FINAL EXAM
Aleman's homeroom - Monday, 5/19
Creech's and Owen's homerooms - Wednesday, 5/21
Remember: If you earn at least 85% on your Study Island test, you will receive 5 bonus points to add to your exam.
The Shakespeare section of this test will be very similar to Test 4.1. Use the answer key here to help you study.
Here are some of the handouts to help you.
Aleman's homeroom - Monday, 5/19
Creech's and Owen's homerooms - Wednesday, 5/21
- Sonnets - know the format for a Shakespearean sonnet (number of lines, types of stanzas, rhyme scheme, iambic pentameter, etc.) and be able to determine whether or not a poem is a Shakespearean sonnet
- Drama terms - know the meaning of the terms given (drama, tragedy, comedy, dramatic irony, tragic flaw, hubris, comic relief, monologue, dramatic convention, concealment, aside, soliloquy) and be able to apply them to Romeo and Juliet
- Words to Know - know the meaning of the following words: ere, humor, shrift/shrive, soft, an, anon, fair, e'er, o'er, ne'er, wherefore, woo, chide, hie
- Romeo and Juliet - PLOT - know what happens in the play, including scenes that we did not read but were summarized by your amazing teacher (Hint: review the handouts you were given and the questions on Study Island)
- Romeo and Juliet - CHARACTERS - know who's who and how they relate to each other (ex: Mercutio and Paris are related to the Prince; Tybalt kills Mercutio; Romeo kills Paris; etc.)
- Romeo and Juliet - QUOTES - know the important quotes from your handouts, and be able to paraphrase and explain them. You will have at least one written question about a quote. Click here for a sample quote explanation.
- DGP - This part of the exam will be the same format as the DGP quiz. You will be given a sentence to analyze and diagram. You will be able to use your DGP book. I will give you the framework for the diagram.
Remember: If you earn at least 85% on your Study Island test, you will receive 5 bonus points to add to your exam.
The Shakespeare section of this test will be very similar to Test 4.1. Use the answer key here to help you study.
Here are some of the handouts to help you.
3rd Quarter EXAMS 3/24-3/27 (Access the schedule here.)
Writing (louisianapass.org) - worth 100 points
Exam Part 1: Reading Comprehension - worth 100 points
Exam Part 2: Spelling, Grammar, Vocabulary - worth 100 points
Writing (louisianapass.org) - worth 100 points
- You will complete 2 writing assignments on Louisiana Pass: the 6th grade prompt (narrative) and the 7th grade prompt (expository)
- Your score for these two assignments will be averaged
- Your (averaged) score will be translated to an exam grade as follows: 12=100, 11=96, 10=93, 9=91, 8=88, 7=85, 6=80, 5=75, 4=71, 3=67, 2=64, 1=60, 0=0)
- Louisiana Pass Writing Assignments MUST be submitted by Thursday, 3/20, to allow enough time for compositions to be scored.
Exam Part 1: Reading Comprehension - worth 100 points
- All multiple choice
- 4 new texts: 1 longer story, 1 short story, 1 poem, and 1 nonfiction passage
- Questions will be a mix of general comprehension and things like conflict, theme, symbolism, and text structure (modeled on the practice iLeap)
- You may use your notebook and binder to help you. You may also use the class dictionaries.
Exam Part 2: Spelling, Grammar, Vocabulary - worth 100 points
- All multiple choice
- Spelling words #1-80
- Vocabulary Units 6, 7, and 8
- Parts of Speech
- Parts of Sentences (subjects, verbs, direct objects, prepositional phrases)
- Identifying phrases, dependent clauses, and independent clauses
- Proofreading: commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, pronoun-antecedent agreement
