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Nowak Honors English 10 Fall Trimester Review
Unit 1: Language and Story
Readings
 “Lamb to the Slaughter” (Roald Dahl)
 “The Landlady” (Roald Dahl)
 “Shooting an Elephant” (George Orwell)
 “Politics and the English Language” (George Orwell)
Key Concepts
 Character development
 Tension
 Conflict
 Foreshadowing
 Freytag’s Pyramid
 Grammar
 Politics and the English Language (review main ideas and concepts from the essay)
 Essential Questions
Unit 2: Human Nature and Freedom of Choice
Readings
 Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“A Case of Identity”
“The Man with the Twisted Lip”
“The Greek Interpreter”
“The Adventure of Abbey Grange”
 Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
 Book Club (A Clockwork Orange, The Road, or The Gunslinger)
Key Concepts
 Cause and effect
 Transitions
 Textual evidence and in-text citations
 Thesis
 Body paragraphs
 Conclusions
 Human Nature
 Essential Questions
 Themes
*Extra review materials are at the end of the packet
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Grammar
Study Tools:
 Basic Grammar Rules Worksheet
 Diana Hacker Website (Comma excercises)
Exercises:
Add in the missing comma(s):
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After we won the baseball game we went out to dinner to celebrate.
Can you pass the carrots Tom?
My brother who plays tennis is 3 years older than me.
I think we should watch a movie and then we can buy some ice cream.
Jim needs a binder pen and paper for class.
If it was up to me I would say no.
Write a sentence that demonstrates each of the following comma rules:
1. Use a comma when calling a person by name in a sentence.
2. Use a comma after an introductory clause of 4 or more words.
3. Use a comma to separate two independent clauses separated by a conjunction.
4. Use a comma to separate items in a list.
If the sentence has a grammatical error, write the corrected sentence in the blank. If it does not, write “no
mistake”
1. Greg ran to school, and made it to class on time.
2. I cant find my keys anywhere.
3. Mikes mom went to hyde school too.
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Character Development
Study Tools:
 Character Analysis Chart
 Character Timeline
 Class Notes
 Short Story Quiz
Main Characters Grid:
Text
“Lamb to the Slaughter”
“The Landlady”
“Shooting an Elephant”
“A Case of Identity”
“The Man with the Twisted Lip”
“The Greek Interpreter”
“The Adventure of Abbey Grange”
Waiting for Godot
Main Characters
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Plot, Conflict, Tension, and Foreshadowing
Study Tools:
 Rigney Literature Review Sheets (Freytag’s Pyramid)
 Short Story Quiz
 Class Notes
 Conflict-Driven Plot Lines
 Character Development Timelines
Define the terms:
Define Word
Conflict:
Tension:
Foreshadowing:
Give Examples from Stories
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Politics and the English Language
Study Tools:
 “Politics and the English Language”
 Class Notes
Review Questions:
1. Describe the following terms: dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious
diction. Give an example of each.
2. What is Orwell’s main argument about the state of the English language?
3. What does Orwell think about political writing?
4. What are the “rules” that Orwell suggests writers follow?
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Cause and Effect
Study Tools:
 Class Notes
 Sherlock Holmes Essay
Exercises:
Match the Cause with the Effect:
Cause
A huge crowd of Burmese people gather behind the
man.
A man has a debt to pay and needs money fast.
Two men kill a woman’s brother.
Two men need to wait for Godot
Effect
The man becomes a professional beggar.
The woman kills the men that kill her brother.
The man shoots the elephant.
Two men wait for Godot
Organize the causal chain (number 1-4 from beginning to end):
“The Adventure of Abbey Grange”
 Crocker kills Sir Eustace ____
 Mary Fraser marries Sir Eustace ____
 Crocker Falls in love with Mary Fraser ____
 Sir Eustace abuses Mary Fraser ____
*Be able to illustrate a causal chain and show how cause leads to effect
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Essay Skills
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Transitions
Textual evidence and in-text citations
Thesis
Body paragraphs
Conclusions
Study Tools:
 Wiki links on transitions and quoting
 Essays for class
 Thesis and body paragraphs handout
 Essay Organizer
 Paragraph Organizer
 Class notes
 Essay Checklist
Steps for incorporating quotations:
1. Introduce the quote. What is the context of the quote in the reading? Who said the quote?
2. Format the quote correctly (see class notes or Wiki link):
 Have you written the quote as it appears in the text?
 Do you use quotation marks?
 Before quotation marks, do you use a comma or a colon to lead into the quote?
 Does the quote exceed 4 lines of text (does it need to be a block quote)?
3. Cite the quote with an in-text citation (Author’s last name, page #). Ex: (Beckett, 8)
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Human Nature, Themes, and Book Club
Study Tools:
 Class notes
 Waiting for Godot Essay
 Book Club work
*Be able to identify and describe themes in readings. Be able to explain how human
nature influences behavior.
*Be able to connect your Book Club novel to human nature, themes, and essential
questions.
Essential Questions
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In what ways does society influence people within it? How do people adapt to power to suit their
natural desires?
How do people come to fill certain roles in groups and communities? How do they form identities
within those groups?
What does literature reveal about society? How does it reflect the culture of the relative moment
in time?
In what ways do characters form identities and express their individuality? How do they become
followers, leaders, or rebels?
What can I learn about my own identity from these texts? In what ways can I relate to certain
characters or themes?
Who am I?
*Be prepared to discuss the essential questions in relation to the material we covered this
fall.