Week of December 10 ~ The week might be dead, but we're not!

EQ: What's on the final?

FYI: Short story due tomorrow, December 11.

STUDY GUIDE FOR SEMESTER 1 FINAL

THE BREAKDOWN

• 30 pts. - Word Parts
• 20 pts. - Grammar
• 10 pts. - SAT Vocab 
• 10 pts. - Short Story
• 30 pts. - Essay

The final is worth 20% of your semester grade.

THE SPECIFICS

• Word Parts - You should have been recording your word parts all semester. If not, I suggest you scroll through the blog and either make note cards, a Quizlet or some other kind of doc to ensure ease of study and review. This will be matching.

•  Grammar - We covered 4 areas of grammar. This will be multiple choice. I suggest you use the following practice links, or  visit IXL and look for the 4 areas and practice.

1.  Fragments
2. Comma Splices
3. Pronoun Agreement 
4. Apostrophes 

• SAT Vocab - The following vocab is from our short story unit. This will be matching. Also, be able to incorporate at least two of them into your essay. So, not only is knowing the meaning important, but how to use them properly is as equally important.

1. profuse - plentiful (adj)
2. sagacious - wise (adj)
3. contagion - a disease that spreads (n)
4. emanating - coming forth (v)
5. sedate - calm; quiet (adj)
6. phantasm - a figment of the imagination; an illusion (n)
7. cessation - ceasing or stopping (v)
8. lamented - said with regret or sorrow (v)
9. listlessly - without energy or interest (adj)
10. discordant - clashing; not in harmony (adj)

• Short Story - Know the plots, characters and authors of each one of the 5 short stories we read in class.  I have listed the links for each story just in case your head was not in the game when we read them. This will be multiple choice.

Two Kinds
The Masque of the Red Death
Lamb to the Slaughter
By the Waters of Babylon 
There Will Come Soft Rains

• Essay - You do not want to miss Block Day this week. We will read the short story and talk about writing your analysis essay for the final. I will provide the rubric on Block as well.

WHEN IS OUR FINAL? ENGLISH 2 FINAL IS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18
WHAT TIME? 8:10
WHERE? HS GYM
PROCTOR? 5TH & 7TH - WITMER
                     6TH - COACH HUEV
WHAT DO YOU NEED THE MORNING OF THE FINAL? PEN (optional) AND A NO. 2  PENCIL (not optional)