Read over the syllabus at home (i.e., do a second reading) and share it with your parents/guardians.  Sign the signature page (pg. 7/8) and return it by our next class.  

 

It will be collected at the door, so remove the page from the rest of the syllabus before you line up.

 

 

Finish completing the Student Info Sheet you received in class by Wednesday.  It will be collected at the start of class.

 

 

You will have a grammar test on Thursday (odd periods) or Friday (even periods).  It will be 45 multiple-choice questions and 10 short-answer questions (1 sentence maximum).  

 

What do you need to know to do well on the test?  

1.  Study the grammar issues from the summer assignment--verb tenses (6 different types, plus their 6 progressive versions), active vs. passive voice, run-ons, sentence fragments, and parallel structure.  Be ready to recognize and/or correct these issues on the test.

2.  Review the readings from the summer assignment packet (Rosa Parks: My Story and the Reader's Digest article "Secrets of Straight-A Students").  You will be asked short-answer questions about them on the test.

 

In case you do not have a hardcopy of the summer assignment, please look for the attachment entitled "Summer Assignment 2016-17" on this website.  The last page of the Reader's Digest article got cut off and was never given to you ... Please use the link below to access the full article (just one more page with more strategies).

 

 

 

If you have not completed your summer assignment yet, please do so by the end of the week (Thursday the 11th for odd periods, Friday the 12th for even periods).