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Monday, 9/19: Copy Homework, Debrief Test #4, “Richard Cory”

Vocab Monday for Homies.
This week’s SAWs:
impact, transfer, feature, design, potential

  1. A twisted rubber band has _____ energy that can be used to fly a small plane.
  2. The prefix of this word means across or through: _____.
  3. (2) A ______ ______ of the new iPhone is the lack of a physical home button.
  4. (3) The city council studied the _____ _____ of the new shopping center on the local neighborhood before asking the developer to ______ a more pedestrian-friendly environment.
  5. The new car had many optional _______(s) you could add for extra money.

 

Copy homework into planner. Previous student blogs are here.

Bonus Question: This week’s spelling theme is homophones. The roots of the word homophone mean _______  ________.

Warm Up, 9/19/16. Copy 1-3. *= spelling, ** = vocabulary.

  1. * friendly : hostile :: active : _____
  2. * its, whose, ____
  3. * Sacramento : ______ :: Mr. Calandro : ______ (2)
  4. * It is said that many stereotypes start with a _____ of truth.
  5. *_______ books are *______?  (Must get both.)

Go over Test #4.

“Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson

 

Time? Outsiders.

Third Period needs the PLOT diagram from Thursday.

 

Monday, 9/12: Copy Homework, SAW Warm Up, Debrief Test #3, Outsiders

Copy homework into assignment book.

“Warm Up, 9/12.” (Written by the Homies just this morning.)
element, culture, complexity, tradition, resourceful

Use one separate sheet for each group. DO NOT PUT NAMES. Each group writes 1 cloze sentence for each word this week. DO NOT PUT the answers. The best sentence for each word becomes today’s warm up for the rest of the classes.

  1. We used the _____ of surprise for Joe’s birthday party.
  2. It is a _______ to give Santa cookies and milk on Christmas.
  3. _________ people reuse everything they can.
  4. In American _______, we celebrate our independence on July 4.
  5. He couldn’t handle the _______ of the Webster’s crossword because his vocabulary wasn’t strong enough.

Debrief Test #3. Where did the wheels fall off the cart?

 

The Outsiders…

 

 

Tuesday, 9/6: Copy Homework, SRI

HOMIES: This week’s SAWs:

guideline, mature, ambiguous, due (to), status

180px-Socialduckrabbitforex-tradingoaktree_lg reindeer
guideline, mature, ambiguous, due (to), status

 

Short Week!

Copy homework into planner.

Copy spelling list into notebook. Bonus for practicing spelling words 3x each by Friday in your notebook.

  • maturity
  • narrative
  • creative
  • believable
  • cooperation
  • movable
  • ignorance
  • requirement
  • revision
  • security
  • insurance
  • separately

Get a Chromebook. Log in. Open Chrome. Come here to middleschool.mrcoward.com.

Click:  https://h100000583.education.scholastic.com/slms/studentaccess

Click the blue RI icon. Follow the directions.

If you finish early, start your homework.

Monday, 8/22: Welcome to Mr. Coward’s 7th Grade English!

Welcome to Seventh Grade English!
(Short classes today due to the Tour Schedule.)
Seating Charts/Schedules/Name Pronunciation, etc.

Web Page: middleschool.mrcoward.com or school.mrcoward.com or lams.slcusd.org–>Mr. Coward
Know it. Use it. Love it.

I. Copy homework into assignment book (AKA: planner).
This is the first thing we do every week. The homework for the entire week goes up Monday (or the first day of the week).

II. Vocabulary Sheet. Rate your knowledge of this week’s words.

III. Analogies.
x : y :: a : b.
Translation: x is related to y in the same way that a is related to b.
Example –> ice : melt : garbage : rot.

In Notebook: “Warm Up, 8/22/16.” Copy 1-3. Show your work on #4.

  1. tobacco : cigarette : : meat : _____
  2. boxer : athlete :: chair : ______
  3. needle : sew :: shovel : ______
  4. On a 40 point test, how many points would I need to receive an A (90%)?
  5. Which is correct: “18 plus 19 is 36,” or “18 plus 19 are 36″?

Time? AMA!