Review Notes for ELA Mid -Term Exams Ms. Saville
FOURTH GRADE ELA:
*Study the definition of the following terms in the ELA notebook: text structure, inference, plot, theme, genre, author's purpose, myth, legend, setting, verse, stanza, dialog, prediction, narrative
*Distinguish declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
*Distinguish simple, compound, complex sentences and coordinating/subordinating conjunctions
* Use of modal auxiliaries: eg. can, may, shall, will, must
*Use of multiple meaning words: eg. bank, seal, second
*Recognize different types of transition words and how they are used in paragraphs.
*Recognize prepositions and prepositional phrases.
*Recognize examples of all different figures of speech: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole.
*Review use of correct punctuation including how commas can change meaning of a sentence.
*Review correct use of capitalization
*Distinguish PROSE, DRAMA, and POETRY and know the elements of each.
*Compare/contrast the poems "Clouds," "Fog," and "Dust of Snow."
*Be able to recognize different text structures (sequence, compare/contrast, cause and effect).
*Be able to compare/contrast two articles using a Venn diagram and use it to write an expository essay.
THIRD GRADE ELA:
*Study the definitions of the following terms in the ELA notebook: generational story, trickster,
character traits, character motivation, idiom, homophone, sequence, dialog, problem, solution,
narrative, moral
*Distinguish telling, asking, command, exclamatory sentences.
*Distinguish simple, compound, complex sentences and coordinating/subordinating conjunctions
*Recognize subject/predicate agreement (eg. The boy sees... The boys see...)
*Recognize pronoun antecedents (eg, I carried a box. It was heavy)
*Distinguish literal and figurative language
*Recognize the idioms used in Amelia Bedelia books.
*Distinguish the different verb tenses: present, past, future
*Know the present and past verb forms of irregular verbs (eg. go - went - has gone)
*Know the spelling rules for forming regular plural nouns: (-s, -es, -y to -ies, -f to -ves)
*Know irregular plural nouns (eg. man/men ; fish/fish)
*Recognize examples of all different figures of speech: simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification (eg. in the poem "Eating While Reading."
*Recognizing different types of adjectives (describing size, color, number, quality)
*Recognizing different types of adverbs (describing when, where, how)
*Recognizing root word, prefix (re-, un-) suffix (-ful, -ness)
*Distinguish concrete and ABSTRACT nouns (chair/truth)
*Review use of correct punctuation
*Review correct use of capitalization
*Describe the TRAITS and MOTIVATION of different characters such as Julian, Huey, and Dad in The Stories. Julian Tells.
*Explain the MORAL (lesson) of different trickster tales and fables.
*Be able to compare/contrast two articles using a Venn diagram and use it to write an expository essay.
SECOND GRADE ELA:
*Study the definitions of the following terms in the ELA notebook:
biography, autobiography, introduction, conclusion, title, author, illustrator, character, setting, plot, main idea (theme), sequence, chapter, paragraph, fantasy, folktale, draft, edit, revise, opinion, reasons
*Recognize the different parts of a friendly letter: date, greeting, body, closing, signature
*Know how to write a friendly letter using correct capitalization and punctuation.
*Know the difference between a fragment and a sentence and a run on sentence
*Recognize telling, asking, command, exclamatory sentences.
*Review use of correct punctuation
*Review correct use of capitalization
*Be able to identify the NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB in a sentence.
*Know how to use apostrophes correctly in contractions and possessives.
*Review how to write different contractions (eg. hasn't, I'll)
*Review singular possessives (one boy's coat) and plural possessives (all the boys' coats)
*Review how to use comparative adjective forms: (eg. tall - taller - tallest)
*Recognize all different forms of collective nouns (eg. herd of cows)
*Know how to use time order words to show sequence: first, next, then, last
*Be able to recognize examples of a simile, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
*Be able to compare what happens in two different seasons (eg. fall, winter)
*Be able to compare/contrast two articles using a Venn diagram.
*Be able to write an essay (paragraph of six sentences) including title, introduction and conclusion.
