their 4. A. will have made B. they B. have been maked C. they’re C. have been made D. there D. was made

23. 14) The theme of a story is almost never stated directly. The meaning of a story, few writers reduce to one fixed statement. Instead, writers 1expect readers to discover their own meanings. Because readers bring their values to their readings of any text. Interpretations differ. 2 A. The meaning of a story, few writers reduced to one fixed statement. B. Few writers, the meaning of a story reduced to one fixed statement. C. Few writers reduce the meaning of a story to one fixed statement. D. No error A. Readers bring their values to their readings of any text, interpretations differ. B. Because readers bring their values to their readings of any text, interpretations differ. C. Because readers bring their values to their readings of any text; interpretations differ. D. No error

24. 15) march 15, 1957 1Dear constable Hong, 2 Today an old man with huge, dirty wings dropped out of the sky into our courtyard! I believe he is an angel. What should we dowith him? Please respond as soon as possible 3 sincerely yours, 4 Merely Mortal 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

25. 17) When John emerges from the forest and first sees the Place of the Gods, __1__ is awed. It is majestic, ruined, and bathed in __2__ red light. Frightened that the gods will see him, John __3__ back into the forest. He regains courage by inventing and singing a death song, and then he revisits that __4__ and fearsome place. 1. A. he 3. A. had crawled B. they B. crawl C. them C. crawled D. him D. crawls 2. A. glow 4. A. magically B. glowed B. magical C. glowing C. most magicalest D. glows D. more magically

26. 18) An omniscient, or all-knowing, narrator can reveal the __1__ thoughts and motives of all the characters and sometimes even comment on their actions. Compared to stories __2__ from the first-person point of view, stories with an omniscient viewpoint give us a __3__, trustworthy perspective. Doris Lessing’s story “Through the Tunnel” __4__ the omniscient point of view with great success. 1. A. privatest 3. A. reliablest B. more privater B. most reliable C. most private C. more reliable D. privately D. most reliablest 2. A. wrote 4. A. has use B. written B. uses C. writing C. has been using D. writes D. have used

27. 19) When we read we often sense that a story is about more than 1what happens on the surface. For instance, a young woman in a story might find herself in serious conflict with her parents over an ordinaraly insignificant issue—her taste in music her hairstyle, or her earrings. The 2 3intenseity of the conflict suggests that those earrings are more than just 4earrings. 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

28. 20) Like the omniscient narrator, the narrator of a story written from the third-person point of view __1__ outside the action and refers __2__ all characters by name or as “he” or “she.” Unlike the omniscient narrator, however, this narrator zooms in on the thoughts, actions, and feelings of only one character. __3__ almost never know what the other characters are thinking or what their motives are. We __4__ focused on just one character. 1. A. standing 3. A. These B. stands B. Us C. was standing C. Them D. stood D. We 2. A. to 4. A. were being B. too B. be C. till C. are D. two D. is

29. 21) A zoot suit and conked hair for many young African 1American men in the 1940s, cool. A zoot suit was a baggy outfit with a long jacket. Conked hair was straightened with congolene—a mixture of lye and potatoes. It also 2included soap. A. A zoot suit and conked hair were; for many young African American men in the 1940s, cool. B. Many young African American men in the 1940s: a zoot suit and conked hair were cool. C. For many young African American men in the 1940s, a zoot suit and conked hair were cool. D. No error 2. A. Conked hair was straightened with congolene—a mixture of lye, potatoes, and soap. B. Conked hair was straightened with congolene—a mixture of lye and potatoes. Also soap. C. Conked hair was straightened with congolene, which was a mixture. It also included lye, potatoes, and soap. D. No error

30. dear Professor Hawkins: (22) 1 I recently read an excerpt from a book Farewell To Manzanar. In this excerpt, a woman remembers what it was 2like to be a Japanese American on the coast of california during World 3War II. Could I write a report on this book? Yours truly 4Nan Montgomery 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

31. Frank mcCourt describes childhood as having the 1same risks losses, and joys as adulthood. The children in 2his memoir, including him face their illnesses and traumas 3with a mixture of whimsy and courage. They find pleasure in simple things, such as sharing poetry with one annother. 4 1. A. Spelling 3. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error 2. A. Spelling 4. A. Spelling B. Capitalization B. Capitalization C. Punctuation C. Punctuation D. No error D. No error

32. The Titans were mighty gods, according to Greek 1mythology, the Titans ruled for eons. However, even the legendary Titans lost their power. Ironically, the passengers on the Titanic, as well as the ship’s builders, believed it was unsinkable. 2 A. The Titans were mighty gods, so according to Greek mythology, the Titans ruled for eons. B. The Titans were mighty gods. According to Greek mythology, ruled for eons. C. According to Greek mythology, the Titans were mighty gods who ruled for eons. D. No error 2. A. The passengers on the Titanic, as well as the ship’s builders, believed ironically that it was unsinkable. B. The ship’s builders and passengers on the Titanic, ironically believed that it was unsinkable. C. Ironically, the passengers on the Titanic, including the ship’s builders. They believed it was unsinkable. D. No error