General ACP Info
How many questions will be on your ACP?
40
How many revising/editing passages will be on your ACP?
1 revising & 1 editing
What is a thesis statement?
The main point/subject of the text. What the text will be about.
True/False:
The following is an example of hyperbole-
"The grass grows greener on the other side"
FALSE: this is alliteration
Text clues (What you notice) + Background knowledge (What you already knew about a subject)
How does the ACP impact your grade?
It is 15% of your semester grade
Correct the following sentence if necessary:
Mr. Sharp's students complained that they had to much work to complete.
change "to" to "too"
How can you effectively paraphrase a text/part of a text?
Break it down into beginning, middle, and end and highlight the important information/details.
What are groups of lines called in a poem? (The "paragraphs" of the poem)
Stanzas
The night was very dark. Charlie and Ted were sitting by the fire and toasting marshmallows. They had set-up their tent that afternoon. Suddenly, Ted heard a noise. Charlie heard it, too. It said, "Hoot, hoot!" It was coming from the tree over the tent. The boys threw down their marshmallows and ran all the way home.
Why did the boys run home?
They were afraid of the noise they heard.
How long will you have to take your ACP?
2 Hours
What change, if any, needs to be made in the sentence?
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!
change "then" to "than"
What does the conclusion of an informational text need to summarize?
The thesis statement/the main points
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The sun was calling my name with its glowing, warm rays of light"
Personification
Why is inferencing important? Why do we have to make inferences?
Authors will not always directly communicate their ideas.
How many revising/editing questions will be on your ACP?
16/40 questions
Explain when to use "their", "there", and "they're".
Their- possessive, their lunch
There- showing a place, over there
They're- contraction for "they are", they're running too fast
How will an author of an informational text support claims made in their writing?
Using evidence/examples
What is a sonnet?
A 14 line poem with a rhyme scheme
Everett held his father's hand as he crossed the busy parking lot. They walked into a grocery store. Everett's dad lifted him into the seat of the shopping cart. “Here,” said dad, “You can hold my shopping list.”
What is an inference we can make about Everett?
Everett is a young child.
How many texts will you have to read on the ACP and what types of texts are they?
5 total: informational, fiction short story, poem, revising, and editing
What change, if any, needs to be made to the following sentence?:
Orlando enjoyed his trip to the beach because he played in the waves, looked for seashells, and went to run on the beach.
Name 3 of the 5 types of paragraph/text structures we discussed in class.
Compare/contrast, chronological, description, cause/effect, problem/solution
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"The teenage boy left behind a stench of Axe so powerful that it could set off the smoke detectors"
Hyperbole
Ms. Johnson sees Lisette walk into the clothing store and greets her by name. Then, Ms. Johnson takes Lisette by the arm and leads her to a stack of sweaters on a table.
What can we infer about Ms. Johnson and Lisette based on this passage?
Ms. Johnson already knew Lisette.