BiographyTestStudyGuideTraditional

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BIOGRAPHY
BasicFacts:
Lookthroughthenoteswetooktogetherinclassandhighlightthemainideasandbasic
informationaboutTonyHawk.
FOREXAMPLE:
WherewasTonyHawkborn?

Roughlyhowoldwashewhenhebegancompeting?

Whatwashisrelationshipwithskateboardinglike?

MainIdeaSummary:
Lookbackatyournotestoseehowwestructuredeachmainideasentence.Practice
summarizingthemainideaandprovidingacouplesupportingdetailsusingtheattached
paragraphs.
Bepreparedtosummarizethemainideaofaparagraph.
Bepreparedtoprovideacouplesupportingdetailsfromtheparagraph.

PRACTICE:
ProfessionalathleteLeBronRaymoneJameswasbornonDecember30,1984,inAkron,Ohio.At
anearlyage,heshowedanaturaltalentforbasketball.JameswasrecruitedbySt.VincentSt.Mary
HighSchooltojointheirbasketballteamin1999.Asafreshman,Jamesaveraged18pointsper
game.HehelpedtheteamtoaDivisionIIIstatetitlebyscoring25pointsinthechampionship
game.Wordofhisadvancedbasketballskillsspread,andJamesreceivedseveralhonorsforhis
performance.Asahighschoolsophomore,hewaschosenfortheUSATodayAllUSAFirstTeam.
Jameswasthefirstsophomoreeverselectedforthisaward.HisteamalsowontheDivisionIII
statetitleforthesecondyearinarow.

Mainidea:

Supportingdetails(2):
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VOCABULARY:
Biography:
1. Chairmanoftheboard:theleaderofacompany.
2. Sponsor:apersonorcompanythatpaysforskateboardingactivities.

3. Aerial:atrickthatisdoneintheair.
4. Innovative:tricksthatarenewandcreative.
5. VertContest:acontestthatinvolvesflyingintotheairfromaramp(goingvertical)and
landingbackontheramp.
6. Heading:atitleatthetopofthepageorsectionofthebook.
7. Subheading:aheadinggiventoasubsectionofapieceofwriting.
8. Summary:abriefstatementoraccountofthemainpointsofabook,story,article,etc.
9. MainIdea:importantinformationthattellsabouttheoverallideaofaparagraphortext.
10. SupportingDetail:adetailthatsupportsthemainideaandoffersmorespecific
information.
11. TextFeature:anelementinthetextthatprovidesinformationthatisnotpartofthebodyof
thetext.
12. PointofView:Thenarratorspositioninrelationtothestorybeingtold.
IBLearnerProfileWords:
SEETHEIBLEARNERPROFILEWORDMATCHINGDOCUMENT.

PRACTICE:
MakeflashcardsoruseatoollikeQuizlettotestyourselfonthedefinitions.
Writesentencesusingthewordsabove.

GRAMMAR:
PartsofSpeech:
Beabletouseandidentifytheeightpartsofspeech.
Noun:Aperson,place,thing,oridea.
Pronoun:Wordthatreplacesanameornoun.
Verb:Wordusedtodescribeanaction,state,oroccurrence.
Adverb:Wordorphrasethatmodifiesanadjective,verb,orotheradverb.
Preposition:Wordthatshowstherelationshipbetweenanoun/pronounandotherwords
inthesentence.
Adjective:Wordorphrasedescribing/modifyinganoun.
Conjunction:Wordusedtoconnectclauses,sentences,orwords.
Interjection:Anexclamation,usedforemphasis.
TypesofSentences:
Beabletouseandidentifysimpleandcompoundsentences.
Simplesentence:oneindependentclause(completethoughtwithcompletesubjectand
predicate).
Compoundsentence:twoindependentclauses(twocompletethoughtswithtwocomplete
subjectsandpredicates).

PRACTICE:
Writeasentenceforeachpartofspeech.Identifywhetherthesentenceissimple,compound,or
other.