Welcome to Mr. Coward’s Seventh Grade English! Let’s gooooo!
(Slides link for Advisory Homies: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13Dv7qRrmAC8gZ0VivlwMczHZ9geUF0pNXfEq7lTsN2w/edit?usp=sharing)
Seating Charts!
- Read the map, find your spot.
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.
- Homework 8/17-8/18.
- Get a spiral notebook just for this class by MONDAY, 8/21. BRING IT EVERY DAY.
- Have an independent reading (KBARR) book ready to go by MONDAY, 8/21.
- Homework 8/17-8/18.
MRCOWARD.COM/MIDDLESCHOOL NOT Google Classroom!
Everything we do, every day. Go there when you are absent. Go there if you lose a handout or don’t have the vocab.
“Vocab, 8/17.” Let’s see what you already know. Then…
Copy. (Normally you will be looking these up on Monday night yourself at LearnersDictionary.com)
How is a motto different from just another old saying?
- advocate (v) – to support or argue for
- grimace (n or v) – a facial expression that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain
- adapt (v) – to change your behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation
- motto (n) – a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior
“Vocab Practice, 8/17.” Write the appropriate word.
- _____
- _____
- The roots of this word mean “to call to one’s aid.”
- The root of this word is Spanish for “disgust.”
- One of your jobs in this class is to _____ for yourself when you need help.
- True or False?: “It’s not fair!” is a motto.
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 does he mean by the word dig?
- What do you think “dig all jive” means?
- What other saying(s) have you heard or use might mean something similar to “dig and be dug in return”?
Last 5 minutes: 1st Day of School Info:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dhDeEF87B9y5s_QbQGmEMNS7dBxWZN60ofc94YLDrWc/edit?usp=sharing