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April 8, 2025 – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Day: April 8, 2025

Tuesday, 4/8: Warm Up, Husker Du, Vocab, BOB

“Warm Up, 4/8.” ANSWER not letter.

  1. Have you stopped lying yet?  a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question  c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  2. “…stunning photos of faraway stars…”  a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  3. Where are you going?  a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question c) loaded language  d) NOTA
  4. How could I have made such a huge mistake?   a) rhetorical question  b) loaded question  c) NOTA
  5. “…we must go forward, fully embracing space exploration as an important priority.”   a) claim b) counterclaim c) reason d) evidence e) NOTA
  6. “Scientists are looking toward Mars as a potential new home for mankind.”   a) claim  b) counterclaim  c) reason  d) evidence  e) NOTA
  7. ” The cosmic radiation exposure rate on the Moon is about 2.6 times higher than that experienced by astronauts aboard the ISS…”    a) claim  b) counterclaim  c) reason  d) evidence  e) NOTA
  8. What is the difference between reasons and evidence?

“Husker Du, 4/8.”

Period 1/Test #1: 10-14

Period 2/Test #2: 11-15

Period 3/Test #3: 11-16

Period 5/Test #5: 11-15

Period 6/Test #6: 10-14

“Vocab, 4/8.” solicitous, peevish, ruminate, elixir, discerning, eclipse, tedious, abstain, furtive, grisly
  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. The factory work was repetitive and _____, but it was better than no job at all.
  6. Some say green tea is the ____ of life because it is filled with healthy compounds.
  7. After the failure of his company, he sat ____(ing) about how things might have been.
  8. The salesman was very _____ about my complaints and promised to take them to his manager.
  9. Collectors are usually very _____ about the quality and condition of the things they buy.
  10. The online world has _____(ed) the real one for some people who spend most of their time there.
  11. For most of you, if you do not study, the test results will be _____.
  12. Being interrupted makes most people ______.
  13. The root of this word meant “terrifying.”_____
  14. The root of this word means “to chew.” _____

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

BOB. p285. Read.

The structure of a COMPLEX SENTENCE should look this:  (COPY onto p 285.)

S + V  (SC or RP  S ) + V   or this:   (SC  S) + V ,  S + V

On p 285 Write 2 Complex Sentences: One with a Subordinating Conjunction and one with a Relative Pronoun.

Finish/Correct Yesterday’s BOB:

  • Circle and label the OPPOSING VIEWPOINT in paragraphs 10.
  • Circle and label her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • Circle and label the LOADED LANGUAGE she used to help her COUNTERCLAIM.
  • DO p281
  • DO p282, #1 and #5
  • READ p284 and DO the following 5 questions where you have space on the page. Which word has the more NEGATIVE connotation?
    1. dark v. ominous
    2. slim/scrawny
    3. pasty/fair (?!)
    4. throbbing/painful
    5. dangerous/risky

“Let Robots Take to the Stars.”  (p286.)

  1. p286: Analyze Argument, Annotate.
  2. p287: Analyze Argument, Annotate and Analyze
  3. p288: Numbers and Stats, Annotate
  4. p289: Analyze Rhetorical Devices Annotate
  5. p291: Both Questions
  6. p292: 1) Analyze and Interpret  4) Summarize and Analyze
  7. p296: AS A GROUP