Grade 11 English-Final Exam: Wednesday June 7th, 8:50 t0 12:00

The final English exam will be broken down into five components:

1. Punctuation and Spelling- 5%

2. Vocabulary-5%
3. Media-10%
4. Literature-70% (Short Stories, Macbeth, Pride and Prejudice)
5. Poetry Sight Passage 10%

The following is a study guide for each area. You should make study notes for each area and
follow the instructions on what and how to prepare for each section.

SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION

1. Spelling Errors(words that sound-alike and look-alike.)

2. Sentence Fragments (how to fix them by using colon, semi-colon or punctuating and
capitalizing for a new sentence)
3. Punctuation and Possession, Apostrophes and The Use of the Comma(Grammar Edits)

Review the handouts we did on spelling and punctuation.

There will be one question on the exam. In the question you will be asked to make corrections in
a paragraph or some sentences containing errors. These will include sound-alike and look-alike
words, run-on sentences, and punctuation errors. You will make corrections to the paragraph or
the sentences. The question will tell you how many errors to look for.
For example: 40 errors each worth ½ mark each.
This section will be Application.

VOCABULARY
1. Vocabulary from the novel Pride and Prejudice.
These will be either true or false, or multiple choice.
Study the vocabulary assigned from your chapter questions.
This section will be Knowledge.

MEDIA
1. Analysis of a print advertisement
You will be given an advertisement you have not seen before to analyze.
Make sure you are familiar with the three main components of deconstructing media (the
media triangle).
Review your media essays and the article in Imprints entitled “Looking at the Media.”
Review the print ads and commercials you analyzed and presented in class as examples.
This section will be Thinking, Application and Communication.
`MACBETH

1. Identification and Explanation of Quotations (Spotting Questions)

State the speaker and to whom they are speaking, explain the circumstances and state the
significance. You may also be asked to translate the passage into modern English. There
may be some choice in this section.
This section will be Knowledge, Thinking, Application and Communication.

2. Formal Essay or Short Answer focusing on themes/characters of the play.

Make review notes on the following:
 The characterizations of Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the witches.
 Macbeth’ fatal decisions as the tragic hero
 The influence of others on Macbeth’s tragic decisions
 The theme of justice
 The role of the supernatural in the play
 Prominent speeches and soliloquies of the main characters
 Dramatic devices (foreshadowing. suspense, dramatic irony, etc).
Write an essay outline or practice essay of the topics above by choosing three
examples from the text to support each of these topics.
Study prominent speeches, tests, scene questions and re-read important
sections.
K, T C, A as per the essay rubric. You will see this rubric on the exam.
Read it so you know how you will be evaluated before you begin writing.

SHORT STORIES
1. Short Answers or Multiple Choice (2 K marks and 2 C marks)
This section will be Knowledge and Communication.
You will be asked to provide an example of the features of short stories from the
stories we read.
Make review notes on the following:
 Review the features of short stories (character, theme, plot, setting, etc.)
 Re-read the short stories we studied and the answers to the questions we did.
 Review your charts for each story and the unit test.
 Write out examples of the features from each of the stories by writing these
out as study notes (i.e-Walter Mitty-Character-timid, unfulfilled, easily
influenced by others, pushover.)
Pride and Prejudice

1. Identification and Explanation of Quotations

(State the speaker, explain the circumstances and state the significance.)
There may be some choice here.
This section will be Knowledge, Thinking, Application and Communication.

2. Formal Essay on theme or character (long essay)

Review your chapter questions for the entire novel.

Make Review Notes on the following:

 Views of marriage
 Dating and Courtship
 Gender-the roles of men and women in 19th Century society
 Class
 Character comparisons (how are they alike, how are they different according to the
themes)
 The novel’s title as the major theme-Pride and Prejudice

POETRY SIGHT PASSAGE

You will be asked to read a poem and answer questions. This will assess your reading
comprehension and your ability to apply your knowledge of poetic devices to a new poem. You
will not have read this poem before.

Review your definitions of poetic devices

Make sure you understand and can spot all of the poetic devices. Look at your handouts on these
and read over some of the poems we studied to remind yourself of some of these examples.
Knowledge, Thinking, Application, and Communication will be broken down for each type
of question.

OTHER HELPFUL HINTS…

The major essay could be a comparison of the novel and play.
Think about what characters or themes could be compared.

NOT ON THE EXAM…

 Content from poems we studied (but look over the devices to prepare for the sight
passage!)
 Poetry power-point presentations
 LITERARY ESSAY RUBRIC

CATEGORIES 0-49% 50-59% 60-69% 70-79% 80-89% 90-100%

BELOW LEVEL 1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5
Knowledge/ -shows an -shows a passable -shows a -shows a -shows a very -shows an
Understanding insufficient knowledge and moderate considerable good degree of exceptionally
degree of understanding of knowledge and knowledge and understanding of fine
knowledge and the thesis and understanding of understanding of the topic to be understanding of
understanding of elements to be the thesis and the the thesis and the discussed and the topic to be
the thesis and of developed elements to elements to be thorough discussed and
the elements to be be developed. developed understanding of thorough
/10 developed and -limited focus on the elements to be understanding of
evaluated thesis in the essay -moderately -accurate but developed the elements to be
effective thesis conventional developed
- thesis is missing, -demonstrates development thesis -contains a very
is unclearly passable but good, clear thesis -contains an
expressed , or limited ability to -demonstrates -demonstrates exceptionally
does not reflect the link evidence to moderate ability to considerable -there is a very insightful ,
question asked the thesis link evidence to ability to link the good linking of expressive thesis
thesis. evidence to the details and
- demonstrates thesis. evidence to thesis. - there is an
unsatisfactory exceptionally
ability to link the thorough linking
evidence to the of evidence to the
thesis. thesis
Thinking/ -analyzes elements -analyzes -analyzes elements -analyzes elements -analyzes -analyzes
Investigation of the thesis or elements of the of the thesis or of the thesis or elements of the elements of
question with thesis or question question with question with thesis or question question
insufficient with passable moderate considerable very well exceptionally
effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness well
-supporting
/10 -supporting -supporting -supporting -supporting details, quotations supporting details,
details, details, quotations, details, examples, details, quotations and examples examples, and
quotations , and and examples, are and quotations are and examples, are related to the quotations are
references are explained and explained and quite accurately thesis and exceptionally
explained and connected in a connected with explained and explained in a effective and
connected rather random or moderate connected. convincing explained in a very
insufficiently and weak way. effectiveness manner. mature and
ineffectively convincing
manner.
Communication -uses an -uses an -uses an -uses an -uses an -uses an
organizational organizational organizational organizational organizational organizational
pattern of pattern of pattern of pattern of pattern of pattern of
discussion with discussion with discussion with discussion with a discussion with a discussion with
insufficient passable moderate considerable high degree of exceptional
effectiveness ( no effectiveness effectiveness degree of effectiveness (very effectiveness
satisfactory (Introduction or ( Intro, body and effectiveness good introduction, (excellent
introduction and/ conclusion conclusion (effective intro., body and introduction, body
or conclusion, missing, minimal present: proper body, & conclusion, and conclusion,
minimal use of proper comparative conclusion.; unified paragraphs unified paragraphs
paragraphing, no paragraphing, little paragraphing; unified body clearly tied to strongly tied to
transitional use of transitional some use of paragraphs, good thesis, very good thesis, excellent
/10 expressions ) expressions) transitions. use of transitions) use of a variety of use of a variety of
-uses academic transitions) transitions)
language and a -shows limited use -considerable use -
suitable voice to of academic -moderate of academic -very consistent -masterful, mature
communicate with language, and a evidence of language and use of academic use of academic
an academic suitable voice for academic language voice. language and language and
audience with an academic and a suitable voice. voice.
insufficient audience. voice for an
effectiveness (simple, familiar academic
(simple, familiar word choice) audience.
words, slang,
inappropriate and/
or inaccurate
diction)
Application -uses language -uses language -uses language -uses language uses language uses language
conventions conventions conventions conventions conventions conventions
(spelling, (spelling, (spelling, (spelling, (spelling, (spelling,
 punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, punctuation,
grammar) with grammar) with grammar) with grammar) with grammar) high grammar)
insufficient passable accuracy moderate considerable degree of with exceptional
accuracy and and effectiveness accuracy and accuracy and accuracy and accuracy and
effectiveness -cites quotations/ effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness
-cites ideas/information -cites quotations/ -cites quotations/ -cites -cites
/10 quotations/ideas/ from primary texts ideas/ ideas/ quotations/ideas/in quotations/ideas/in
information from with passable information from information from formation from formation from
primary texts with accuracy and primary texts with primary texts with primary texts with primary texts with
insufficient consistency in moderate accuracy considerable high degree of exceptional
accuracy and style and format and consistency in accuracy and accuracy and accuracy and
consistency in -uses the writing style and format consistency in consistency in consistency in
style and format process with -uses the writing style and format style and format style and format
-uses the writing passable process with -uses the writing
process with effectiveness moderate process with -uses the writing -uses the writing
insufficient effectiveness considerable process with a process with a
effectiveness effectiveness Very well Very well