Revision Sheet For English

Second Term 2019-2020

Grade 7

Reading : Read each paragraph and answer the inference questions that follow.

1. I have quite an exciting job that allows me to work with lots of exotic animals. I work

hard from the early morning to the end of the day because a lot of critters depend on

me. I am in charge of feeding animals, cleaning habitats, and making sure all the animals

are happy and healthy.

What is this person's occupation? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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2. Tiffany gets home from school late on Thursday. She puts her sheet music on the

kitchen counter and her trumpet case in the living room. Tiffany's mom asks her, “Did

Mrs. Anderson give you the music for the spring concert?”

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3. Avery watched as her new next-door neighbors moved in. She observed a tall man

carrying a bicycle and a kayak into the garage. She also saw a young woman carrying a

surfboard through the front door.

Avery can infer that …. a. her new neighbors are elderly. b. her new neighbors have several

children.

c. her new neighbors like to spend time outdoors. d. her new neighbors are kind and

generous.

4. Kayla made a steak dinner for her family. Her mom and dad each ate two full steaks

and had large helpings of mashed potatoes. When the meal was over, everyone's plate

was empty.

Kayla can infer that...

a. her family enjoyed the meal. b. the steak was too well done.

c. a steak dinner is an easy meal to make. d. there will be lots of leftovers

Author’s Purpose

An author writes for one of three reasons:

To entertain To inform (teach) To persuade (convince)

Direction: Read the description or example and determine the author’s purpose:

to entertain, to persuade, or to inform. Then, explain your answer.

A comic in the school newspaper. The first block shows a student littering. The second block shows a group of students

standing around talking and littering. The third block shows a student telling them not to litter. The next block shows all

of the students picking up the trash on the school campus. The final block depicts the students smiling and holding a sign

that says, “Let’s Work Together and Keep Our Campus Clean.”

Author’s Purpose: ______________________________________________

Explain: _____________________________________________________

2. Couponing is a growing trend in our country. As more people are losing their jobs or their hours and pay are being cut,

they are looking for ways to save money. Coupons are an easy means of doing this. Yes, it may take a little work, but the

payoff can be worth the time. If you get the daily paper already, you don’t have to spend any money to get the coupons.

In addition, there are online sites that allow you to select and print the coupons of your choice. Many stores even double

or triple the value of the money saved. So if you want to find an easy way to help your family save money during these

tough times, try couponing. There’s nothing to lose and money to gain

Author’s Purpose: __________________________________________

Explain: _____________________________________________________

3. Once upon a time in a faraway land, there lived a beautiful, magic frog named Frogella. This frog was so beautiful that

people would come from far and wide to admire her. As if being this beautiful were not enough, Frogella could turn rocks

into diamonds. Her father feared that an evil villain in the neighboring kingdom had plans to kidnap Frogella and use her

magic to get rich. He visited the magic penguin and asked that she put a spell on Frogella so that no one from the

neighboring village could recognize her. She sent a potion home for Frogella to drink. To everyone in her village, she

remained a beautiful frog. But, they knew the spell worked when the evil villain came to town and asked Frogella if she

knew where he could find the beautiful Frogella. When he left without seeing Frogella, the town celebrated with joy.

Their beautiful frog was safe!

Author’s Purpose: _____________________________________________

Explain: _____________________________________________________

Literary Conflict

Reading Literature : Play Analysis, Characters, Conflicts , Stage Directions , Props, Protagonist , Antagonist.

Types of Conflict

Directions: Read the description of the story. Determine the protagonist (central character) and antagonist (opposing

force). Then describe the type of conflict (example: person vs. nature).

1. Janie is on a whitewater-rafting trip along a choppy river when their guide suddenly has a heart attack. Now she and

the other passengers must learn to work together to survive the treacherous rapids. As if things weren't bad enough,

some of the passengers have spotted a bear following the confused rafters along the shore. Will Janie make it home

safely?

Protagonist: ______________________________ Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

2. Kirstin was once teased for being heavy, but then she lost a lot of weight. Now Kirstin is very skinny, but there is just

one problem: she still sees an overweight girl when she looks in the mirror. Her friends and family try to convince her of

how beautiful she is, but she doesn't believe them. Worse still, she is continuing to diet. Will Kirstin be able to align her

body image with reality or will she destroy herself?

Protagonist: ______________________________ Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

3. Greg is just a regular boy who tries his best in school and just so happens to have a magical unicorn. When he's not

studying and playing baseball, Greg is riding his unicorn through the enchanted land of Harmonia. When Greg brings

something to Harmonia that he shouldn't, a secret gate is unlocked and the muck-muck monsters are unleashed,

causing terrible pollution in Harmonia. Can Greg and his unicorn stop the muck-muck monsters before they find a way

to Greg's world?

Protagonist: ______________________________ Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

4. Everything was going just fine for Mae until yesterday. That was when she found out that her eyes were turning

green. In Mae's world people discriminate against those with green eyes. Green-eyed people cannot vote or hold public

office and they are often forced to work the worst jobs for the least pay, if they can even find a job. Mae's parents want

her to have surgery to change her eye color, but her grandma, who also has green eyes, encourages her to fight for her

rights. With her grandma behind her, Mae joins a resistance movement and becomes the poster child for green-eyed

rights, but how will all of this attention affect Mae's family, especially her parents who wanted her to hide who she

was?

Protagonist: ______________________________ Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

5. Jack Juniper is the best fighter pilot in the Air Force. He can take down an enemy jet while doing a barrel roll. One

day while Jack is escorting some friendly pilots to a military base, something that Jack has never seen before attacks the

convoy... aliens! Can Jack outmaneuver the highly skilled alien pilots or is the mission doomed to failure?

Protagonist: ______________________________ Antagonist: ______________________________

Type of Conflict

Vocabulary ( 1 ) :

Use the following vocabularies in meaningful sentences.

radiation / inferior / bafflement / heirloom / lax / discrepancies/ satisfactory / atmosphere / colonize / gravity / blunt / protagonist / saucer / governess / Martian/ guileless

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Vocabulary ( 2 ) :

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Language: Present Simple Vs Present Continuous –

Use the verbs in the box in either Simple present or Present continuous tense.

enjoy laugh talk get look

make spend hate tend wear

1. When children become teenagers, they ---- more time with their friends.

2. Rick admires those girls who ---- red dresses.

3. I agree that Jane is a good person to be with, but she ---- to be aggressive now and again.

4. Mary ---- going to parties and she herself often gives one as well.

5. The kids ---- along well with each other now, but they may start to quarrel anytime.

6. Susan ---- waiting, so don't keep her waiting no matter what the reason is.

7. What I really like about Mellisa is that she ---- amazing cakes.

8. Tracy has just been to the hairdresser's, but her hair ---- as if it hasn't been done.

9. I don't know what or who she ---- at. I don't think there is anything funny.

Language( 2 )

Subordinate Conjunctions ( And, But, So , because , When, While, Although )

A Complete these sentences using: and, but, so, because.

1. She wants to go to the cinema, I don't like that film.

2. My wife plays tennis football.

3. I can't sleep, I'm going to drink a glass of hot milk.

4. She went to the disco, she didn't dance.

5. I'm studying English I love languages.

6. She danced a little talked to her friends.

7. He doesn't play the guitar, he plays the drum.

8. He is sad he saw an accident.

9. She didn't invited me, I didn't go to her birthday party.

10. She can draw well, she can't cook.

Language( 3 ) Fill in the blanks with 'WHEN' or 'WHILE'

1. ______ my father was reading a book , my mother was looking at the family album. 2. I was having a shower , ______ my friend broke my mother's favorite vase. 3. ______ the teacher came into the classroom ,some students were arguing with each other. 4. I arrived home , ______ all the guests were having tea and biscuits. 5. ______ she was a little girl , she visited her relatives with her mother. 6. I liked working in group and pairs , ______ I was a secondary school student. 7. ______ Sue was waiting for the 12 o'clock train , she met an old friend. 8. The Pearsons were having a large breakfast , ______ the doorbell rang. 9. My father was waiting in the car , ______ my mother was doing shopping. 10.What were you doing ______ the teacher looked at you suddenly.

Writing: Either a reflective essay or a problem -solution essay.

Reflective Writing Rubrics

You are going to be asked to write a reflective essay a bout a person, place or situation you have had.

Reflective Essay Rubrics

Enter rubric title

Poor 1 pts

Fair 2 pts

Good 3 pts

Excellent 4 pts

Depth of

reflection

Poor Writing

demonstrates lack

of reflection on the selected topic,

with no details.

Fair Writing demonstrates a minimal reflection on the

selected topic, including a few supporting details

and examples.

Good Writing

demonstrates a

general reflection on the selected

topic, including some suporting

details and

examples.

Excellent Writing demonstrates an in-depth

reflection on the selected topic,

including supporting details and examples.

Required

components

Poor

Writing does not

include the required

components of the

selected topic.

Fair

Writing includes the a few components of the

selected topic.

Good

Writing includes

the required components of the

selected topic.

Excellent

Writing surpasses the required

components of the selected topic.

Quality of

Information

Poor

Information has

little to do with the main topic.

Fair

Information clearly relates to the main topic. No

details and/or examples are given.

Good

Information

clearly relates to the main topic. It

provides 1-2

supporting details and/or examples.

Excellent

Information clearly relates to the

main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples.

Structure &

Organization

Poor

Writing unclear, disorganized.

Thoughts make

little to no sense.

Fair

Writing is unclear, and thoughts are not well organized. Thoughts are not expressed in a

logical manner.

Good

Writing is mostly clear, concise, and

organized with the

use of excellent

Excellent

Writing is clear, concise, and well organized with the use of excellent

sentence/paragraph structure.

sentence/paragraph structure.

Thoughts are

expressed in a

logical manner.

Thoughts are expressed in a logical manner.

Grammar Poor

There are numerous spelling

or grammar errors

per page of writing reflection.

Fair

There are more than five spelling or grammar errors per page of writing reflection.

Good

There are no more than five spelling

or grammar errors

per page of writing reflection.

Excellent

There are no more than three spelling or grammar errors per page of

writing reflection.

Problem-Solution Essay You are going to write about one of the problem and suggest solutions. The Outbreak of the Pandemic COVID-19 Childhood Overweight and obesity. The increasing levels of pollution. The traffic jam in the industrial area of Al Ain City on weekends and at rush hours.

Problem- Solution Rubrics

Problem-Solution Essay

Enter rubric description

None

0 pts

Poor

10 pts

Fair

15 pts

Good

20 pts

Problem

The problem should be

stated in clear language. It

should be easy to recognize and understand.

None

The statement of

the problem cannot be found.

Poor

The problem is stated but is difficult to find and

difficult to understand.

Fair

The problem is stated, but it

is a little difficult to understand.

Good

The problem is stated in

clear language. It is easy to recognize and understand.

Solution

The solution should be

stated in clear language. It should be easy to

recognize and understand.

None

The statement of the solution

cannot be found.

Poor

The solution is stated but is difficult to find and difficult to understand.

Fair

The solution is stated, but it is a little difficult to

understand.

Good

The solution is stated in clear language. It is easy to

recognize and understand.

Evidence

Good support should be given to the main idea.

Facts and statistics should be supplied from credible

resources.

None No evidence was

given to support the main idea.

Poor Only a little evidence was provided. It does not

support the main idea very well.

Fair Some evidence was given

to support the main idea but not enough.

Good Good support was given to

the main idea. Facts and statistics were supplied from

credible resources.

Call to Action

The audience (readers) should be able to

recognize what they can

do to help solve the problem.

None No call to action

was given to tell

readers what they can do.

Poor The call to action is very weak. Readers probably

won't understand what they can do to help the

problem.

Fair The call to action is not

very recognizable. The

readers might not understand what they can

do to help the problem.

Good The audience (readers) will

easily recognize what they

can do to help solve the problem.

Organization

The essay should be

written in a logical order

that the reader can easily

follow and understand.

None

The essay is very

messy. There is

no clear order to

the writing.

Poor

The essay is only somewhat organized. It is a

little difficult to read from one part to the next.

Fair

The essay is somewhat

organized. Most parts are in

a logical order.

Good

The essay is written in a

logical order that the reader

can easily follow and

understand.

Notes: study hard for the final exam. The Copy books are of great importance. Contact

me if you have any queries. Mr. Hussein & Mrs. Shahin