SFNL Notes.pdf

Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapter 1)
Date:
Facts Feelings (1)
Characters: Scott, Kyle, Mitch, Patrick, Mouth, Julia
Mom, Dad, Bobby
Setting: present­day around JP Zenger High School
What the four guys think that high school will be like:
Kyle: boring and stupid (same as middle school)
Patrick: exciting (Tomb Raider or Indiana Jones movie)
Mitch: great (lots of high school girls)
Scott: scary (like a cattle slaughterhouse for freshmen)
Literary terms:
allusion: Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones, 3 Musketeers
hyperbole: She loaded up my plate with enough
protein and carbs to fuel a Mars mission.
Questions (2) Ideas or Connections (1)
Why are Mom and Dad acting a little different?
Are they worried about Scott or is it something else?
Why did Bobby drop out of school?
Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapter 2)
Date:
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SFNL Ch2
On the night before I started ninth grade I
felt....
really excited about going to high
school and being around older
people
Mouth reminds me of my niece
Heather because they both love to
talk.
Facts Feelings/Connections
Point of view: 1st
Narrator's name: Scott
Describe the narrator
number of best friends: 3
loves to: play basketball, read
family: Mom, Dad, brother Bobby
two descriptors: observant, smart, nice, shy
I feel that I identify most with this
character....because...
Scott...I love to read and play basketball. I
have really close friends, and I like learning in
school.
Questions Summary
What is easier to write a short story or a novel?
Why?
A novel because you can ramble around in
trying to make a point. A short story must get to the
point quickly and still be a great story.
Scott had a bad first day of school with a terrible
bus ride, getting lost in finding classes, and
embarrassing himself in front of Julia in English.
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 3­4)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 3 Literary terms ­ chapter 3
Scott has lunch with Kyle, Patrick, and Mitch
but no other classes. He is lost in Spanish class
because it is taught completely in Spanish. Mouth
keeps talking. Scott has lots of homework.
Summary ­ chapter 4 Ideas/Connections ­ chapter 4
Mom and Dad tell Scott that they are
having another baby, whom Scott calls
the "microscopic intruder."
Possible names:
Sean ­ boy
Emily ­ girl
He decides to write a guide to high school for the baby.
List two examples of similes:
"This place is like a tesseract."
"Mr. Franka tossed out books like literary frisbees."
How would you feel if your mom and dad told you
this news?
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 5­8)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 5
Scott hates PE.
Mitch leaves guys at lunch for a girl.
Wesley takes Scott's spare change.
Scott writes to the baby.
Literary term: Tom Swifty (give examples)
"I'd like a hot dog," Tom said frankly.
Character: Wesley (describe) ­ big scary senior
who steals people's lunch money
QUIZ ON CHAPTERS 1­5
SFNL Ch5­8
I'd be EXTREMELY surprised and probably
jealous.
Summary ­ chapter 6
Summary ­ chapter 7 Summary ­ chapter 8
Mr. Franka asks Scott to write book
reviews for the school newspaper.
Scott'd be first in his family to go to college.
Mom has odd cravings because of the baby.
Scott reads the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
and wants his family to read it.
Character: Smelly (describe) ­ Scott's name for
the baby; a combination of Sean and Emily
Scott's worn out from school.
Scott loses his list of Tom Swifties in English.
Kyle, Patrick, and Scott go to a movie, but Mitch
doesn't show because he now has a girlfriend.
Bobby gets arrested for not paying parking tickets.
Bobby says all will change when the baby is born.
Scott joins paper as the sports reporter, and finds
out that Julia is actually only a guest columnist.
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 9­10)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 9 Summary ­ chapter 10
Scott covers football game with Kyle
and Patrick, but they leave because the team
is so terrible.
Dad trades his car for a 1963 Corvette.
Scott writes his first article in Tom Swifties
because the football team is horrible.
List of Characters in Chapters 1­10
Scott
Kyle
Patrick
Mitch
Mrs. Hudson
Mr. Hudson
Bobby
Mandy
Julia
Mouth
Wesley
Smelly
Make a list of these names
in your notebook using CORNELL
notes. (Skip a line between each
name.) Ms. de Gaule
Mr. Cravutto
Mr. Franka
Vernon
Kelly
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Mom and Dad turn the spare room into a nursery.
Scott moves his books out of the spare room.
Scott does homework before playing basketball
with Kyle and Patrick.
Bobby gets job at a nearby diner.
Scott's Spanish teacher (Ms. de Gaule) is actually
French.
QUIZ on Chapters 6­10
Literary Terms
Alliteration ­ repetition of initial consonant sounds
(ex: Scott sits behind Sheldon thus shielding himself
from slaps.)
Simile ­ uses like or as to make a comparison (ex: It fits
like a glove.)
Onomatopoeia ­ words sound like their meanings (ex:
bam, whoosh, thump)
Hyperbole ­ extreme exaggeration (ex: Mr. Cravutto
tried his best to kill us with exercise, and Mrs.
Flutemeyer tried to slay us with quadratic equations.)
Make a list (based on Scott's list
of teacher types or create your
own categories) of your
categories to describe your
teachers ­ either this year or in the
past (or both). You need at least 5
categories. (Pages 82­83)
For each category, write at least 3
sentences describing
characteristics that illustrate that
category.
Writing: Guide to Teacher Types
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 11­14)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 11
Mom has to go to the hospital, and they are worried about the
baby.
Bobby is stressed and leaves home.
Julia and Vernon look like they are dating.
Vernon is the dumb quarterback and wants to be included in
Scott's article about the games.
Scott doesn't like Mouth's book reviews.
Stream of consciousness ­ writer vomits the contents of his
mind onto the page (he writes to Smelly: pg. 87)
Understatement ­ "gentle whisper of a power sander"
Onomatopoeia ­ "thumping"
Summary ­ chapter 13
Scott reads his speech for student council and
wins; however, Julia loses the presidency.
Scott has to choose what the curriculum will be for
English class in April.
Term: Metaphor
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Metaphor and Imagery
Summary ­ chapter 12
Lee is the new girl (weird); she sits at the popular girls'
table.
Scott runs for student council because Julia is running
for class president.
In the hospital, Tobie gave Scott his love of reading.
After Tobie dies, his parents give Scott his books.
flashback ­ Scott's time with Tobie in the hospital
alliteration ­ "Patrick is painfully predictable."
Summary ­ chapter 14
Patrick reads Ender's Game, but he tells Scott
that he's moving to Texas.
The first dance does not go well for Scott because Julia and
Vernon dance the whole night together.
Mouth asks a lot of girls to dance, but they all say no.
oxymoron ­ words that contradict each other (jumbo shrimp)
mixed metaphor ­ "Take arms against a sea of troubles."
Definition: Figure of speech in which one thing is
spoken of as though it were something else
Example: "Julia was an honest-to-goodness
goddess."
Term: Imagery
Definition: Descriptive language used to reflect
and re-create sensory experience. Language that
appeals to the senses of sight, hearing, smell,
taste, and touch.
Example: I probably never would have found it if
I hadn't detected the unique aroma of burned
hair, rotting peaches, and cinnamon drifting out
the door. Oh -- and a subtle hint of butterscotch
pudding.
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Term: Onomatopoeia
Definition: Use of words that imitate sounds
Example: whirr, thud, sizzle, hiss, bam, thump
Term: Alliteration
Definition: Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Example: "High school," Mouth said, staggering to
the side as someone pushed him out of the way.
Onomatopoeia and Alliteration
Term: Tom Swifty
Examples:
"I'd like a hot dog," Tom said
frankly.
"They're building new apartments
down the road," Tom said
constructively.
"Who turned off the lights?" Tom
said dimly.
Tom Swifty
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 15­18)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 15
Scott connects with Lee because of a shared
interest in books. Lee reads a book (The
Silent Gondoliers by the author of The
Princess Bride, which Scott loves.
Scott finds "The Waltz" by Dorothy Parker
interesting.
Patrick leaves for Texas, and Scott wonders if
he will ever see Patrick again.
Scott's mission is to talk to Julia.
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Summary ­ chapter 16
Summary ­ chapter 17
Kyle joins the wrestling team and tries to get
Summary ­ chapter 18
Scott to join.
Scott has to cover basketball and wrestling for the paper.
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Last football game score: 108­3 (lost again)
Lee wants to talk to Scott about "The Giaour"
but he runs away. He realizes that Lee reminds
him of Tobie.
Lee recites Byron's vampire poem ("The Giaour") to
Scott.
Kyle makes fun of Scott for talking to Lee, who Kyle
calls "Weirdly."
Scott's grades are good (honor roll). English = 95%
Bobby comes home.
Scott thinks Lee cuts herself because of the bandages
on her wrist.
Basketball team is good.
Term: Personification
Wrestling team is bad. Kyle is on JV, and Vernon is on
varsity.
Definition: Figurative language in
which a nonhuman subject is given
human characteristics
Examples: Time crawled slowly by in
3rd period
Personification
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Term: Understatement
Definition: Saying less than what is
really meant, or saying something
with less force than is appropriate
Examples: "gentle whisper of a
power sander"
Understatement
Term: Rhyme
Definition: Repetition of sounds at the
ends of words (two types: end rhyme
- end of lines and internal rhyme -
rhyming words in same line)
Examples: "Flux sux"
Term: Stream of Consciousness
Definition: Writing in which one's
mind's contents flows out in no
specific order (expect the order in
which it's thought of)
Rhyme
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Term: Stream of Consciousness
Definition: Writing in which one's mind's
contents flows out in no specific order (expect
the order in which it's thought of)
Stream of Consciousness
Antagonist - the character who
opposes the main character
(often the bad guy)
Euphemism - an indirect word
or phrase used in place of a
direct statement that might be
considered too harsh or
offensive
ex: Saying a dog was "put to
sleep" instead of "killed"
Antagonist and Euphemism
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Conflict ­ struggle
between opposing
forces
Two Types
External Conflict - a conflict
between a character and another
character, society, or nature
Internal Conflict - a conflict
between a character and
him/herself
Conflict
Flashback - when a story's sequence is
interrupted and a character goes back to
an earlier time
ex: remembering the hospital stay with
Tobie
Irony - difference or distance between
appearance & reality, expectation & result,
or meaning & intention
ex: joining the newspaper for Julia and
having her be only a guest columnist
Flashback and Irony
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 19­20)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 19 Summary ­ chapter 20
Scott tries out for the school musical, which he
thinks is a play, because Julia is; however, Scott
can't sing.
Lee writes "This is not a locker" and then "This is a
locker" on her locker.
Mr. Perchal (stage director) offers Scott a part on
stage crew, which he takes.
Julia doesn't make the play.
Dad and Bobby put together a crib for Smelly.
Literary Term Review
stream of consciousness
mixed metaphor
onomatopoeia
point of view
narrator
Tom Swifty
setting
characters
Sturgeon's Law: "90% of everything is crap."
Someone writes "Drop Dead, Freaky B****" on Lee's
locker, so she wears a tee­shirt that says "Freaky B****"
and is sent home.
Scott writes "A Football Feast," which makes fun of
Vernon and the football team.
Kyle stops eating with Scott to sit with the other wrestlers.
Wesley beats up Mike Clamath after Mike hits him.
understatement
alliteration
allusion
simile
oxymoron
metaphor
flashback
couplet
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Literary Term Review
Oxymoron - a phrase that
contradicts itself (ex: jumbo
shrimp or fried ice cream)
Paradox - a statement that seems
contradictory but is true (ex:
"She killed him with kindness.")
Prose - ordinary form of writing
(not drama, poetry, or song); 4
types: narrative, descriptive,
expository, persuasive
Oxymoron and Paradox
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Mood - the emotions within the
reader about the subject of a
work
Tone ­ the writer or speaker's
attitude toward the subject of a work
Theme ­ central truth or idea in a
story
Mood, Tone, and Theme
Foreshadowing ­ hints during
the story about what will happen
next
Couplet ­ two­line stanza with
external rhyme
Assonance ­ repetition of vowel
sounds
Unreliable narrator ­ a narrator
who cannot be trusted
Foreshadowing, Couplet, Assonance
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Summary ­ chapter 21 Summary ­ chapter 22
Christmas vacation starts
Scott sees Julia not sitting with Kelly anymore.
Scott writes a Christmas Tom Swifty:
"Merry Christmas," Scott said presently.
Scott gets clothes instead of the computer he
wants.
Lee calls Scott on New Year's Eve to wish him a
"Happy New Year."
Bobby's band friends Wayne and Charley visit and
want Bobby to go to Nashville, but Bobby doesn't.
Newspaper prints "A Football Feast" because Mouth
gives it to Mandy.
Vernon almost beats up Scott because of the article,
but Wesley stops him.
Scott goes to another dance seeing Julia & Vernon and
Mouth get rejected.
Scott finds out he will do most of the work on stage crew.
Scott meets Wesley in the principal's office and tells
Wesley that he's there for perambulation (= walking).
Wesley starts taking Scott to school, but they're
sometimes late.
New Spanish teacher: Mr. Kamber from Australia
Scott quits student council, and then Julia becomes the
Summary ­ chapter 23 president.
Summary ­ chapter 24
Scott learns about narrative, descriptive, expository,
and persuasive writing.
Wesley gets gas for car by siphoning out of cars at the
YMCA. Scott offers to pay, but Wesley likes stealing.
Midterms (January)
Vernon really wants to hurt Scott.
Scott finds out Smelly is a boy (Sean).
Snow Day: Wesley visits on a snowmobile and Mrs.
Hudson wants to invite him for hot chocolate with minimarshmallows,
but Scott thinks Wesley isn't that kind of
guy.
Julia and Kelly are friends again.
Patrick's dad is transferred to Japan.
Scott does not invite but tells Lee she should come to
Valentine's dance.
Wesley thinks Mandy is attractive.
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Summary ­ Chapter 25
On Valentine's Day, Lee gives Scott black jelly beans, which Wesley eats and then his teeth turn black.
At the Valentine's Dance, Scott has a bad time except he sees Julia walk away from Vernon for a while.
Mouth gets rejected again.
Scott is nervous about asking a girl to dance because of the short story "The Waltz."
Mouth comes to Scott's house to pay him back the lunch money he borrowed.
Kyle and Kelly look like they are dating.
Someone commits suicide. Scott thinks that it's Lee and runs to find her. He finds her and she says she'd
never do that.
Mouth tries to hang himself but the ceiling fan breaks and he goes to the hospital.
Other kids start making sick jokes about Mouth. Scott is so angry that he slams a jokester, Danny, against a
locker.
Mandy offers to let Scott do book reviews, but he declines because he feels guilty about wanting to do them
when he first heard about Mouth's suicide attempt.
Wesley takes Scott to the bowling alley and seems sincere about Mouth.
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Main topic: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Chapters 26­29)
Date:
Summary ­ chapter 26
• Scott learns about POV (3rd limited, 3rd omniscient, and
1st).
• Mr. Cravutto starts teaching Spanish (it's bad).
• Scott goes to see Mouth and tells him: "With a few
exceptions, nobody likes anybody." Mouth tells Scott to
cheer up.
• Scott tells Wesley to stop stealing people's lunch
money.
• Mouth writes to Scott thanks for being a good friend and
tells him he's switching schools.
• Scott choose comic books for English.
• Basketball, baseball, and track team talks to Scott.
Summary ­ chapter 28
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Summary ­ chapter 27
• Wesley gets his money from 3 guys after school and
Scott steps up to help him.
• Wesley likes cocoa with little marshmallows.
• Ms. Cabrini ­ new and good Spanish teacher
• Scott shows his best article to Lee, Bobby, and Mom.
• Mr. Franka starts comics because Scott chose them for
the curriculum in April.
• Wesley gives his cousin Scott's copy of The Princess
Bride.
• Bobby doesn't read Scott's article.
Summary ­ chapter 29
• Scott tells Bobby to read a book; Bobby says no and calls • After play, Scott sees Wesley (snuck in) and Lee. Lee wants the
Scott a "creepy little loser." Finally, Bobby tries to read with guillotine.
LOTS of trouble.
• Bobby reads article because Scott reads it aloud to him. Bobby
• Scott realizes that Bobby has a secret: reading problems apologizes and comes to the play.
• Scott, Mr. Hudson, and Bobby go fishing.
• Scott goes to the cast party and is thanked.
• Scott goes with Mr. Hudson to his work and helps his dad • Kyle and Scott fight because Kyle says Scott isn't good enough for
by translating Spanish for a customer.
Julia, Scott says Kyle isn't good enough for Kelly, and mainly
• For musical, Scott gives his free tickets to Lee and Bobby. because Kyle wrote the bad message on Lee's locker.
• Lee's parents ­ Mom draws blood (phlebotomist); Dad is a • Scott wins the fight.
lawyer.
• Scott is in good physical shape now.
Summary ­ Chapter 30
• Lee writes "Let's go" on a dance poster & puts on Scott's
locker. Scott thinks it's a joke & hurts her feelings.
• Mr. Franka thanks the class for being great.
• Kelly tells Scott to go to the multipurpose room because his
secret's out; Vernon beats Scott up; Kyle & Kelly seem
surprised because Scott is hurt so badly.
• Wesley offers to beat up Vernon; Scott says no.
• Scott tells Mom he was hit by a softball, but Dad and
Bobby know it was a fight.
• For Mother's Day, Dad rents a limo, & they all go around
town for fast food.
• Scott gives Lee a heart­shaped box of chocolate & asks
her to the dance.
• Vernon & Julia fight. Scott walks her home. Julia asks Scott
to go to the dance, but he says he's already asked someone.
Summary ­ Chapter 32
• Wesley arrives at Scott's house in a limo.
• Lee wears a dress, dyes her hair black, and takes all the pins out of
her face to go to the dance.
• On way to dance, Scott sees his parents' 'vette on side of road;
they drive in the limo to the hospital b/c Mom's in labor. They are
pulled over by the police for speeding.
• Dad quotes one of Scott's articles ("joyous disbelief").
• At dance, Wesley goes to the principal's office; Scott dances with
Lee & Julia (Lee's better); Vernon looks like a coward when he tries
to intimidate Scott.
• Wesley's dad owns the limo & snowmobile company.
• Scott asks Lee & Wesley to go with him to see Sean.
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Summary ­ Chapter 31
• Bobby takes Mom's car & goes to
Nashville to join the band.
• Scott learns about euphemisms ("passed
away" instead of "killed")
• Scott talks to Lee in the lunchroom about
the dance.
• Scott asks Wesley to drive Lee and him to
the dance.
• Scott dyes his hair red, like a radish, to
make Lee feel more comfortable at the
dance.
Summary ­ Chapter 33
• Scott starts writing letters to Mouth.
• Lee, Wesley, and Scott become best
friends.
• Bobby buys Scott a computer.
• "Flux rox," Scott said conclusively.
• Sean is Scott's younger brother.
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Characters for Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Bobby ­ has problems reading
Julia ­ is dating Vernon
Kelly ­ is dating Kyle
Kyle ­ is on the wrestling team
Lee ­ the one who Scott thought first attempted suicide
Mandy ­ editor of the Zenger Gazette
Mitch ­ first Musketeer to get a girlfriend
Mouth ­ attempts suicide
Mr. Cravutto ­ makes students do push­ups while counting in Spanish
Mr. Franka ­ asks Scott to choose the class's curriculum in April
Mr. Hudson ­ buys a corvette
Mrs. Hudson ­ loves to bake
Ms. de Gaule ­ is of French descent
Patrick ­ first notices Scott's crush on Julia
Scott ­ is on the set crew of the school play, sports reporter for the newspaper,
and is briefly on student council
Sean ­ is the character for whom the survival guides are written
Sheldon ­ acts like a shield on the bus
Tobie ­ was in the hospital at the same time as Scott and died shortly afterward
Vernon ­ is on the football team
Wesley ­ becomes friends with Scott after first taking Scott's money
SFNL Characters
LIT TERM REVIEW 1
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LIT TERM REVIEW 2
LIT TERM REVIEW 3
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Literary Term Application
Simile
Hyperbole
Tom Swifty
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Understatement
Allusion
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Flashback
Irony
3rd person limited point of view
Euphemism
Stream of consciousness
LIT TERM REVIEW 4
SFNL Lit Term Application
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9. What change should be made to correct the following sentence?
Since last year, I have also taken private lessons with my neighbor Frau
Schmidt who was born in Germany and moved to this country three years
ago.
A) change year, I to year. I
B) change have also taken to also took
C) change neighbor Frau Schmidt who to neighbor, Frau Schmidt, who
D) change Germany and to Germany, and
EOC Grammar #9
10. What change should be made to correct this sentence?
This was challenging at first because I had only studied German for one year
but now we are able to discuss many different subjects.
A) change first to first­­
B) change I had only studied to I will have been studying
C) change year to year;
D) change subjects. to subjects?
EOC Grammar #10
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11. What change should be made to correct the following sentence?
I believe I would be a good representative of our school and it's community
because I have a B average and I am involved in a number of extracurricular
activities.
A) change school and to school, and
B) change it's to its
C) change because to since
D) change extracurricular to after school
EOC Grammar #11
12. Which word from the passage is spelled incorrectly?
A) abroad
B) quallified
C) representative
D) volunteering
EOC Grammar #12
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13. What change should be made to the following
sentence?
The speeches he gave during the difficult days of
World War II is responsible for giving the English hope
during the most terrible of times.
A) change gave to has given
B) change World War II to world war II
C) change is responsible to are responsible
D) change times. to times?
EOC Grammar #13
14. Which sentence is a fragment?
A) Churchill ruled Britain during World War II.
B) After his speech to the House of Commons,
called "We Shall Fight on the Beaches."
C) Her husband replied, "I feel so good I could
face a world of enemies."
D) Being a great speaker did not come easily to
Churchill.
EOC Grammar #14
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15. Which word in the passage is
spelled incorrectly?
A. speechmakers
B. difficult
C. shivvers
D. practicing
EOC #15
16. What is the correct way to punctuate this sentence:
Her husband replied I feel so much in the spirit
of Winston's great speech that I could face a
world of enemies.
A. Her husband replied ­ I feel so much in the spirit of
Winston's great speech that I could face a world of
enemies.
B. Her husband replied "I feel so much in the spirit of
Winston's great speech that I could face a world of
enemies".
C. Her husband replied (I feel so much in the spirit of
Winston's great speech that I could face a world of
enemies).
D. Her husband replied, "I feel so much in the spirit of
Winston's great speech that I could face a world of
enemies."
EOC #16
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17. What is the best way to correct this
sentence?
One of the most thrilling times of my life
were the two months that I spent in London
with my best friend Kristi.
A. change times to time
B. change were to was
C. change that to which
D. change spent to did spend
EOC #17
18. Which word in the
passage is spelled
incorrectly?
A. exitement
B. traveled
C. parliament
D. generous
EOC #18
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19. How could this sentence be made
more parallel? (Hint ­ define parallel)
We saw Big Ben, walked past the
houses of parliament, the London
Bridge, and visited the Tate Gallery.
A. add and after Big Ben,
B. delete walked past after Big Ben
C. add crossed after parliament
D. delete and visited after Bridge,
EOC #19
20. Which sentence is a comma splice?
(What's a comma splice again?)
A. We stayed with my Uncle Steve in
Harrow, which is north of London.
B. His house was just two blocks from the
Tube station.
C. While Uncle Steve worked, Kristi and I
traveled around the city.
D. At night, Uncle Steve took us to eat at
fancy London restaurants and to plays and
movies, he was a generous host.
EOC #20
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21. What is the correct way to write this sentence?
One of my mother's favorite movies, I have to say
I was skeptical about whether I would enjoy Out of
Africa.
A. One of my mother's favorite movies, Out of Africa, I
have to say I was skeptical about whether I would enjoy
it.
B. One of my mother's favorite movies is Out of Africa, I
have to say I was skeptical about whether I would enjoy
it.
C. I have to say I was skeptical about whether I would
enjoy Out of Africa, one of my mother's favorite movies.
D. Out of Africa, one of my mother's favorite movies, I
have to say I was skeptical about whether I would enjoy
it.
EOC #21
22. Which word in the
passage is spelled
incorrectly?
A. skeptical
B. plantation
C. initially
D. enviroment
EOC #22
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23. Which sentence is a run­on sentence?
A.The movie tells the story of the Danish
writer Karen Blixen, also called Isak
Dinesen, who leaves her home to live on a
coffee plantation in Kenya.
B. She initially makes the trip to be with her
new husband, but he leaves her alone and
she must struggle to succeed in her new
enviroment.
C. However, this tale is more than a love
story it is the tale of one woman and her
life in a beautiful, exotic country.
D. I would recommend this movie to
anyone wanting to see an exciting episode
in the life of a strong, independent woman.
EOC #23
24. What change should be made to correct
this sentence?
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy
announces that the United States of
America would put an astronaut on the
moon before the end of the decade.
A. change end of the decade to beginning
of the decade
B. change announces to announced
C. change would put to would have put
D. change the moon to a moon
EOC #24
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25. What change should be
made to correct this
sentence?
On July 27 1969, Neil
Armstrong took the first
step on Earth's moon.
A. change July to july
B. change 1969, to 1969
C. change Earth's to Earths'
D. change July 27 1969, to
July 27, 1969
EOC #25
26. What change should be made to correct
this sentence?
Would we keep sending humans into
space, was there another way to learn
about environment in space both past and
present?
A. change space, was to space, or was
B. change there to they're
C. change humans to human's
D. change present? to presents?
EOC #26
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27. What change should be made to
correct this sentence?
Unfortunately, the first images
captured was fuzzy, like a child's first
attempt to focus a camera.
A. change Unfortunately, the to
Unfortunately the
B. change captured to capture
C. change was fuzzy to were fuzzy
D. change like a child's to as a child's
EOC #27
28. What change should be made to
correct this sentence?
Then scientists went to work to
discover what had went wrong.
A. change Then scientists to When
scientists
B. change scientists went to
scientists go
C. change what had to that had
D. change had went to had gone
EOC #28
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29. What change should be made to
correct this sentence?
Edmund Hillary a beekeeper's son,
dreamed of having adventures.
A. change Edmund Hillary a
beekeeper's son, to Edmund Hillary a
beekeepers' son
B. change Edmund Hillary a
beekeeper's son, to Edmund Hillary; a
beekeeper's son,
C. change Edmund Hillary a
beekeeper's son, to Edmund Hillary. A
beekeeper's son,
D. change Edmund Hillary a
beekeeper's son, to Edmund Hillary, a
beekeeper's son,
EOC #29
30. What change should be made to
correct this sentence?
Hillary visited the Wild West only in
his imagination, but he do have
fantastic adventures that made his
dreams come true.
A. change do have to did have
B. change West only to west which
C. change West only to West, that
D. change Wild West to wild West
EOC #30
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What change should be made to correct this sentence?
31. In various corners of the gym, children
were climbing ropes, did gymnastics, and
even practicing yoga.
A) change climbing to climbed
B) change did to doing
C) change gymnastics, to gymnastics;
D) change practicing to practice
EOC #31
What change should be made to correct this sentence?
32. Like an adult making a living as a
beekeeper, he began climbing mountains
seriously.
A) change Like an adult to As an adult
B) change beekeeper, he to beekeeper he
C) change began to begin
D) change seriously to difficultly
EOC #32
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What does Sherpa mean in the following sentence?
33. But at 11:30 A.M., May 29, 1953, Hillary
and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa, or
mountain guide, reached the top.
A) another name to describe Hillary
B) any person who is Nepalese
C) Tenzing Norgay's nickname
D) a mountain guide
EOC #33
What change should be made to make this sentence clearer?
34. Having moved to a new city, a school had
to be chosen, so my mother took me to visit
the neighborhood school.
A) change Having moved to Moving to
B) change city, a to city a
C) change a school had to be chosen to
my family had to choose a school
D) change a school had to be chosen to a
school was necessary
EOC #34
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What change should be made to correct this sentence?
35. No institutional, calming mint green
anywhere!
A) change No institutional to There was no
institutional
B) change institutional, calming to
institutional calming
C) change calming mint to calming, mint
D) change institutional to institutionalized
EOC #35
What change should be made to correct this sentence?
36. We learned that before school is out, the
class make a meal from what students have
grown.
A) change out, the to out the
B) change out, the to out; the
C) change class make to class will make
D) change have grown to grew
EOC #36
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What change should be made to correct this sentence?
37. When my brother and sister visited the
school with Dad the next week, they were
invited to join in picking vegetables and to
sing a song in Persian.
A) change school to school,
B) change Dad to dad
C) change week to weak
D) change to sing to singing
EOC #37
What change should be made to correct this sentence?
38. My family took the time to check out the
school, we three kids spent six happy years
learning four languages among us, as well as
stretching our physical, creative, and
academic limits.
A) change My to Because my
B) change school, to school
C) change we to us
D) change among to between
EOC #38
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39. What is the best way to
combine these sentences?
Schoolchildren climbed ropes and
walls. Taking thirty-mile hikes.
A) Taking thirty-mile hikes,
schoolchildren climbed ropes and
walls.
B) Schoolchildren, taking thirtymile
hikes, climbed ropes and
walls.
C) Schoolchildren climbed ropes
and walls, taking thirty-mile hikes.
D) Schoolchildren climbed ropes
and walls and took thirty-mile
hikes.
EOC #39
40. What change should be made to correct
this sentence?
Of course, some students still participate in
school or community sports programs,
others use fitness equipment at home or at
health clubs.
A) change Of course, to Of course
B) change participate to participated
C) change programs, others to programs;
others
D) change at to going to
EOC #40
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41. What change should be made to correct
this sentence?
Students' diet, as well as computer and
television screens, taken their toll.
A) change computer to sitting in front of
the computer
B) change Students' to Students
C) change taken to took
D) change their to there
EOC #41
42. Use context clues to choose the best definition
for complied in this sentence.
At one time, schools offered menus that complied
with government-directed standards.
A) put together
B) went along
C) accompanied
D) disagreed
EOC #42
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43. What change should be made to correct
this sentence?
With increasing pressures outside the home,
parents have faced the issue of taking time
to cook dinner or pick up fast food.
A) change With increasing pressures to
With increasing pressures,
B) change outside to outsides
C) change have faced to will face
D) change pick to picking
EOC #43
44. What change should be made to correct
this sentence?
A school-wide contest could offer prizes to
students who propose healthfully, studentfriendly
menu suggestions.
A) change students to student's
B) change students to students,
C) change healthfully, to healthful,
D) change suggestions. to suggestions?
EOC #44
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EOC Coach Book #2: Main Idea
main idea ­ primary message of a story or article
topic sentence ­ explains what the paragraph is
about and is often located at or near the beginning
of a paragraph
Strategy for finding the main idea:
1) read the entire work
2) summarize the key points
3) look for the topic sentences of each paragraph
4) put it all together to get the main idea
CE 1:
CE 2:
1:
2:
3:
4:
Coach Book #2: Main Idea
EOC Coach Book #3: Author's Purpose
Purpose refers to the reason the author writes.
1) inform ­ textbooks, encyclopedias, manuals
2) entertain ­ literature
3) persuade ­ opinion pieces (words like feel, believe, think)
CE 1)
CE 2)
1) 2) 3) 4)
EOC Coach Book #4: Author's Craft
Craft is the writer's technique and skills.
Diction is word choice.
formal versus informal
what aspects of character or place to emphasize
repetition
CE 1)
CE 2)
1) 2) 3) 4)
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EOC Coach Book #5: Conflict and Plot
conflict ­ struggle between two people, between a person
and some outsider factor, or internal battle
plot ­ sequence of events in a story
types of external conflict
• man vs. man
• man vs. environment
• man vs. nature
• man vs. animal
• man vs. machine
• man vs. supernatural
types of internal conflict
• man vs. himself
CE 1)
CE2)
1) 2) 3) 4)
Coach #5: Conflict and Plot
EOC Coach Book #6: Characters
Characters ­ people (or animals, creatures, or objects) in a story
Characterization ­ process by which writers reveal characters to the reader
Elements of characterization:
• thoughts
• words
• speech patterns
• actions
• motivations
• description (by narrator and other characters)
• thoughts, words, and actions of other characters
CE1)
CE2)
1) 2) 3) 4)
Coach #6 Characters
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Alliteration - repetition of the beginning
consonant sound
Allusion - a reference to something
outside of a literary work
Antagonist - the character who opposes
the main character
Euphemism - an indirect word or phrase
used in place of a direct statement that
might be considered too harsh or offensive
LitTerm1
External Conflict - a conflict between a
character and another character, society,
or nature
First Person Point of View - when the
narrator is a character and tells the story
using first person pronouns (I & me)
Flashback - when a story's sequence is
interrupted and a character goes back to
an earlier time
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External Conflict - a conflict between a
character and another character, society,
or nature
First Person Point of View - when the
narrator is a character and tells the story
using first person pronouns (I & me)
Flashback - when a story's sequence is
interrupted and a character goes back to
an earlier time
LitTerm3
Hyperbole - exaggerating or stretching the truth for
literary effect
Imagery - words that describe sights, sounds,
movements, and recreate sensory experiences
Internal Conflict - a conflict between a character and
him/herself
Irony - difference or distance between appearance &
reality, expectation & result, or meaning & intention
Metaphor - a comparison of two unlike things without
using "like" or "as"
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Mood - the emotions within the reader about the subject
of a work
Omniscient Point of View - when the narrator is
someone outside of the story, and he/she reveals all of
the characters' thoughts and feelings
Onomatopoeia - use of words that imitate sounds
Oxymoron - a phrase that contradicts itself (ex: jumbo
shrimp)
Paradox - a statement that seems contradictory but is
true (ex: "She killed him with kindness.")
LitTerm5
Personification ­ giving human characteristics to a
non­human thing or substance
Protagonist ­ the main character in a literary word
who drives the plot forward
Rhyme ­ repetition of ending sounds (internal:
within a line & external: at ends of lines)
Setting ­ time and place of action
Simile ­ comparing two unlike things using "like"
or "as"
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Stream of Consciousness ­ a technique in which the writer sort
of vomits the contents of his mind
Theme ­ central truth or idea in a story
Tone ­ the writer or speaker's attitude toward the subject of a
work
Understatement ­ saying less than what is really meant, or with
less force than is appropriate
Biography ­ nonfiction writing in which someone tells about
another's life (bio = life, graph = writing)
Autobiography ­ nonfiction writing in which a person tells his or
her own story (auto = self)
LitTerm7
Conflict ­ struggle between opposing
forces
Foreshadowing ­ hints during the story
about what will happen next
Couplet ­ two­line stanza with external
rhyme
Assonance ­ repetition of vowel sounds
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