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Wednesday, 9/23: Vocabulary/Spelling, Plot, Outsiders – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Wednesday, 9/23: Vocabulary/Spelling, Plot, Outsiders

Checking: Vocabulary Show-Me-You-Know Sentences.

Warm Up, 9/23. * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary. (15p)

  1. * it is : ___ :: it owns : ___ (2p)
  2. * antagonist : protagonist :: villain : _____
  3. * John murdered the Cheerios and then he offed the Captain Crunch and then he snuffed out the Wheaties. John is a _______ killer. Get it? This is a pun on which pair of words?
  4. * ____ books have been sitting ____ for a long time; I hope ____ coming back soon. (3p)
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  5. ** _____
  6. ** _____
  7. ** Which pair of homophones? ______ and ______
  8. ** “You’re so ___. You probably think this song is about you.”
  9. ** Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
  10. ** Please stop ____(ing) me. I am not 5 years old any more.
  11. ** It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag.
  12. ** S. E. Hinton says that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher.  The kids’ problems wore her out.

 

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Plot, 9/23. Copy the diagram exactly.

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Plot Practice. Use the appropriate terms from the diagram to fill the blanks. (6p)

  1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
  2. “And they lived happily ever after,” would be the _____ of a fairy tale.
  3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
  4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
  5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
  6. We are now in the _____ of the story.

As we correct, write the answers on the diagram. You may use this cheat sheet on the test Friday.

The Outsiders!