Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

“Scramble, 9/18.”

• I forgot
• it exploded
• I was concentrating
• and
• because
• in the microwave
• on my homework
• about the popcorn

“Gramma’, 9/18.” (10) Copy the underlined part below and list them.
Yesterday, the llama stupidly hit his fat head on the red door and fell awkwardly.

Nouns (3):
Verbs (2):
Adjectives (2):
Adverbs (3):

“Vocab, 9/18.”

   2.     3.  4.
discreet, discrete, vain, elicit, illicit, hysterical, contemplate, patronize, stamina, indulge

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. Which pair of homophones? ______ and ______. (Yes, the order matters.)
5. “You’re so ____. You probably think this song is about you.”
6. Pony and Johnny had a lot of time in the church to quietly ______ life.
7. It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag about it.
8. An early meaning of this word was to “treat with excessive kindness.” _____
9. The roots of this word meant “drawn out by trickery or magic.” _____
10. S.E. Hinton has said that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher. Worrying about the kids’ problems wore her out.
11. I finally had to poke him to ____ any response at all!
12. The roots of this word mean “not allowed.” _____
13. The root of this word meant “defender.” _____

“Richard Cory.”  Which character from The Outsiders could be compared to Richard Cory? What line did they use that relates to this poem?

Outsiders to the end of Chapter 6+.  A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.

“Warm Up, 9/17.” Most missed questions on Test #3. ANSWER NOT LETTER.
a) dogged  b) indignant  c) conducive  d) wistful  e) implore  f) subside  g) acquit  h) leery  i) gorge  j) bluff

1. The root of this word meant “NOT worthy.” _____
2. The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.” _____
3. That embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
4. The llama won the race although he had a broken leg. Fragment, Run-on, OK?
5. Up, up, and away in my beautiful llama balloon.  Fragment, Run-on, OK?
6. The top of Jay Mountain seemed so far away. a) Mountain seemed  b) top seemed  c) Mountain away  d) NOTA
7. The last question on the test was hard! a) test was b) test question c) question hard d) question was e) NOTA
8. Who said? “I guess we’re different.” a) Pony b) Johnny c) Soda d) Cherry e) Dally f) Two-Bit g) Steve

Debrief Test #3. Several of the above will be on the Test AGAIN!

“Adverbs, 9/17.” Single Words (not phrases) that answer the questions: how? where? when?

1. Adverbs describe ____s, ____s, and _____s.
   List the adverbs you find in each sentence. (9)
2. She jumped up rather suddenly, and left the room.
3. That llama is absolutely magnificent, and I need it now.
4. At the pet shop, a cuddly, little kitten snuggled sweetly up to me, and I nearly bought it..
5. The early bird always gets the worm early.

“Vocab, 9/17.”
discreet, discrete, vain, elicit, illicit, hysterical, contemplate, patronize, stamina, indulge
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. He ____(ed) on the poem for a long time, but the meaning (______ed)* him, and he couldn’t grasp it. (* = previous vocab word for +1)
6. legal : illicit :: combined : ______
7. gossipy : discreet :: nonchalant : _____
8. The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
9. I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
10. I am never going to ____ that store again after they were so rude to me.
11. It’s my birthday. I’m going to ______myself and eat whatever I want to eat.
12. The root of this word meant “empty or without substance.”_____

Outsiders to almost the end of Chapter 6.  A link to the on-line version in case you are absent.

Advisory Schedule. Link to slides.

Copy homework into planner:

• KBARR ! Read 15 minutes M-Th, get chart signed (in notebook), respond 1 page (in notebook) by Friday. (Here are some more ideas for responding.)
  • PLEASE NOTE, FIFTH PERIOD ONLY: NO RESPONDING!
• Vocabulary due Tuesday, THURSDAY.
  • Defns. from LearnersDictionary due Tuesday.
  • SMYK’s due Thursday.

“Sentence Combo, 9/16.” Add, subtract, rearrange. Extra for extra.

1. The llama usually got seasick. He lived on a houseboat.
2. She likes pizza. The llama prefers salmon burgers. 

Revisit paperwork from Friday:

KBARR: ____/8   SMYK? Yes/No.    Extra Combos:____  Other Extra Credit:

Click in Test #3.

The Outsiders aloud. Finally! A link to the on-line version in case you are absent. We will be finishing chapter 5/beginning chapter 6 today.

Friday, 9/13. Welcome Guest Teacher.

Tutorial Schedule.

Prep Sheet for Test #3:

KBARR: ____/8   SMYK? Yes/No.    Extra Combos:____  Other Extra Credit:

Period 1 gets +2 for Vocab Relay, All other classes get +1.

Mental Floss.

Mental Floss. (On back of test.)

1. Explain how I do it: “In my bedroom, the nearest lamp that I  usually keep turned on is 12 feet away from my bed. Alone in the room, without using wires, strings, or any other aids or contraptions, I can turn out the light on that lamp and get into bed before the room is dark.”
2. What are the elusive characters; missing two letters or numbers? (In other words, what letters go into the blanks? The answer is NOT R and E.)
   W  A  T  E  ___ M  ___  L  O  N
3. 1961 was a special year. In fact, the next time a year will be this special will be the year 6009. What is so special about those two years?
4. If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?
5. In each sentence below, an animal is concealed. For example, the sentence, “What shall I do, Gertrude?” has the word dog concealed. Find the hidden animal in each sentence.
   • a) Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
   • b) People who drive too fast are likely to be arrested.
   • c) For the Halloween party, John came looking like a radish.

Test #3

Doodle Theme: Fun!

Welcome Guest Teacher!

Remember that any rating less than 8 will result in “consequences.” A 10 will result in reward.

Tomorrow’s Test: S/P, FRO’s, Vocab, Outsiders. Preview Here.

“S/P, 9/12.” Name the Subject and Predicate for each sentence below.

1. The last question on the test was hard!
2. With a smile on his face, the llama entered the park.
3. The spinning of the ride made the llama sick.
4. Due to my sloppy work, the llama gave me detention.
5. The difficulty of the test scared most students.
6. Are the llamas wild or tamed?
7. Up one side and down the other went the llama.

“FRO’s, 9/12.” Fragment, Run On, OK?

1. While my llama gently weeps.
2. Up one side and down the other went the llama.
3. Although the llama is a quadruped, he also has fins for swimming.
4. In the beginning, there was nothing but llamas.
5. That embarrassing moment when you realize your llama just wrote a run-on sentence.
6. You can beat the llama’s score you will be part of the elite llama squad.
7. The llama won the race although he had a broken leg.
8. The llama couldn’t call his agent his cell phone was dead.
9. Across the frozen wasteland, chasing the wild llama.
10. Up, up, and away flew my beautiful llama balloon.

“Vocab, 9/12.”
   
dogged, indignant, conducive, wistful, implore, subside, acquit, leery, gorge, bluff

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. A good attitude is very ____ to doing well in school.
6. Write the words Rubber Duck.
7. Johnny persisted ____(ly) in asking about his parents.
8. The prefix of this word means “under” or “less.”
9. The roots of this word meant “to look with disapproval.”
10. The root of this word meant “to set free” or “pay off a debt.”
11. The root of this word meant “throat.”
12. The root of this word meant “not worthy.” (What prefix mean “not”?)
13. The root of this word meant “to brag.”

Finish Chapter 5 silently. You may read ahead if you finish early, but keep it quiet.