English II Leap

The central idea can be found by just reading what happens in the end of the story. 

• True.
• False.

In order to figure out the meaning of vocabulary words on the test what will you use?

• Your brain
• Context Clues 
• Breaking down parts of the word
• All of the above

What strategies do I need to do in order to ensure I perform well?

• Highlight the key words in the questions before reading.

• Make notes next to the passages while reading

• Eliminate wrong answers with X

• All of the above

Determine structure: Mr. Harrison graduated from college many years ago. Then, he taught elementary school after that. Later, he went back to school to become a principal. He served as principal for many years after graduating.

• Chronological/ Sequence

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/ Solution

• Descriptive

The police had to apprehend the suspect before he escaped.   

• find innocent 
• let go of
• find guilty 
• arrest

When writing on the narrative portion of the test the prompt will ask you to either...

• write a research essay or analyze the characters 
• write a new story or add a chapter
• take out one character  and replace them 
• finish the story or tell from a different point of view

I asked my teacher to defer my project turn in date until I could get my mom to purchase the supplies. 

• end
• start
• put off
• hurry up 

Will you please talk to my mother and corroborate my story. I don't think she believes me. 

• lie about
• buy
• sell
• confirm

Determine the structure: People throw trash out of car windows every day. This causes city workers to have to spend more time on highway clean up. The longer city workers work, the more our city pays in wages. The city should fine drivers that throw trash out on highways. 

• Cause/effect
• Descriptive
• Problem/Solution 
• Sequence

What should you do after you finish a section?

• Check your answers based off of your neighbor and then go to sleep

• Sing a song and sharpen your pencil

• 1. Review your answers. 2. Revise and edit your writing.

• Read or work on classwork