Before exam, but counting as part of the grade:
- Persuasive essay (on demand with graphic organizer): I will show it to students on Friday, June 5, and they will write it Monday, June 8.
- Completed portfolio: All must be present in the folder!
- Response to text – “Lather and Nothing Else”
- Response to text – Historical Fiction
- Persuasive – “Is Man Good?”
- Narrative – Cinderella tale
- Persuasive – 180 School Hours
- Response to text – Asian novel
- Report/Response to texts – Poet of choice
- Poem – Fun, Season, or other of choice
On the exam:
1. All Fun and Useful Words (Sets 1 – 7)
2. All Language Arts Terms
3. All Word Parts (prefixes, suffixes, roots)
4. Analysis of a NEW poem (Multiple choice, fill in, or true/false)
5. Reading Comprehension questions on a NEW text (non-fiction or fiction)
6. Punctuation rules and application:
· Apostrophes
· Commas
· Semi-colons
· Colons
· End Marks
· Quotation Marks
· Italics (or underlining if not typed)
7. Capitalization Rules
8. Basic grammar
· Subjects/Predicates
· Types of sentences (complex, compound, simple)
· Kinds of sentences (interrogative, imperative, declarative, exclamatory)
· Types of verbs (action or state of being)
· Pronouns (types as well as clear pronoun referent)
· Run-ons and fragments
9. Short Story Structure and definitions (ex: exposition, climax)
10. Poetic terms (ex: structure terms, craft terms)
