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VOCABULARY KEY TERMS definitions
MRS. PIPITONE
7th grade Language arts
amc alternatiave curriculum
Webquest #1--Danger in the Desert
Webquest #2--Survival Webquest
Webquest #3--Antarctic Survival
Webquest #4--Biomes
Webquest #5--Natural Disaster
Webquest #6--Camping/Hiking
Every Lesson Learned Is Significant
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7th Grade Language Arts Requirements
HOMEWORK
Homework--please call the homework hotline (895-2511 ext. 177)
VOCABULARY KEY TERMS
VOCABULARY KEY TERMS definitions
OUR FIRST UNIT!
Pictures from the Great Depression
What Makes a Newsworthy Story?
2nd unit--persuasive writing
begins 1/12/09
3RD UNIT--READING A FANTASY
4th UNIT--WRITING A FANTASY
Literature Circles
Standards for Writing a Summary
Standards for Making Predictions
Standards for the Discussion Director
Helpful Information
Graphic Organizers--Making Predictions
Graphic Organizers--Connections
Graphic Organizer--Context Clues
Graphic Organizer--Word Origins
LITERARY ELEMENTS
ANALOGY QUIZZES
Analogies Definition and Relationships
SIMILES and metaphors
The Dailies
Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Practice Quiz on Compound Sentences
GRAMMAR
Commas, Colons, and Semicolons.pdf
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Informational Text--text features
helpful sites for mugshot paragraphs
wEEK 1: qUIZ ON tHURS., 9/11/08
Focus Areas: comma (numbers, dates, appositives, and nonrestrictive phrases and clauses), end punctuation, and plurals
nonrestrictive phrases and clauses
plurals (the word you will make plural is alley)
WEEK 2:
Focus areas: hyphen (sing-thought adjectives), comma (addresses), Verb (irregular), Rambling Sentence, Dash, Capitalization
hyphen (single-thought adjectives)
Comma (Addresses)--#13
Week 3:
Comma (to separate adjectives)--see rule #2
Spelling--know how to spell the word neighborhood!
Week 4: Quiz on monday, october 27th!
Using the right word: its vs. it's
Using the right word: who-versus-whom
Using the right word: accept vs. except
subject verb agreement (Also, see Week 3)
week 5: quiz on thursday, november 7th
Subject Verb Agreement Practice Quiz
More on Subject Verb Agreement
Powerpoint on the Apostrophe and more
Comparative/Superlative Adverbs--Practice Quiz
Forming Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
week 6: quiz on monday, november 17th
Using the Right Word--its vs. it's, that vs. who, two vs. too and to,
Comma (between independent clauses)
week 7: quiz on monday, december 1st
Comma (between independent clauses)
Commas--Independent Clauses--see Rule #3
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Practice
Hyphen (Single-Thought Adjectives)
WEEK 8: QUIZ ON monDAY, dECEMBER 15TH
Rules for Pronoun-antecedent Agreement
Comma (between independent clauses)
Commas In Compound Sentences--see rule #3B
No link--Do not abbreviate the following words: seconds and minutes
No link--Using the right word: good vs. well and its vs. it's
WEEK 9: QUIZ ON MONDAY, JANUARY 12TH
Commas--nonrestrictive phrases and clauses
Subject-Verb Agreement (see powerpoint too!)
WEEK 10: QUIZ ON MONDAY, FEB. 16TH
Subject-Verb Agreement--see above links
Comma (nonrestrictive phrases and clauses)--see above links
Using the right word--they're vs. their and bear vs. bare
Reflexive Pronoun--its own self = itself
WEEK 11: QUIZ ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH
Adjective (Comparative/Superlative)
Capitalization--see Daily Sentence #2 (what happened after the interjection that showed strong emotion?)
Spelling: innocent
Numbers --see rule #1
Comma (unnecessary)--see Daily Sentence #2
Double Negatives --info. can also be found in the grammar book; check the index for page number
Apostrophe: know how to spell contractions Contractions
Using the Right Word--it vs. it's
Interjections--School House Rock
WEEK 12: QUIZ ON FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH
Adjectives (comparative/superlative)
Abbreviations--the & sign should be spelled out as and
Week 13: Quiz on Tuesday, March 31st
Commas (to separate adjectives, to separate phrases and clauses, and appositives)
Adjective (comparative/superlative)
Week 14: quiz on wednesday, april 8th
Adjective (comparative/superlative)
WEEK 15: QUIZ ON THURSDAY, APRIL 16TH
Using the Right Word (know how to spell: approximately, adapted, and the difference between good vs. well)
WEEK 16: QUIZ ON MONDAY, MAY 11TH
week 17: quiz on tuesday, may 19th
Spelling--efficiency, kitchen
Adverb (comparative/superlative)
Week 18: quiz on tuesday, june 16th
Comma (series and to separate phrses and clauses)--Rules 1 and 2
Using the Right Word--braking/breaking and week/weak
Spelling--happens and their
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