Thursday, 8/18: Logistics, Homework, Motto, Vocab

Welcome to Day One of Mr. Coward’s Seventh Grade English. Let’s gooooo!

SLIDESHOW FOR HOMIES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12KtSt4NKTlj1aCoRZPryzwrC_nmjmypnjnZaaN-6Y_s/edit#slide=id.g144da40525d_5_0

Seating Charts!

  • Line up around the edges of the room.
  • I will put up the seating chart and explain the orientation and give everyone a minute to study it.
  • Once I say go, go find your seat!
  • First 2 teams to finish win reward.
  • Wanna know what you’re playing for?  LOL.

Planners.

  • Homework is assigned every Monday or first day of the week. YOU WILL write your homework in your planner every Monday or first day of the week.
  • Including now. Open your planner.

MIDDLESCHOOL.MRCOWARD.COM
NOT GOOGLE CLASSROOM!


Homework 8/18-8/19.

  • Get a spiral notebook just for this class. BRING IT EVERY DAY.
  • Have an independent reading (KBARR) book ready to go by Monday.

What is a motto? How is it different from just another old saying?

Motto   by Langston Hughes          

I play it cool    
and dig all jive. 
That’s the reason
I stay alive.
My motto,
As I live and learn
is: 
Dig and Be Dug
In Return. 

 

What other saying(s) have you heard or use might mean something similar to “dig and be dug in return”?


Vocab Demo.

Definitions. (Normally you will be looking these up on Monday night yourself at LearnersDictionary.com)
grimace (v): a facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted in a way that shows disgust, disapproval, or pain
disquieting (adj): making (someone) worried or nervous
adaptable (adj):  able to change or be changed in order to fit or work better in some situation
prickly (adj): pokey, easily annoyed or angered , very difficult or complicated : requiring careful treatment
mesmerize (v): to hold the attention of (someone) entirely


“Vocab 1, 8/18.”

 

1._____ 2._____ 3._____ 4._____ 5._____


“Vocab 2, 8/18.”

  1. The computer program is ______ to the needs of individual users.
  2. The patient made a painful _____ as the doctor examined his wound.
  3. The crowd was _____(ed) by the acrobat’s death-defying tricks.
  4. The news from the city after the huge storm was very _______.
  5. Sometimes Mr. Coward can be a little cranky and _____.

“Vocab 3, 8/18.”

  1. The root of this word was French for fright.
  2. The word actually came from the name of one of the first hypnotists.
  3. The prefix of this word means not.
  4. The root of this word was Latin for fit.
  5. This word’s root comes from a plant.

THURSDAY SCHOOL SLIDES: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12KtSt4NKTlj1aCoRZPryzwrC_nmjmypnjnZaaN-6Y_s/edit#slide=id.ge817d7f74d_6_48


TIME? AMA!