ELA8 Unit 1 Exam Review

ELA8 Unit 1 Exam Review

09/29

Have outs

"09/24 Cold Passage Quiz Reading"

Poll

How prepared do you feel for your Unit Exam?

• Very prepared

• Somewhat prepared

• Somewhat unprepared

• Very unprepared

Agenda

• Do First

• Announcements

• Cold-Passage Review

• Free-Response Review

• Unit Exam Questions & Concerns

• Asynchronous Prep

Announcements

• Unit Exam 09/29

• Tutorials 09/29 from 3:45-4:45

• Progress Reports

• Novel Pick-Up 09/30

• Unit 2 Starts 09/30

• In-Person Learning 10/20

Open Ended

What questions do you have about your Unit 1 Exam?

Cold-Passage Quiz Review

Take 5 minutes to silently read "My Wandering Horse," the passage from last week's quiz. Prepare to write a summary of the passage on the next slide.

Open Ended

Take 2 silent minutes to write a summary of "My Wandering Horse." Use complete sentences, proper capitalization, punctuation, and characters' names.

Multiple Choice Review

Reflect on the text to answer the following questions

Open Ended

What are the key terms or phrases in the following question? What is this question asking us to do?

The imagery in paragraph 10 shows that

Multiple Choice

The imagery in paragraph 10 shows that -

• the Sheriff's deputy was very angry

• Wrangler experienced danger on the highway

• Wrangler’s actions caused chaos

• the neighbor felt frustrated

Open Ended

What are the key terms or phrases in the following question? What is this question asking us to do?

Bird was fortunate that the district attorney had horses of his own because the district attorney –

Multiple Choice

Bird was fortunate that the district attorney had horses of his own because the district attorney –

• was able to offer Bird advice on how to better understand horses

• recognized Bird’s ability to handle Wrangler well

• understood how costly raising Wrangler was for Bird

• was sympathetic toward Bird’s situation

Open Ended

What are the key terms or phrases in the following question? What is it asking us to do?

What can readers conclude based on paragraphs 11 and 12?

Multiple Choice

What can readers conclude based on paragraphs 11 and 12?

• People often try to shirk their responsibilities.

• Owners cannot always control their animals.

• Authority figures usually respond to crises in a positive manner.

• Horses can cause more highway accidents than any other animal.

Open Ended

What are the key terms or phrases in the following question? What is it asking us to do?

Bird wrote this selection most likely to –

Multiple Choice

Bird wrote this selection most likely to –

• explain why horses can be difficult to control

• express his regret about selling his horse

• celebrate the bond he shared with his horse.

• provide useful advice to first-time horse owners

Open Ended

What are the key terms or phrases in the following question? What is it asking us to do?

In paragraph 11, the word contesting means –

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 11, the word contesting means –

• disputing

• calling

• wishing

• innovating

Open Ended

What questions do you have about the multiple choice section of the Unit 1 Exam?

Appositives

• Appositives = extra information

• Search for subject & predicate in the sentence

• Whatever extra information in the sentence is the appositive

Multiple Choice

Find the appositive in this sentence -

"The Tell-Tale Heart," a horror story, causes its readers to question the reliability of the narrator.

• "The Tell-Tale Heart"

• a horror story

• reliability

Open Ended

Write a sentence using the following noun and appositive phrase -

The narrator

a madman

Subordinating Conjunctions

• A conjunctions that introduces a subordinating clause

• Ex: Although, whenever, because, after

Open Ended

Write a sentence using the following subordinating conjunction -

If a strange noise awoke me at night,

Types of sentences

• Statement ( . )

• Question ( ? )

• Exclamation ( ! )

• Command ( . or ! )

Open Ended

Write a statement about something you like.

Open Ended

Ask a question you'd like to know the answer to.

Open Ended

Write an exclamatory sentence about something that makes you happy!

Open Ended

Write a command you'd enact if you were president.

Open Ended

What questions do you have about the free-response portion of your unit exam?

Poll

How confident do you feel about your unit exam?

• Very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Not very confident

• Not confident at all