Feb Revision Sheet

LITERATURE AND READING COMPREHENSION REVISION SHEET Romeo and Juliet Act I - Please list at least three lines that you have memorized from the prologue and explain what they mean. - Please list at least three full (4-6 line) quotes that you have memorized from the balcony scene and explain what they mean. - When the Friar first sees Romeo he think Romeo has been up all night thinking about a girl. Who does the Friar think has been the cause of Romeo's sleeplessness, and what does he say (the exact quote) when Romeo corrects him? Act II - Explain in detail the series of events that led to Romeo's exile from Verona. - Explain the Friar's first plan – the plan for how he will return Romeo from exile. - Explain the Friar's second plan – the plan for how the lovers will be secretly reunited. Act III - How does this play end? - Which things, if changed, would allow this play to end in happiness instead of in tragedy? - What is the moral of this story? - Assume that Romeo and Juliet is not a love story and state what kind of story it is. Explain your position with examples from the story and with at least one Shakespeare quote.

WRITING REVISION SHEET -

A good reporter should always know how to get to the heart of a story – what are some techniques you could use to get your story? In news reports the reporter should always be objective and impersonal. Explain what that means. In news stories a reporter is often allowed or required to be subjective. Explain why this is valuable. Explain and discuss the idea of "media bias". What effect do/can reporters have on the world? How can a reporter help to make the world a better or worse place? What sorts of things, good or bad, do reporters have the power to prevent? Discuss why reporters are very powerful people, and why without them our world would be a very different place.

GRAMMAR REVISION SHEETS Perfect - Choose any verb and use it in a short sentence. Then rewrite that sentence five times putting the verb into each of the five Perfect tenses that we have learned. - Explain when you would use each of these Perfect tenses. Passive Voice - Explain why and when we use Passive voice. - Rewrite the following paragraph, switching all the passive sentences to active and vise-versa: Rosemary Hills train station was built by Sean Carlton and his wife Sharon in 1894. For the construction of the waiting room, red brick had been imported from England by the Carltons. The station was opened in 1896 by the President himself. That year, Rosemary Hills was visited by a steam locomotive for the first time. It was pumping clouds of white smoke and whistling loudly enough to be heard by all of the townspeople. - In class we will be completing this section of the review by using your Workbook. Conditionals - Write five sentences that are "Type 2" conditionals. - Write five sentences that are "Type 3" conditionals. Question Tags - Write five sentences that end with "positive question tags". - Write five sentences that end with "negative question tags". Reflexive Pronouns - List all eight reflexive pronouns. - Write two sentences for each pronoun. Plurals - What are some nouns that are always in the plural? - What are some irregular plurals? - What are some endings that let you know that the word you are using is Greek or Latin and that different rules must be followed to make the word plural? Clauses of Reason/Result/Purpose - Write three sentences that use a "clause of reason". - Write three sentences that use a "clause of result". - Write three sentences that use a "clause of purpose". General - What is the difference between "neither" and "none"? - What is the difference between "too" and "enough"? - What is the difference between "like" and "as"?

VOCABULARY REVISION SHEET Practice spelling each of the following words, and put them into defining sentences. Example: RESPONSIBLE: "My father is a responsible man because he always pays the bills on time and he never forgets important dates."

1. Crater 2. Fury 3. Cope 4. Industrial 5. Convince 6. Severely 7. Parachute 8. Thud 9. Casualties 10. Significance 11. Tremendous 12. Species 13. Fascinated 14. Howl 15. Pollution 16. Fumes 17. Plague 18. Unfortunate 19. Ceremony 20. Celebrate 21. Demand 22. Pilgrim 23. Worship 24. Praise 25. Brooch

26. Hippopotamus 27. Courageous 28. Cooperative 29. Disgraceful 30. Disadvantageous 31. Mend 32. Combat 33. Somersault 34. Authorities 35. Debris 36. Conservationist 37. Carnivorous 38. Absorbing 39. Consequently 40. Characteristic 41. Domesticated 42. Suspiciously 43. Veterinarian 44. Weep 45. Disguise 46. Carved 47. Disease 48. Occupied 49. Temporarily 50. Vast