Quarter 2 Reading Exam Study Guide

Quarter 2 Reading Exam Study Guide

The Quarter 2 Reading Exam will focus mainly on The Witches by Roald Dahl. You will be responsible for answering comprehension and inference questions about the story, using the ACE method. Be prepared to support your answers with evidence from the text. You will also be asked to make connections between the Reading lessons from quarter 1 and the story. For example, what is the conflict in the story, or what type of character is the narrator etc.

Quarter 1 Lessons:

Lesson 1 Story Vocabulary

Lesson 2 Plot Elements

Lesson 3 Conflict

Lesson 4 Types of Characters

Lesson 5 Theme

Lesson 6 Point of View

*Understand the meaning of Point of View and be able to differentiate between the different types

*Be able to explain which point of view each of the Journeys stories are told from

*Vocabulary: point of view, first person point of view, third person limited point of view, third person omniscient point of view, third person objective point of view

Lesson 7 Mood, Voice, and Tone

*Distinguish between mood, voice, and tone

*Determine the mood, tone and voice of a text

*Vocabulary: mood, tone, voice

The Witches by Roald Dahl

 *Be able to summarize a part of, or the entire story.

* There will be some comprehension questions about the story so make sure you understand what happens and why.

*You must be able to answer the questions using the ACE method learned in class. *Be prepared to support your answers with evidence from the text.

The Witches Vocabulary Word List

You will be tested on some of these words and definitions.

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

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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