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Eng IV FINAL reveiw questions

 

Final Part II

 

Is considered the greatest satirist in the English language.           

             

His political pamphlets lead to his imprisonment.           

                                                         

The author of Jane Eyre.             

                                                           

Created the detective Sherlock Holmes.   

                                                             

Wrote “The Tyger” and “The Lamb”.                                                           

 

Is England’s greatest nature poet.                                                           

 

Is considered the father of Romanticism                                               

 

Thought to be the most romantic figure of the Romantic Age.           

 

First novel was The Lord of the Flies.                                                           

 

One of Byron’s romantic poems.

                                   

Dickens’s most autobiographical novel.           

                

Novel warns of a scientifically controlled society.

 

Considered to be the greatest novel ever written.

             

T.S. Eliot proves he has a whimsical side.           

                

The castle of Camelot is mentioned in this poem.   

     

James Joyce’s story about a childhood crush.   

          

Considered to be the first novel in English.

 

Foreshadowing is used to build suspense.                            

 

What is the narrative technique that attempts to imitate the workings of the human mind called? 

 

What major event changed the tenor of T.S. Eliot’s writing?

 

In what form is the poem “Oymandias” written?

 

Who wrote a famous novel of scientific horror?

 

What were the little people that Gulliver encountered called?

 

Why did the Duke turn against his wife and possibly kill her in “My Last Duchess”?

 

The Victorian period is called the age of what literary form?

 

 

“How do I love thee…” was written by which poet?

 

His poem was about the fleeting nature of fame.

 

Far From the Madding Crowd was his big success.

 

Considered by many to be the greatest poet of the 20th century.

 

Occurs when a character or the reader expects one thing to happen, but something else happens.

 

Virginia Woolf’s novel about a middle-class woman preparing for a party.

 

T.S. Eliot spent much of his life in Britain.  Where was he born?

 

 “The Hanging” is this author’s essay against destroying a healthy human being.

 

Her stories about Africa became the basis for a popular movie.

 

This point-of-view was used by Chaucer in the 14th century.

 

 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Match the facts to the book.

 

Basil Hallward is murdered by this story’s main character.

 

The author’s best known book is Journey to the Center of the Earth.

 

In the movie the main character in this story teaches Tom Sawyer to shoot long distances.

 

Stevenson’s story of man’s two personalities.

 

Mina was a schoolmistress in this story.

 

H. Rider Haggard’s story about Africa.           

 

Lord Henry proves to be a bad influence.

 

It is believed that a monster is terrorizing the seas.

 

The author of this work also wrote Treasure Island.

 

Lucy Westenra is the story’s first victim.

 

Science fiction novella by H.G. Wells.

 

Sir Danvers Carew is murdered in the streets of London.

 

The impact of age and evil is not realized until the end of the story.

 

Jonathan Harker is hired to handle a real estate transaction.

 

Jules Verne wrote this classic science fiction novel.

May 25-29,2009

May 25-29, 2009  5/25

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

  18

English I

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

 

NO SENIORS

 

 

  19

English I

QRA DUE  (SHEET, SUMMARIES, AND PROJECTS) – 10% OF GRADE

Position Paper Presentations  & Monologue Concluded

 

HW – FINAL TOMORROW

 

 

English IV

QRA FOR JUNIORS

TURN IN PAYNTER POINTS FOR  EXTRA CREDIT 

 

  20

English I

FINAL (BRING SHEET FOR PTS)

TURN IN PAYNTER POINTS FOR  EXTRA CREDIT 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

NO CLASS

 

FINAL TOMORROW

  21

English I

NO CLASS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

FINAL

 22

 English I

MAKE – UP ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

MAKE – UP ONLY

 

 

Eng I Final Worksheet (5 pts on Final)

 

To Kill a Mockingbird

 

Spends summers with an aunt, who lives next door to the Finch family.

A recluse who never emerges from his home.

A black man who stands accused of rape.

A lawyer and an extremely upright person. 

Works as the Finch family’s cook and housekeeper.

Evil, ignorant man who lives in a shack with his nine motherless children.

Woman who falsely accuses Tom Robinson of rape. 

Starts first grade shortly after the start of the story. 

He is quieter and more reserved than his sister, Jean Louise.

He has an active imagination and is the one who pushes to explore the old house on the block.

Is the narrator of the story.

This character is based on author’s childhood friend, Truman Capote.

He tries to kill the Finch children.

Takes the Finch children to a black church.

Suffers a broken arm and is concerned about playing sports.

What is the name of the town where the fictional story takes place?

He comes to lunch at the Finch house, but Scout is rude to him.

He was a talented marksman who during the story shot a rabid dog in the street.

He leaves gifts inside a hallow tree for the children.

Lead a lynch mob the night before Tom’s trial, but because of Scout’s words he broke it up?

What reason does Mr. Radley give for sealing the tree’s hole with cement?

What was Dill’s real name?

Why did Atticus tell the children not to kill a mockingbird?

Why did the guards kill Tom Robinson?

In which decade was the novel published?

 

 

 

Poetry Terminology – meaning or examples:

 

Sound imitates meaning.

A non-human thing is given human characteristics.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between unlike things without using like or as.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between unlike things using like or as.

When a person, place, thing             or idea stands for itself and something else.           

The actual sound that results from a line of poetry.

The use of similar sounds at the beginning or end of a word.

Love is a rose.

The placement of identical or similar sounds at the ends of lines or at predictable locations.

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.           

A poem consisting of seventeen syllables.

Written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

A two-line stanza.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A sound, word, phrase or line repeated regularly in a poem.

Language that appeals to the senses (sound, touch, taste, sight, and smell).

A fourteen-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

Does not rhyme or have a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

 “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman is this type of poem.

Consists of three metrical lines of 5,7, and 5 syllables.

It looks like a square.

The use of similar sounds at the beginning of words.

She is as beautiful as a sunrise.

Shakespeare’s version of this type of poem has an abab cdcd efef gg rhyme scheme.

 

 

 

May 18-22, 2009

May 18 – 22, 2009  5/15

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

  18  

                          English I

QRA – 700

Finish Monologues

Position Paper Due

Start Position Paper Presentations – ALL READY TO PRESENT

HW-                                                       Voc 9 Test &WB 

 

English IV

QRA Due – Sheet, summaries, and projects (10% of grade)

ALL BOOKS MUST BE TURNED IN OR YOU WILL BE BILLED

Last day for any work turn in or test make-ups.

HW-                

STUDY for final. Bring completed sheet for five points

  19

English I

Voc. 9 Test & WB

Position Paper Presentations Cont.

Note – NO PAYNTER POINTS ALLOWED.  50% DEDUCTION FOR PAPER AND PRESENTATION

 

 

 

English IV

LAST Day of class & LAST DAY TO RECITE “IF” POEM

TURN IN PAYNTER POINTS

 

HW –

STUDY for final. Bring completed sheet for five points

  20

English I

Position Paper Presentations Cont.

 

HW – Voc. 7-9 WB

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

FINAL during    4th Period

 

  21

English I

Position Paper Presentations Cont.

HW – Voc. 7-9 WB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

NO SENIORS

 

GRADUATION!!!!!

 22

 English I

Review for exam

HW – Voc. 7-9 WB & Review for exam (on Wed)

QRA is due on Tuesday.

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

NO SENIORS

 

 

Eng IV final review

 

Final Part II

 

Is considered the greatest satirist in the English language.           

             

His political pamphlets lead to his imprisonment.           

                                                         

The author of Jane Eyre.             

                                                           

Created the detective Sherlock Holmes.   

                                                             

Wrote “The Tyger” and “The Lamb”.                                                           

 

Is England’s greatest nature poet.                                                           

 

Is considered the father of Romanticism                                               

 

Thought to be the most romantic figure of the Romantic Age.           

 

First novel was The Lord of the Flies.                                                           

 

One of Byron’s romantic poems.

                                   

Dickens’s most autobiographical novel.           

                

Novel warns of a scientifically controlled society.

 

Considered to be the greatest novel ever written.

             

T.S. Eliot proves he has a whimsical side.           

                

The castle of Camelot is mentioned in this poem.   

     

James Joyce’s story about a childhood crush.   

          

Considered to be the first novel in English.

 

Foreshadowing is used to build suspense.                            

 

What is the narrative technique that attempts to imitate the workings of the human mind called? 

 

What major event changed the tenor of T.S. Eliot’s writing?

 

In what form is the poem “Oymandias” written?

 

Who wrote a famous novel of scientific horror?

 

What were the little people that Gulliver encountered called?

 

Why did the Duke turn against his wife and possibly kill her in “My Last Duchess”?

 

The Victorian period is called the age of what literary form?

 

 

“How do I love thee…” was written by which poet?

 

His poem was about the fleeting nature of fame.

 

Far From the Madding Crowd was his big success.

 

Considered by many to be the greatest poet of the 20th century.

 

Occurs when a character or the reader expects one thing to happen, but something else happens.

 

Virginia Woolf’s novel about a middle-class woman preparing for a party.

 

T.S. Eliot spent much of his life in Britain.  Where was he born?

 

 “The Hanging” is this author’s essay against destroying a healthy human being.

 

Her stories about Africa became the basis for a popular movie.

 

This point-of-view was used by Chaucer in the 14th century.

 

 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Match the facts to the book.

 

Basil Hallward is murdered by this story’s main character.

 

The author’s best known book is Journey to the Center of the Earth.

 

In the movie the main character in this story teaches Tom Sawyer to shoot long distances.

 

Stevenson’s story of man’s two personalities.

 

Mina was a schoolmistress in this story.

 

H. Rider Haggard’s story about Africa.           

 

Lord Henry proves to be a bad influence.

 

It is believed that a monster is terrorizing the seas.

 

The author of this work also wrote Treasure Island.

 

Lucy Westenra is the story’s first victim.

 

Science fiction novella by H.G. Wells.

 

Sir Danvers Carew is murdered in the streets of London.

 

The impact of age and evil is not realized until the end of the story.

 

Jonathan Harker is hired to handle a real estate transaction.

 

Jules Verne wrote this classic science fiction novel.

MAY 11-15, 2009

May 11 – 15, 2009  5/10

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

  11

English I

QRA – 600

Quick Write – 12 Values

Voc. #8 Review

Reading/Vocabulary/

Computer/Grades

 

HW-                                                       Voc 8 Test &WB 

 

English IV

QRA 600

Modernism     

(980-986)

Author/Works Report (oral)

 

HW-                

Read 1004-1005 &    1006-1018

 

 

  12

English I

Voc. 8 Test & WB

MLA PP #2

Monologue Sheets (read/study/practice)

 

HW – Work on Paper/Presentation – OUTLINE DUE TOMORROW

 

 

English IV

Author/Works Cont.

Rocking Horse Winner Video

WO (1020) –choose

 

HW – Read 1032-1033, 1058-1059, and 1060-1063

  13

English I

Monologue Practice/Reading/ Computer time

POSITION PAPER OUTLINE DUE

 

HW – Voc. 9 WB

 

 

 

 

English IV

T.S. Eliot 1070

Uncovered Authors

The Hanging    1168-1173 & 1174 (1-4 & 6)

 

HW –               Read 1190-1195

  14

English I

Monologue Performance

 

HW – Voc. 9 WB

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

Discuss Contemporary Lit. and More

POV 1197-1198

Uncovered Authors

 

HW – Voc. #2

 15

 English I

Computer Lab? or Class Time

 

HW – Voc. 8 WB & Paper/Oral Presentation

 

 

 

English IV

Voc. #2 sheet due (test grade)

Final Review Sheet – Work on in class (turn in for 5 pts. on 5/20)

 

HW – finish sheet

May 4-8, 2009

May 4 – 8, 2009  5/3

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

  4

English I

QRA – 500

Position Selection

TKMB Movie/Book Essay deadline

TKMB book turn-in

Voc. #7 Review

Last Day Tutorial

 HW-                                                       Voc 7 Test &WB

 

English IV

QRA 500

“If” Poem (1/2 final) & Kipling (913)

LEG Essay deadline

Voc. #1 sheet

Victorian Age Intro (828-837)

“Lady of Shalott” (838-845 & 853)

Last Day Tutorial

HW – Read 854-860 & WO 1 or 2

  5

English I

Voc. 7 Test & WB

MLA PP & HANDOUT

1-3 Minute Speech Assignment

Delivering a Persuasive Speech

 

HW – Speech Prep

 

 

English IV

Review Browning

Elizabeth Browning (861-862 & 867)

Novel (868-871)

Dickens Video and question sheet

HW- Read 886-887 and 898-899

 

  6

English I

1-3 Minute Speech

 

HW – Voc. 8 WB

 

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

Review HW reading

Poets (divide and report to class)

Arnold, Hopkins, Hardy, & Housman       (940-968)

Poet quiz for PP

HW – Read 978-986

  7

English I

Computer Research Day 

 

HW – Voc. 8 WB

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

 Poetry Café?

Assign 1 Page author reports (due Monday)

HW – Finish Voc. and work on author report

 8

 English I

Quick Write

Read, Research, or Voc.

Individual Consultation

 

HW – Voc. 8 WB & Paper/Oral Presentation

 

English IV

Voc. #1 sheet due (test grade)

Handout Voc. #2

Work on author report /Voc.#2 /”If” Poem

 

April 27-May 1, 2009

APRIL 27 – May 1, 2009  4/26

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

  27

English I

QRA – 400

TKMB Movie

GRADE        PRINT-OUT (PARENT SIGNATURE)

 

 HW- REPEAT        Voc 4-6 Test (WED)

 

 

 

 

English IV

QRA 400

GRADE        PRINT-OUT (PARENT SIGNATURE)

Frankenstein Cont.

LEG POWERPOINTS

 

 

  28

English I

TKMB Movie Cont.

Compare/contrast  5-P essay on book/movie

PRINT-OUT SIGNATURE PAGE DUE

 

HW – Study for the REPEAT Voc 4-6 Test

Finish essay           (if needed)

 

English IV

PRINT-OUT SIGNATURE PAGE DUE

Poetry – shared and writing of original   (due Friday)

HW – Work on poetry and review LEG character in movie.

  29

English I

REPEAT              Voc 4-6 Test

Article and Analysis Sheet – read, do, and discuss

 

HW – Voc. 7 WB

 

 

 

 

 

English IV

LEG MOVIE – take notes

 

HW – Work on poetry assignments

  30

English I

Position Paper and Presentation Explained 

Ringling Trip   after lunch

 

HW – Explore topics for Position Paper/Presentation

 

 

 

 

English IV

 LEG MOVIE (take notes) Conclusion

Compare/contrast 5-P essay on book character/movie

HW – Finish essay and poetry

 1

 English I

NEW DEADLINE FOR POETRY CONTEST

TKMB Party  (Southern food, TKMB character, games, and proper manners)

 

HW – Voc. 7 WB       Three top topics 

 

 

 

English IV

NEW DEADLINE FOR POETRY CONTEST

Class poetry due (shared and original)

 

 

TKMB 28-31

Name______________________                                                                                     Period________

                                              To Kill a Mockingbird

Chapter 28

 

1)    How does Scout know the body she touches is not Jem’s?

 

 

 

 

 

2)    What, according to Dr. Reynolds, is Jem’s condition?

 

 

 

 

 

3)    What news does Sheriff Tate give Atticus?

 

 

 

Chapter 29

4) Who is the stranger standing in the corner of Jem’s room? Why might he be there?

 

 

 

5) Why is Scout’s ham costume significant to the story?

 

 

 

 

 

6) Who is the perpetrator (the person responsible for the crime)? How do you know who he is?

 

 

 

 

Chapter 30

1) Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell’s death was self-inflicted? In what way is this partly true?

 

 

 

 

Chapter 31

1) Comment on the way the narrator (Scout) summarizes earlier events and characters to show their siginificance. Refer to events and characters that include Boo Radley, Jem, Atticus, and the neighborhood as a whole. Why do you think Harper Lee (the author) chose to end her novel this way?

 

TKMB 25-27

Name______________________                                                                               Date________

                                              To Kill a Mockingbird  

Chapter 25


1) How is the meaning of the title revealed in this chapter?

 

 

2) Why is Tom’s death considered “typical” in Maycomb?

 

 

3) How does Mr. Underwood feel about Tom’s death? Why did the author choose to include Mr. Underwood’s opinions about Tom’s death?

 

 

 

4) Why is the court of public opinion sometimes more influential than the court of law? Refer to the novel and an example in real life.

 

 

 

5) What do you think Ewell meant when he said “it made one down and about two more to go”? What can you predict will happen next?

 

 

Chapter 26

1) Identify at least one example that Scout is growing up and maturing and one example that Jem is growing up and maturing.

 

 

 

2) Why is it hypocritical of Miss Gates to teach a lesson on Hitler’s persecution of the Jews?

 

 

 

3) What is Harper Lee’s purpose in writing this chapter? Think about the messages she wants to send her readers.

 

 

 

Chapter 27

1) Identify three threats that Bob Ewell allegedly makes against some Maycomb townspeople.

 

 

 

2) Why do you believe the author, Harper Lee, included the Halloween story in her novel? Describe any significance you believe it has.