Language Arts Final Outline

Name: __________________________________
Section One: Spelling

interesting positive behavior argument embarrass

challenge announce worthwhile everywhere achieve
deceive receipt believe compliment grateful
successful valuable possible experience definitely

Section Two: Vocabulary (see attached)

Section Three: Sentences Section Five: Pronouns

o Types of Sentence o Personal
 Declarative o Demonstrative
 Imperative o Indefinite
 Interrogative o Interrogative
 Exclamatory o Relative
o Complete Subjects o Possessive
o Complete Predicates o Antecedents
o Simple Subjects
Section Six: Adjectives
o Simple Predicates
o Demonstrative
o Compound Subjects
o Proper
o Compound Predicates
o Articles
o Compound Sentences
o Sentence Structure: Simple, Section Seven: Verbs
Compound, Complex o Action/main
o Conjunctions o Linking (Being)
o Independent & Dependent o Helping
Clauses o Tense
o Fragments o Subject-Verb Agreement
o Run-ons
Section Eight: Figurative
Section Four: Nouns Language
o Common Nouns o Metaphors
o Proper Nouns o Similes
o Abstract o Personification
o Concrete o Alliteration
o Collective o Hyperbole
o Singular/Plural
 Literature Final Topics

Section Nine: Novels Section Ten:

o Tuck Everlasting by Natalie o Author’s purpose
Babbitt o Main idea
o The Golden Bull by Marjorie o Theme
Cowley o Point of view

Part One: Character Descriptions

Tuck Everlasting The Golden Bull Section Eleven: Reading
Winnie Foster Jomar Comprehension & Writing Skills
Jesse Tuck Zefa (Similar to AOTW)
Miles Tuck Malak
Mae Tuck Qat-nu o Short response
Angus Tuck Sidah o Citing evidence from a text
The Man in the Nari o Context clues
Yellow Suit
o Quotations
o Paraphrasing
o Punctuation
Part Two: Elements of a Plot
o Capitalization
o Sequence of story events

Part Three: Conflict

o Character vs. character
o Character vs. self
o Character vs. nature
o Character vs. society
o Character vs. supernatural
o Character vs. technology
 Term Definition

acquit

amiable

boisterous

confront

diversity

duration

enigma

immense

instantaneous

irk

keepsake

manipulate

maximum

persevere

petty

quash

ravenous

refute

reminisce

serene
 Spelling Stairs

Write each word once with your non-dominant hand

Vocabulary
 Kinds of Sentences

A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought. All sentences

begin with a capital letter. There are four types of sentences.

1. _________________________________

Example:

2. _________________________________

Example:

3. _________________________________

Example:

4. _________________________________

Example:
 Subjects & Predicates

1. Complete Subjects:

Example:

2. Complete Predicates:

Example:

3. Simple Subjects:

Example:

4. Simple Predicates:

Example:

5. Compound Subject:

Example:

6. Compound Predicate:

Example:

7. Subjects in Imperative Sentences:

Example:

8. Subjects and Predicates in Interrogative Sentences:

Example:
 Sentence Structure
1. Independent Clause:

2. Dependent Clause:

3. Coordinating Conjunctions:

4. Subordinating Conjunctions:

5. Simple Sentence:

6. Compound Sentence:

7. Complex Sentence:

8. Run-ons:

9. Fragments:
 Nouns:
A part of speech that represent people, places, things, ideas, and emotions.
There are five types of nouns. Nouns can be either singular or plural.
1. Common Nouns:

2. Proper Nouns:

3. Concrete Nouns

4. Abstract Nouns

5. Collective Nouns

6. Rules for making a noun plural:

1. add -s to regular plurals
2. add -es to words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z
3. change -y to -ies or -s
4. add -s or -es to words ending in -o
5. some words ending in -f or -fe change to -ves or
6. irregular plurals
7. some words do not change

Practice: write the plural versions of these words

1. man 11. bus
2. fox 12. fish
3. family 13. photo
4. cell phone 14. tomato
5. baby 15. woman
6. person 16. wife
7. radio 17. body
8. dictionary 18. fly
9. teacher 19. color
10. watch 20. mother-in-law
 Pronouns:
A part of speech that is used to replace nouns. There are six different types of
pronouns.

1. Personal:

Number Person Gender Personal pronouns

Subject Object Possessive Reflexive
Singular 1st male/female
2nd male/female
3rd male
female
neutral
Plural 1st male/female
2nd male/female
3rd male/female/neutral

2. Demonstrative:

3. Interrogative:

4. Relative:

5. Reflexive/Intensive

6. Indefinite:

*Special Issues: subject vs. object (he vs. him, she vs. her, who vs whom)

*Antecedent

*Possessive
 Figurative Language

What is figurative language? Metaphor:

Example:

Simile: Personification:

Example: Example:

Alliteration: Hyperbole:

Example: Example:
 Adjectives
Adjectives are used to describe nouns and sometimes pronouns. Adjectives
can also describe other adjectives. They tell how many, what kind, or which
ones.
What kind:

How many:

Which one:

Proper Adjectives:

Articles:

Comparative:

Superlative:
 Verbs
A word that expresses an action, describes an occurrence, or establishes a state
of being. Every sentence must contain a verb.

Verb Phrase:

Action Verbs:

Helping Verbs:

Main Verb:

Linking Verb:

Tense:

Aspect:

Participle: (past and present)

Agreement:
The Verb Simple Aspect The Present Participle The Past Participle
*remember add the -ing *(-ed,-d, -t, -en, or -n).
Careful of irregular!

to rise
to boil
to take
to do
to go
to shrink
to break
to steal
to swim

Practice using an irregular verb.

Infinitive: “to think”

Aspect

Simple Perfect Progressive Perfect

(indefinite) Progressive
(Complete) (Continuing)

Tensed Tensed have Tensed be + Tensed have +

+Past Present past participle
Participle Participle of be + Present
participle

Tense Past

Present

Future
 Point of View
1. First person:

2. Second Person:

3. Third Person:
Third person Omniscient:

Third Person Limited:

Author’s Purpose
P___________________

I____________________

E____________________
 Main Idea and Theme
Main Idea:

Theme:

THE TRAVELERS AND THE PURSE

Two men were traveling in company along the road when one of them
picked up a well-filled purse.
"How lucky I am!" he said. "I have found a purse. Judging by its weight it
must be full of gold."
"Do not say 'I have found a purse,'" said his companion. "Say rather 'we
have found a purse' and 'how lucky we are.' Travelers ought to share alike
the fortunes or misfortunes of the road."
"No, no," replied the other angrily. "I found it and I am going to keep it."
Just then they heard a shout of "Stop, thief!" and looking around, saw a mob
of people armed with clubs coming down the road.
The man who had found the purse fell into a panic.
"We are lost if they find the purse on us," he cried.
"No, no," replied the other, "You would not say 'we' before, so now stick to
your 'I'. Say 'I am lost.'"

What is the main idea of this story?

What is the theme of this story?

How are the main idea and the theme alike? How are the different?
 Conflict
A conflict is a problem that the main character or characters face. Every story
worth reading has a conflict. If there is no conflict, there is no tension.
Some stories have multiple conflicts. There are six types of conflict in literature.

Character vs. Self (Internal)

Character vs. Character (External)

Character vs. Society (External)

Character vs. Nature (External)

Character vs. Supernatural (External)

Character vs. Technology (External)

 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Character Descriptions:

Winnie Foster

Jesse Tuck

Miles Tuck

Mae Tuck

Angus Tuck

The Man in the Yellow

Suit

Conflicts:

Character vs. self

Character vs. character

Character vs. nature

Character vs.
supernatural

Character vs. society

Main Idea:

Theme:
 Golden Bull by Marjorie Cowley
Character Descriptions:
Jomar

Zefa

Malak

Qat-nu

Sidah

Nari

Conflicts:
Character vs. self

Character vs. character

Character vs. nature

Character vs. society

Main Idea:

Theme: