Study Guide

Questions Grammar What is a subject? What is a predicate? What makes a complete sentence? Give an example of a complete sentence, identify subject and predicate

Answers

person, place, thing, or idea (noun) or pronoun, the actor of the sentence verb - helping, linking, and action subject and predicate --

compound subject - Kirby and I will go to the Civil War game the day after Thanksgiving. Kirby and I = compound subject will go = predicate compound predicate - I eat a lot and cheer loudly. I = subject eat and cheer = compound predicate

Writing What are the three purposes for writing? What are the three types of writing? What is form? 1. to inform 2. to persuade 3. to entertain 1. narrative 2. argumentative 3. informative Definition: the way you will present the material Example: essay, text message, letter, email, sign, bday card, movie script, social networking less you know them, the more formal you are the more you know them, the more informal you can be

How does your writing change depending on your audience? Define revision, give an example

changing ideas in your rough draft, remove, add, or change ideas in a writing piece, changing sentence structure, changing writing quality EVERYTHING ELSE

Define editing, give an example Vocabulary Word parts, their definitions, use in a word

changing grammar, spelling, punctuation

word part struct tract vinc

definition of word part build drag, pull out, pull conquer

word part in a word construction contraction invincible motion

mob/mot/mo move ve brev/brevi ceed/cess/c ede celer gress avi/avia memor/me mori aqua mar pugn Reading short go, yield

abbreviate proceed

fast step bird remember

accelerate progress aviary memorable

water sea fight

aquamarine submarine pugnacious

Be able to list the 1. Genre: (auto)biography three main a. Personal background characteristics of each reading b. Significance (why were learning about them) genre c. Problems or obstacles OR

Important events 2. Genre: Historical Nonfiction a. When - 20 years ago or longer b. Who - can be how, where, why c. What/plot = nonfiction 3. Genre: Current nonfiction a. When - within the last 20 years b. What/plot = nonfiction c. Your choice 4. Genre: mystery/thriller a. Fictional plot b. Suspenseful OR something revealed at the end c. Your choice 5. Genre: Fantasy a. some elements are impossible b. some elements are possible c. usually includes some type of quest 6. Genre: Realistic Fiction a. setting - real place b. characters - could be real c. plot - made up, but could happen in real life 7. Genre: Science Fiction a. Science explains fictional occurrences and/or setting b. When - could be future or past c. Plot - always made up 7. Historical Fiction a. When - more than 15 years ago b. Plot - made up, but based on real events

c. Where - real place

7. Genre: Science Fiction a. When - could be future, or time travel b. Science explains fictional occurrence or setting c. Plot 8. Genre: Historical Fiction a. Who - could be made up or real b. Setting - more than 15 years ago, real place c. Plot - fiction, based on real events Social Studies Study your map in your social studies section know where each of those countries are and how to spell them List each of the four rulers we learned about, list which kingdom they ruled in (Old, Middle, or New), the monument they ordered to be built, and an interesting fact about that pharaoh (spelling counts on names of people and places!) Write out correct spelling for each of the countries below:

1. Khufu Kingdom: Old Monument: Great Pyramid at Giza Interesting fact: (must be about Khufu) 2. Senusret I Kingdom: Middle Monument: White Chapel Interesting fact: 3. Hatshepsut Kingdom: New Monument: Temple at Dayr Al-Bahri Interesting fact: 4. Ramses II Kingdom: New Monument: Complex/Temple at Abu Simbel

Interesting fact:

Why was the social pyramid so important in ancient Egypt? Label the social pyramid and star the most important level explain why its the most important (six levels) What is the Torah? Explain the early history of the Hebrews (six points in order)

Get things done faster Necessary for civilization Established order Everyone has a place to go Pharaoh Government officials Priests Scribes Artisans Peasants

Similar to Bible, Jewish Bible Sacred text for Jewish religion 1. Around 1950 B.C.E., Abraham and his clan migrated to Canaan (now Israel) 2. 1800 BCE - moved to Egypt because of famine 3. Hebrews enslaved by Egypt 4. 1250 BCE - Exodus (Moses leads Hebrews out of Egypt) 5. 40 years of wandering desert 6. 1000 BCE - Hebrews set up kingdom of Israel under King David and King Solomon

List two major contributions each of the important Hebrew leaders made to Judaism (Moses, Abraham, Kings David and Solomon)

Abraham 1. Almost sacrificed his son 2. Prophet, brought the belief in one god Moses 1. Saved the Hebrews from Egyptian enslavement 2. Received the Ten Commandments King David 1. Beat Goliath

2. Created strong, central government/started Israel King Solomon 1. Built Great Temple of Jerusalem (kept Ark of the Covenant) 2. His descendants ruled different kingdoms

Define the terms and explain why we needed to know what they meant in this chapter: prophet, plague, Exodus List three central beliefs or teachings of Judaism

Prophet: person who speaks to God; Moses was a prophet Plague: disaster for punishment; God punished Egyptians with ten plagues because the Egyptian pharaoh wouldnt release the Hebrews Exodus: exit; Hebrews escaping Egypt

1. monotheism 2. following Gods laws 3. equal and social justice; keeping Kosher; observing the Sabbath

List three ways Jews preserve and/or pass on their religion

1. all can read Torah 2. visit the Western Wall 3. schools to teach about Judaism