Semester 1 Final Exam Review Study Guide Follow the directions on each page. Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. Turn in your completed review for a grade the day of your final exam!

Summarizing Watch the video below to get a good idea of what to look for in the summary of a non-fiction text: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGWO1ldEhtQ 1. What is included in a summary of a non-fiction text? 2. What is left out? Now it’s your turn. Click the link below to read the article. When you’re finished, try writing a summary using the what you learned in the video. http://tweentribune.com/article/tween78/colombia-finds-what-may-be- worlds-largest-sunken-treasure/ 3. Write the summary of this article

Organizational Patterns Study the different organizational patterns in the link below: https://quizlet.com/32507831/text-organization-quiz-flash-cards/ Now try this quiz about organizational patterns: https://quizlet.com/32507831/test 4. Complete the answers to the Quizlet.

Inference/Drawing Conclusions Watch the video to review making inferences and drawing conclusions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acZzllpIYz4 Try this inference worksheet for practice. Write your answers on a sheet of paper. http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/reading-worksheets/inferences- worksheet-7.pdf You might need to press “Okay” to open the worksheet. 5. Answers to the inference worksheet.

Text Features Review text features and their purposes by watching this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTT2VOR4SAA 6. What is the purpose of including text features in an article? 7. How can the reader use text features?

Poetry- Figurative Language Watch the video to review figurative language in poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z03pREr8epg 8. What is the author’s purpose (the point) in including figurative language in poems and/or songs? Now practice it yourself. Complete the poetry quiz below. You can writing your answers on a separate sheet of paper. http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language- worksheets/figurative-language-poem-2-i-sing-the-battle-by-harry-kemp.pdf You might need to press “Okay” to open the worksheet. 9. Answers to the quiz