Writing checklist.

• Did you respond to the prompt?
• Did you use capital letters at the beginning of your sentences and on all proper nouns?
• Did you put the proper punctuation at the end of your sentences?
• Are there any prepositions you are not sure of (in, at, on, from, of, etc.)?

Jamie gets As in all his classes.
Jamie never wins at poker.
Jamie is scared to talk to girls.
Jamie has 500 pictures of himself on facebook.

Pat gets Bs and Cs at school.
Pat wins at poker sometimes.
Pat gets nervous whenever he talks to girls.
Pat doesn't like to put pictures of himself on facebook.

Max gets Bs and Cs at school.
Max never wins at poker.
Max is always talking to girls.
Max has 200 pictures of himself on facebook.

ORAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

ORAL EXAM - ON THURSDAY!

You will take your oral exam alone.

Speak for 1-2 minutes (time yourself) about any topic in units 10, 11, 12 or The The Joy Luck Club.

PRONUNCIATION – To make sure you are pronouncing your words correctly, REVIEW pronunciation in the book, listen to your CD and repeat, ask someone who knows whether you are pronouncing words correctly or not.

FLUENCY – To make sure you don’t have long pauses or “Ums, ERRs, ESTEs,” practice in front of a mirror, record your voice and listen to it, prepare your topic, present it to someone before the test.

VOCABULARY – at least 5 vocabulary words must be correctly used in your speech.

GRAMMAR – use at least 5 different grammar structures (verb tenses) we have learned.

TIPS:

Don’t speak for too long.

Be original – try to pick a topic no one else will pick; be unique! This is VERY GOOD for your grade.

Plan your speech, but DO NOT write out a script and memorize – this will sound bad.

FIRST TEN

Work alone to do the reading on page 108. You may write your answers to questions 1-5. If you get to question six, you can take the quiz alone as well.

final exam review

-reading comprehension
-listening comprehension
-comparisons/superlatives/comparing two things that are the same in some aspect
-contrast
-relative clauses
-deductions
-oral prep
-writing

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STUDY FOR UNIT 11 QUIZ

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FIRST TEN

Use the first ten minutes of class to read the four biographies on page 100. If you finish before 5:10, begin to answer the questions in parts 1, 2 and 3. 

STUDY FOR UNIT 10 QUIZ

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FIRST TEN

Do the reading sections on page 94 –as much of it as you can do before 5:10

ANSWER KEY

1. the
2. the
3. ø
4. ø
5. the
6. ø
7. ø
8. ø
9. ø
10. a
11. a
12. the
13. ø
14. a
15. the
16. an

I have ___ best mother in ___ world. Every morning she makes me ___ breakfast before I go to ___ school. She knows everything about ___ town we live in, and has a black belt in ___ karate. She was born in ___ Spain, she speaks ___ Spanish, but she came to ___ America when she was ___ little girl. She came on ___boat to ___ United States and has lived here ever since. She likes to play ___ baseball in her spare time, but she is ___ police officer during the week. She is one of ___ toughest cops in the town. She owns three dogs and ___ elephant.

FIRST TEN

1) On page 92, Read the four questions in the Reading section (number 1).
2) Read the website excerpt on page 93.
3) Answer the True/False questions on page 92 (Reading section, number 2).

STUDY FOR UNIT 8 QUIZ

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