English 9: Study for the Comprehension Test

YAY! You get to demonstrate all you have learned in English 9 so far on a test tomorrow. Lucky you....

You will have to read a story and answer a question about the story in a formal, literary paragraph of at least 250 words to a maximum of 500 words. You must finish the paragraph during the class, unless you have an IEP and are allowed extra time.

Create and revise your thesis several times before starting your paragraph to ensure an insightful response.

Tonight: Study the following:

1. Your literary "must-haves" list
2. How to cite
3. How to integrate quotations
4. How to be insightful and elaborate on your quotations
5. Structure: Thesis, first opinion, first evidence, first elaboration, Transition etc
6. Formal Diction *You may not use a thesaurus on a test. Memorize your vocab. list.
7. Style: strong verbs, sentence variety, no THIS, IT, THAT etc Be persuasive.

Today: I returned the essays. We made corrections. You will need a self-assessment sheet. I collected the March USSR silent reading forms.

We worked on our corrections and on our anthologies today.