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Wednesday, 4/26: Gramma, Vocab, Argument – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Wednesday, 4/26: Gramma, Vocab, Argument

“Agreement HD, 4/26.”

  1. Nothing _____as good as my dad’s five-alarm chili.
  2. *Most of the group’s music ____playing on the radio.
  3. Several of those coats ____ on sale this week.
  4. Some of Meredith’s poems _____ me laugh.
  5. Neither the trumpet player nor the drummers _____ visited our school.
  6. *The King and I _____performed as the spring play this year.
  7. “The Pit and the Pendulum” ____scary.
  8. *“Heart and Soul” ____ being played on the piano right now.
  9. B. J. and the Martians ____like a funny TV show.

 

“Vocab, 4/26.”
 

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____ (The one on the right.)
  4. _____
  5. The root of this word meant “to bewitch.”
  6. The root of this word meant “silly.”
  7. The roots of this word meant “driven back.”
  8. One of the roots of this word meant “witch.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “at the limit.”
  10. (4) We were ______(ed) by her decision to go on ______ _______(s) right before a major test, and as we thought, the results were ______.

Argument Essay.

You should have 3 reason paragraphs, and a larger, opposing argument paragraph.

Now for your intro and conclusion:

INTRO:

In the first box on in the yellow chart on p303: “Include an interesting question, anecdote, quote, or detail to grab the reader’s attention.” Do that.

Now look at the two examples on p307: Make yours like the second one!

CONCLUSION:

Read the paragraphs on p280 and 290. Those are models of  conclusions from both sides. Go