EXAM- Trimester 3

1.  READING COMPREHENSION

All of the reading comprehension questions are from Letters From Rifka and the PYP Unit "Land of Dreams".

a) SEQUENCING:  you will be asked to put in sequence ONE letter from L.F.R .

• Write the events that occured in the letter IN ORDER (sequence)
• Beginning / Middle / End (3-5 events)

b) Think about the CAUSES and CONSEQUENCES (problems) of MIGRATION (from LFR and the Unit "Land of Dreams").  Be ready to explain 3-5 difficulties Rifka faced as she migrated to the USA (social, economic, health, and cultural).

c) Making connections between your life and the Unit "Land of Dreams" (thinking about what we learned from L.F.R., Grandparent´s Tea, activities and conversations from the PYP Unit etc.).

2.  SPELLING AND USE OF ENGLISH

a)  SPELLING:  you will need to know how to spell the following words.  We will ask you to spell 20 out of these 50 words for the exam.

• hundred            
• later               
• these                
• edge                    
• speed
• twelve               
• barrel            
• rules                 
• common            
• skill
• dollar                
• letters            
• safety               
• circle                  
• protect
• silent                 
• until              
• locate               
• gentle                 
• front
• pineapple          
• traffic            
• arrive               
• center                 
• dream
• hands                
• lifted             
• opened             
• category              
• straight
• practice            
• spent              
• musical            
• prices                  
• spaces
• locked              
• judge              
• equal                
• force                  
• stuff
• contest             
• stand              
• tight                 
• decide                 
• greedy
• trust                 
• pencil              
• pride                
• energy                 
• strict

b)  USE OF ENGLISH:  You will need to study the simple past, present and future verb tense of the 20 verbs we have been studying in class.  Use the chart that we completed in class.

 You will also need to know these verbs to complete short written answer questions on the exam.

EXAMPLE: 
What topics have you researched and learned about for Exhibition? (past tense)
What will you do on school vacation in December / January?  (future tense)
What do you like to do in your free time? (present tense)

PAST	PRESENT	FUTURE
went	go/goes	will go
looked	look	will look
thought	think	will think
saw	see	will see
had	have/has	will have
wrote	write	will write
wanted	want	will want
changed	change	will change
learned	learn	will learn
fought	fight	will fight
made	make	will make
liked	like	will like
hated	hate	will hate
researched	research	will research
was	be (am/is/are)	will be
solved	solve	will solve
read	read	will read
studied	study/studies	will study
found	find	will find
did	do / does	will do