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nouns – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English https://mrcoward.com/middleschool Everything You Need to Know Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:34:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Thursday, 9/14: NVA, Vocab + Relay, Plot, Outsiders https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/?p=3172 Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:26:35 +0000 http://mrcoward.com/middleschool/?p=3172 Read moreThursday, 9/14: NVA, Vocab + Relay, Plot, Outsiders]]> Tomorrow’s Test: NVA, Vocab (inc. SAWs), Plot (open notebook), Outsiders.

“NVA, 9/14.” (9 to find.)

For a brief moment, Jimmy stupidly thought he could fly like a graceful bird across the blue sky.

 

“Vocab, 9/14.” * = SAW.
CollegeGrads gorge english-1-sep2012

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. fear : panic :: ask : _____
  5. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
  6. My parents were a little _____ about the crowd I was hanging out with.
  7. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
  8. “You’re hungry?” he said _____(ly), “I’m the one who hasn’t eaten all day!”
  9. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one.
  10. The jury voted to ______ because there wasn’t enough evidence to find him guilty.
  11. The students ____(ed) the teacher to go easy on them. “Please?” they begged.
  12. * The Outsiders is told from Ponyboy’s _____. It would probably be quite a different story if it were told by Johnny.

 

Vocabulary Relay! Can anybody beat First Period???

The Outsiders.

PLOT. Copy into your notebook!

plotdiagram1

What would the inciting incident be in… Hatchet? Finding Nemo?  Lion King? Frozen?

  1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
  2. “And they lived happily ever after,” would be the _____ of a fairy tale.
  3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
  4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
  5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
  6. We are now in the _____ of the story.

As we correct, write the answers on the diagram. You may use this cheat sheet on the test tomorrow.

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“NVAA, 9/15.” (10p)

Homer stupidly hit his very fat head on the corner of the table with a loud thunk.

Nouns:
Verbs:
Adjectives:
Adverbs:

 

“Vocab, 9/15.” (Also SAWs; one previous one.)
CollegeGrads gorge mazeenglish-1-sep2012

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. fear : panic :: ask : _____
  6. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
  7. The students ____(ed) the teacher to go easy on them. “Please?” they begged.
  8. My parents were a little _____ about the crowd I was hanging out with.
  9. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
  10. “You’re hungry?” he said _____(ly), “I’m the one who hasn’t eaten all day!”
  11. A savvy person is usually more ____ than a credulous one.
  12. The jury voted to ______ because the evidence was not sufficient to find him guilty.

 

VOCABULARY RELAY! Can anyone beat Period Three?!

 

The Outsiders.

PLOT. Copy into your notebook!

plotdiagram1

  1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
  2. “And they lived happily ever after,” would be the _____ of a fairy tale.
  3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
  4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
  5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
  6. We are now in the _____ of the story.

As we correct, write the answers on the diagram. You may use this cheat sheet on the test tomorrow.

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