Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

Checking: p29 side of the FROs Sheet.
Tomorrow’s Test: Vocabulary (duh), FROs, Outsiders, Husker Du?

“Warm Up, 10/1.”

1.”Don’t blame me! I don’t make the laws, I just _____them!”
2. “What’s a _____, Joey?” “I knew you were going to say that!”
3. It was Ug’s discovery, but it would be____(ed) by others.
4. “Finding work may not make you happy, but it would make me _____.”
5. _____
6. The adventurer’s ______(s) made for a great novel.
7. The school newspaper has been __ for a long while, but they hope to revive it next year.
8. Grandpa Simpson likes to ____ about his days as a soldier.
9. It was only by the _____(ing) in his eyes that you could tell Johnny was scared.
10. The large farm owners are often accused of ____(ing) the workers who pick the crops.
11. I was _____ and bored when Mom made me go to my sister’s ballet recital.

 

Vocabulary Relay! Can ANYBODY beat Period Three?!
(Update: Looks like the answer was yes: Period 5.)

 

“FROs Pretest, 10/1.”

1. There are shells all over the beach, let’s collect some!
2. The chuck wagon, a rolling kitchen on wheels.
3. The word chuck means “food” or “grub,” and that is what they served.
4. Laughing at the comedian’s act, Jimmy fell off his chair.
5. The cook was one of the most important persons on the trail, and he was highly paid.
6. Looking after saddles and bridles was also one of the cook’s jobs.
7. Explained the rules of the game and demonstrated it.
8. I love that story; I have read it three times.
9. Over the hills and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go.
10. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
11. True/False: One of the ways to fix a run-on is with a conjunction such as and or but.

 

HUSKER DU?!

 

Outsiders!

 

 

 

 

 

How did SE Hinton foreshadow that the church would catch fire?

Checking: Show-Me-You-Know Sentences

“Warm Up, 9/30/15.” All vocabulary. You will use words more than once.
 1. ____  2. ____ 3._____ 4.____
5.  flashback : reveals :: ____ : foreshadows
6. He was a bit ____ after he got hit in the head during the rumble.
7. Two-Bit told Pony about one of his ____(s) while Pony did the dishes.
8. The company that made that toy is now ______, so you can’t buy it any more.
9. mature : juvenile :: clear-headed : _______
10. The thief ____(ed) the alarm system, and was able to steal the jewels.
11. It is sometimes fun to ___ a little brother or sister’s lack of savvy.

 

“FROs Practice II, 9/30/15.” Write F, RO, or CS as needed. (10p)

1. I love that story, so I have read it three times.
2. The word chuck means “food” or “grub” that is what they served.
3. The chuckwagon, a rolling kitchen on wheels.
4. The chuckwagon was loaded with food; it was pulled by two teams of horses.
5. Into the hole fell he.
6. Chief Wiggum, chief cop of Springfield, ate a doughnut.
7. Shells all over the beach!
   

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8. (3p) What are the three ways to fix a run-on?

 

Return Messy Rooms. WDILL???!!?!!

The Outsiders…

 

 

link

 

I will be checking: a) vocabulary definitions and b) p28 of the FRO sheet.

Blogs are off to a good start. Remember:

• Title each post appropriately.
• Capitalize your title.
• Mention the book in the post. Underline the book title. (Or use italics.)
• It’s still KBARR responding: watch out for summaries!
• Pics are cool, but give credit where you get them.
• Go read and comment (intelligently–not just “good job”) on at least 5 other blogs. If you can list the blog titles you commented on, you will receive extra credit on Friday.

“Warm Up 9/29/15.” All answers will be vocabulary words. You will use words more than once.

1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
5. At the family reunion, we sat around ___(ing) about the last reunion.
6. One of Tom Sawyer’s most famous ____(s) is the fence-painting scheme.
7. The quarterback ____(ed) every weakness in the defense, and threw for 5 touchdowns.
8. “Johnnycake made a kind of a gasp and his eyes were ______(ing)” with rage.
9. Ponyboy has a ______ at the end of chapter 4 that something bad might happen. (Bonus: What’s the literary version of this?)
10. reminisce : predict :: obey : _____

 

FROs. Correct p28. +1 for 11/13, +2 for 12/13, +3 for 13/13.

“FRO Practice I, 9/29/15.”  (7p) Write CS, F, or RO for each word group.

1. Laughing at the comedian’s act.
2. Chief Wiggum, the doughnut-eater and chief cop.
3. Up the mountain we trudged.
4. The wagon was loaded with food it was pulled by two teams of horses.
5. There are shells all over the beach let’s collect some!
6. On his back, the bug wriggled his little legs.
   

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7. True/False? One way to fix run-on sentences is by adding a comma.

 

The Outsiders

“Nothing Gold Can Stay”

 

 

 

 

Copy homework into planner.

Go over Test #5.

Blogs!

1. Get a Chromebook. It goes back the way you found it.
2. Go to Blogger.com and log in there using your @student.slcusd.org username.
3. Click New Blog.
4. Create a meaningful title for your blog. You will have to live with it all year.
5. Create a memorable url for your blog. Try to match the url with the title if possible.
6. Click Create Blog!
7. Email the url (the part before .blogspot.com) of your blog to: mcoward@slcusd.org
8. Tonight: Click the pencil   to write a new POST. Do not create another blog!

Return the Chromebook and get started on the FRO sheet.

 

I will be checking KBARR and spelling practice.

Prep sheet for Test #5:
Plot Quiz: ___/6  Vocabulary Homework:___/20
Warm Ups: 9/21:___/6  9/22:___/13  9/23:___/15  9/24:___/14
Other Extra Credit: Period 3 gets +3 for vocab relay, Period 4 gets +2 for vocab relay (hush). Other extra credit may include: +1 for bootleg, +1 or +2 for homophone. The extra credit for mimicked and for vain/vane/vein should have been added into the warm up scores.

Today’s Doodle Theme: Music.

Mental Floss.

1. Explain the following true boast: “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 (besides the fact that Mr. Coward was born then). 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.
6. When does 1+1+1=1?

Test #5