Simple Grade 10 Reviewer for First Quarter Exam

1. English First Quarter Pointers to Review
Topic 1 - Information from various sources
• Primary source - The one who experienced it (Photograph,recordings,etc)
• Secondary source - (Evaluations or critiques)
• Tertiary source - collection of secondary and primary sources
Gettysburg address
4 score and 7 years (score = 20)
Gettysburg is a celebration (A memorial for the fallen heroes)
Excerpt - Short extract of a film
Abraham lincoln - 16th president of the Us - Assassinated in 1865 while watching a play/theatre
Topic 2 - Textual aids
Linear text - Needs to be read from beginning to end
Non linear text - Non sequential, Doesn't need to be read from beginning to end
Cause and effect diagram (fishbone diagram) - emphasizes the connections between different
concepts
Flow Diagram/Flow chart - sequence chart that shows the order (Usually used in plans that has
steps)
Venn diagram - Shows the similarities and differences between two topics
Graphic organizer - Displays key content information
Topic 3 - Plot, setting, characterization
Mainly focused on ELEMENTS OF A STORY

2. Freytags pyramid ( story ladder )
• Exposition/Introduction - Introduces the characters and setting
• Rising action - the problem starts
• Climax - usually has the highest focus (typicallt has cliffhangers)
• Falling action - the problem starts getting solved
• Conclusion/Resolution - The problem is solved and the story ends here
Kinds of conflict
Character vs character - Protagonist vs antagonist
Character vs nature
Character vs society - Protagonist vs beliefs, practices , etc
Setting
Place - Geographical location
Time - Historical period, time of the day,etc.
Weather - rainy,sunny,?etc.
Social conditions - The daily life of the character
Mood or atmosphere - feelings involved
Topic 4 - Accessibilities of information, Accessibilities and effectiveness
Text accessibility : arrangements of words for them to be easily accessed
Image accessibility : additional information about the text or concept
Audio accessibility : Additional information through listening skills
Video accessibility : Additional information through listening and viewing skills

3. Topic 5 - Analytical listening in problem solving
The capability to comprehend and analyze things upon hearing it
1. Receiving stage -(making sure that you loud and clear)
Can your audience hear you?
2. Understanding stage -(Creating connection between the speaker and audience)
Can your audience understand you? Are you using the same language?
3. Evaluating stage - (Did your brain met at one point)
Do they get your point? Did they evaluated what you're talking about? Have they examined what
you've said?
4. Responding stage - (Getting feedback) Does the listener give you feedback?
5. Remembering stage - (The information will be collected and gathered personally by the
audience)
Will they easily remember what you've said?
(what) (who) (why) (how) (when) (where)
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Solution
Topic 5 - Evaluating and making judgements
The most common criteria in evaluating text include the following
1 Content refers to the idea, concept, focus, or details of the subject matter as discussed in the
text
2 Cohesion refers to the connection and organization of words, phrases, ideas, and concepts
presented in the texts
3 Grammar deals with fluency and accuracy in terms of language structure and facility

4. 4 Mechanics refers to accuracy in punctuations and capitalization
5 Word choice deals with appropriateness of words especially in terms of depth and level of
formality
6 Tone refers to the emotion or feelings attached as expressed by the text