UNIT 1: TEST REVIEWENGLISH 12A

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR STUDY GUIDE OUT.

PART I: MULTIPLE CHOICE

• FOR THE MULTIPLE CHOICE PORTION OF THE TEST, YOU

WILL BE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT VOCABULARY,

GRAMMAR AND THE TEXTS YOU HAVE READ.

• A GREAT WAY TO REVIEW FOR THESE ON YOUR OWN IS

TO GO THROUGH THE UNIT VOCABULARY SHEET PROVIDED

IN YOUR LESSONS AND TO REVIEW THE TEXTS FROM THE

UNIT.

PART II: OPEN BOOK ASSESSMENT

• THERE WILL BE ABOUT 4-6 SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS TO RESPOND TO.

• ALL SHORT RESPONSE ANSWERS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CHECKMYWORK BEFORE TURNING IN YOUR

OPEN BOOK ASSESSMENT.

• JUST LIKE SUBMITTING A PORTFOLIO ASSIGNMENT TO CHECKMYWORK, SHORT RESPONSE ANSWERS TO

ASSESSMENTS WILL BE SUBMITTED THE EXACT SAME WAY. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE CHECKMYWORK

REPORT LINK, ALONG WITH THE ANSWER, MUST BE PASTED INTO THE ASSESSMENT.

• STUDENTS WHO DO NOT INCLUDE THE LINK WITH WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA PHONE CALL, WEBMAIL AND/OR

GIVEN A ZERO FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT UNTIL THE LINK IS PROVIDED.

• SINCE THE SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AHEAD OF TIME IN THE UNIT TEST

STUDY GUIDES POSTED ON THE CLASS MESSAGE BOARD, ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE

OUT THEIR RESPONSES BEFORE OPENING THE ASSESSMENT.

RESPONSE WITH CHECKMYWORK LINK

• YOU WILL FIRST SUBMIT ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES IN ONE

DOCUMENT TO CHECKMYWORK.

• AFTER YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE REPORT AND YOU ARE

SATISFIED WITH THE SCORE, COPY THE LINK SO THAT YOU

CAN PASTE IT INTO YOUR OPEN BOOK ASSESSMENT.

• MAKE SURE YOU TYPE YOUR SHORT RESPONSE ANSWERS

INTO THE OPEN BOOK ASSESSMENT.

• YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PASTE THE CHECKMYWORK LINK

INTO ONE OF THE SHORT RESPONSE ANSWER BOXES

ALONG WITH YOUR RESPONSE.

• STUDENTS WHO DO NOT INCLUDE THE LINK WITH WILL BE

NOTIFIED VIA PHONE CALL, WEBMAIL AND/OR GIVEN A

ZERO FOR THEIR ASSESSMENT UNTIL THE LINK IS PROVIDED.

• ALL RESOURCES ON HOW TO USE CEHCKMYWORK IS

POSTED ON THE CLASS MESSAGE BOARD.

GOOD!

ORIGINALITY – 100% = % OF

RESPONSE WRITTEN IN STUDENT’S

OWN WORDS

SIMILARITY 0% = % OF THE

RESPONSE PLAGIARIZED; NOT

WRITTEN IN STUDENT’S OWN

WORDS

BAD!

ORIGINALITY – 27.39% = % OF

RESPONSE WRITTEN IN STUDENT’S

OWN WORDS

SIMILARITY 72.61% = % OF THE

RESPONSE PLAGIARIZED; NOT

WRITTEN IN STUDENT’S OWN

WORDS

SHORT ANSWERS

• HOW TO GET FULL POINTS ON THE SHORT

ANSWER PORTION OF THE TEST.

• TAKE TIME TO REVIEW THE QUESTION AND MAP OUT A

RESPONSE BEFORE OPENING THE TEST.

• ANSWER ALL PARTS OF A MULTI-PART QUESTION.

• USE CORRECT GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION.

• WRITE AT LEAST 3-5 SENTENCES. ONLY WRITING

ONE SENTENCE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

• MAKE SURE YOUR RESPONSE IS CLEAR AND

UNDERSTANDABLE.

• USE THE R.A.C.E STRATEGY!!

PROMPT A: HOW DOES BEOWULF’S CHARACTER

TRAITS COMPARE WITH OTHER HEROES YOU KNOW

ABOUT?

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• WHAT ARE BEOWULF’S CHARACTER TRAITS?

• STRONG, BRAVE, COURAGEOUS…

• NAME OTHER HEROES YOU KNOW ABOUT. WHAT TRAITS DO THEY HAVE?

• ODYSSEUS IN THE ODYSSEY; BATMAN; SUPERMAN…

PROMPT B: HOW IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND ATTITUDE

IMPACTED WHEN BEOWULF'S FIGHT AGAINST GRENDEL IS

DESCRIBED FROM GRENDEL'S POINT OF VIEW?

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• GO BACK TO THE SCENE OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN BEOWULF AND GRENDEL. WHAT IS

HAPPENING?

• THE MONSTER IS DESCRIBED AS “FLOODED WITH FEAR” AND READY TO RUN AWAY FROM BEOWULF’S

POWERFUL GRIP

• HOW IS THE BATTLE DESCRIBED FROM GRENDEL’S POINT OF VIEW?

• HOW IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BATTLE IMPACTED WHEN DESCRIBED FROM GRENDEL’S

POV?

• HOW IS YOUR ATTITUDE IMPACTED?

PROMPT C: HOW ARE THE EXILES OF THE THREE SPEAKERS

IN THE POEMS FROM THE EXETER BOOK SIMILAR AND

DIFFERENT?

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE EXILED?

• NAME THE THREE SPEAKERS IN THE EXETER BOOK. THE SEAFARER, THE WANDERER AND THE WIFE

• SIMILAR

• THE THREE SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM LOVED ONES

• ALL THREE SPEAKERS ARE WANDERING ALONE, WITHOUT DIRECTION.

• DIFFERENT

• THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE SEPARATION ARE DIFFERENT…

• THE SEAFARER HAS BEEN SEPARATED BY YEARS AND BY THE FACT THAT HE LIVES HIS LIFE ALONE UPON THE SEA.

• THE WANDERER HAS BEEN SEPARATED BY HIS KINSMEN BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL DEAD.

• THE WIFE IS ALONE BECAUSE HER HUSBAND HAS SENT HER AWAY.

PROMPT D: IN "THE SEAFARER," THE SPEAKER DISPLAYS AN AMBIVALENT ATTITUDE TOWARD LIFE AT SEA. ON THE ONE

HAND, HE IS FASCINATED BY IT; ON THE OTHER, HE IS TERRIFIED.

SCHOLARS HAVE INTERPRETED THE SEA AS A REPRESENTATION

OF THE HUMAN EXISTENCE. WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS

INTERPRETATION?

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SEA BEING A REPRESENTATION

OF THE HUMAN EXISTENCE?

• AGREE?

• DISAGREE?

• EXPLAIN AND GIVE EXAMPLES FOR YOUR REASONING.

ESSAY QUESTION

• YOU WILL RESPOND TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROMPTS IN A WELL ORGANIZED

ESSAY.

• ANSWERS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

• HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOUR RESPONSE CONTAIN MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS.

• FULLY EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER AND GIVE SPECIFIC DETAILS FOR SUPPORT.

• THIS IS NOT ANOTHER SHORT ANSWER. THIS IS AN ESSAY.

PROMPT A: THE EPIC POEM BEOWULF COMBINES ELEMENTS OF PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY. ONE ASPECT OF PAGANISM IS THE

CONCEPT OF WYRD, THE OLD-ENGLISH WORD FOR "FATE." WHAT

IS THE ROLE OF FATE IN THE POEM? BASED ON YOUR

UNDERSTANDING OF BEOWULF, HOW DO YOU THINK ANGLO-

SAXON SOCIETY VIEWED FATE?

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• WHAT IS FATE?

• WHAT IS THE ROLE OF FATE IN THE POEM BEOWULF?

• BASED ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF BEOWULF, HOW DO YOU THINK ANGLO-SAXON

SOCIETY VIEWED FATE?

PROMPT B: THE THREE POEMS FROM THE EXETER BOOK YOU READ IN THIS UNIT ALL DEAL

SOMEHOW WITH THE THEMES OF TRAVEL AND EXILE. THESE POEMS CAN BE INTERPRETED

ALLEGORICALLY, MEANING THAT THEIR ELEMENTS HAVE A SIGNIFICANCE THAT GOES BEYOND

THEIR LITERAL MEANING. WHAT DO YOU THINK TRAVEL AND EXILE SYMBOLIZE IN EACH OF THE THREE POEMS?

EXPLAIN YOUR INTERPRETATION IN AN ESSAY CONTAINING AT LEAST FIVE QUOTES FROM THE

POEMS YOU READ FROM THE EXETER BOOK. MAKE SURE TO BASE YOUR INTERPRETATION ON

YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF ANGLO-SAXON LIFE AND CULTURE.

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• WHAT ARE THE THREE POEMS FROM THE EXETER BOOK?

• WHAT DO YOU THINK TRAVEL AND EXILE SYMBOLIZE IN EACH OF THE THREE POEMS?

• POEM 1 –

• POEM 2 –

• POEM 3 –

• EXPLAIN YOUR INTERPRETATION IN AN ESSAY CONTAINING AT LEAST FIVE QUOTES FROM THE POEMS YOU READ FROM THE

EXETER BOOK.

PROMPT C: BASED ON THE EPICS AND LEGENDS YOU HAVE STUDIED IN UNIT 1 AND OTHER EPICS YOU HAVE READ IN

PREVIOUS COURSES, WHY DO YOU THINK EPIC NARRATIVES ARE

IMPORTANT TO ANCIENT CULTURES?

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• UNIT 1 EPICS – BEOWULF

• OTHER EPICS – THE ODYSSEY; THE ILLIAD…

• WHY DO YOU THINK EPIC NARRATIVES ARE IMPORTANT TO ANCIENT CULTURES?

PROMPT D: AFTER READING THE SELECTIONS IN THIS UNIT, WHAT

VALUES AND IDEALS WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE TO ANGLO-SAXON

SOCIETY? COMPARE CHARACTERS AND SITUATIONS YOU

ENCOUNTERED IN THE SELECTIONS FROM BEOWULF AND THE

EXETER BOOK TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS.

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• WHAT VALUES AND IDEALS WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE TO ANGLO-SAXON SOCIETY?

• COMPARE CHARACTERS AND SITUATIONS YOU ENCOUNTERED IN THE SELECTIONS FROM

BEOWULF AND THE EXETER BOOK TO SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS.

QUICK REVIEW!

• WHAT STRATEGY SHOULD YOU USE TO WRITE YOUR SHORT RESPONSE ANSWERS?

• R.A.C.E.

• WHAT ARE THE STEPS TO THE STRATEGY?

• RESTATE THE QUESTION

• ANSWER THE QUESTION

• CITE EVIDENCE

• EXPLAIN YOUR EVIDENCE

• WHEN WORKING ON AN OPEN BOOK ASSESSMENT, WHAT MUST YOU DO BEFORE SUBMITTING

YOUR ASSESSMENT?

• SUBMIT RESPONSES TO CHECKMYWORK AND THEN PROVIDE THE LINK ALONG WITH RESPONSE.

• WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE UNIT STUDY GUIDE?

• SECTION MESSAGE BOARD