vocabulary

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 How-To.

III. Analogies. Practice for Vocab.
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, 8/20/18.” 

1. tobacco : cigarette : : meat : _____
2. boxer : athlete :: chair : ______
3. Which is correct: “18 plus 19 is 36,” or “18 plus 19 are 36″?

Time? AMA!

Get your homies to proofread your YEE!

YEE #9.   Use your own paper. NDP in upper right corner.
Title: YEE #9. Use 4-digit dates for #1 and #2. Copy only the ones that say “Copy.”

1. 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.

 

 

Message to 6th Grade.  Singles or Partners (2x content) — NOT 3+.
Due by FRIDAY. It’s only homework if you don’t finish in class. We will grade them in class on Friday!

Form: StoryboardThat! Comic (10+ panels) Prezi? Web Site? Google Slides (15+) Quiz (20+ questions.) ???

Content: Three Expectations vs. Reality Three Good Things About Laguna Three Pieces of Advice One Euphemism. Upbeat and Funny Proofread!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rubric: All Content Items (15) Mechanics (20) Effort (10) Creativity (15) Total: 60

StoryboardThat! People:
If you have already used the site, log in with the account you already created. Just join this class too and save it there. If you are a Noob:

1. Click the link below, and choose “I’m a new user.”
   Join StoryboardThat
2. Click on the Google Button and sign in with your @student.slcusd.org username and password.
3. Click I am a Student.
   a) The School is Laguna-MS.  b) The key is laguna. and  c) use your real first name and last initials.
4. If there are two of you, make sure both partners know the username and password!
5. Scroll down to “Manage my Classes.”
6. Join the appropriate class that begins with 2018-.
7. The password is “cheese.”
8. Click Create Storyboard.

HERE are some photos of Laguna to use in your project.

HERE is an example from last year.

YEE #7.   Use your own paper. NDP in upper right corner.
Title: YEE #7. Use 4-digit dates for #1 and #2. Copy only the ones that say “Copy.”

1. 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.

 

“AlternaYEE, 5/25.” Rerun: The first Mental Floss!

1. You have two coins that total 15 cents, but one of them is not a nickel. How is that possible?
2. What is the volume of dirt in a hole 6 feet long, 8 feet deep, and 4 feet wide?
3. A farmer had seventeen sheep; all but nine died. How many are left?
4. What heavy six letter word can you take one letter away from and have eight left?
5.  You are in a mountain cabin, and it is freezing and dark. The cabin has an old gas lantern, a wood burning stove, and an oil burning heater. You have only one match. Which do you light first?
6. A fish weighs 10 pounds plus half its weight. How much does it weigh? (Not a trick; just math.)

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LET’S PLAY SCRABBLE.
Scrabble Practice Round. The tourney begins in just over a week! Cash money prizes!

• 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):

 

Jimmy (First Player) 17 (first turn) 6  (second turn) 23 (total so far) 14 (third turn) 37 (total so far)

Johnny (Second Player) 23 15 38 7 45

 

• 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!

Extra credit for anyone who breaks 75.