Midterm Study Guide 7Th ELA

Midterm Study Guide 7Th ELA

Midterm Study Guide – 7th ELA

Hightower Trail – 2017-18

What do I need to study? How should I prepare?

Review your notes and assignments.

Review the 7th grade ELA teacher blogs for previous PowerPoint presentations & links to practice websites.

Topics covered:

Comma Usage

Capitalization

Parts of Speech – noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunctions (FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) & (AAAWWUBBIS (subordinating conjunctions/dependent clause starters), and interjections

Phrase vs Clause

Prepositional phrases

Sentence Structure – simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

Citing evidence (paraphrasing, text evidence)

Paragraph writing (topic sentence, supporting details, clincher sentence)

Practice:

Make sure you can identify the eight parts of speech.Identify the part of speech for each underlined word.

  1. My friends ran the Boston Marathon with me last year.
  2. We complain to the neighbors when their dog barks too much.
  3. The church provided dinner to the homeless shelter last week.
  4. Lightning suddenly flashed overhead, so we ran to the car.
  5. Swimming makes Joseph feel healthy.
  6. Wow! I made the honor roll this semester.
  7. Swimming and fishing are not allowed in the lake.
  8. A cat scampered under our porch during the storm.

Types of sentences (clauses/sentence structure) Make sure you can identify the four sentence structures.

Identify the following sentences as Simple, Compound, Complex or Compound-Complex.

  1. Each year fires destroy thousands of acres of forest and take animal lives as well.
  2. People can cause forest fires because they are being careless.
  3. Even if people never caused forest fires, they would still occur.
  4. Forest fires are part of a natural process, and they renew the forest.
  5. When an old forest has much decayed material on its floor, lightning can easily ignite it, and a forest fire will begin.

Know how to combine sentences using coordinating conjunctions ( FANBOYS).

  1. We were frightened. The ride went so fast.

______

  1. Arthur promised to ride the monster roller coaster. It was closed.

______

  1. When we go to the amusement park, we arrive early. We also stay late.

______

  1. Amusement parks have permanent rides. Traveling carnivals have rides that can be disassembled and moved.

______

  1. There are many reasons to go to a theme park. The main one is to have fun.

______

Prepositional Phrases – Put parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase.

1. The book on the table in the English classroom is Barbara's book.

2. The girl in the neighboring house plays the flute every night.

3. Large blocks of the hardest granite formed the walls of the new building.

4. The roads of ancient Rome connected the cities of the empire.

5. I know that man in the gray suit and the suede shoes.

Prepositional Phrases vs. Dependent Clauses – put parentheses ( )around every prepositional phrase and underline every dependent clause (dc).

  1. Although she followed the directions, she missed the exit on the highway and had pull over.
  2. After we ate dinner, Mom surprised us with dessert.
  3. Before we ran the race, we ate a small breakfast.
  4. Jane bought new boots, although she had several pairs, because they were on sale.
  5. After school, we planned to hike in the forest behind our house.

Commas -Mark where a comma should be used in the following sentences:

  1. Mail the letter to Meg Foster 10 Landview Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15318.
  2. I moved from Detroit Michigan to Milan Ohio two years ago.
  3. Lee rake the yard for your father today.
  4. Laughing loudly the students entered the classroom.
  5. On the first day of spring break my mother took me to the zoo.
  6. Sparkling in the light of the sun the ocean looked beautiful.
  7. According to the weather forecast it’s going to rain today.

Commas Continued-

  1. Scared by the thunder and lightning the children ran for cover.
  2. They formed a study group and John volunteered to create flashcards.
  3. Our family visited Orlando Florida on Spring Break.
  4. Rereading the chapter practicing with flashcards and studying with a partner helped Jane ace the test.

Citing Evidence: Mark “T” for True or “F” False

  1. ____ Paraphrasing is an effective way to cite textual evidence.
  2. ____The purpose of using text evidence is to copy from the text instead of form your ideas.
  3. ____ Text evidence is the reader’s opinions.
  4. ____ Quoting the author is an effective way to cite textual evidence.

The following groups of sentences can be rearranged to form paragraphs. Make a note of the order in which they should be placed (e.g. b., d., c., a., e.) and put a ring around the letter that corresponds to what you think is the topic sentence.

a.A breakthrough in one of these areas will hopefully provide a means of relieving both the overstretched oil market and the environment.

b.Researchers in the automobile industry are experimenting with different types of engines and fuels as alternatives to the conventional gasoline engines.

c.One new type of engine, which burns diesel oil instead of gasoline, has been available for several years.

d.Finally, several automobile manufacturers are experimenting with methanol, which is a mixture of gasoline and methyl alcohol, as an automobile fuel.

e.A further type is the gas turbine engine, which can use fuels made from gasoline, diesel oil, kerosene and other petroleum distillates.

f.The increasing depletion of oil reserves, along with environmental concerns, have prompted some radical developments in car design over the past few years.

Formal vs. Informal Writing: Label each of the following as “F” for Formal or “I” for Informal:

  1. _____ avoids the use of contractions and abbreviations
  2. _____ use of 1st person point-of-view
  3. _____ objective—shows limited range of feelings or emotions, states main points and uses text evidence to support arguments
  4. _____ a narrative essay would most likely be
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