Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

Mr.Coward is at a teacher training.

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Click here for Thursday.

“Warm Up, 3/1.” Copy the 10 new spelling words only. Now all 20 are in play for the answers.    desirable, divisible, flexible, miserable, memorable, exaggerate, medallion, gossiping, professor, misspell

1. high school : teacher :: university : ________
2. beginning : ending :: discretion : ________  {Discretion is the noun form of discreet.}
3. restricted : available :: unwanted : ______
4. abbreviate : write out :: minimize : ______
5. misc. : abbreviate :: equipt : ______

audible, reliable, available,  incredible, equipped, abbreviate, necessary, villain, beginning, edible

 

“Vocabulary, 3/1.” (14p)
   

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. (2) These two words are almost exact antonyms: _______ and _______.
6. Every Monday after the test, we _______ the damage to see where we went wrong.
7. ADHD is an example of a _______.
8. James Bond is an example of a very ______ character who always charms his way into what he wants.
9. (2) Sometimes the ______ of your actions is very _______ and hard to notice.
10. One form of bullying is to ______ somebody and exclude him/her from the group.
11. There has been a ______ of burglaries lately, so keep your door locked!
12. Just when they were ______ on the edge of defeat, the girls’ hoop team staged a comeback.

 

Spin the Wheel of Doom for the Husker Du Section for Friday’s Test.

“Husker Du Practice One, 3/1.”

Period One: Test #6

Period Three:

Period Four:

Period Five:

 

 

 

Vladek.

Late Start Schedule.

Bonus Warm Up: Why do we have a Leap Day (like today) every four years?

Copy homework into planner. Please note new day for interviews. (I will be gone on Thursday.)

Finish and Correct Test #24.

Warm Up, 2/29. Copy the 10 spelling words. Then write the answer, chosen from the list, for each of the analogies. No need to copy the analogies themselves.

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 audible, reliable, available,  incredible, equipped,  abbreviate, necessary, villain, beginning, edible

1.  climax : end :: exposition : ______
2.  (2) food : ______ :: music : ________
3. protagonist : hero :: antagonist : _______
4. rigid : flexible :: optional : _______

 

If time: Vladek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checking: KBARResponding.

Prep Sheet for Test #24.
Vocabulary Homework: ___/20
Vocabulary Practices: ___/12  ___/12  ___/13
Warm Ups: ___/5  ___/6  ___/6
Other Extra Credit may include: per 1,4,5 +3 and per 3 +2 for vocab relay, +1-4 for Lightning Round, +1 or 2 for Prepositions, +1 for EBOLA!!!!!)

Mental Floss.

1. Aviva was planning to take a trip around the world. She liked names that were similar to hers, so she made a list of places she would like to visit.  However, one of these places doesn’t belong. Which one is it and why? (Yes, they’re all real places.)
   Arrawarra (Australia), Caraparac (Peru), Daba Qabad (Somalia),  Krape Park (United States),  Ilokano (Polynesia), Nagubugan (Philippines),  Oktahatko (United States)
2. What color is represented by this “word”?   BRLEUDE
3. Cross out six letters and you’ll find an easy word. What is the word?  SBAIXNLETATNERSAS
4. Wacky Wordy:   AMUOUS
5. The same 3-letter word can be placed in front of the four following words to create a new word. What word?
   PUT,  BREAK,  SIDE,  STANDING
   
6. A firefighter stood on the middle rung of a ladder, spraying water on a burning house. He then climbed up 6 rungs before the heat of the flames caused him to come down 10 rungs. After some minutes he was able to climb 18 rungs to the very top of the ladder. How many rungs did the ladder have? (Alert: math)

 

Test #24.
ALERT: Please answer the following at the bottom of the test as  Question #38:

 (3) Artie tells Pavel that Vladek, in addition to being lucky, was “…amazingly present-minded and resourceful.”  Give at least three examples from anywhere. I do not want any “bunker” examples; nothing to do with “hiding.” There are plenty of other ones.

Doodle Theme: A new invention.

Clickers: YES!?

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling (like today’s Lightning Round), Vocabulary, Prep-O-Sitions, a bit o’ Vladek.

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Put down your pens and grab your clickers… It’s time for…
Lightning Round for Spelling. (Pssst. This is tomorrow’s spelling section. Almost)

1. a) correspond  b) arrangment  c) illegible  d) all correct
2. a) assortment  b) irregular  c) illiterate d) all correct
3. a) attempt  b) accostumed  c) immature  d) all correct
4. a) irresponsible  b) illogical  c) immeasureable  d) all correct
5. a) irresistible  b) accompany  c) irreplacable  d) all correct
6. a) illeagal  b) account  c) assure  d) all correct
7. a) immigrant b) irrational  c) beginning  d) all correct
8. Which word follows the “drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel” rule?  a) arrangement  b) irreplaceable  c) irresponsible  d) illiterate  e) NOTA
9. All but one of the i- words this week mean “____ something.”  a) to do  b) with  c) extra  d) not  e) NOTA
10. Which spelling word has a prefix that means “together”?  a) immigrant  b) assure  c) accompany  d) correspond  e) NOTA

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“Vocabulary, 2/25.”
  

1. _____
2. _____
3. “Why yes, Your Honor. That would make me his _____.”
4. Satan, disguised as a snake, _____(ed) Eve into eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
5. Before they can make plastic, oil must be _____(ed) from the ground.
6. control : regulate :: speak for : ______
7. His farm tries to use _____ methods so they don’t completely use up the resources of the land.
8. The car is 10 years old, but it’s still in _______ condition because the owner was obsessive about taking care of it.
9. His neighbor’s car, on the other hand, has already been _____(ed) to the junkyard.
10. The protesters _______(ed) for the release of the political prisoner.
11. polluted : pristine :: fair : ______(ed)
12. preparation : foresight :: rule : _____(ion)
13. discourage : seduce :: promote : _______

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Vocabulary Relay!

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Prep-O-Sitions. Preview of Tomorrow’s Test.
How, When, Where = Adverb. Which One, What Kind = Adjective.

1. The Unikitty with the pink fur ate a doughnut.    a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
2. I found an old photo of a toothless pirate in the attic.  a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
3. That field of corn will be gone within a year.  a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
4. I am going to skip on my way home from Grandmother’s house.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
5. Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after him.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase
6. Timmy mailed the letter to his grandma in the post office.   a) adj prep phrase   b) adv prep phrase  c) not a prep phrase

Bonus: What is wrong with #6?
Do Part D on Worksheet.

 

Vladek!