Mr. Coward's Seventh Grade English

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling, Warm Up Reruns, Vocabulary, Plot, Outsiders, Husker Du.
Due Tomorrow: KBAR (chart + 1 page or 4 blog posts) and spelling practice (sentences and/or analogies).

Warm Up 9/24/15. (14p) * = spelling. ** = vocabulary. For 1-5, choose the correct pair and COPY IT. DO NOT LOOK AT THE SPELLING SHEET!

1. * who is : ___ :: who owns : ___
   a) whose/who’s  b) who’s/whose  c) who’se/who’s  d) who’s/whos’
2. * steep : ___ :: cut ___
   a) shear/sheare  b) shear/sheer  c) sheere/shear  d) sheer/shear
3. * nugget : ___ :: rank : ___
   a) cernel/kernel  b) colonel/kernel  c) kernel/kernal d) kernel/colonel
4. * belongs to them : ___ :: location : ___
   a) their/they’re  b) there/their  c) their/there  d) they’re/there
5. * group : ___ :: center : ___
   a) corpse/core  b) core/corpse  c) corps/corp  d) corps/core

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6. ** humble : vain :: nonchalant : _____
7. ** Life is made up of thousands of ____ decisions every day, but some are more important than others.
8. ** The comedian ____(ed) the famous politician’s mannerisms. (Bonus if you actually spell the answer correctly with the suffix.)
9. ** If you ____ (ed) CPK last night, it benefited the band program.
10. ** I did not want to be ___(ed); I felt I was savvy enough to make my own decisions.
11. ** Buck Merrill sometimes sold _____ alcohol.  (It was called bootlegging. Bonus for the origin of the term!)
12. ** A spy must be very ____ and not go blabbing secrets around.
13. Name the verbs: Darry was angry at himself when he hit Pony.

Vocabulary Relay #3. Can anybody beat Period Three?

Literary Shtuff, 9/24/15. * = a term on the plot chart. (6p)

1. Why do we not see Johnny stab Bob the Soc? (Be sure to use a literary term in your answer.)
2. The fact that Johnny, the gentlest of the greasers, is the one who killed somebody is an example of ______.
3. protagonists : greasers :: _______ : Socs
4. * The part of the story where the author explains who the characters are and what their situation is.  _______.
5. * Usually the longest part of the story, where most of the action occurs. ______.
6. * The part of the story in Green Eggs and Ham where he finally tastes the green eggs and ham would be the ______ of the story.

The Outsiders.

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” (?)

Checking: Vocabulary Show-Me-You-Know Sentences.

Warm Up, 9/23. * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary. (15p)

1. * it is : ___ :: it owns : ___ (2p)
2. * antagonist : protagonist :: villain : _____
3. * John murdered the Cheerios and then he offed the Captain Crunch and then he snuffed out the Wheaties. John is a _______ killer. Get it? This is a pun on which pair of words?
4. * ____ books have been sitting ____ for a long time; I hope ____ coming back soon. (3p)
   
5. ** _____
6. ** _____
7. ** Which pair of homophones? ______ and ______
8. ** “You’re so ___. You probably think this song is about you.”
9. ** Every time Dr. Pavlov rang a bell, he _____(ed) a response from the dog, who thought he was going to be fed.
10. ** Please stop ____(ing) me. I am not 5 years old any more.
11. ** It was very (in)____ to cheat on a test and then brag.
12. ** S. E. Hinton says that she didn’t have the ____ to be a teacher.  The kids’ problems wore her out.

Blogs are looking good!

Plot, 9/23. Copy the diagram exactly.

Plot Practice. Use the appropriate terms from the diagram to fill the blanks. (6p)

1. The 5 W’s (who, what, when, where, why) is usually given to us during the ______ of the story.
2. “And they lived happily ever after,” would be the _____ of a fairy tale.
3. The scene in the novel where Pony tells Cherry (and us) about Johnny getting jumped is in the ______ of the story…
4. …and it also illustrates main ____ of the story.
5. Johnny stabbing Bob would be the _______ of the story.
6. We are now in the _____ of the story.

As we correct, write the answers on the diagram. You may use this cheat sheet on the test Friday.

The Outsiders!

Warm Up, 9/21/15. * = spelling.  ** = vocabulary. Do not copy.

1. * Dally is Johnny’s _____.
2. * Do you understand the ____(s) of dividing fractions?
3. * The word ____ comes from the French word for body.
4. *  Red and green are ________(ary) colors.
5. * What Mrs. Healy and Mrs. Anderson do.
   
6. ** _____
7. ** _____
8. ** _____
9. ** _____
10. **  buy : sell :: boycott : _____
11. **  legitimate : illicit :: combined : _____
12. **  The teacher tried to ____ the correct response from the students by giving hints.
13. **  I never ___(ed)  that store again after they were rude to me.

Bonus: Spell all three homonyms correctly.

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“Richard Cory” 9/22/15.

Write a sentence about Richard Cory that begins with the word although.

The Outsiders

Copy homework into planner.

Bonus Question: This week’s spelling theme is homophones. The roots of the word homophone mean _______  ________.

Warm Up, 9/21/15. Copy 1-3. *= spelling, ** = vocabulary.

1. * friendly : hostile :: active : _____
2. * its, whose, ____
3. * Sacramento : ______ :: Mr. Calandro : ______ (2)
4. * It is said that many stereotypes start with a _____ of truth.
5. *_______ books are *______?  (Must get both. There is a second pair of words that will also work. +1 if you can come up with that pair too.)

Go over Test #4.

“Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Time? Outsiders.

I will be checking KBARR, so leave your closed notebook out for me to look at.

Prep sheet for Test #4:
Vocabulary Homework: ___/20
Warm Ups: ___/11  ___/10  ___/15
Other Extra Credit: (Per. 3 gets a +3 for Vocab Relay. Again.)

Mental Floss.

1. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school. How many students attend her school? (Not a trick, just math.)
2. You have six sticks that are vertical on the floor like this:
   |  |  |  |  |  |
   Add five more sticks to make nine.
3. An archaeologist uncovers an ancient tomb, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  Two, unclothed, long-dead bodies are found in the tomb.  One is an adult male, the other an adult female.  Both bodies are perfectly preserved, although dry and leathery with age.  The archaeologist takes one look and exclaims: “It’s a miracle! I have found Adam and Eve”.  How did the archaeologist know this at a glance? (Hint: it has nothing to do with ribs).
4. Here is a question on international law: If an international airliner crashed exactly on the U.S.-Mexico border, where would they be required to bury the survivors?
5. Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing tonsils is called a tonsilectomy. What is it called when they remove a growth from your head? (haha)
6. What is the next thing in this sequence. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ____.  Fill in the blank correctly.

Test #4

Doodle Theme: TV