Study Guide for Leveling Exams

7^th Grade:

Grammar: Nouns- common, proper, concrete, abstract, and collective

8^th Grade:

Stories:

“I know Why the Caged Bird Sings”

“Harriet Tubman: A Guide to Freedom”

“The Governess” “The Ninny” – vocabulary too

10^th Grade:

Stories:  “The Monkey’s Paw”

“Two Friends” “Damon and Pythias”

Analogies

Using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words

Sociology:

Chapter 1: Sociology and the Sociological Perspective:

Sociology and other sciences, Origins of sociology, Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Chapter 2: Culture

What is culture? Components of symbolic culture, Subcultures and countercultures, values in a democratic society, cultural universals, Technology in the global village

Chapter3: Socialization

Socialization into the self, mind; emotions; gender

Resocialization

Agents of socialization

Socialization through life course

Vocabulary