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Special Activity

1.      Remember this activity needs to be printed, and you need to hand it in the day of the exam




I got in a fight with my best friend; I’ve been feeling real bad about it all weekend. This sentence is an example of a:

a.       Central Conflict

b.      Internal Conflict

c.       External Conflict

2.       “Lou introduced me to Jack Dempsey, the great boxer. Jack shook his fist at me.” The previous excerpt is an example of…

a.       Essay

b.      Autobiography

c.       Biography

3.       “I asked him about his family, where they were. He told me he had no idea, that they were long gone.” The previous excerpt is an example of…

a.       Essay

b.      Autobiography

c.       Biography

4.       If I want to find the direct object in a sentence which question should I ask?

a.       Who

b.      Where

c.       What

5.       If I want to find the indirect object in a sentence which question should I ask?

a.       To who

b.      Where to

c.       What for

6.       A verb is the  ______________ of a sentence

a.       Action

b.      Person

c.       Place

7.       The following vocabulary words mean the next

a.       Consolation

·         Hit                     Make someone feel better                       Make someone cry

b.      Cower

·         Be brave                             Stand up                               Feel intimidated

c.       Cunningly

·         Deceive                              Slowly                                     Happily

d.      Revive

·         To regain consciousness             To die and come back to life      Living life

e.      Scuttle

·         Hurried                            Slowly                                                Huge

  

8.       Write the main idea from the next stories

a.       After Twenty Years

b.      Eleanor Roosevelt

c.       Rikki Tikki Tavi

d.      The War of the wall

9.       Draw the plot triangle

10.   Personification is:

11.   Why was the reading “After Twenty” years surprising for you?

12.   First Person POV uses the next pronouns:

13.   Third Person POV uses the next pronouns:

14.   Third Person Omniscient POV uses the next pronouns

15.   “The saddest character of all was a guy named Billy the Butcher. He looked like he came out of a nightmare alley. He only played one song - <High-Heel Sneakers> and he was addicted to it like a drug.”  The previous excerpt is using which POV?

a.       First Person POV

b.      Third Person POV

c.       Third Omniscient Person POV

Study Guide for the 2nd period

1. Conflicts ( Types of conlflicts)
2. Essays ( Types of essays)
3. Surprise Ending
4. Literary terms 
* Biography
* Autobiography
* Plot Triangle
5. Direct and Indirect Objects
6. Suffixes (turning verbs into nouns)
7. Synonyms
8. Readings
* The war of the wall
* Rikki tikki tavi
* After twenty years
* Eleanor Roosevelt
 9. Points of View
10. Personification




The exam is really easy!
Don't worry, just trust yourselves

Glossary for the 2nd period

Hi guys!

I'm excited to start this class with you, and I'm sure we will all learn from each other something new.

I expect from all of you to give your best at all times since I will always do the same for you.

Let's all ask God to fill us with his knowledge so we can spread it out.

For our first assignment, I'll ask you to copy this glossary in your notebooks, you can copy it by hand, or print it and paste it in your notebook. 

If you're going to write it down, I'll have to ask to make a great job, make it look good, remember presentation is everything.

NONFICTION

1. Eleanor Roosevelt
- Biography
- Autobiography
2. Homeless
- Personal Essays
- Anecdotes
- First Person Point of View
- Direct Objects
3. The War of the Wall
-Personal Narrative
- Meaning Clues
4. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
- Short Story
- Personification
- Points of View
- Radio Script
- Surprise Ending
- Foreshadowing
- Plot Twist


Blessings, 
Ms. Rox

Start getting ready for your bimestrial examss!!

Don't let everything at the last minute.
We don't want you
I'll leave you the schedules
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hello!
Guys if you have any questions whatsoever, remember that you can leave them here and I'll try to respond immediately.
On the meanwhile here's a link where you can practice the words to know for the second unit.
It is much better that wasting paper, it's like using electronic index cards.
Take care.


Love, 
Ms. Rox


http://www.classzone.com/books/language_of_lit_gr07/page_build.cfm?id=words_to_know&u=2&sfd=yes