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This week, we will begin our personal narrative essays. We have studied the structure and characteristics of a personal narrative, so now, it's time to write! Students will begin drafting their essays and next week, we will start the revision process Students are exempt from the A.O.W. , this week; however, they will have a quiz on figurative language. Remember the mnemonic device we learned in class: Don't forget to S-H-A-M-P-O-O S = simile : comparison using "like" or "as" Example: The professional track star runs like a cheetah. H = hyperbole: an extreme exaggeration Example: He was so tall, his head touched the clouds. A = alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a sentence. Example: Timothy took ten tacks out of the torn tire. M = metaphor: a comparison that does not use "like" or "as" Example: The professor is a walking encyclopedia O = onomatopoeia: words that mimic their sound Example: POW! BOOM! CLINK! O = oxymoron: when two opposite ideas are joined for effect Example: bittersweet/ jumbo shrimp/ seriously funny Quizzes and Tests: Wednesday Scholarship Jacket & Seventh Grade quiz Thursday: Touchstones Have a great week!
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This week, we will start a new text, "The Scholarship Jacket." Similar to the skills we practiced with "Seventh Grade," our previous text, students will continue to cite text evidence, determine theme and analyze how parts of a story interact and influence each other: these are our priority standards this semester quarter. For homework, students were given an article of the week, vocabulary terms and a reading log to supplement their daily, independent reading. The A.O.W and the reading log will be due on Friday. They will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday and a comprehension quiz on Friday as well. Have a great week! commonlit_the-scholarship-jacket.1-5__1_.pdf vocabulary_chart-ol.docx Hello all!
This week's focus standards are: ELAGSE7RL1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. ELAGSE7RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how settings shape the characters or plot). Students will continue to use their anchor text, "Seventh Grade," (a copy is in the previous post) to explore common themes and analyze how story elements interact and work together. Class time this week will be devoted to collaborating in groups for close reading and peer editing of written assignments. Homework: Article of the week due Friday Character Analysis and Inference due Thursday Daily 30 minute reading Have a great week! Hello all!
Today, we officially started our first unit. The focus standard was RL7.3: Analyze how elements of a story interact (e.g. how does the setting shape the characters and plot) Parents, please ask your student to use their paraphrasing skills to communicate the task of standard. In others words, what is the standard asking them to master? Below, please find the PPT used in class to review plot structure and story elements. Additionally, you can access the Cornell Notes to revise and/or extend the notes you took in class. Please complete any classwork you did not finish and don't forget to read for a minimum of 30 minutes. Everyone should have identified an independent reading book for the next two weeks. Have a great evening! unit_one_vocabulary-_plot_structure.pptx plot_structure_cornell_notes.doc cornell_story_elements_1.doc |