FINAL EXAM REVIEWS:

This is your on-line final exam review.  Find your class to start STUDYING!!  THE HARDER YOU WORK THE BIGGER THE REWARD!!!

ESL 5 Themes (HSPA STYLE PERSUASIVE TEST)

·         Reading Practice:

o   HSPA Persuasive Reading TEST: http://www.state.nj.us/education/njpep/assessment/hspa/hspa_la/module_5/reading_persuasive_a.htm

o   English Language Study Zone (click on level 410 or 570): http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/

·         Persuasive Essay Writing:

o   On-Line Persuasive Writing Tutorial:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/minilessons.asp?topic=Persuasive

Sample Persuasive Essay:

 http://www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/ws2k-summer.htm

·         Revise and Edit Practice:

o   http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade4/writing.htm

o   http://www.mytaks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:revising-and-editing-practice&catid=35:taks-all-levels&Itemid=55

·         Speaking: You will give a speech that will count as part of your final grade

·         Listening Practice:

o   Scroll Down the Page for a list of Listening Activities – http://www.esl-lab.com/

o   http://www.eslfast.com/

o   http://www.eslfast.com/robot/

ESL 5 Literature: (HSPA STYLE NARRATIVE TEST)

·         Reading Practice

o   RECOMMENDED READING FOR FINAL EXAM:

§  http://www.biguniverse.com/readkidsbooks/read/376/moby-dick-illustrated-classic

o   HSPA Narrative Reading TEST: http://www.state.nj.us/education/njpep/assessment/hspa/hspa_la/module_4/reading_narrative_b.htm

o   English Language Study Zone (click on level 410 or 570): http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/

·         Expository Essay:            

o   Basic Organization: http://www2.asd.wednet.edu/pioneer/barnard/wri/essay_model.htm

o   Sample HSPA Style Expository Essay:  http://www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/ws2k-friendship.htm

http://www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/ws2k-cheated.htm

·         Literary Terms:

Literary Terms QUIZE:

• http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/simile/page2.html

Literary Terms GAMES:

• http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/fling3.html
• http://www.quia.com/hm/80390.html
• http://www.quia.com/cb/8285.html

ESL 2

·         Narrative Reading

o   English Language Study Zone (click on level 200, 330, or 410): http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/

·         Plot Pyramid (You will need to type information to the blanks)

o   http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/plot-diagram/

·         Compare & Contrast Essay

o   http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/compcontrast/map.html

·         Note Card / Skim and Take Notes

Steps of skimming and taking notes:

o   Read the section titles.  Turn the title  into a questions

o   Write the W? (who, what, where, when, why, how) on the note-card after the title question.

o   Read each section and find the answers to the W?.

o   Write key words and phrases to answer each W?

·         Summary Statement: Using the information from the note card, write ONE SUMMARY STATEMENT SENTECE that answers the Title Question of the Note Card

·         Revise and Edit Practice:

o   http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade4/writing.htm

o   http://www.mytaks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:revising-and-editing-practice&catid=35:taks-all-levels&Itemid=55

·         Speaking: You will give a speech that will count as part of your final grade

·         Listening Practice:

o   Scroll Down the Page for a list of Listening Activities – http://www.esl-lab.com/

o   http://www.eslfast.com/

o   http://www.eslfast.com/robot/

 

ESL 5 Themes: What Does It Mean To Go GREEN?

“Going GREEN” has become a popular phrase during the last several years.  However, if you ask people what it means to go green most people will tell you that it means to recycle.  WRONG!!!  Yes, recycling is part of going green, but going green is much more.  It starts with how you think, your choices, and your life style.  Going green is not only about helping the environment, it impacts your values, your beliefs, and it can even save you money!

Essay Question:

In a persuasive essay, convince your reader on the importance of going green.  Use examples from our Trash to Treasure unit as well as from the video THE STORY OF STUFF.  Include a variety of persuasive techniques to support your examples.

Video Reference: The Story of Stuff / http://www.storyofstuff.com/

ESL 5 Lit: An hour in my life story...

An hour in my life story:

·        Write a story based on an event that occurred in your life that lasted about an hour.

·        EXAMPLES:

o    Getting your license

o   Meeting someone important or special to you for the first time

o   Your first hour visiting your home country after living in the USA

o   The last hour on the last day of school

o   An hour at your new job

o   The last sports game you played

o   The first or last hour of a great party

o   The first or last hour of a family event

o   Your first kiss

o   The first time you asked someone to be your B.F. or G.F. or the first time you were asked to be someone’s B.F. or G.F.

·        Be creative in your descriptions

·        Use figurative language

·         poetic license

·        Borrow ideas from things you have studied or read(Literary Terms)

·        Follow a plot sequence

·        Use dialogue

Example:

                      An Hour In My Life: Waiting To Take My Driver's Test

                                                        By: B. Avila

            149…the number I waited to see on the red number pad.  149…the number on the small, square ticket that I held in my hand as if life depended on it, 149…my turn, my opportunity for freedom.  75…the number the lady called flashed red on the number pad, torturing me; I had a long way to wait before it was my turn to take my driver’s test.  I had waited 17 years of my life for this moment.  I passed the written exam and now came the true moment, the final step to have my license.  “Is it possible, can I finally drive a car on my own?” I asked myself as I saw number 76 flash on the red number pad, one more number closer to my turn.  I don’t know what was worst.  The waiting or the fact that the small-compact car I had practiced with from the driving school was not available for the test and now I had to take the test in my mom’s long and large station wagon.  I knew I had not practice in a car so big. “Could I park it?”, that was the question that kept rolling over in my mind.  80...”What?”  I am getting closer.  I still had time to go over in my mind everything I knew, the K-turn, the traffic signals, the seat-belt, the U-turn, changing lanes….I knew it all and was confident. However, there was one thing that haunted me, the one thing that can ruin my dream.  PARALLEL PARKING!  I was horrible at PARALLEL PARKING!  I practice over and over in the small compact car and I always bumped into the other parked cars or ended up with my car on the side-walk.  The realization of this fact sent a cold shock to my brain as if a sudden blizzard took over my thoughts.  Then it hit me, THE STATION WAGOON! Panic rushed to my thoughts with the realization that the station wagon was twice as big and I had not practiced parallel parking that enormous dinosaur.   How could I possibly park the beast?  145…”What?!”  It’s almost my turn and I just realized I cannot do this…there is no way I can park the brown monster.  147…NOOOOOOO!  I screamed inside of my head, crushing the small ticket with the number 149 written on it as if by crushing it I could end the torture.  “149, 149…” said the lady in a robotic voice.  That was it, I could not turn back now…I walked up to the window handed my ticket and off I went to meet my destiny.