As we are preparing for Monday's grammar test, we are going to get back into our groups from yesterday, and we are going to address the elements that you will see on the test.
1. Terms. You will have approximately 10 of the 34 terms on this test. There were quite a few of us who did not take the terms portion of the first test seriously. You must know the elementary jargon of a subject before you are able to master it. Take out your definitions and/or flash cards and as a group, you are going to review the 34 terms.
2. 10 major diagrams. On scratch paper, when your team is ready, see who can jot down all of the 10 diagrams first... in order and numbered accordingly. When you are done, see what ones you are missing. Did you just forget? Do you not understand this certain diagram? They have a logical progression; talk through this progression.
3. Sentence diagramming: Here is a link to 10 sentences that covers most of the skills addressed in the 10 diagrams. The are a combination of the skills, so the diagrams won't look EXACTLY like the templates.. it is a blending of the templates. Work through these together.
4. Writing and Reading application. There will be a couple of questions on this test that will ask you to apply what you are learning about grammar to the writing process and the reading process. These questions are critical thinking questions. They will assess your ability to think beyond the concrete and put your knowledge into application/analysis. As a group, look through the following diagrams from the opening lines of some of the most famous books of all time. Talk about what kind of impact recognizing the parts of sentence, clauses, phrases, etc., help your comprehension, as well as the art of the writing. I love this poster!
Here is a link to an article that shows each diagram a little closer:
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