Wednesday, May 7, 2008

2nd Semester Notes Check

The following is a list of notes that you should have taken during the 2nd Semester, which I will be checking on Friday, May 9th. Please be sure to check your notes and copy any that you are missing.

1. 20 Terms Every Test Taker Should Know (handout)
2. Reading Nonfiction
3. Literary Terms Examples
4. Literary Analysis (Lyric Poetry, Haiku, Sonnet, Villanelle--Rhyme Schemes and Meter)
5. Essay Writing--Response to Literature
6. Poetry Documentary (Il Postino/The Postman Movie) Notes
7. Writing Thesis Statements
8. Sensory Details Chart
9. Verse / Blank Verse / Free Verse
10. Expository Essays
11. Persuasive Essays
12. Narrative Essays
13. Nonfiction Terminology (Denotation, Connotation, Biography, Autobiography, Essay, Objective Writing, Subjective Writing, etc.).
14. Aces Approach to CAHSEE Essay (LIFE)
15. Bloom’s Taxonomy Questions
16. UCSB Writing Prompt Strategy
17. Literary Terms: Theme, Motif, Symbol, Allusion
18. TAPS Writing Prompt Strategy
19. Four Types of Sentence Construction
20. Grammar: Semicolons and Colons
21. Grammar: Active and Passive Voice
22. Grammar: Phrases (Gerunds, Appositives, Infinitives, Participles, Adjectives, etc.)
23. Grammar: Commas
24. More About Punctuation Marks (handout)
25. Verbals (handout)
26. Musical Devices
27. Test Taking Tips

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