Exam time has come again.
Rise and Shine. Rise and Shine.
ELA 20 - Wed. June 22, 2011 at 9am.
Exam breakdown - 90 marks total = 30% of your final mark
- 10 matching
- 10 vocabulary TKAM
- 8 short answer (45 marks)
- 1 long answer - 5 paragraph essay - 25 marks
What to bring to the exam?
- 2 pens (only blue or black) and white out
- NO IPODS, IPHONES, IPAD, or OTHER MOBILE DEVICES
- TKAM novel (not allowed into the exam but it needs to be returned before any report card will be received)
What to study?
- Terms and definitions -devices
- Essay writing - various types, what makes them distinctive?
- TKAM vocabulary
- Themes -
Recollections of Childhood
Recollections of Home and Family
Wonder and Imagination in Childhood
Innocence and Experience
Putting our Memories and Experiences into Perspective
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Novel, play, poetry, short stories and authors studied this term:
- TKAM - Harper Lee
- The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams
- Kahlil Gibran - Of Children
- Ed Reed - Key of the Kingdom
- Robert Fulghum - The Credo
- Max Ehrmann - Desiderata
- Sarah Kay - spoken word poetry
- The child who walked backward and The whipping
- Cats in the cradle and My Hometown
- "Penny in the Dust"
- "Back to Wolf Willow"
This week we have begun our review by watching the film TKAM. As you watch the film make sure to recall the various themes, characters and relationships we discussed. You will be required to show your understanding of the charcaters and how they developed through the novel/film. Note: You will be required to know the characters and events of the novel - the film has made some adaptations/eliminations.