ATTN: ENG 2 STUDENTS
MIDTERM EXAM: There are 2 sections; Reading and Writing.
Reading section:
Students need to read one passage (2 pages) to answer the following quesions:
- main idea of the passage
- context clues (5 questions)
- main idea of the paragraph
- supporting details of the given paragraph
- fact and opinion (5 questions)
- Critical thinking (The attachment is the rubric for critical thinking.)
Writing Section:
Students need to read 2 short SCRAMBLED and POORLY ORGANIZED paragraphs to
- find irrelevant sentences
- write an outline
-- Students need to identify TYPE of OUTLINE (according to the reading)
--- Compare and contrast - either point by point or block
--- Cause and effect - either a problem with multiple effects or a problem
with multiple causes
-- After identify type of outline then they need to write the outline from the given paragraph.