ESLR 310
TEST ONE STUDY GUIDE
DATE: TUESDAY, 2/7/2011
This test will include both the textbook and the novel, as well as new readings.
You should study Interactions 2, the main textbook, Chapters 1 and 2, in particular:
Ch. 1:1 "Education: A Reflection of Society", pp. 4-11 (esp. pp. 7-8).
Ch. 1:2 "Campus Life is Changing", pp. 12-17 (esp. pp. 13-15).
Ch. 1:3 pp. 17-21.
Ch. 2:1 "A City That's Doing Something Right" pp. 24-32 (esp. pp. 27-29).
Ch. 2:2 "Sick Building Syndrome" pp. 32-38 (esp. pp. 34-36).
Ch. 2:3 pp. 38-45
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Be able to summarize the main points of each story.
Think about your own opinions and experiences relative to the ideas in each story.
To prepare, re-read and make up some practice questions about the story.
You should know the key vocabulary from the lists on pp. 21 & 45.
 Be able to write a sentence, a definition, or correctly complete a sentence with these words.
You should know the prefixes, roots and suffixes from the handout (meaning and example word).
You should study The Pearl, pp. 1-17 only (Part One).
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Know the setting, the characters, and the main events in the plot up to p. 17.
Know the most important vocabulary to describe the setting, characters and plot correctly, e.g.
poor, scorpion, brush house, sting/stung, neighbors/neighborhood, fisherman, sunrise, etc.
To prepare, re-read and make up some practice questions about the story.
You will have a new reading that you have not seen before (but with similar ideas and topics to
what we have studied).
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Guess vocabulary using many different methods.
Mark and annotate the paper.
Explain the main idea of a paragraph in one or two sentences in your own words.
Write a short summary of the story in your own words.
 No notes or textbooks allowed. If you need to use something from the story, I will give you a copy
of the sections you need.
 English-English dictionaries are allowed during the test (not bilingual or translating dictionaries).
Don’t forget to bring yours!!!
 There may be a small vocabulary quiz as part of the test – for that part, no dictionaries are allowed.
Practice questions on the back 
ESLR 310 Practice Questions for Test One
The Pearl
» What do the beggars know about the Doctor? Are these positive or negative things?
» How does Juana react to the scorpion attack? How does Kino react?
Fill in:
a. Kino and his family live in
near
b. In the morning, Kino hears the sounds of
and
c. The beggars know that the doctor is
and
Interactions 2
» What are some reasons that not all students get the best education in these countries (according to the
text)?
Mexico:
United Kingdom:
» Which kind of student are you, "sensing" or "intuitive", according to the second story? Explain.
» What did the city of Curitiba do to deal with their traffic problems? Does Sacramento have similar
traffic problems or not?
» How could you get rid of "sick building syndrome" in your house, office, or classroom?
Vocabulary
Use this word correctly in a sentence: "synthetic"/"affluent"
Fill in the correct words: reflect, values, predict, prediction, entire, environmental, environment.
 Scientists
that the world
will change dramatically in the next 100 years.
Prefixes/Roots/Affixes
Look at this word:
INTERACTION
Mark the prefix, root, and suffix.
Give the meaning of each part (or the part of speech, for the suffix).
Give ANOTHER word that has the same prefix/root/suffix.
Read a news article, mark it and annotate it (make notes), write the main idea of a paragraph, and write
a 100-word summary of the whole story (in your own words).