Preparing for Your Class Text - 11c

Our first class test will be about the American South. You will be given a text that you have to read and understand. The text will be annotated, i.e. I will give explanations for difficult words.   

You will have to work on the following parts:

I Comprehension:

Comprehension is another word for 'understanding'. You will get two questions. In answering these questions you show that you understand the text. There will be 2 - 3 comprehension questions.

II Comment:

I will give you a choice of two topics that are related to the text, but will give you a chance to expand on the issue. For example: "Do you think slavery still exists today? Give examples and show ways to end slavery."

III Grammar: Exercises the way we did them in class.

This is what the test will be about:

 The South

 – Hurricane Ike/Katrina, geographical facts, Slavery, Civil War

To prepare watch the video clips again, read the hand-outs, read the blog, read the 11b blog, go back to the website on Civil War that we worked on.

Make sure you can explain what the Triangle Trade was, why the South 'needed' slaves, why Gettysburg is important, and what happened in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

 Grammar:

for and since

past progressive – simple Past

countable/uncountable nouns

To prepare, study the hand-outs you received. 

 Vocabulary:

surge, levee, to evacuate, plight, deploy, emergency supplies, launch, domestic/foreign, sustainable, spend/donate/give, mansion column, colonial style, plantation, to lynch, cargo, port, to enslave, Middle Passage, molasses, manufactured goods

I will not ask vocabulary questions in this test - these are just for you!