English 3 Midterm Study Guide PDF

ENGLISH 3 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE The World on the Turtle’s Back -Understand main events from the story -Understand main characters and their role -Review Iroquois Culture -Review Vocab: delicacies, frantically, vanquish, pliable -Be able to discuss balance in the natural world as it relates to the sto...

ENGLISH 3 MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE The World on the Turtle’s Back -Understand main events from the story -Understand main characters and their role -Review Iroquois Culture -Review Vocab: delicacies, frantically, vanquish, pliable -Be able to discuss balance in the natural world as it relates to the story Balboa -Understand main characters: how they’re portrayed, roles they play in the, how they interact with one another -What is the main theme? -Identify the narrative style -Be able to explain Balboa’s relationship with the indigenous people he encounters -Vocab: pristine, protrude, provision, discord, distinction, cede A Desperate Trek Across America -Identify what Cabeza de Vaca is like and what motivates him -Understand what Cabeza de Vaca promoted and how he interacted with the indigenous people -Identify the main challenges he and his men encountered -Vocab: straits, conquistador, interminable, unimpeded, posse The Declaration of Independence -Thomas Jefferson is known as the primary author -Understand what the main purpose was for drafting the document -Understand the different sections of the document/how it is divided and what each section contains: the preamble, conclusion, body, introduction -Identify qualities of the “public document” genre pg. 135 of textbook -Vocab: establish, affect, invest, abdicate One Today -Identify main theme -Identify images used in the poem and the purpose of the imagery -Identify key phrases from the poem and what they symbolize -Identify tone -Identify key aspects of the poem: how it ends, how the American people are portrayed -Related the idea of unity to the imagery in the poem Thomas Jefferson: The Best of Enemies -Identify the main conflict between Jefferson and Hamilton -Understand their different views in regards to the Constitution and national bank -Understand their influence -Vocab: tepid, copious, cardinal, rudiment, facade, anomalous A Soldier for the Crown -Understand main events and why they occur -Identify the emotions of the characters during main events from the story (joining the army) -Identify symbolism and major themes -Explain the main theme of courage from the story Language & Style For the Language & Style section you will be given sentences with underlined parts that you will need to correct based on the following: -Reflexive pronouns -Identify correct subordinating conjunctions -Identify correct verb tenses -Infinitive phrases -Identify active voice (gave, ate, painted, etc) -Identify when to properly hyphen (content-heavy) -parallel structure -subject-verb agreement IXL Grammar GG.1 Join sentences with semicolon, colons, commas II.1 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns