Quarter 2 Language Exam Study Guide

Quarter 2 Language Exam Study Guide

Your Language exam will consist of the material learned in our weekly Writing and Grammar classes. This means you are responsible for all of the information in your Work on Writing, Language and Word Work notebooks.

Grammar

Unit 2 Singular and Plural Possessive Nouns Page 76 +

*I can follow rules to make nouns possessive.

*Be able to apply the rules for singular and possessive nouns in writing.

Unit 3 Verbs Page 95

*Action Verbs

*Main verbs and helping verbs

*Present, past and future verbs

*Subject-verb agreement

*Spelling the present tense

*Spelling the past tense

*The past with helping verbs

*Irregular verbs

*The special verb be

*Contractions with not

Unit 6 Pronouns Page 203

*Subject and object pronouns

*Using I and me

*Possessive pronouns

*contractions with pronouns

*Pronouns and homophones

Writing

1. Short Responses to Literature

*I can respond to literature using the ACE method.

*Answer the question clearly by using the question to start your answer.

*Text evidence to support your answer. (Shows that part A is true)

*You can use direct or indirect citations in your answers as evidence.

2. Main Idea

*Be able to read a paragraph and summarize the main idea.

3. Great Sentences

*I can create great sentences following the pattern: describer (adj) + subject (noun) + vivid verb

Example: The proud father snapped photos.

OR even better would be: The proud father snapped photos of his embarrassed daughter.

4. Creative Writing

*Use your imagination and your list of vivid verbs and awesome adjectives to write something creative and exciting based on a topic given to you. (For example, if you are given a newspaper title from Peculiar Post, you should be able to create an original, fun story to match the title.)

5. Personal Narratives

*Be able to write a true story of something that happened to you.

*Your narrative should include transition words.

6. Writing a Paragraph

*Write a well sequenced paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.

*Your paragraph should include transition words.

The Witches Vocabulary Word List

You will not be tested on the definitions of the words below. Instead, you will be expected to use them correctly in your writing.

My Grandmother:

Enthralled

Expert

Majestic

Ordinary

Vanished

How to recognize a witch:

Comfy

Conceal

Indecent

Limping

Outrage

Relish

Quiver

The Grand High Witch

Vicious

Foul

Appalling

Gruesome

Ruse

Pheasant

Petrified

Retired

The Meeting:

Imprisoned

Splendid

Frantically

Unattractive

Frizzled like a fritter:

Hypnotized

Awe

Vigorously

Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse Maker:

Revolting

Thundered

Luscious

Dreadful

Gloat

Brilliant, sensational, marvelous

Repellent

Dispose of

Overdose

Bruno Jenkins Disappears

Envious

Suspicious

The Ancient Ones

Meek

Feeble

Ancient

Exterminate

Metamorphosis:

Astonished