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June 2010
Dear Eighth grade students,
Use this study guide to focus your studying. Here are my suggestions for how to proceed:
o Keep a separate folder/binder with all of the following information intact.
o Create flashcards for vocabulary words, literary terms, as well as Wordly Wise
words.
o Reread all of the literature selections and review any homework associated with
them.
o Using your textbook, review the grammar concepts and complete the listed review
pages.
o Lastly, you may find it helpful to study in a group with some classmates.
Good luck on your exam!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Papazian
 Wordly Wise lists 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 – review exercises and definitions
 Grammar
o chapter 19
 The basic sentence
 Complete and incomplete thoughts/ sentences
 Complete subjects and predicates
 Complete the following pages for review
 Compound subjects and verbs
 Special problems with subjects – commands, questions, and here/there
statements
 Complements – direct objects, indirect objects predicate nouns and
predicate adjectives
o Complete the following pages for review
o Diagnostic test- page 397
o page 401, all
o page 405, all
o p. 415 all
o p. 425 all
o p. 426-427, all
o p. 429, all
o workbook pages 50-72
o Chapter 20
 Adjective & adverb phrases,
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Verb phrases- Participial phrases , infinitives/ infinitive phrases
Appositives
Independent & subordinate (adjective/ adverb) clauses
Simple, compound & complex sentences
o Complete the following pages for review
o Diagnostic test- page 431
o pages 447, all
o page 459, all
o page 460-461, all
o page 463, all
o workbook pages 73-96
 Literature
o Selections
 Of Mice and Men
 “Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” p. 364
 “Ellis Island” p. 369
 “Achieving the American Dream” p. 370
 “The New Colossus” p. 372
 “A Ribbon for Baldy” p. 381
 “The White Umbrella” p. 385
 “Taught Me Purple” page 398
 “The City Is So Big” page 399
 “Those Winter Sundays” page 400
 The Diary of Anne Frank, p. 700
 “The Secret Heart” page 811
o literary terms and vocabulary
 epithet & vocabulary p. 363
 Character traits & vocabulary P. 379
 Theme, respond to the theme, & vocabulary P. 397
 historical context & vocabulary, p. 699
 plot, subplot, dialogue, & vocabulary, p. 748
 symbol, couplet, stanza, & vocabulary, p. 809
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