Semester Exam Study Guide

If you want to review over the holidays please use the study guide that is attached!  We will be working on and reviewing this packet in class when we get back from the break.

Semester Exam Study Guide

Merry Christmas!

Agenda 12/13-12/17

Monday, December 13th

• SSR ( no activities due this week unless you had an extension and your end of book form and option 1 or 2 is due.)
• Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects
• Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!
• Reflect upon learning each day.
• On Level:
• Continue working on vocab & comprehension for ch. 17-21.  Read Ch. 22- Epilogue and answer vocab & comprehension questions.
• Pre AP:
• present genre games & play each others created games.

Tuesday, December 14th

• SSR
• Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects
• Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!
• Reflect upon learning each day.
• On Level:
• Continue working on vocab & comprehension for ch. 17-21.  Read Ch. 22- Epilogue and answer vocab & comprehension questions.

Wednesday, December 15th

• SSR
• Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects
• Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!
• Reflect upon learning each day.
• On Level: Continue working on vocab & comprehension for ch. 17-21.  Read Ch. 22- Epilogue and answer vocab & comprehension questions.

Thursday, December 16th

• SSR
• Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects
• Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!
• Reflect upon learning each day.
• On Level: Review for tomorrow's TEST over Fever 1793

Friday, December 17th

• SSR
• Continue working on Simple Step #3 - Subjects
• Review activities: Grammar, Genres, Imaginative stories, sensory details, personal narratives, logic & reasoning, predicting outcomes, figurative language, poetry, inferencing, cause & effect, reading comprehension, and following directions!
• Reflect upon learning each day.
• On Level: End of Book TEST over Fever 1793

Fever 1793 Study Guide

Know these characters from the novel:

Joseph            
Mother (Lucille)         
Nell                
Silas                
Grandfather   
Mrs. Flagg

Nathaniel        
Eliza                        
Rev. Allen         
Dr.Rush          
Dr.Girard

Know these terms from the novel:

Coffeehouse            
Bush Hill            
Frost (Weather)                
Bleeding

Know and be able to write about these events from the novel:

The difference in Matilda’s plans for herself and her mother’s plans for Matilda

Eliza’s character versus how she is treated because of the color of her skin

Mother’s true feelings for Matilda

Be able to talk about Matilda’s life from the beginning of the novel to the end

Be able to talk about the positive and negative effects the fever had on Matilda

How do those who stay feel about those who return

How does the relationship between Matilda and Eliza change – is it positive or negative

Be able to identify the theme of the book and support it with examples from the book

Agenda 12/6-12/10

Monday, December 6^th

-          SSR – Independent Reading activity #4 & End of Book form with Option 1 or 2 due Friday!

-          PRESS passages

-          Grammar – simple steps – Subjects

-          Reseach – Get in groups to work on presentation – Due Friday!

-          On Level:

o   Read ch. 17-21 in Fever, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   continue writing “sea poem” – Due Wednesday

-          Pre AP:

o   Read ch, 16-17 in LWW, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   continue writing Forced Metaphor – Due Wednesday

o   SSR bring pictures of animal and character for forced metaphor decorations

Tuesday, December 7^th

-          SSR

-          PRESS passages

-          Grammar

-          Reseach – Get in groups to work on presentation – Due Friday!

-          On Level:

o   Read ch. 17-21 in Fever, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   continue writing “sea poem”

-          Pre AP:

o   Read ch, 16-17 in LWW, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   continue writing Forced Metaphor

Wednesday, December 8^th

-          SSR

-          PRESS passages

-          Grammar

-          Reseach – Get in groups to work on presentation – Due Friday!

-          On Level:

o   Read ch. 17-21 in Fever, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   continue writing “sea poem”

-          Pre AP:

o   Read ch, 16-17 in LWW, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   continue writing Forced Metaphor

Thursday, December 9^th

-          SSR

-          PRESS

-          Grammar

-          Research – Finalize presentation for tomorrow! Practice presentations.

-          On Level:

o   Read ch. 17-21 in Fever, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

-          Pre AP:

o   Read ch, 16-17 in LWW, answer comprehension questions & vocabulary,

o   Review for End of Book Test on LWW

Friday, December 10^th

-          SSR

-          PRESS

-          Grammar

-          Present Research today with groups

-          On Level:

o   Begin reading ch. 22-Epilouge, answer questions & vocabulary

-          Pre AP:

o   End of Book Test

Webquests!

Click on the link below to go to your webquest!

On Level: http://questgarden.com/52/94/9/070709164630/index.htm


Pre AP: http://questgarden.com/51/95/1/070531170826/index.htm

Agenda 11/29 - 12/3

Monday, November 29th

• SSR - choose activities for weeks 2 & 3 - DUE FRIDAY!!!
• DLR
• Grammar - subjects
• Research in Integration Lab - create graphic organizers for collecting data, work in groups to discuss findings.
• On Level: Read Chapters 11-15 in Fever 1793, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions. QUIZ FRIDAY
• Pre AP: Read Chapters 11-15 in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions. QUIZ FRIDAY

Tuesday, November 30th

• SSR
• DLR
• Grammar - subjects
• Continue collaboration of research to discuss presentation
• On Level: Read Chapters 11-15 in Fever 1793, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions.
• Pre AP: Read Chapters 11-15 in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Wednesday, December 1st

• SSR
• DLR
• Grammar
• Research
• On Level: Poetry Writing ppt and writing activity, Read Chapters 11-15 in Fever 1793, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions
• Pre AP: Forced metaphor writing assignment using LWW and pictures, Read Chapters 11-15 in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Thursday, December 2nd

• SSR - Don't forget Week 2 & 3 Activities due tomorrow!
• DLR
• Grammar
• Research
• On Level: Poetry Writing ppt and sea poem writing activity, Read Chapters 11-15 in Fever 1793, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions
• Pre AP: Forced metaphor writing assignment using LWW and pictures, Read Chapters 11-15 in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, answer vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Friday, December 3rd

• SSR - Independent reading activity #2 AND #3 Due!
• DLR
• Grammar
• Research
• On Level: Quiz over Fever 1793 vocab & comprehension, write sea poem, peer reflections of poems.
• Pre AP: Quiz over Lion, Witch, Wardrobe vocab & comprehension, write forced metaphor.

Agenda 11/15-11/19

Learning Objectives this week:

The student will apply active reading strategies to answer comprehension questions about their reading.  They will use context clues, dictionaries, and thesauruses to determine the meaning of words.  They will continue to follow the writing process by revising and editing their personal narrative.  During the revision of their personal narrative, they will add proper transitional words and phrases as well as include compound sentences to enhance their narrative. The students will prove their knowledge of their reading by completing an assessment on their class novels.

Monday, November 15th

• SSR - begin reading new SSR book - Independent reading activity #1 is Due Friday
• PRESS reading passages
• Personal Narratives - Continue revising and editing - work on crafting a good lead
• On Level: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab, character maps
• Pre AP: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab

Tuesday, November 16th

• SSR
• PRESS passages
• Subject/ Verb Agreement
• Personal Narratives - Prepare final draft, revise transition, Paper and Poster Due Friday
• On Level: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab, character maps
• Pre AP: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab

Wednesday, November 17th

• SSR
• PRESS passages
• Personal Narrative Due FRIDAY
• On Level: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab, character maps
• Pre AP: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab

Thursday, November 18th

• SSR
• PRESS passages
• Personal Narrative
• On Level: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab, character maps, quiz tomorrow
• Pre AP: Read ch. 6-10, answer questions/vocab, quiz tomorrow

Friday, November 19th

• SSR - Activity #1 Due TODAY
• PRESS passages
• Personal Narrative paper and poster Due TODAY
• On Level: Quiz over ch. 6-10, comprehension & vocabulary due
• Pre AP: Quiz over ch. 6-10, comprehension & vocabulary due