End of Year Revision Guide
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English
EFT8H / Grade 8
End of Year Revision Guide
Fast Track English
Reading Comprehension and Literature
Reading comprehension skills will be tested with unseen passages. Students will need
to read unseen passages and answer questions about them.
The following reading comprehension skills may be included on the test:
Writing for Freedom: A History of Slave Narratives
Genre: Nonfiction
 Determine central idea / main idea
 Determine author’s point of view
The Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave
Genre: Nonfiction (Memoir)
 Determine author’s point of view
Fog, The Horses of the Sea, When the Frost is on the Punkin
Genre: Poem
 Recognize and interpret metaphor and effect created by imagery
 Describe mood
 Relate imagery to mood
The Boy and the Bayonet
Genre: Fiction (Short Story)
 Relate character motivation to plot development
 Determine primary conflict
 Relate setting and historical context to plot development
Malala Yousafzai
Genre: Biography
 Relate main idea of paragraphs to main idea of essay
 Evaluate evidence to support claims
 Determine author’s point of view
The King of Mazy May
Genre: Realistic Fiction
 Determine theme and analyze theme development
 Relate characterization to theme development
 Determine author’s message
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Paul Revere’s Ride: A Factual Account
Genre: History and Fiction
 Determine structure of essay
 Relate structure to historical content
Paul Revere’s Ride
Genre: Narrative Poem
 Identify features of a narrative poem
 Relate poem features to narrative content
The California Gold Rush: Building America, Chasing Dreams
The Costs and Conflicts of the California Gold Rush
Genre: Realistic Nonfiction
 Relate supporting evidence to claims
 Identify counter claim
 Compare and contrast between texts
 Recognize and analyze bias
The Need for Humility
Genre: Building Nations (Nonfiction)
 Determine purpose of essay
 Identify bias
 Analyze emotional and ethical appeals
 Relate rhetorical devices to purpose
 Analyze meaning and effect of metaphor
Vocabulary
 Be familiar with all vocabulary words from the stories
 Be able to recognize the words used in context
 When given a choice of words, be able to fill in a blank of an incomplete
sentence with an appropriate vocabulary word
 Be able to match words and definitions from a list
 When given a list of vocabulary words, be able to select some of the words and
use each word in an original sentence that demonstrates its meaning
 Be able to identify the correct synonym and antonym of a given word
 Be able to choose the correct definition using context clues
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Writing for Freedom: A History of
Slave Narratives
abolish
menial
disorient
unprecedented
institution
vital
Paul Revere’s Ride: A Factual
Account
depict
prosperous
exclusive
reconstruct
glorify
vital
The Narrative of William W. Brown, A
Fugitive Slave
delegate
induce
detest
resolve
discharge
Paul Revere’s Ride
gild
hulk
impetuous
muffle
The Horses of the Sea
crest
rear
munch
California Gold Rush
cultivate
ingenious
flourish
vibrant
The Boy and the Bayonet
audaciously
fulfillment
defiance
furtively
despairing
proclaiming
disposition
suppressed
Costs and Conflicts
depletion
notorious
fervent
retaliate
Malala Yousafzai
advocate
conservative
outraged
potential
The Need for Humility
compel
haughty
creed
insolent
promote
restriction
strive
voice
The King of Mazy May
anxious
liable
endure
poise
flounder
wind
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sentinel
stealth
tramp
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Writing
Be able to write an essay. You will be provided with a passage or a prompt that you can
refer to as you plan and write your essay. You will need to use the features of essay
writing to write your essay. You will also be provided with a rubric that you can use to
construct your essay. You will use a few minutes at the end of the test to neatly make
revisions and corrections. Your essay will be graded on the following writing traits:
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Ideas
Organization (Structure)
Organization (Ideas)
Fluency and Word Choice
Conventions of Standard English
Grammar
 Unit 7 Verbs: The Past and Future Perfect
o The Past Perfect, The Past Perfect Negative
o The Past Perfect with already, when, before, after
o The Future Perfect, The Future Perfect Negative
 Unit 10 Prepositions
o Prepositions
o Prepositional Phrases of Time, Place
 Unit 11 More Abstract Nouns
o Abstract Nouns, Abstract Nouns from Adjectives
 Unit 12 Collective Nouns and Plurals
o Collective Nouns
o Agreement: Collective Nouns with Singular Verb
o Plurals
 Unit 14 Pronouns: Indefinite
o Indefinite Pronouns, Singular Indefinite Pronouns, Plural Indefinite Pronouns,
Singular and Plural Indefinite Pronouns
 Unit 15 Pronouns: Relative
o Clauses: Independent, Dependent
o Relatives Pronouns: who/whose/whom/which/that/where
 Unit 16 Coordinating Conjunctions and The Compound Sentence
o The Compound Sentence
o Conjunctions, Coordinating Conjunctions, Coordinating Conjunction: so
 Unit 17 Subordinating Conjunctions and the Complex Sentence
o The Complex Sentence
o Subordinating Conjunctions: until, although, when, unless, after, before
 Unit 18 Correlative Conjunctions
o Correlative Conjunctions
o either…or/both..and/neither…nor
 Unit 19 Phrases and Sentences
o Phrases with Nouns
o Noun Phrases/Absolute Phrases/Appositives
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Unit 20 Verbs
o Action Verbs
o Helping Verbs: am/is/are/will/was/were/has/have/had
Unit 23 Punctuation: Capitals Periods and Commas
o A Quick Review page 149
o Capital Letters: Titles, Titles of Literary and Other Works
o Commas in Lists: Nouns, Adjectives, Phrases
o Commas in Addresses and Letters
o Commas in Compound/ Complex Sentences
o Commas to Separate Introductory Elements
Unit 24 Punctuation: Dashes, Parentheses, and Colons
o Dashes: Additional Information
o Parentheses: Additions, Figures, & Cross-References
o Parentheses: Relevant Information
o Colons: Lists
Unit 25 Punctuation: Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
o A Quick Review page 166
o Apostrophes to Show Possession - Irregular Nouns
o Apostrophes in Contractions
o Quotation Marks in Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory Sentences:
Speech Tag at the Beginning
o Quotation Marks in Declarative Sentences: Speech Tag at the End
Appendix 2: List of Irregular Verbs
Appendix 3: The Forms of “to be”
Appendix 4: Adjectives with Prepositions
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