9+-+Semester+Exam+Review

[|wordlist 1_15.doc]Welcome to your home for EVERYTHING you need to help you prepare for your semester EXAM!! media type="custom" key="7584877" align="center"

Fast Facts:
 * Your Semester exam is worth 20% of your Quarter Two Grade.
 * During Exam week, there are two exams per day. You only come to school for the exams you have to take.
 * Everything covered in your class during the whole semester is 'fair game' for the exam.
 * Each exam is an hour and a half long.
 * The English exams for all grades have four parts: vocabulary, reading comprehension, literary features, and writing. Each section is worth 25% of the exam grade.
 * You can find the Mythology and //Lord of the Flies// pages by searching for them in the navigation bar.

Literary Features Review: [|GRADE 9 LITERARY DEVICES.doc]

__**Directions for Song Analysis:**__ 1. Choose a song (everyone MUST have a different one – so come to class Monday with THREE songs and lyrics PRINTED OUT) 2. On MONDAY and TUESDAY you will analyze the songs this means: Ø Identify at least three literary features Ø Explain what impact those literary features have on the song Ø Explain what impact those literary features have on the listener Ø Explain what you think the artist’s voice is in the song 3. On TUESDAY by midnight, you will turn your analysis (see mine as an example) to turnitin.com 4. Develop a creative way to show us your analysis (skit, collage, art, original song, poem, etc….) 5. On WEDNESAY (9.1, 9.2), MONDAY (everyone), and TUESDAY (everyone) you will give individual (maximum 4 minute) presentations explaining your literary analysis.

__**Ms. Davis' Example Analysis:[|piggies analysis.doc]**__ If you're stuck for a song, or just want to listen to an awesome mix of songs, check out this playlist/ radio program on npr.  Vocabulary Review:  ﻿__**Directions for Vocab Tac Toe**__

 __** VOCAB-TAC-TOE **__ Ø To review for your final exam, you will do ONE activity every FIVE lessons. Ø You DO NOT have to go in tic-tac-toe order

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 * ** You are video game creator and are trying to get Nintendo to buy your new game. Create a storyboard for your new video game. This should explain the objectives of the game, the characters, the strategy, and anything else you may need. Choose 20 words from the five lessons and incorporate them into your proposal. ** || ** You are an etymologist. (someone who studies the history of words) Using words or pictures, describe the word webs (http://www.visuwords.com/) that you find for at least 20 words in the five lessons by copying the web and writing in the connections between the words in the web. ** || ** You are a cognitive linguist. (someone who studies the concepts words are related to and how they are used in context) After studying the words and sentences, infer what concepts, or big life ideas at least 20 of the words from the five lessons are related to (hint – use the lesson titles as a guide) and what situations in which people should use them. ** ||
 * ** You are an actor or dancer. Dramatize at least 20 words in the five lessons by acting them out or showing their meanings through dance or movement. ** || ** You are a language evaluator (someone who decides on the usefulness and necessity of words and their place in the language) Justify the usefulness of at least 20 words from the five lessons and persuade the class to use them in their everyday life. ** || ** You are an artist. Tell the definition of at least 20 words in the five lessons by drawing one half-page color illustration for each word. ** ||
 * ** You are an author, poet, or musician. Create a story, poem or musical piece to show the usage of at least 20 of the words in the five lessons. ** || ** You are an engineer. Design a model that shows the definitions or usage of at least 20 of the words in the five lessons. ** || ** You have a photographic memory. Memorize the words, definitions, derivations, and parts of speech for at least 20 words in the five lessons. Be prepared to show your skills. ** ||

TO TURN IN YOUR PROJECT:

1) If it is a presentation, sign up for a time. ** if you choose not to come at your time, it is a ZERO! 2) If it is a physical project - drawing, model - give it to me in class MONDAY. 3) If it is in a word document, submit it to turnitin (IN THE CORRECT ASSIGNMENT SPACE!) by SUNDAY midnight 4) If it is a powerpoint, email it to me by SUNDAY midnight 5) If it is a video, upload it to youtube and emaili me the link 6) If it is an extranormal, email me the link by SUNDAY midnight

Reading and Writing Review **__Mythology Review Centers:__** 1) Read the story(s) 2) Make a story map or literary mountain of the story(s) Remember the important parts of a story are: Ø Setting: time, place, characters Ø Rising Action: develops the main problem of the story Ø Climax: the most important, exciting part; the solution of the main problem Ø Falling Action: tying together the story after the main problem has been solved Ø Resolution/ Dénouement: the ending where all loose bits are tied together and the story is ended 3) Find five (5) sentences with ‘extra stuff’ commas. Copy the sentence. Identify the subject, the verb and the extra stuff. Explain what role the ‘extra stuff’ is playing (adjective, adverb, naming)  4) Write the corresponding paragraph for each reading selection. Remember your paragraph format should be: Ø Argument: topic sentence that tells what point you are going to prove (1-2 sentences) Ø Support: quote from the text – cited correctly, that proves the argument you are making (3-50 words) Ø Explanation: detailed explanation of how the quote you’ve chosen proves the argument you are trying to make (3-5 sentences) Ø Conclusion: a tying up of the argument you have just proven (1-2 sentences) **__Paragraph Prompts:__** · //Hamilton Introduction:// No paragraph – No literary mountain - spend the whole time working on the story map to remember who all of the characters are. · //Hercules:// How does the character develop through the story? What effect does the character’s development have on the story? What effect does his development have on the reader? · //Theseus:// What is the author’s voice? **OR** What is the character’s voice? What effect does this voice (EITHER CHARACTER OR AUTHOR) have on the story? What effect does this voice have on the reader? · //Persephone, Prometheus, Pandora:// Choose one story. What literary feature is present in the story (only choose one)? What effect does this literary feature have on the story? On the reader?   **//__Lord of the Flies__//** **__Review:__** · Go back through your quizzes and find the correct answer for all of the questions.