vocabulary

Welcome to Day One of Mr. Coward’s Seventh Grade English. Let’s gooooo!

SLIDESHOW FOR HOMIES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12KtSt4NKTlj1aCoRZPryzwrC_nmjmypnjnZaaN-6Y_s/edit#slide=id.g144da40525d_5_0

Seating Charts!

• Line up around the edges of the room.
• I will put up the seating chart and explain the orientation and give everyone a minute to study it.
• Once I say go, go find your seat!
• First 2 teams to finish win reward.
• Wanna know what you’re playing for?  LOL.

Planners.

• Homework is assigned every Monday or first day of the week. YOU WILL write your homework in your planner every Monday or first day of the week.
• Including now. Open your planner.

MIDDLESCHOOL.MRCOWARD.COM
NOT GOOGLE CLASSROOM!

Homework 8/18-8/19.

• Get a spiral notebook just for this class. BRING IT EVERY DAY.
• Have an independent reading (KBARR) book ready to go by Monday.

What is a motto? How is it different from just another old saying?

Motto   by Langston Hughes          

I play it cool    
and dig all jive. 
That’s the reason
I stay alive.
My motto,
As I live and learn
is: 
Dig and Be Dug
In Return. 

What other saying(s) have you heard or use might mean something similar to “dig and be dug in return”?

Vocab Demo.

Definitions. (Normally you will be looking these up on Monday night yourself at LearnersDictionary.com)
grimace (v): a facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted in a way that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain
disquieting (adj): making (someone) worried or nervous
adaptable (adj):  able to change or be changed in order to fit or work better in some situation
prickly (adj): pokey, easily annoyed or angered , very difficult or complicated : requiring careful treatment
mesmerize (v): to hold the attention of (someone) entirely

“Vocab 1, 8/18.”

1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5._____

“Vocab 2, 8/18.”

1. The computer program is ______ to the needs of individual users.
2. The patient made a painful _____ as the doctor examined his wound.
3. The crowd was _____(ed) by the acrobat’s death-defying tricks.
4. The news from the city after the huge storm was very _______.
5. Sometimes Mr. Coward can be a little cranky and _____.

“Vocab 3, 8/18.”

1. The root of this word was French for fright.
2. The word actually came from the name of one of the first hypnotists.
3. The prefix of this word means not.
4. The root of this word was Latin for fit.
5. This word’s root comes from a plant.

THURSDAY SCHOOL SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12KtSt4NKTlj1aCoRZPryzwrC_nmjmypnjnZaaN-6Y_s/edit#slide=id.ge817d7f74d_6_48

TIME? AMA!

Slides Link for Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MejI_TipRBolxHCmO7BAo8lqj-9o4GEhQCQJo1E3CZM/edit?usp=sharing

BRING BACK ALL BOOKS AND CHROMEBOOKS!

LET’S PLAY SCRABBLE. This time it’s for real!

• Each person draws a letter. The letter closest to A goes first. (Blank beats A.)
• Draw continues clockwise (to the left) after that.
• If no one volunteers, the person with the letter farthest from A is scorekeeper.
• Put those letters back and draw seven (7) each.
• Keep score like this (don’t write what’s in the parentheses):

• First player must put the word down with a letter on the Star (2x word)  in the middle.
• Left to right, top to bottom; not diagonal, not bottom to top!
• Suggestion: no more than 2 minutes per person.
• NO! NO! NO!

• NO abbreviations or contractions
• NO foreign words
• NO proper nouns (nouns you would normally capitalize)
• (Check the dictionary.)

Multiplier squares are one use only!

• A PAGE  due TOMORROW!!!!!
   Reqs: 1 piece of paper. INK. SINCERE and THOUGHTFUL.

Debrief Test #31. Hmmm.

Tom Sawyer 32-33.

1. When Tom told the story of their adventures in the cave, how did he tell it?
2. When Tom comes out of the cave and talks to the men on a skiff (boat), why did they not believe his story at first?
3. (2) What two emotions does Tom feel after IJ’s death?
4. What does Tom say is something that makes robbing better than pirating.
5. What does Tom say is the only down side of being a robber?
6. Why does Tom say they are safe from IJ’s ghost when they take the money?
7. What word in chapter 33 does Tom obviously not know the meaning of?
8. What is ironic about the Welshman’s comment that begins, “I judged so…” (p220)?

Tom Sawyer aloud 34-35. Finish 35 tonight!

“Tom Sawyer 31 Quiz.” Answer not Letter. 8p.

1. There was a picture in the original book, in chapter 31, called “Attacked by the Natives.” Who were the “Natives.”
2. “…but I’ve see such a beautiful country in my dream. I reckon we are going there.” What “country” does Becky mean?
3. Once their candles were gone, how could Tom still explore some side passages, and still get back to Becky?
4. Which of these was the original caption for the picture? (Ignore the red A, B, C.)  a) “Attacked by the Natives.”  b) “Haunted Room”  c) “A New Terror”  d) “The Escape”  e) “Rescued!”
5. Why weren’t Tom and Becky discovered missing until Sunday morning?
6. (3) Name three things Tom and Becky had in the cave that would help them.

Tom Sawyer 32 and 33 to the bottom of p217. Finish chapter 33 tonight.

1. First Independence Day (M,D,Y):
2. Pearl Harbor Day (M,D,Y):
3. (Copy.) 10% of 250 = _________
4. (Copy.) 24/40 = ______% = ______(letter grade)
5. a) ______ books have been sitting b)_______ for a long time; I hope c)______ coming back soon.
6. Choose a sentence below, copy it, and label each word with its part of speech.

Homer tripped very awkwardly, and hit his fat head on the door.
Beetle bravely endured their anger and cruel taunts in silence.
He was a very scary bear, and we beat a hasty retreat from his lair.