Name______________ English I Happy Holidays (Midterm Review)

Date___________ Period _________

Directions: Its that time of year where its time to spend with family, open presents, and have fun! Its also that time of year where you are preparing yourselves for your 1st midterms as 9th graders. Dont be alarmed or frightened! The more you study your literary elements and practice gathering and explaining evidence in the CCEJC paragraph format, the better off you will be. This is a unique time in which you can really catch up on some reading or review English notes and terms that weve covered. The below Holiday Pre-Review Midterm Packet will prepare you for that. All work must be turned in on time and is worth 50 points! Literary/ Figurative Language Mind toss! (20 points) Define the literary term Using the novels that weve read, give evidence of each. You can put the evidence in your own words as long as it is factual and makes sense. o Novels weve read thus far: The Wave, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and The Bluest Eye o Use how and why questioning to reach a deeper meaning. How and why questions should not be in your final response. Literary Elements/ Techniques/ Figurative Language Review Planning Page

Literary Term, Technique, Figurative Language Irony

Example

Symbolism

Internal Conflict

Theme

Setting

Criteria for Success for a Perfect Paragraph (6 points) What are the five elements of a CCEJC paragraph?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Literary Analysis In order to write a literary analysis in the CCEJC format what is one element that makes it a literary analysis?

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Identify at least four predatory reading strategies while reading? 1. 2. 3. 4.

Vocabulary (10 points) Create a character sketch for the following word: o Read the vocabulary word and their definition carefully o Choose a character from a novel weve read o How does this character fit or doesnt fit into these vocabulary word? Acridness- extreme bitterness

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Macabre- eerie; deathlike

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CCEJC Paragraph Response

A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker (Read and annotate the following passage)

Ah, don't let my prayer seem too little to You, God. You sit up there, so white and old, with all the angels about You and the stars slipping by. And I come to You with a prayer about a telephone call. Ah, don't laugh, God. You see, You don't know how it feels. You're so safe, there on Your throne, with the blue swirling under You. Nothing can touch You; no one can twist Your heart in his hands. This is suffering, God, this is bad, bad suffering. Won't You help me? For Your Son's sake, help me. You said You would do whatever was asked of You in His name. Oh, God, in the name of Thine only beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, let him telephone me now. I must stop this. I mustn't be this way. Look. Suppose a young man says he'll call a girl up, and then something happens, and he doesn't. That isn't so terrible, is it? Why, it's gong on all over the world, right this minute. Oh, what do I care what's going on all over the world? Why can't that telephone ring? Why can't it, why can't it? Couldn't you ring? Ah, please, couldn't you? You damned, ugly, shiny thing. It would hurt you to ring, wouldn't it? Oh, that would hurt you. Damn you, I'll pull your filthy roots out of the wall, I'll smash your smug black face in little bits. Damn you to hell. No, no, no. I must stop. I must think about something else. This is what I'll do. I'll put the clock in the other room. Then I can't look at it. If I do have to look at it, then I'll have to walk into the bedroom, and that will be something to do. Maybe, before I look at it again, he will call me. I'll be so sweet to him, if he calls me. If he says he can't see me tonight, I'll say, "Why, that's all right, dear. Why, of course it's all right." I'll be the way I was when I first met him. Then maybe he'll like me again. I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them. I think he must still like me a little. He couldn't have called me "darling" twice today, if he didn't still like me a little. It isn't all gone, if he still likes me a little; even if it's only a little, little bit. You see, God, if You would just let him telephone me, I wouldn't have to ask You anything more. I would be sweet to him, I would be gay, I would be just the way I used to be, and then he would love me again. And then I would never have to ask You for anything more. Don't You see, God? So won't You please let him telephone me? Won't You please, please, please?

Typed Writing Assignment (14 points)

Q: Why does the narrator question God for her telephone call? Create 2 perfect paragraphs with at least two pieces of evidence Identify a literary device (setting, irony, juxtaposition, internal conflict, external conflict, symbolism, theme, characterization) How does the author use this literary element in the story? (No definitions!) Typed, Times New Roman Font, E-mailed through Google Docs

Criteria for a Perfect Paragraph

Definition: Claim is the position or side taken in response to an essential question that the writer plans to argue. Steps to creating a claim: Choose a piece of evidence from the novel Ask a how or why question to your evidence Create a claim statement based off the question you asked Definition: Clarification is a more specific explanation of the claim Steps to creating a clarification statement: Includes a transition (To clarify, In other words, More specifically, etc.). zooms in on the loaded terms in the claim provides a reason the claim is true of which the evidence is an example

Definition: Evidence is a piece of relevant, accurate, clear, and specific information that supports the most compelling answer to the essential question; evidence should always be a direct quote. Explains the connection between the evidence and clarification by following a chain of how and why questioning Definition: Justification is the step-by-step explanation of how the evidence supports the claim Steps to creating justification: Ask a how or why question about your evidence. Answer the question fully with specific details included. Ask a how or why question about your answer. Repeat as necessary once you arrive at a so what insight.

Definition: Conclusion ends with a concluding sentence or phrase that ties back to the claim

Sample CCEJC Paragraph Q: Why did Mrs. Breedlove desire to be like the actresses in the movies? Question asked to create the claim: How do white men take good care of their women? C: White men are perceived as taking good care of their women because they can financially provide for them and show them love and attention. Cl: In the novel The Bluest Eye Morrison shows how Mrs. Breedlove struggles to fit into societys expectations of beauty. E: Morrison shows that White men taking such good care of they women..gave me a lot of pleasure. (Morrison 123) Q 1: Why does Mrs. Breedlove get pleasure out of white men taking care of their women? A 1: Mrs. Breedlove gets pleasure out of white men taking care of their women because she is not in a relationship where she is cherished or loved. She enjoys viewing white men taking care of their women because she desires for the attention and acceptance in her relationship with Cholly. Q 2: How does she view white men caring for their women? A 2: She views them as holding the women, telling her shes beautiful, and giving her sweet words of encouragement. Q 3: Why would Hollywood place this perception of a white relationship in the movies? A 3: Hollywood portrays this perception because it is trying to convey the idea of what beauty should look like. Meaningful Justification: Toni Morrison reveals that Mrs. Breedloves perception of beauty is fixed on trying to become something that she is not. She is desperately searching for herself within other people because she lacks love and acceptance. Conclusion: In the novel The Bluest Eye, desiring to be like someone else can cause one to mimic or lose who they are.

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