7th grade ELA Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2017 - 2018 School Year
- Grade Level
- Jr. High Language Arts / 7th Grade
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
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Past Assignments
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Here is the works cited page example :)
-Do not pay attention to the 1st and 3rd bullet point :)
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Vocab unit 8 due!!
Here are the index card words:
-abnormal
-catastrophe
-evict
-flourish
-incentive
-onslaught
-prudent
-quench
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Final draft for argumentative essay due!!
-Please attach: rough draft and outline to the back of the final draft
Below is the checklist as you continue to edit your essay:
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Here are the requirements for the argumentative essay kiddos!!!
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Summaries due!!!
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Find a 2nd article on technology that will help serve as evidence for your essay
-You must read and take notes and annotate the article
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Here is the Prezi that you need to take notes on for homework tonight! :)
Also, below are the choices for your argumentative essay revolving around technology. Remember to choose one prompt and pick a side. Make sure you have one article/resource
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Vocab hw due!
Your index card words are:
-brawl
-detest
-flaw
-fledging
-fluster
-notable
-proficient
-vigilant
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Vocab hw due!
Your index card words are:
-dupe
-dynamic
-grim
-makeshift
-marginal
-quaint
-reluctant
Also, you have:
-they're/their/there
-your/you're
-would've/should've/could've
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Informative speech/presentation:
SPEECH:
-Must be 2-3 min.
-Must have at least 2 index cards
PRESENTATIOM:
-Must be at least 3-5 min.
-For your visual (PPT or Prezi)
->3-5 slides
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- Take notes in Grammar book p.75 in your notebook
- Complete Ex.1 on p.76 #1-5 in your noteboook
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Homophones hw due!
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Grammar p.74 Ex. 2-3 (on a separate sheet of paper)
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- Grammar p. 71 Ex. 2
- Take notes on "Varying Sentence Structure" p.72-73 (take notes on bolded words and their blue parts as well)
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Summarize your article we read in class in a paragraph. (Please be sure to use the IVF technique we have been practicing)
-Must be at least 5 sentences
-Also, make sure to complete your handout with the assigned article :)
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Take notes on the 5 types of text structures mentioned in the YouTube video posted below in your Reading/Lit. notebook (feel free to pause when necessary and to rewatch):
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Vocab unit 5 homework due!
Your index card words are:
-anecdote
-consolidate
-docile
-fallible
-grimy
-fickle
-radiant
-substantial
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3 paragraphs completed for "How we care for God's creation?" essay
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- Read and annotate chapter 10
- Prep for ch. 5-10 quiz on ROTHMC
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Your next vocab unit will be the first 25 words from this list in the link below: (they are words from ROTHMC)
The first 8 words (#1-8) will be your index card words.
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Revise your quick-write in class and write it in a formal matter
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Read and annotate the rest of Ch. 8 and 9
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Read and annotate ch. 7 of ROTHMC
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Read and annotate ch. 6 of ROTHMC
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Complete reading Chapt. 4 of ROTHMC and annotate!
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Read chapter 3 of ROTHMC
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- Complete reading chapter 3 of ROTHMC and annotate
- Take notes on Point of View PPT (attached below) in your reading/literature notebook
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Your new vocab unit will be the first 25 words from this list in the link below: (they are words from ROTHMC)
#1-8 will be your index card words
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Final draft of your narrative essay due!
(The order of the assignment needs to be: final draft on top, rough draft after, outline, and then everything else you have been working on with your narrative after)
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Final Draft for Narrative due!
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Have Chapter 1 of ROTHMC completely read!!
I will be checking annotations!
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Google Classroom response due by 11:59pm tonight!
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Here is the example of the bad vs. good pacing we went over in class:
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Vocab Unit 4 homework due!
Index cards are:
-bewilder
-controversial
-dishearten
-mortify
-scurry
-wince
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Beginning of narrative due!
(Introduce characters, setting, and hint at conflict *if applicable*)
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Answer question on Google Classroom
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Pick one of your main characters from your narrative
-write both direct and indirect characterizations (just like how we did in class) for that specific character (at least 6 for each)
-illustrate your character
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Outline handout for narrative due!
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Brainstorm for narrative:
-Include: Theme, Conflict, Plot, Setting, and Characters
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-Figurative Language stories due in Google Classroom!
-Take notes on the "Stages of a Plot" Prezi (posted below) in your Reading and Literature notebook
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Final edited letter written in pen due!
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On a separate sheet of paper please complete:
-pg. 277 Ex. 1 #1-10
-write a 5 sentence paragraph on your favorite place to visit
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5 element story outline that we went over in class due!
Here are the notes:
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KWL chart on music and/or jazz
-Please fold your paper in 3 parts and label
-K (what you know about music/jazz)
-W (what you want to know about music/jazz)
-L (what you learned about music/jazz)
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Unit 3 vocab homework due!
Your index card words are:
-culminate
-downright
-indulge
-literate
-luster
-peevish
-seethe
-verify
Please make sure the rest of the words from unit 3 are on paper :)
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Vocab Unit 2
Your index card words are:
-customary
-dissuade
-hinder
-indifference
-mutual
-transparent
-unscathed
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Take notes on the Prezi below on "concluding paragraphs" in your Grammar and Writing Notebook:
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PPT notes for Mrs. Lopez's social studies lesson:
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Here are the words for our cumulative vocab test:
Sect. 1
-intrigued
-obediently
-gravitating
-abandoned
-serene
-distraught
-chortled
-insight
-nondescript
-remorse
Sect.3
-anguished
-stench
-perceived
-fretful
-hueless
-tentatively
-vibrance
-meticulous
Sect. 4 and 5:
-ecstatic
-faltered
-glimpse
-obsolete
-expertise
-wretched
-mimicked
-empowered
-perils
-stealthily
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Cumulative review on index card words from vocab unit 1, The Giver sect. 1 and 3.
You must study all of the index card words thus far. (DO NOT DO WORDS ON PAPER!!!)
Plus, these are the new words you must put on index cards from Sect. 4 and 5 of The Giver:
-ecstatic
-faltered
-glimpse
-obsolete
-expertise
-wretched
-mimicked
-empowered
-perils
-stealthily
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Please prep yourselves by answering and jotting down notes on these questions (must be in your The Giver response journals): P.S. You do not have to write the questions :)
- Why do you think the creators of the Community decided to eliminate differences in color, terrain, weather, etc.?
- How would our society be different if we eliminated these kinds of diversity?
- What if we all dressed alike, and all lived in the same kind of house, with exactly the same family size?
- Would people be better or worse off without memories from the past? Why?
- How important is it to you in your own life to be able to make your own choices?
- What choices mean the most to you?
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Please look up the definition of theme in literature (don't need to write down just be prepared to answer :)
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Read Chapt.18 and 19 of "The Giver" and annotate!
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2 summaries due!
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Character profile assignment:
-create a character
-must have illustration of character (please colored)
-must have a name
-must have a biography:
- Bio must include:
- background story
- 3 types of characters that the character falls under (i.e. antagonist, major, and round)
- explain why
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Ceremony of Twelve handout/reflection on assignment
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Read Chapt.15-16 of "The Giver" and annotate!!!
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The Giver vocab sect.3 due!
Index card words are:
-anguished
-stench
-perceived
-fretful
-hueless
-tentatively
-vibrance
-meticulous
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Take notes in Read./Lit. notebook on Types of Characters Prezi below:
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Read Chapt. 11-12 of "The Giver" and annotate!
-Also, answer just ONE of the reflection questions below on a separate sheet of paper (you will attach this to your response journals):
Name a time when you first experienced something and explain how you felt.
or
Is there a memory you have that you wish you can eliminate forever? Explain. (think about how this may affect you today)
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Final paragraph due:
Requirements are:
-2 short sentences
-1 exclamatory sentence
-3 transitional phrases/words
-2 words from vocab unit 1
-must be written in pen (CANNOT BE TYPED!!!!)
-may write in cursive for extra points
-UNITY
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The Giver vocab section 1 due!
Your index card words are:
-intrigued
-obediently
-gravitating
-abandoned
-serene
-distraught
-chortled
-insight
-nondescript
-remorse
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Rough draft due!
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- must have an exclamatory sentence
- sentence variety (at least 2 short sentences)
- 3 transitional words/phrases
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T-chart based off of brainstorm
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Grammar p.61 Ex.1 #1-6
- on a separate sheet of paper please
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Brainstorm: (you can create a bubble map or jot down notes)
-Why does society create laws?
-Should we follow all of them? and why?
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Vocab homework due!
- Your index card words are as follows:
- adjacent
- disrupt
- germinate
- humdrum
- insinuate
- interrogate
- renovate
- resume (accent marks go over the e's)
- trickle
- vicious
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Complete the handout on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- First reading: Highlight or underline words you don't understand
- look up the definition of those words
- Second reading: Take quick notes on the handout while you read
- Third reading: Identify the main idea along with the supporting details (details that help you understand what the main idea of the excerpt is)
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- Summary due!
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- 3 summaries due!
- Final draft for paragraph due!
- Here are my requirements for your final paragraph:
- must have at least 2 transitional words or phrases
- highlight transitional words/phrases
- must have unity
- must have at least 6 sentences
- must write what organizational pattern was used on the bottom of the paper
- must be typed or written in pen
- must have at least 2 transitional words or phrases
- Here are my requirements for your final paragraph:
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- Grammar p.98 Ex. 1 #2,3,&5
- Grammar p. 98 Ex. 2 #1 only!
- Revise paragraph again, making sure that there is unity in your paragraph
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Revised paragraph along with outline
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