What does “bear it” mean in paragraph [2]? / ¿Qué significa aquí?
Phrase B: “none of your business”
What attitude does the young man convey? / ¿Qué actitud transmite?
3 Inferential Analysis: Irony / Análisis de Ironía (4 pts)
LAP #2
Prompt 1: Explain the situational irony of claiming a “private conversation” in a crowded public theatre. / Explica la ironía de exigir privacidad en un teatro público.
Prompt 2: When the narrator complains, “I can’t hear a word!” how did the young man misunderstand him? / ¿Cómo malinterpretó el joven sus palabras?
4 Exemplar Response / Respuesta Escrita: CER (6 pts)
SW (10 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Who caused the breakdown in dialogue? State claim, quote evidence, and explain. / ¿Quién fue responsable de la falta de comunicación? Plantea tu postura, cita evidencia y explica.
□ Claim / Postura clara
□ Quote / Cita textual
□ Reasoning / Explicación
Camden Prep High School • Close Reading Handout Total Score / Calificación: /26 pts Page 2 of 2
3. Past Neg / Negación
[ ] A. They did not pay heed.
[ ] B. They paid not heed.
4. Perfect / Señal
[ ] A. He hasn't called since then.
[ ] B. He didn't call since then.
5. Continuous / Progreso
[ ] A. While I watched, they talk.
[ ] B. While I watched, they were talking.
6. Participle / Participio
[ ] A. I have not heard him.
[ ] B. I have not heared him.
Camden Prep High School • Core Mechanics Study Guide Turn over / Voltea a la Página 2 → Page 1 of 2
UNCOMMON SCHOOLS | CAMDEN PREP HIGH SCHOOL
CORE MECHANICS • APPLIED PRACTICE & METACOGNITIVE AUDIT
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4 Fixed Collocations & Idioms / Frases Fijas y Modismos
at the theatre / cinema
en el teatro / cine
pay attention to
prestar atención a
in the end
al final / finalmente
none of your business
no es asunto tuyo
5 Applied Practice / Práctica Aplicada (12 pts)
SW (10 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Complete each item independently. / Completa cada ejercicio de manera independiente.
1. [Tense / Tiempo] While the actors [perform] on stage, the audience [listen] in silence.
2. [Preposition / Preposición] We arrived [at / in] the theatre early, but no one paid attention [to / with] the bell.
3. [Syntax / Reordenar] S-V-O-M-P-T: [the ticket] / [I] / [carefully] / [in my pocket] / [put] / [this morning]
4. [Negative / Negación] Rewrite in negative Simple Past: “The young man spoke politely.” / Reescribe en pasado negativo.
5. [Question / Pregunta] Past question: [why] / [turn round] / [the writer] / [angrily]? / Forma una pregunta en pasado.
6. [Correction / Corrección] Rewrite correctly: “I have turned angrily round when they spoke.”
6 Self-Audit & Reflection / Autoevaluación
MLL Support
| Skill / Habilidad | Mastered / Dominado (3) | Developing / Progreso (2) | Review / Repasar (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. S-V-O-M-P-T Syntax / Sintaxis | □ | □ | □ |
| 2. Tenses / Tiempos verbales | □ | □ | □ |
| 3. Questions & Negatives / Preguntas | □ | □ | □ |
Study Focus / Mi área de estudio:
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UNCOMMON SCHOOLS | CAMDEN PREP HIGH SCHOOL
TENSE CONTRAST • HABITUAL VS. PROGRESSIVE DRILLS
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3 Aspect Choice: Simple Present or Continuous (6 pts)
SW (6 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Complete with Simple Present or Present Continuous. / Completa con Presente Simple o Continuo.
1. I usually [eat] at 8:00, but now I [have] breakfast at 1:00.
2. Look! It [rain] outside again.
3. Aunt Lucy [call] me every Sunday afternoon.
4. Why [you / sleep] so late today?
5. She [come] to visit right now.
6. He never [wake] up before noon on weekends.
4 Proofreading / Corrección de Errores: 2 Exercises (6 pts)
LAP #3 • Rigorous Edit
Task A: Routine Proofreading (Find & correct 2 errors) Corrige 2 errores de aspecto y adverbio
“I get up never early on Sundays. Right now, I have breakfast in bed.”
Correction 1:
Correction 2:
Task B: Dialogue Proofreading (Find & correct 2 errors) Corrige 2 errores en pregunta y exclamación
“What day! Are you always getting up at one o'clock?”
Correction 1:
Correction 2:
5 Exit Ticket / Boleto de Salida: 4 Tasks (8 pts)
SW (8 MIN)
Task 1: Insert sometimes into: “I stay in bed until lunchtime.” / Inserta el adverbio de frecuencia.
Task 2: Change to Present Continuous: “I eat breakfast.” / Cambia a Presente Continuo para acción en progreso.
Task 3: Form an exclamatory sentence with day using What a...! / Forma una exclamación con 'What a...'.
Task 4: Correct the error: “Do you always getting up so late?” / Corrige el verbo en la pregunta habitual.
□ Task 1: Frequency
□ Task 2: Continuous
□ Task 3: Exclamation
□ Task 4: Question
Camden Prep High School • Tense Contrast Practice Handout Total Score / Calificación: /32 pts Page 2 of 2
Context clues
Phrase A: “until lunchtime”
What routine expectation does this reveal about the narrator? / ¿Qué hábito revela?
Phrase B: “Dear me”
What emotion does Aunt Lucy convey when she says this? / ¿Qué emoción expresa?
3 Inferential Analysis: Situational Humor (4 pts)
LAP #2
Prompt 1: Why does Aunt Lucy find it shocking that the narrator is having breakfast? Connect her reaction to the clock time. / ¿Por qué le sorprende a tía Lucy que esté desayunando a la 1:00 PM?
Prompt 2: Why is the chapter titled “Breakfast or Lunch?” Explain how the narrator's morning blurs meal categories. / Explica el doble sentido del título entre desayuno y almuerzo.
4 Exemplar Response / Respuesta Escrita: CER (6 pts)
SW (10 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Is Aunt Lucy justified in her criticism of the narrator's routine, or should Sunday routines be exempt from standard rules? State claim, cite text evidence, and explain. / Plantea tu postura, cita evidencia y explica.
□ Claim / Postura clara
□ Quote / Cita textual
□ Reasoning / Explicación
Camden Prep High School • Sunday Morning Reading Handout Total Score / Calificación: /26 pts Page 2 of 2
[ ] B. What day!
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UNCOMMON SCHOOLS | CAMDEN PREP HIGH SCHOOL
ROUTINE MECHANICS • APPLIED PRACTICE & SELF-AUDIT
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4 Exclamations with “What a...” & Prepositional Phrases
What a day!
What a + singular noun
on Sundays
on + day of week plural
until lunchtime
until + point in time
by train / by bus
by + method of transit
5 Applied Practice / Práctica Aplicada (12 pts)
SW (10 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Complete each item independently. / Completa cada ejercicio de manera independiente.
1. [Adverb Placement] Insert rarely: “He arrives late for morning assembly.”
2. [Aspect Contrast] Every morning she [walk], but today she [take] the train.
3. [Preposition Choice] We arrived [by / in] train and stayed with family [until / for] Monday.
4. [Exclamation Formation] Form an exclamation with What a...! using terrible morning:
5. [Question Formation] Form a present progressive question using: [what] / [you] / [eat] / [right now]?
6. [Error Correction] Rewrite correctly: “I am never understanding why he gets always up so late.”
6 Self-Audit & Reflection / Autoevaluación
MLL Support
| Skill / Habilidad | Mastered / Dominado (3) | Developing / Progreso (2) | Review / Repasar (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Simple Present vs. Continuous Aspect | □ | □ | □ |
| 2. Frequency Adverb Placement Rules | □ | □ | □ |
| 3. Exclamations with "What a..." | □ | □ | □ |
Study Focus / Mi área de estudio:
Camden Prep High School • Routine Mechanics Study Guide Self-Audit / Autoevaluación: □ Yes □ No Page 2 of 2
Ex 6: [a single card] / [at last] / [did not write] / [he] / [to anyone] 2 pts
Camden Prep High School • Postcard Syntax Practice Handout Turn over to Page 2 / Voltea a la Página 2 → Page 1 of 2
UNCOMMON SCHOOLS | CAMDEN PREP HIGH SCHOOL
POSTCARD SYNTAX • DOUBLE OBJECTS & IRREGULAR PAST
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3 Irregular Past Transformations (6 pts)
SW (6 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Change base verbs into irregular Simple Past. / Transforma al Pasado Simple irregular.
1. Last summer, I [go] to Italy.
2. The waiter [teach] me Italian phrases.
3. He [lend] me a guidebook.
4. I [buy] thirty-seven postcards.
5. He [spend] the whole day in his room.
6. On Sunday, I [make] a big decision.
4 Proofreading / Corrección de Errores: 2 Exercises (6 pts)
LAP #3 • Rigorous Edit
Task A: Double-Object Proofreading (Find & correct 2 errors) Corrige 2 errores de objeto y preposición
“The friendly waiter lent to me a book, and he teached me Italian.”
Correction 1:
Correction 2:
Task B: Past Tense Proofreading (Find & correct 2 errors) Corrige 2 errores de verbo irregular
“Yesterday I buyed many postcards, but I spended all day reading.”
Correction 1:
Correction 2:
5 Exit Ticket / Boleto de Salida: 4 Tasks (8 pts)
SW (8 MIN)
Task 1: Transform to Pattern B (with to): “The waiter lent me a book.” / Reescribe con 'to'.
Task 2: Change into negative Simple Past: “I sent cards to my friends.” / Reescribe en pasado negativo.
Task 3: Write the irregular past forms of buy and spend: / Escribe las formas pasadas.
Task 4: Reorder: [in his room] / [sat] / [he] / [all day] / [quietly] into proper S-V-M-P-T order:
□ Task 1: Object Pattern
□ Task 2: Past Negative
□ Task 3: Irregular Form
□ Task 4: S-V-M-P-T
Camden Prep High School • Postcard Syntax Practice Handout Total Score / Calificación: /32 pts Page 2 of 2
Context clues
Phrase A: “spoil my holidays”
Why does the mental burden of postcards “spoil” a trip? / ¿Por qué le arruina las vacaciones?
Phrase B: “made a big decision”
What contrast exists between his “decision” and his final actions? / ¿Qué contraste existe?
3 Inferential Analysis: Procrastination & Irony (4 pts)
LAP #2
Prompt 1: The author bought 37 cards and stayed in his room all day, yet wrote nothing. Explain the psychological irony of his procrastination. / Explica la ironía psicológica de procrastinar todo el día.
Prompt 2: In paragraph [1], the author reads a book lent by the waiter but “did not understand a word.” How does this detail foreshadow his struggle to communicate? / ¿Cómo presagia este detalle su dificultad para escribir?
4 Exemplar Response / Respuesta Escrita: CER (6 pts)
SW (10 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Did the narrator make a genuine attempt to overcome his dread of postcards, or was his final day merely an elaborate excuse to avoid writing? State claim, cite text evidence, and explain. / Plantea tu postura, cita evidencia y explica.
□ Claim / Postura clara
□ Quote / Cita textual
□ Reasoning / Explicación
Camden Prep High School • Italian Holiday Reading Handout Total Score / Calificación: /26 pts Page 2 of 2
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4 Travel Collocations & Fixed Expressions
spoil my holidays
arruinar las vacaciones
make a decision
tomar una decisión
spend the whole day
pasar todo el día
a single card
ni una sola tarjeta
5 Applied Practice / Práctica Aplicada (12 pts)
SW (10 MIN)
Directions / Instrucciones: Complete each item independently. / Completa cada ejercicio de manera independiente.
1. [Object Rewrite] Rewrite with to: “He gave the friendly waiter a generous tip.”
2. [Object Rewrite] Rewrite without to: “I sent thirty postcards to my classmates.”
3. [Irregular Past] Yesterday, she [spend] all morning in town and [buy] cards.
4. [Preposition Choice] We arrived [to / in] Italy and sat [at / in] public gardens.
5. [Negative Transformation] Convert to negative Simple Past: “He understood the Italian book.”
6. [Error Correction] Rewrite correctly: “The waiter teached to me many useful words.”
6 Self-Audit & Reflection / Autoevaluación
MLL Support
| Skill / Habilidad | Mastered / Dominado (3) | Developing / Progreso (2) | Review / Repasar (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Direct vs. Indirect Object Patterns | □ | □ | □ |
| 2. Irregular Simple Past Verb Forms | □ | □ | □ |
| 3. Holiday & Travel Idiomatic Phrases | □ | □ | □ |
Study Focus / Mi área de estudio:
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