You must be specific and exact in your answers. Not fooling around
The dates are important but I need details. Make use of the vocabulary in your short answer, paragraph (well written) AND ESSAYS! Think, make notes on your page if you need to. Use your intelligence and the who, what, when, where, why, Don"t finish the test in 30- minutes, that says you put no details or thinking. Even the best writers have to put their thoughts together in a clear style. Check your sentences when you write. be sure to connect the first paragraph to the second and third. Just because it says 2-3 doesn't mean only 2. It means that you need to really explain things to me clearly as if I don't know anything about it. Close your eyes and think of all we worked on to be specific about any idea. What was the beginning, the purpose of the thing....
The first section is vocabulary..... give me a definition and then give me more than a one-word example. Use your head, write quickly, this is the easy section where most of you will lose points because you did not practice EXAMPLES. Use these terms in your essays at the end of the exam.
The next part is brainstorming. Put 5 causes and then 5 effects of the a) Cold War and b) Great Depression. If you practice this at home it should take you 4 minutes to complete, leaving lots of time for essays.
Matching is simple. Don't miss one because you miss two for one wrong answer.
Essays. You will choose which ones you want to write about. Define your terms, use vocabulary, analyze the ideas you put on paper. Who, what, when, where, why, whose fault was it, what were the effects it had on people in the region.....
Write these at home, then repeat them on the exam. I am looking for clear understanding of the problems and solutions. I am looking for answers that not only say what happened, by why it happened and what can we learn so as not to repeat the same mistakes twice.
Read the official review on the school website. Each one of you should study alone because each one of you will write on a topic your friends might not choose. Write, write, write.....
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