Study Guide: QTR 1/ Grade 7



Study Guide: QTR 1/ Grade 7

Terms:

Plot

Exposition

Rising action

Climax

Falling action

Resolution

Conflict

Complications

Flashback

Foreshadow

Flash forward

Setting

Mood

Suspense

Sentence

Chronological order

Simple/Compound Subject

Simple/Compound Predicate

Subject

Predicate

Understood subject

Verb phrase

Context clues

Glossary

Index

Table of contents

Chapter Review

Main Idea

Supporting details

Be able to:

Label plot diagram

Id and determine the difference between a main idea & supporting detail

Draw conclusions based on what you know + what you’ve read

Sequence events from an instructional passage

Identify & label the structures of a news article

Identify the parts of a simple/compound sentence

Identify elements of suspense/plot from stories

Identify elements of textbook reading ex. context clues

Open ended format:

1. Do you feel that students should take responsibility for their own education? How might this affect the students & their communities? Explain & give examples.

2. What is cyber bullying? What are some of the ways it harms others? How might you help prevent it from happening to you or someone else? Explain.

Study Guide: QTR 1/ Grade 8

Terms:

Plot

Exposition

Rising action

Climax

Falling action

Resolution

Conflict

Complications

Flashback

Foreshadow

Flash forward

Setting

Mood

Suspense

Sentence

Chronological order

Simple/Compound Subject compound sentence

Simple/Compound Predicate complex sentence

Subject main/independent clause

Predicate subordinate/dependent clause

Understood subject

Verb phrase

Context clues

Glossary

Index

Table of contents

Chapter Review

Main Idea

Supporting details

Be able to:

Label plot diagram

Id and determine the difference between a main idea & supporting detail

Draw conclusions based on what you know + what you’ve read

Sequence events from an instructional passage

Identify & label the structures of a business letter; block format

Identify simple/compound/complex sentence structures

Identify elements of suspense/plot from stories:

Identify elements of textbook reading, ex. context clues

Open ended format:

1. Do you feel that students should take responsibility for their own education? How might this affect the students & their communities? Explain & give examples.

2. What is cyber-bullying? What are some of the ways it harms others? How might you help prevent it from happening to you or someone else? Explain.

Study Guide: QTR 1/ Grade 9

Terms:

|Plot |Setting |Character |Genre |

| | | | |

|Exposition |Mood |Speech |Drama |

|Rising action |Tone |Soliloquy |Fable |

|Climax |Imagery |Dramatic monologue |Myth |

|Falling action | |Direct |Legend |

|Resolution/ | |Indirect |Suspense |

|Denouement | |Protagonist |Horror |

|Foreshadow | |Antagonist |Comedy |

|Flashback | |1st person narration |Romance |

|Conflict | | |Science fiction |

|Internal conflict | | |Tall tale |

|External conflict | | |Historical fiction |

|Complications | | |Non-fiction |

| | | |Biography |

| | | |Fiction |

Discussions:

1. What internal conflict does Millicent struggle with in “Initiation”? How does she relate to the heather birds and sparrows? Explain.

2. Compare and contrast the characters of Rainsford and Zaroff from “The Most Dangerous Game”. Which characteristics make Rainsford a strong protagonist and Zaroff an excellent antagonist? Explain.

3. How is the element of flashback used in “Dog Star” to deepen the plot? What situation from the flashback helps the narrator in his present situation?

4. How does the setting from “A Christmas Memory” add to the element of nostalgia in the story? How does the imagery used help us to picture what is going on in the story? Be detailed in your explanation.

5. How do the exaggerated handicaps given to Harrison in “Harrison Bergeron” make his character seem larger than life? Why did he need so many impediments? What was his society trying to control?

Plot Map:

• Be able to label each element

• Be able to map out the plot from a passage

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