ESL 2 Final Exam Review: Reading, Plotting, Skimming and Taking Notes, Revise and Edit, and Listening

Reading Test: You will read a new story that is realistic fiction.  Realistic Fiction stories are not real, but have the possibility of being real.  To do well on the test you need to practice your reading skills.  Use the following links to help improve your reading:

• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_5_7.htm
• http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/test_tutor/grade5/skill7/iditarod.htm

Plotting: When you plot a story you are writing about the different parts of the story. A plot has SIX parts: Introduction (this includes the setting and characters), Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. 

·         Learn the Parts of a Plot: http://quizlet.com/8460586/parts-of-the-plot-diagram-flash-cards/

Use the following links to help you learn and practice the concept of plotting a story:

·         Easy: http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.html  

·         Medium: http://www2.smarttutor.com/player/swf/RC_StoryStructure_L4_V1_T4a.swf

Skim and Take Notes: to skim and take notes means to read and find the details and main idea. 

*On your final you will have a new reading and you will have to Skim and Take Notes to find the SUMMARY STATEMENT!

• Main Idea / Summary Statement: the most important information
• Details: words and phrases that give specific information
• To get the main idea, you need to find the details
• To get the details, answer the W? words
• W? Words: who, when, what, where, why, how

How to Skim and Take Notes:

• 1^st: Read the Title
• 2^nd: Turn the Title Into A Question
• 3^rd: Use the w? words to find the details
• 4^th: Read and answer the w?
• 5^th: Use the information from the w? to write a Main Idea Sentence / This sentence will answer your Title Question

Revise and Edit: to Revise and Edit means to read something and find the grammar mistakes, spelling, and punctuation mistakes, then correct these mistakes.  For the final, you will have to Revise and Edit a paragraph.

Revise and Edit Practice

• http://www.quia.com/rr/393396.html
• http://www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html
• http://www.missmaggie.org/scholastic/editdan_eng_launcher.html
• http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm
• Go to the following site and click on CLICK HERE TO START YOUR ACTIVITY

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/App?File=Paintball.htm&Type=S&App=Paintball&Topic=Topic2

Listening: To test your English listening skills, you will receive a list of incorrect sentences.  Then you will listening a reading about the sentences.  After, you will use the information that you heard to correct the sentences.   To prepare for the listening part of the final you will need to practice your English listening skills, use the following to help…

• http://www.englishmedialab.com/listening.html

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

·          http://www.eslfast.com/

·          http://www.eslfast.com/robot/