Senior English 12A: Final Exam Review



Senior English 12A: Final Exam Review

➢ 20 vocab. Words

➢ Format for MLA heading academic format date: 17 Nov. 2014

➢ Be able to answer basic questions about articles read in class

o “Something to Honk About”

o “Traits of a Good Leader”

o “Seven Personal Characteristics of a Good Leader”

➢ Be able to articulate how stories can help people to understand history and life lessons

➢ Be able to answer comprehension questions about short stories and/or articles. Example stories include:

o “No Witchcraft for Sale”

o “Shooting an Elephant”

o “I Believe in a British Empire”

➢ Be able to answer basic questions about the stories

➢ George Orwell biography questions – packet + movie

➢ Animal Farm notes questions (p. 13 in packet)

➢ Match Animal Farm characters to Russian Revolution people

➢ Government questions about communism/ totalitarianism chart in A.F. packet

➢ Clearly explain and understand the theme of Animal Farm Spark notes/Cliff’s notes

➢ Know the purpose of a résumé

➢ Understand parallel structure of verbs, re: résumé

➢ Identify problems with résumé format

➢ Format for academic email, identify errors in example emails

➢ Explain what we can learn/ apply today by studying the past

➢ Answer questions about either: scholarship/admissions essays or reading want ads from notes you took off the computer

➢ Format for block-style formal thank you letters

➢ Address formal envelopes properly

➢ Answer questions about Chad Foster’s Teenagers Preparing for the Real World

➢ Know how to correctly punctuate titles – underline (italicize)/ quote

➢ Know how to write acronyms (ex. NASA) in papers

➢ Basics of filling out job applications

➢ Videos about 1st impressions and introductions

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