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Monday, 10/28: Homework, Vocab Review, PP’s – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Monday, 10/28: Homework, Vocab Review, PP’s

Advisory Schedule. Link to Slides.
No TuTu because no school Friday.


Copy homework into planner. Packet will be graded each day, and there will be a quiz on each one.

  • RBC (Reading Beyond the Classroom!)  Packet. Not available online.
    • Monday Night: p346-347
    • Tuesday Night: p374
    • Wednesday Night: p375
  • Vocab Review Test Thursday. 1st 5 lists! (Scroll to the bottom of this page and work your way up to find the lists.)

“Prepositions, 10/28.” Write out the completed sentences.

  1. The dream was exciting.  –Add a prep phrase that tells what kind of dream it was.
  2. (2) I was running. –Add two prep phrases about how, when, or where you were running.

How many of these do you remember from Week #1 and #2?
bliss, infer, bleak, nonchalant, gingerly, rueful, savvy, conform, sage, fathom, connotation
aloof , elite, elude, incredulous, contemptuous, roguish, gallant, facade, ironic, asset

  1. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ______
  2. rules : requirements :: happiness : ____
  3. He was a(n) _____ to his community because he volunteered for every event.
  4. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____ of a gang member with a can a spray paint.
  5. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used.
  6. The root of this word meant “pretending to be dumb.” _____
  7. The root of this word meant “at a distance.” _____
  8. The root of this word meant “to elect.” _____
  9. The root of this word means “believe.”_____
  10. The root of this word meant “to hate.” _____

Debrief Test #9. Mo’ Betta’!


Alyce. Chapter 11: The Leaving.   Link to online version. The page numbers are different, but the chapters are intact.

If this is our inciting incident, what’s our main conflict?