Semester 1 Final Exam Review Study

Guide

• Following the directions on each page.

• Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.

• Turn in your completed review for a grade the day of your final exam!

Summarizing

Watch the video below to get a good idea of what to look for in the summary of a non-fiction text:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ

1. What is included in a summary of a non-fiction text?

2. What is left out?

Now it’s your turn. Click the link below to read the article. When you’re finished, try writing a summary using the what you learned in the video.

http://tweentribune.com/article/tween78/colombia-finds-what-may-be-worlds-largest-sunken-treasure/

3. Write the summary of this article

Organizational Patterns

Study the different organizational patterns in the link below:

https://quizlet.com/32507831/text-organization-quiz-flash-cards/

Now try this quiz about organizational patterns:

https://quizlet.com/32507831/test

4. Complete the answers to the Quizlet.

Inference/Drawing Conclusions

Watch the video to review making inferences and drawing conclusions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acZzllpIYz4

Try this inference worksheet for practice. Write your answers on a sheet of paper.

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/inferences-worksheet-7.pdf

You might need to press “Okay” to open the worksheet.

5. Answers to the inference worksheet.

Text Features Review text features and their purposes by watching this short video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTT2VOR4SAA

6. What is the purpose of including text features in an article?

7. How can the reader use text features?

Poetry- Figurative Language

Watch the video to review figurative language in poetry:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03pREr8epg

8. What is the author’s purpose (the point) in including figurative language in poems and/or songs?

Now practice it yourself. Complete the poetry quiz below. You can writing your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language-worksheets/figurative-language-poem-2-i-sing-the-battle-by-harry-kemp.pdf

You might need to press “Okay” to open the worksheet.

9. Answers to the quiz

Extended Metaphor

Go here to find out what an Extended Metaphor is: http://blog.flocabulary.com/extended-metaphor/ First, watch the Will Ferrell video.

Second, read the explanation of an extended metaphor.

10. In your own words, explain what an extended metaphor is.

11. Why do authors use extended metaphors?

12. What extended metaphor is Will Ferrell using in his speech?

Third, Scroll down on the same page and read the poem “Hope” by Emily Dickinson.

13. What extended metaphor is being used?

14. How do you know or why do you think that?

Drama

Read the following excerpt from “The Borrowers” http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE29.html

15. What can the reader conclude about Arrietty’s size based on the stage directions? Give text evidence to support your answer.

16. Find text evidence from the dialogue that shows Arrietty’s know-it-all attitude.