Here are the vocabulary words and homework exercises for our fourth unit. Please remember that the homework packet is due on Wednesday, March 20th. The test will be on Friday, March 22nd.
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This week we continued our reading/discussion of Lord of the Flies. The attached document is to be completed while watching the video. The purpose of this assignment is to determine how the story is portrayed differently in the film. Students will complete the chart and submit the final product upon completion of the novel/film. Attached is the link for the movie for those who missed class. We currently watched the first 40 minutes of the film. Please skip minutes 38:40 and 39:15 for coarse language.
We are up to page 114 in the book currently.
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The second term is almost over!
Reminder: The three book reviews are due tomorrow! (March 1st) Don’t forget to email me that names of the three novels you reviewed.
Next week we are going to be practicing our oral communication skills. Students are being asked to create a 60 second sales pitch presentation. Students will choose a book that they have recently read and attempt to convince their classmates to read this novel. Let’s see who can be the most persuasive. This assignment is due Friday, March 8th. Students will be given ample time in class to prepare and practice for their pitch!
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Please email me the titles of your three book reviews by the end of the day tomorrow. You should also be posting these reviews on the library’s website. Attached you will find the instructions/directions for this assignment. (re-posted from January 7th)
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This week we continue our Lord of the Flies novel study!
Here is a link for an audiobook of Lord of the Flies:
All students should be up to Pg. 80 at this point. If you have not yet finished this section of reading…please catch up! During during tomorrow’s class students are being asked to complete two tasks. You can complete both of these assignments in a Google Doc entitled: Lord of the Flies Packet
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Yesterday you received the optional proofreading packets. Attached below is the answer key. You will also find a few Kahoot review activities. These Kahoot activities can be used as a practice for both grammar skills and literary device identification.
Tomorrow we will be reviewing vocabulary in class. Today we will take a look at reading comprehension. Both exercises will be posted on the blog for your review as well. Keep up the hard work!
Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/details/parts-of-speech-review/fa40e4c1-176c-4db4-aac3-7ac1174fbb04
Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/k/5e493a55-98c2-4cb5-aed7-5007dbf72b5c
Kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/details/parts-of-speech-review/a6b40039-583f-45b8-ab6d-ae66025870ef
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Here is an electronic copy of the document I shared with you on Friday. This document gives you description/examples of various parts of speech.
Remember: Grade 7 you will not need to know preposition, conjunction, or interjections. Instead you will need to be able to determine the difference between a sentence and fragment.
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Here is a study schedule that I created and shared with some students last week. Remember to chunk your studying over the remaining two weeks.
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