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September 22, 2022 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Day: September 22, 2022

Thursday, 9/22: Vocab, + Relay, S/CD/CX, Outsiders

Tomorrow’s Test: FRO’s, S/CD/CX, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2GFtkkR9CkHLKeFnCQFGf52M66gxbahEl6atuM_CJs/edit?usp=sharing

“NVAPA, 9/22.” (10) COPY and label.

He was a very scary bear and we quickly retreated from his lair.

“Vocab, 9/22.” Some used more than once. (12)
    

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. S.E. Hinton has said that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher. Worrying about the kids’ problems wore her out.
  6. Speech sounds are produced as a continuous sound signal rather than _____units of sound.
  7. Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
  8. If you ____ (ed) CPK last night, it benefited the band program.
  9. A spy must be ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
  10. I finally had to poke him to ____ any response at all!
  11. The roots of this word mean “not allowed.” _____
  12. The root of this word meant “defender.”

I = Independent Clause  D = Dependent Clause.
(S) Simple Sentence (S) = One I.
(CD) Compound Sentence (CD)  = I + I.
(CX) Complex Sentence (CX) = I + D or D + I. 

“S/CD/CX, 2/4.” Simple? Compound? Complex? Fragment? Run-on?  (11)

  1. Words like since, unless, and because signify that a sentence is…
  2. The presence of a comma and one of the FANBOYS usually means the sentence is….
  3. The llama was being petulant , so his mom ate the cheeselog.
  4. His doctor recommended buying a llama and going water-skiing.
  5. The llama thought he was OK until he wasn’t.
  6. When you use a dependent clause as a sentence.
  7. Even though he knew it was a mistake, the llama ate the doughnut anyway.
  8. The crew checked the llama , and the captain prepared her for the sea.
  9. We can wait here until the llama calls us.
  10. The llama climbed languidly up the very steep hill balancing a duck on his head.
  11. You join two Independent Clauses they are joined improperly.

The Outsiders.

  1. Cherry tells Pony why she liked Bob (p129), and he realizes that Bob was a lot like… who?
  2. Pony goes off on Cherry (p129) because he thinks that she is _______(ing) him by helping the greasers before the rumble.
  3. Why does Pony suddenly bring up the sunset when he is talking to Cherry? (p129) What is he trying to say?