English Exam Study Guide - Nesbitt Fall 2024 PDF

Fall Semester 2024 - Eighth Grade On-level English Final Exam Study Guide – Nesbitt  Gather the following: 1) “The Sniper” 2) “A Retrieved Reformation” 3) Chasing Lincoln’s Killer 4) DGPs, DGP Notes, punctuating titles notes, etc. 5) Grammar Quiz, Vivid Verb Worksheets, Revising an...

Fall Semester 2024 - Eighth Grade On-level English Final Exam Study Guide – Nesbitt  Gather the following: 1) “The Sniper” 2) “A Retrieved Reformation” 3) Chasing Lincoln’s Killer 4) DGPs, DGP Notes, punctuating titles notes, etc. 5) Grammar Quiz, Vivid Verb Worksheets, Revising and Editing Checklist, Sentence Beginnings worksheets, etc. 6) Active and Passive worksheets Grammar (no diagramming) Revising and Editing – (review your grammar test): 1) Identify active vs. passive voice. 2) Change the passive to the active voice. 3) Change the past tense to the present tense. 4) Replace “to be” verbs with action verbs (passive to active voice) and into the present tense. 5) Replace indefinite pronouns. 6) Varying Sentence Structures by rewriting simple sentences to be complex or compound sentences and changing the sentence’s beginnings to start with the following (you will have some choice.):  Adverbial Clause (even though, if, when, since, because, although, while, before, after, etc.)  Prepositional Phrase  Appositive Phrase Punctuation Punctuate sentences by using the correct proofreading marks.  Capitalization Rules: proper nouns, I, titles  Underlining/Italicizing: titles (a complete work of art)  Quotation Marks: quoting a novel, titles (part of a complete work of art)  Comma Rules: connecting two independent clauses (compound sentences), items in a series, commas after an introductory dependent clause or a phrase, appositives.  End marks: periods, question marks, exclamation points  Apostrophes: contractions and possessive Literary Elements 1) “A Retrieved Reformation” 2) “The Sniper”  Characterization o Remember to S.T.E.A.L. – (say, think, effects on others, actions, and looks)  Mood – atmosphere of the story  Setting  Key Plot Points  Alliteration, irony, personification, imagery, similes, metaphors, etc.  Point of View (1st, 3rd,) – Who is telling the story?  Conflicts Literary Elements – Chasing Lincoln’s Killer  Characterization of the story’s participants (They aren’t characters since they are in the story.) o Remember to S.T.E.A.L. – (say, think, effects on others, actions, and looks)  Setting  Key Events – put in correct order, identify who was involved, etc.  Conflicts  Alliteration, irony, personification, imagery, similes, metaphors, etc Writing Possible writing topics: 1) “The Sniper” or “A Retrieved Reformation”  Creative Piece o Telling the story from a different character (different point of view) o Writing a Part 2, What happens next? o Writing a new story from a quote from one of these stories  Quote Analysis – who, what, when, where, why, and how  Writing in the literary present tense. Use the present when writing fictional events. 2) Chasing Lincoln’s Killer  Analyzing and explaining what is happening painting, photos, or drawings from Lincoln’s era  Quote Analysis – who, what, when, where, why, and how o Writing in the past tense for historical events.