Welcome Hale Eighth Graders and Parents!

Please visit our blog to find out about what we covered in class, homework assignments and our curriculum goals for Language Arts -- Reading and Writing.

Reminders for the Class of 2015 will also be posted.


Friday, September 28, 2012

10-1-12 TEST STUDY GUIDE

Monday 10/1/12  is our first Reading test.  This guide may help you prepare.

1. Re-read "Ransom of Red Chief."   Study the vocabulary words.
Part of the test is comprehension questions on this story as well as questions that address our vocabulary words.

2. Knowledge and skills
Literary Elements --
Character -- be able to define character
  and identify the following:
      Static and Dynamic
      Round and Flat
      Protagonist and Antagonist
How does an author reveal characters to us? (5 ways)
Be able to describe how we place character traits into three categories of
   Physiology, Psychology, and Sociology (what does each mean?0

Be able to identify the Four Points of View.

Identify the three components of setting.
What is the difference between an essential and a backdrop setting?

What is an irony?
Be able to identify three types of ironies: situational, verbal, dramatic     

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