Tuesday, December 18, 2007

FINAL STUDY GUIDE
STUDY GUIDE FOR ENGLISH FINAL
JANUARY, 2008
7th GRADE

NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES. Know the plot, structure (beginning situation, protagonist, antagonist, setting, conflict, complication, climax, resolution), and events.
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET
WHIRLIGIG
THE HOBBIT
“Gold-Mounted Gun”
“Charles”
“Red-Headed League”
“Ransom of Red Chief”
“Miss Hinch”
“Open Window”

VOCABULARY
The quiz for Chapters 13 and 14 will be on the final.

GRAMMAR (You may bring ONE typed or handwritten page of notes to the final)
Know how to identify and diagram the following:
Main line
Direct object
Indirect object
Compound verbs/subjects/objects/etc.
Predicate nominatives/adjectives
Prepositional phrases
Participles and participle phrases

LITERARY TERMS. Be ready to identify the following:
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Setting

ESSAY. The three main characters from the novels we have read are deeply affected by the settings in which they find themselves. Pick one (Bilbo, Brent, or Esperanza) and explain how the setting influences the development of their character over the entire novel. In 4 paragraphs, create an intelligent thesis and prove your thesis in the three body paragraphs that support your idea. You will not be required to create a conclusion.

Friday, December 14, 2007

12/17/07 Monday. Bring signed grade sheet to class for 1 point extra credit.
MANGO STREET pages 90-end.
Grammar workbook pages 94-95

12/18/07 Tuesday. Grammar workbook pages 96-97.
Vocabulary unit 14.

12/19/07 Wednesday. Work on outside reading (due 1/8/07) or the book report.

12/20/07 Thursday. NOTHING! Merry Christmas!

Over vacation, remember to finish your outside reading and work on your book report. We will have Monday (1/7) to read and Tuesday (1/8) to write after vacation.

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Monday, December 10. MANGO STREET pages 39-60; T-chart on Marin (p. 26) and
Alicia (p. 31)

Tuesday, December 11. Quiz in diagramming prepositional phrases; Vocabulary Unit 13 due with W.E.R.

Wednesday, December 12. MANGO STREET pages 61-78.

Thursday, December 13. MANGO STREET 79-90.

Friday, December 14. Bring outside reading book to class.