Dear parents please be informed the grade 2 students will have an English Final Exam for term on Monday 10 th December 2018. Please help your children to study the following: Reading Target skills: Sequence of events + Compare and contrast + Story Lesson 1: Henry and Mudge Lesson 2: My Family Lesson 5: Teacher s pet Read for revision and practicing. Unseen passage in the exam. Vocabulary Words: pages 10-11, 38-39, 142-143( Journeys reading book ) Grammar Subject and predicate, Reader s Notebook, p 2,5 and 17 Articles, Reader s Notebook, p 14 Time-Order Words: Reader s Notebook, p 66 Extra training if needed: Short vowels and consonant blends, Reader s Notebook pages 3, 4, 10, 11,,16,19,25, 61, 63, 64, 68 and 70 Writing: Writing a narrative story or friendly letter (See copy book.) 1
Section A : Reading Comprehension Read the Article A Sailboat Needs Wind before answering the questions A Sailboat Needs Wind You can ride in a sailboat. It will take you across the water. A sailboat is unlike most boats. I t doesn t use gas to make it go. It uses wind! A sailboat has a large sail. It is made up of cloth. People lift the sail high on a pole. Wind pushes things. For sailing it should be blowing in the back of the boat.wind fills the sail. cloth blocks the wind. wind keeps pushing on the sail. It makes the boat go. A strong wind makes the boat go faster. If the wind stops, the boat will stop, too. 2
1- What is the article MOSTLY about? a) Sailing b) Strong wind c) Sewing cloth 2- Read this sentence from the article You can ride in a sailboat. What does the word ride mean in the sentence above? a) get in and go b) something at a park c) to throw something away 3- Read this sentence from the article A sailboat is unlike most boats. What does the word unlike mean in the sentence above? a) not like b) just like c) like again 4- How are sailboats DIFFERENT from most boats. a) y use gas to go. b) y use wind to go. c) You cannot ride in them. 3
5- Read this sentence from the article A sailboat has a large sail. What does the word large mean in the sentence above? a) big b) many c) white 6- Read this sentence from the article cloth blocks the wind. What does the word blocks mean in the sentence above? a) fills b) makes c) stops 8- What is the title of this article?. 9 How can people lift the sail high?. Section B- Vocabulary Choose the correct answer 1- Some dogs have..ears. a) floppy b) happy c) sad 2- Mudge had.fur, not curly. a) floppy b) straight c) curly 3- While on holiday, my car got.in the mud. I couldn t move. a) visited b) spent c) stuck 4
4- teacher teaches his students to play the., a musical instrument. a) porch b) piano c) car 5- My uncle has three children, they are my. a) piano b) father c) cousins 6- fish food was lightly..on the top of the water. a) bursting b) sprinkled c) share 7- I like to pictures with my friends. a) sprinkle b- share c) eat 8- My sister was sleeping on her bed,.she fell down. a) suddenly b) quiet c) noises 9- Don t make.in class because the teacher will be angry. a) wonderful b) noise c) curly 5
Section C- Grammar Underline the subject in each sentence: 1- Sarah went to school yesterday. 2- Last week, Hamad played football. 3- movie was silly. Choose the correct answer 1- She eats..ice cream. a) an b) a c) in 2- My mother. a) lunch b) cooked lunch c) cook 3-.watched TV. a) My sister b) animals c) car 6
Section D - Writing (check your copy books) Criteria Purpose and organization Advanced 3 marks Proficient 2 marks Basic ( 1 mark ) is clear and well organized is somewhat organized and clear focus is unclear Not re Yet ( 0 mark) Doesn t address the purpose for writing. Content includes effective details. includes some details paragraph has only few details paragraph is not on topic Sentence Fluency Sentence enhances meaning Purposeful use of sentence Sentence is limited No sense of sentence Time order words has 4 time order words has 3 time order words has 1 or 2 time order words paragraph has no time order words Conventions re are 1 or 2 mistakes only in spelling, punctuation or capitalization re are 3-5 mistakes in spelling, punctuation or capitalization re are 6 or more mistakes in spelling, punctuation or capitalization narrative is very difficult to understand because of the mistakes. Study hard Best wishes 7