UNIT 1 - THE LITERATURE OF

THE AMERICAS: TEST REVIEW

ENGLISH 10A

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR STUDY GUIDE OUT

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.

• TEXTS:

• “AT THE TOURIST CENTRE IN BOSTON”

• “DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY”

• “NO DOGS BARK”

SHORT RESPONSE

• HOW TO GET FULL POINTS ON THE SHORT ANSWERPORTION OF THE TEST.

• TAKE TIME TO REVIEW THE QUESTION AND MAP OUT ARESPONSE 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 ONESENTENCE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

• MAKE SURE YOUR RESPONSE IS CLEAR ANDUNDERSTANDABLE.

• GIVE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE BY PROVIDING EXAMPLESFROM THE TEXT.

• INCLUDE THE CHECKMYWORK LINK.

• USE THE R.A.C.E STRATEGY!!

SHORT RESPONSE

• ALL SHORT RESPONSE ANSWERS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO

CHECKMYWORK BEFORE TURNING IN YOUR UNIT

ASSESSMENT.

• THE CHECKMYWORK REPORT LINK MUST BE PASTED INTO

THE ASSESSMENT ANSWER BOX.

• SINCE THE SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS ARE PROVIDED TO

STUDENTS AHEAD OF TIME IN THE UNIT TEST STUDY GUIDES

POSTED ON THE CLASS WEBSITE, ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE OUT THEIR RESPONSES BEFORE

OPENING THE ASSESSMENT.

• STUDENTS WHO DO NOT INCLUDE THE LINK WILL BE

NOTIFIED VIA WEBMAIL AND GIVEN A ZERO FOR THEIR

ASSESSMENT UNTIL THE LINK IS PROVIDED.

CMW LINK

• THIS IS THE LINK I NEED COPY AND

PASTED INTO YOUR UNIT TEST.

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

PROMPT: IN “THE LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS,” KIMBERLY KOZA WRITES: “BY DISCOVERING

THE LITERATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WE MAY ALSO LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES.” KEEPING THIS

QUOTE IN MIND, RESPOND TO THE QUESTION.

CHOOSE A SELECTION FROM THIS UNIT, AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS HOW

KOZA’S STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE THEME OF THE SELECTION. INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO

SUPPORTING DETAILS OR EXAMPLES. BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE TITLE OF THE SELECTION AND

INDICATE WHETHER THE AUTHOR COMES FROM CANADA OR LATIN AMERICA.

LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: “BY DISCOVERING THE LITERATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WE MAY ALSO LEARN ABOUT

OURSELVES.”

• THIS STORY BY CANADIAN AUTHOR ALICE MUNRO CAN HELP US LEARN ABOUT HOW WE INTERACT WITH OTHERS AND HOW WE

RESPOND TO THE OUTSIDER.

• DO WE JOIN THE CROWD OR DO WE EXHIBIT COURAGE TO REACH OUT TO THE LONELY OUTSIDER?

• IF WE REALIZE FROM READING THIS STORY THAT WE LIKE TO FOLLOW THE CROWD, THE NEXT TIME WE SEE AN OUTSIDER IGNORED

BY THE GROUP, PERHAPS WE WILL THINK ABOUT HOW THE OUTSIDER FEELS AND HOW REACHING OUT TO THE OUTSIDER MIGHT

HELP CREATE EVEN A FLEETING FEELING OF ACCEPTANCE.

PROMPT: IN “THE LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAS,” KIMBERLY KOZA WRITES: “BY DISCOVERING

THE LITERATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WE MAY ALSO LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES.” KEEPING THIS

QUOTE IN MIND, RESPOND TO THE QUESTION.

CHOOSE A SELECTION FROM THIS UNIT, AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT EXPLAINS HOW

KOZA’S STATEMENT APPLIES TO THE THEME OF THE SELECTION. INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO

SUPPORTING DETAILS OR EXAMPLES. BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE TITLE OF THE SELECTION AND

INDICATE WHETHER THE AUTHOR COMES FROM CANADA OR LATIN AMERICA.

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• PICK A TEXT FROM THE UNIT AND IDENTIFY ITS THEME. WHAT IS THEME?

• THE MESSAGE

• EX: “DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY” BY ALICE MUNRO

• EXPLAIN HOW THE THEME EXEMPLIFIES KOZA’S STATEMENT.

• INCLUDE TWO DETAILS OR EXAMPLES TO SUPPORT YOUR EXPLANATION.

• INDICATE WHERE THE AUTHOR COMES FROM.

EXAMPLE ANSWER: PRE-WRITING NOTES

• STORY TITLE AND AUTHOR: “DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY” BY ALICE MUNRO

• SUMMARY: IN THIS STORY, THE NARRATOR HELEN EXPLAINS HOW A CLASSMATE NAMED MYRA IS ISOLATED AND

APART FROM HER CLASSMATES. THE TEACHER DIRECTS THE STUDENTS TO ACT NICER TO MYRA. ONE DAY,

HELEN INADVERTENTLY ENDS UP WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH MYRA AND BREAKS THE BARRIER TO BEFRIEND HER –

JUST BARELY BECAUSE SHE DOESN’T WANT TO SEEM TOO FRIENDLY WITH MYRA IN FRONT OF HER OTHER

CLASSMATES.

• THEME: IT TAKES AN ACT OF COURAGE TO STAND UP AND BE DIFFERENT FROM THE CROWD.

• HOW EVENTS AND/OR IDEAS IN THE STORY AND/OR POEM SUPPORT THE THEME: THE EVENTS SUPPORT THIS THEME

BECAUSE NOBODY IN THE CLASS WANTS TO BE FRIENDLY TO MYRA. WHEN HELEN OFFERS HER SOME

CRACKERJACKS AND THE PRIZE, SHE DEMONSTRATES COURAGE TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE CROWD. THE

BUTTERFLY MAY SYMBOLIZE THIS BECAUSE THE LIFE OF THE BUTTERFLY IS FLEETING & DELICATE. THIS NEW

FRIENDSHIP IS VERY DELICATE BECAUSE OF HELEN’S UNCERTAIN FEELINGS ABOUT BREAKING THE BARRIER AND THE

FRIENDSHIP MAY BE DELICATE BECAUSE OF MYRA’S SERIOUS ILLNESS WHICH WILL KEEP HER HOSPITALIZED AND

ISOLATED FROM SCHOOL.

PROMPT: SELECT A DIFFERENT STORY OR POEM FROM THIS UNIT. IDENTIFY A LITERARY ELEMENT

IN THE CHOSEN SELECTION SUCH AS TONE, IMAGERY, OR SYMBOLISM. EXPLAIN HOW THE EVENTS AND /OR IDEAS IN THE STORY AND/OR POEM EXHIBIT TONE, IMAGERY, OR

SYMBOLISM. INCLUDE AT LEAST TWO SUPPORTING DETAILS OR EXAMPLES. BE SURE TO

INCLUDE THE TITLE OF THE SELECTION AND THE AUTHOR.

• UNPACK THE PROMPT:

• SELECT A STORY OR POEM FROM THE UNIT.

• “AT THE TOURIST CENTRE IN BOSTON”

• “DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY”

• “NO DOGS BARK”

• IDENTIFY THE TONE, IMAGERY, OR SYMBOLISM IN THE TEXT. EXPLAIN HOW IS IT SHOWN IN THE

TEXT.

• EX: “DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY” BY ALICE MUNRO - THINK ABOUT THE BUTTERFLY. WHILE IT IS EXCHANGED AS A

GIFT IN THE STORY, DOES IT HAVE A MORE SYMBOLIC MEANING?

• HAVE TWO SUPPORTING DETAILS OR EXAMPLES AND INCLUDE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR OF THE TEXT.

UNIT 1:

8 PARTS OF

SPEECH

PARTS OF SPEECH - IDENTIFY THE PART OF SPEECH THAT

CORRESPONDS TO THE UNDERLINED WORD IN EACH

SENTENCE.

(1) RAGTIME IS ONE OF THE ANCESTORS OF JAZZ. (2) IT WAS POPULAR FROM

THE 1890S UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR.(3) IN RAGTIME MUSIC,

MELODIES ARE SYNCOPATED. (4) THE STYLE DERIVED FROM STREET BANDS IN

NEW ORLEANS, ST. LOUIS, AND MEMPHIS. (5) IT WAS RELATED TO A

POPULAR DANCE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY CALLED THE

“CAKEWALK.” (6) SCOTT JOPLIN IS PROBABLY THE BEST-KNOWN OF THE

RAGTIME COMPOSERS. (7) MAPLE LEAF RAG IS STILL PLAYED

REGULARLY TODAY. (8) HEY, WASN’T THAT ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BAND’S

SONGS? (9) SCOTT JOPLIN ACTUALLY WROTE A RAGTIME OPERA CALLED A

GUEST OF HONOR. (10) HAVE YOU HEARD OF JELLY ROLL MORTON?

PARTS OF SPEECH – CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

(1) RAGTIME NOUN IS ONE OF THE ANCESTORS OF JAZZ. (2) IT WAS POPULAR

FROM THE 1890S UNTIL PREPOSITION THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD

WAR.(3) IN RAGTIME ADJECTIVE MUSIC, MELODIES ARE SYNCOPATED. (4) THE

STYLE DERIVED FROM STREET BANDS IN NEW ORLEANS, ST.

LOUIS, AND CONJUNCTION MEMPHIS. (5) IT WAS RELATED TO A POPULAR

DANCE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY CALLED THE “CAKEWALK.”

NOUN (6) SCOTT JOPLIN IS PROBABLY ADVERB THE BEST-KNOWN OF THE

RAGTIME COMPOSERS. (7) MAPLE LEAF RAG IS STILL PLAYED REGULARLY TODAY.

ADVERB (8) HEY, INTERJECTION WASN’T THAT ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BAND’S

SONGS? (9) SCOTT JOPLIN ACTUALLY WROTE VERB A RAGTIME OPERA CALLED A

GUEST OF HONOR. (10) HAVE YOU PRONOUN HEARD OF JELLY ROLL

MORTON?

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 A UNIT ASSESSMENT, WHAT MUST YOU DO BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ANSWERS?

• SUBMIT RESPONSES TO CHECKMYWORK AND THEN PROVIDE THE LINK IN THE ANSWER BOX.

• WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE UNIT STUDY GUIDE?

• CLASS WEBSITE

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