For the Journeys Unit 1 Assessment this Friday, October 23rd, please prepare by studying the following:
1) All vocabulary from Unit 1 of your Journeys textbook. These are the words we have used for our weekly vocabulary quizzes. Be prepared to use the words in good sentences, in context, in a way that explains their meaning in the sentence.
2) Be prepared to answer questions related to the stories we have read in the Journeys textbook.
3) Be prepared to identify the theme of a given passage. What lesson is the author trying to teach?
4) Be prepared to identify the main idea and supporting details of an informational text.
5) Be prepared to summarize an informational text.
6) Know the difference between a main idea and a summary.
7) Be prepared to compare and contrast two opinion texts.
8) Be prepared to answer questions about the structure of a 5 paragraph essay.
9) Be prepared to identify the point of view that an author is writing from.
10) Be prepared to write a timed opinion essay comparing two historical
figures from the Westward Expansion period. You should follow the
pattern for writing that we have practiced all year long.
11) Be prepared to be awesome. Failing to plan is planning to fail.
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