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Wednesday, 3/16: Warm Up, Compound Stuff, Vocab, Mars – Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English
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Wednesday, 3/16: Warm Up, Compound Stuff, Vocab, Mars

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“Warm Up, 3/16.” List the subject/verb combo for each clause and the connector used to join them.
Do like you did on the Pink Sheet on Monday. ANSWER NOT LETTER.

  1. The puppies rampaged down the street, and they trampled a llama.
  2. The llamas shared the work of the group, but the head llama gave the orders.
  3. A llama’s house would be divided into rooms; the herd used some areas for voodoo rituals.
  4. Every story has to have a  ____.   a) middle  b) person  c) conclusion  d) message  e) conflict  f) theme
  5. The root cred means…   a) truth  b) crazy  c) pay  d) believe  e) wild  f) possible  g) NOTA
  6. Which word doesn’t belong? a) evaluate  b) predict  c) question  d) summarize  e) react
  7. it:  a) first person b) second person c) third person  d) fourth person

“Vocab, 3/16.”

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. I’m _____? Do you even know what that means? (haha)
  6. He was ____(ed) to do all his homework before he watched any tv.
  7. He is a rather ____ liar; he tells so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true.
  8. obvious : subtle :: counterfeit : _______
  9. The Socs always would say the word greaser _____(ly).
  10. The prefix of this word means “all or everything.” _____
  11. This word is Latin for “with good faith.” _____
  12. The roots of this word meant “to lead down.”
  13. The root of this word meant “drummer.” (LOL)

Correct Pink Sheet. Exercise 5. (link: https://mrcoward.com/middleschool/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/compoundsentences.doc)

“Compound subject, Compound verb, or Compound sentence?”

  1. Jimmy and the llama went to the store to buy hydrogen.
  2. The llama’s house is energy efficient and saves water by recycling it.
  3. The llama ate three hot dogs, went on a walk, and got a cramp.
  4. My best friend’s llama went to the dance, and I went with him.
  5. Llamas and many other animals had to run from the war carrying only the clothes on their backs.

BOB: Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed.

  • Do questions 1, 2a, 2b on page 233.
  • Answer the questions on p234 for Interpret 2, Predict 4, and Interpret 5. WRITE THE ANSWERS IN THE MARGIN ON PAGE 232. LABEL EACH ANSWER.
  • Do the two “Practice and Applies” on p236.