Study guide for extraordinary exam (summary)

VOCABULARY. Unit 1 until unit 7.- Meaning of the word / part of the speech / synonym & antonym.
READING COMPREHENSION & READING SKILLS. Main idea / sequence/ making inference / cause & effect / fact & opinion/ steps in a process / Author's purpose / summarizing / paraphrasing / Predicting / etc.
GRAMMAR SKILLS. Grammar points from unit 1 until unit 6: Present Perfect & Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect & Past Perfect Continuous / Used to VS Used to doing / Causative verbs (get-let-help, etc) / Using correlative conjuntions to join sentences (Both...and / Eihter... or / Neither ... nor)/ Adjective clauses with subject relative pronouns (who-whom, which, that).
WRITING SKILLS. Punctuation, capitalization, verb tenses. Grammar structure. Vocabulary words, building vocabulary.

Study guide for final exam (summary)

This is a summary of everything that will be tested in the final exam next week, ATTENTION!!! THIS IS NOT THE REVIEW YOU HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THIS WEEK!!! IF THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, CHECK THE PREVIOUS ENTRY.
VOCABULARY. Unit 1 until unit 7.- Meaning of the word / part of the speech / synonym & antonym.
READING COMPREHENSION & READING SKILLS. Main idea / sequence/ making inference / cause & effect / fact & opinion/ steps in a process / Author's purpose / summarizing / paraphrasing / Predicting / etc.
GRAMMAR SKILLS. Grammar points from unit 1 until unit 6: Present Perfect & Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect & Past Perfect Continuous / Used to VS Used to doing / Causative verbs (get-let-help, etc) / Using correlative conjuntions to join sentences (Both...and / Eihter... or / Neither ... nor)/ Adjective clauses with subject relative pronouns (who-whom, which, that).
WRITING SKILLS. Punctuation, Capitalization, Verb tenses. Grammar structure. Vocabulary words, build vocabulary. Writing final exam, Thursday 3rd. of December.
ORAL EXAM. Talk about your personal experience. See "Special Activities, Indenpendant Speaking". Personal presentation since Tuesday 1st. December.

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR FINAL EXAMS OF HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS A LANGUAGE INTEGRATED SPECIAL ACTIVITY. IMPORTANT NOTICES:
a) Please read carefully all the instructions of this work. All of the questions and assignments are related to the articles and cultural notes you will be reading. These activities are divided in 4 blocks: reading comprehension, grammar & vocabulary, writing, and oral expression, but they are going to be graded as a 20% of your 100% global of the final exam. Which means, that your final exam will be graded over 80. You will need:
1. Hemispheres 4, Student's Book
2. A dictionary
3. Internet (to research extra information)
4. Your personal computer, if you want to bring it to the school, you can!
5. Your printed activities in order to do all of them. A) Be careful with presentation: (Print, neatness, a folder, front page with the title, your full name and code, etc.) Your handwriting and your spelling will be graded, too. B) Oral expression will be presented daily since Monday 30th. November, 2009. (In list order, from 1…until 33). You can answer by topics, and give me day by day each one, for example, Monday November 30, reading comprehension, Tuesday December 1, grammar, and so on… or you can give me all the complete work when you finish, BUT BE AWARE that the deadline is Friday December 4. NOT LATER. If you finish on Tuesday or Wednesday, for example, you can do other subject activities during English class.
READING COMPREHENSION.
I. PREREADING. CULTURAL NOTE. LOUIS PASTEUR
Louis Pasteur was a successful French scientist. He is considered to be the scientist who finally proved that germs such as bacteria and viruses are the primary agents of disease. He invented a vaccine for rabies. He is best known for inventing a process for killing bacteria in milk and wine to keep it from spoiling. This process, pasteurization, was named after him.
II. READING. Read the article form your Hemispheres book “Put it to the test” of page 60. Answer the next questions.
1. The following items are mentioned in the article as parts of Pasteur’s experiment. Identify each as either a planned part (P) or an unplanned (U) part.
a) _____ giving some chickens a very weak culture b) _____ growing germs outside the chickens’ body c) _____ making healthy chickens sick d) _____ vaccinating chickens e) _____ using a group of chickens twice
2. The word "They" in the article refers to:
a) sick chickens b) healthy chickens c) germs d) cultures
3. The word It in the article refers to: a) a group b) experiment c) day d) culture
4. It is obvious that the word "Culture" in the article doesn`t refer to a geographic area with specific kind of people, with habits and rituals of their own, so what does it means then? Explain in your own words: _________________________________________________________________

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5. What is the name of the great discovery of Louis Pasteur, and what is it about? Explain. _________________________________________________________________

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III. EXPANSION ACTIVITY. Vaccination.
Investigate about vaccination and write the order of steps in which the process is done.
· The scientist processes the pathogen so that is weakened or dead. ___
· A doctor injects a patient with the weakened or dead pathogen. ____
· When the patient encounters an un weakened version of the pathogen, the body’s immune system recognizes it and quickly attacks it, preventing the patient from getting the disease. ______
· A scientist gets a sample of a pathogen such as a bacteria or virus 1
· The patient’s immune system produces an active immune response to the pathogen. ____

IV. PREREADING. CULTURAL NOTE. STROKES
Strokes are a loss of brain function caused by an interruption in the supply of blood to a part of the brain. This interruption can be caused by bleeding or a blockage, such as from a blood clot. Brain tissue is killed or severely damaged. In industrialized countries, stroke is the third leading cause of death and the biggest cause of adult disability. It is caused by a variety of factors that damage blood vessels, although genetic weaknesses are also a factor. Smoking increases the risk for strokes. High cholesterol is another common risk factor, as are diabetes, age, and high blood pressure.

V. READING. Read carefully the next dialogue, then answer the questions.
Uncle’s Mike Stroke Doctor: Well, Tom, you’re certainly healthy enough to be on the swim team. I’ll sign that form for you. Tom: Thanks, doctor. Uh… can I just ask you a question? It’s not about my health, but… Doctor: Sure, Tom. What is it? Tom: Well, my Uncle Mike just had a stroke… Doctor: Sorry to hear that, Tom. How is the doing? Tom: Ok, apparently. No really serious damage, except for some balance problems. A little weakness in one arm, too. Doctor: He’s very lucky. Tom: Yeah. He is. But here’s the weird part. My aunt says the stroke made him forget that he smokes… smoked… whatever. Is that even possible? Doctor: I know it sounds strange, Tom, but yes, it’s possible. If a stroke damages a little part of the brain called the insula, it can happen. Tom: Incredible. Doctor: Your uncle probably didn’t actually forget that he smoked. What probably happened is that it just stopped seeming pleasurable to him. The insula is what we call a pleasure center. If it’s damaged, you might stop associating things like the taste or smell of cigarette smoke with pleasant feelings. Tom: So he remembers smoking but it doesn’t sound good to him anymore. It’s like he lost his taste for cigarettes. Doctor: That’s right. Tom: So, in a way, he is lucky he had the stroke. Doctor: Well, in a way, but strokes are extremely dangerous and unpredictable. They are a form of brain injury. They almost always cause a lot more damage than your uncle seems to have suffered. The really lucky thing is that he wasn’t paralyzed or killed. Tom: Yeah, I know. When I first heard he had a stroke, I thought maybe he’d be unable to walk or talk or something. Doctor: Well, anyway, I’m glad he doesn’t have a smoking habit anymore. Maybe that will reduce his chances of having another stroke.

1. What does the doctor mean by saying “He’s very lucky”?
a) That he could die but he didn’t b) That he won the lottery c) That he was lucky he had the stroke
2. Why does the doctor say “Well, anyway, I’m glad he doesn’t have a smoking habit anymore. Maybe that will reduce his chances of having another stroke”?
a) Because he doesn’t like to smoke either b) Because smoking is one of the first causes of strokes and he stopped smoking since he had one c) Because he felt like saying that
3. What happened to Mike’s uncle?
a) He had a stroke b) He die c) He stopped drinking coffee
4. Why does Mike’s uncle stop smoking?
a) because he forgot b) because he doesn’t want to and he resolved to quit c) because with the stroke he lost his will of smoking
5. What other factors can cause a stroke:
a) Jogging and working out b) Diabetes and genetic weaknesses
6. According to the cultural note, what is “Insula”? _________________________________________________________

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7. Now, make an investigation and write with your own words more about “Insula”:
(If you want, you can use another paper to complete your writing)
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8. Why strokes are extremely dangerous and unpredictable? a) Because you can feel they are coming b) Because a stroke is a brain injury that happens suddenly and can kill you.
9. What does Genetic weaknesses means? ______________________________________________________________

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10. Explain:
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11. According to the doctor, in what part of the body do all strokes occur?
a) the insula b) the arms c) the brain d) the mouth
GRAMMAR STRUCTURE & VOCABULARY. THE CORRECT USE OF LANGUAGE.
VI. GRAMMAR STRUCTURE. Please read again the article, the interview and the cultural notes, and write from them, with correct grammar structure, punctuation, and capitalization, the next indications. Use your Hemispheres 4 Students Book, to help you.
Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, in Present Perfect Tense.
Change those sentences into Past Perfect Tense.
Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, in Present Perfect Continuous.
Change those sentences into Past Perfect Continuous.
Write 5 sentences about any of the texts, using Used to
Write 5 sentences about YOUR FAMILY HABITS with Be used to.
Use the next Causative verbs (have, let, make, get, and help), to show actions that causes another actions to happen. Based your sentences in the stories you read.
Write 5 pairs of related sentences, about the texts you read, and then connect them using Correlative Conjunctions (Both…and /either…or / neither… nor).
Write 5 pairs of related sentences, about the texts you read, and then connect them using Adjective Clauses with Subject Relative Pronouns (Who/Whom – Which - That).

VII. VOCABULARY.
Make a chart with all the vocabulary words from unit 1 until unit 7 in which you must separate each word according to the parts of the speech that it is, and write a synonym of each word. For example: NOUN SYNONYM
1. Unique. The one. The only.
2. long-lost relative Third cousin.

VIII. WRITING. BUILDING VOCABULARY.
According to all the research that you had made, please write an essay of two pages using at least 20 vocabulary words from unit 1 until unit 7. You can write about a personal experience with a disease or anything related to the topic that we have been studying. Be careful with verb tenses and please be creative! Don’t forget the title.

ORAL EXPRESSION.
IX. INDEPENDENT SPEAKING. Prepare a personal speech to respond the following question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your response. Make a presentation of 5 minutes to express your ideas.
The doctor mentions that part of the brain can associate the taste or smell of cigarette smoke with pleasant feelings. Discuss four or five tastes or smells that recall pleasant feelings for you – the smell of the coffee, the taste of an apple, etc. What do you associate them with?

Study guide for 3rd period!!!

Hi guys!!! Here's your study guide, don't forget to print it, answer it (it'll help you a lot!) and in the exam, staple it along with the exam :)


STUDY GUIDE FOR 3RD PARTIAL EXAM OF HIGH SCHOOL

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY.

Using Correlative Conjunctions. Circle the correct answer.


You were_________ late for class ________ forgot to do your homework.
A. both… and B. either...or C. neither...nor
2. You need to decide if you want to go to ________ this college ________ that college.
A. both… and B. either...or C. neither...nor
3. She was not sure if she _______ wanted to travel to Japan ________ travel to Thailand.
A. both… and B. either...or C. neither...nor4. _________ the food _________ the prices in this restaurant are terrible.
A. both… and B. either...or C. neither...nor
5. I like ________ sausages ________ peppers in my sandwich.
A. both… and B. either...or C. neither...nor

Chose the correct Relative Pronoun for the Adjective Clauses of the next sentences:
Mara Healy, _______ is a student at Purdue University, is staying up all night to study for exams.
a) who b) which c) that
Caffeine, _______ is a stimulant, can help people to stay awake.
a) who b) which c) that
But I think some of the claims ________ these water companies make are misleading.
a) who b) which c) that
People ________ don’t like coffee are turning to caffeinated water.
a) who b) which c) that
Emoto has a degree, _________ is from Yokohama Municipal University.
a) who b) which c) that

Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous. Circle the correct form of the verb of the next sentences.
1. Joe and I ___________ (look) for tickets for a Gwen Stefani concert for months!
a) had looked b) had been looking c) was looking

2. Then I found out that my sister ___________ (enter) my name in a contest for tickets, and I won!!
a) had enter b) had been entering c) entered

3. I was very busy on the day of the concert. I ____________ (work) all day on a report and I still hadn’t finished!
a) had worked b) had been working c) had working
4. I realized that I was going to miss the concert. I called Joe. He was really angry. He ___________ (wait) at a coffee shop,
a) had been waiting b) had waited c) waited
5. and he _________ (have) six cups of coffee already!
a) had had b) had have c) had having

Vocabulary. Circle the word that best matches the next few questions.
6. At the party, I met one of my ___________ cousins. I hadn’t seen her since I was five years old!
a) long-lost relative b) unique c) resigned d) distinct
7. Experts __________ that if the world´s climate becomes hotter, the ocean might rise up and cover some of the biggest cities.
a) resolve b) unique c) resigned d) speculate
8. On New Year´s Day, Andy _________ to go on a diet and lose 20 kilos.
a) bother b) resolve c) resigned d) speculate
9. My roommate often ________ me when I´m trying to study.
a) bother b) unique c) resigned d) distinct
10. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is a ______________ place for tourists.
a) long-lost relative b) unique c) resigned d) distinct

Vocabulary. Circle the antonym of the next words.
11. a) credible b) true c) correct
d) unbelievable
12. a) pure b) clean c) mixed d) complete
13. a) made worse b) enhanced c) improved d) better
14. a) explanation b) theory c) idea d) sure
15. a) misleading b) truthful c) false d) wrong
16. a) attach b) put on c) add d) remove
17. a) fall off b) stick c) loose d) separate
18. a) setback b) problem c) difficulty d) success
19. a) stumble b) move easily c) fall d) hit
20. a) not want to b) eager c) happy d) glad

Vocabulary. Identify which part of the speech is each underlined word:
21. Jake aspires to be a great pianist.
a) noun b) verb c) adjective
22. The band has a lot of promotional materials.
a) noun b) verb c) adjective
23. The email that Sara received said that there was a mistake in the exam.
a) noun b) verb c) adjective



READING COMPREHENSION. Read carefully and answer the next questions.

CD
Lisa enjoyed singing. But, she wanted to sing
and play guitar, too. So, she bought a guitar and a
music book. She taught herself to play the guitar.
Lisa practiced every morning and every night.
Lisa wrote some songs, too. She wrote songs
about her family and friends. She recorded her songs
on a CD. Her friends listened to the CD. They liked
her music! Lisa`s friends said, “Lisa! You should take
your songs to a music company!” Lisa said, “Yes! I
want to take my songs to a music company! I want to
be a pop star!”
CD Questions ?

1. Did Lisa enjoy singing?
2. What did Lisa buy?
3. What did she teach herself?
4. When did she practice?
5. What did Lisa write songs about?
6. Did her friends listen to the cassette?
7. What did her friends say?
8. What does Lisa want to be?
9. Please try to imagine a picture of Lisa: What does the girl have in her hands?
10. What do you want to be in the future?


Good luck!!!
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Study guide for second period exam:

Grammar:
-Causative verbs
-Used to vs. used to be

Vocabulary:
-Thinking Outside the Box (Hemispheres student's book page 24 and 25)
-Unusual phenomena (page 15)

Reading:
-Reading comprehension including reading strategies (scanning) and vocabulary in context

Writing:
-Writing a description considering first draft and final draft.

Study hard and I wish you all the luck! :)

Study guide!

Study guide for first exam in September.
READING SKILLS.
1. Identifying Main idea and supporting details.
2. Identifying the different parts of a story:SequenceCause & EffectAuthor´s PurposeSteps in a ProcessCharactersPlotCompare & ContrastFact & OpinionGraphic SourcesSummarizingText Structure
3. Identify the different Tools for Reading & Writing Skills.Venn DiagramT chartWeb chart, etc.
4. Reading Comprehension. Are you really understanding what you are reading?

VOCABULARY
Social groups. .
Community Life.
Build Vocabulary Unit 1 "Hemispheres 4":
Use the words, make correct sentences using them.GRAMMAR
1. Identify and apply Present Simple Tense and Past Simple Tense.
2. Identify Present Perfect Tense and Past Perfect Tense.
3. Identify "Parts of a Speech"Subject & PredicateNounAdjectiveVerb (linking and action word)AdverbArticlePrepositionsObject Pronouns, Subject Pronouns, & Possessive Pronouns.
4."WH" Question words! WHEN?, WHERE?, WHY?, WHAT?, WHICH?, HOW?. When to use them, how to use them.WRITING SKILLS.
1. Paragraph Structure.
2. Tools for Reading & Writing as diagrams and special charts.

LISTENING AND CONVERSATION
1. Context Clues for infering Attitude and Opinion.
2. Listening Comprehension.Study hard and good luck!!! :)