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VOCABULARY KEY TERMS definitions

 

 

MRS. PIPITONE

7th grade Language arts

 

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The Three Little Pigs

 

Every Lesson Learned Is Significant

welcome!

7th Grade Language Arts Requirements

Greetings!

Supply List

 

FIELD TRIP AUTHORIZATION FORM

Field Trip Authorization Form

 

writing a book report

How To Write A Book Report

 

the Short Story

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

TheTell-TaleHeart

The Monkey's Paw

conventions

TYPES OF SENTENCES

Practice 1

Practice 2

Practice 3

Practice 5

Commas

Basic Comma Rules

constitution day

Poster Contest

Poster Entry Form

Constitution Essay Contest

What is your Constitution I.Q.?

Crossword_Basic1

Crossword_Basic2

Crossword Puzzle--intermediate 1

Crossword Puzzle--Intermediate 2

Crossword Puzzle--Advanced 2

Treasure Hunt 1

Word Find 3

 

veterans day poems

VeteransDayPoems 1

patriotic-poems 2

Veteransdaypoetry 3

 

 

 

 

Bookmarks

Reading Log

VOCABULARY KEY TERMS

VOCABULARY KEY TERMS definitions

 

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

 

OUR FIRST UNIT!

Out of the Dust

Reading Log Lit Circle Jobs

Pictures from the Great Depression

What Makes a Newsworthy Story?

Newspaper_Article

News Article Rubric

Newsletter template

 

2nd unit--persuasive writing

Persuasive Writing

writing template

Standards Based Assess Rubric

 

3RD UNIT--READING A FANTASY

READING A FANTASY--UBD

SCRAPBOOK PROJECT

LITERARY QUIZZES

quiz 1

quiz 2

quiz 3

quiz 4

4th UNIT--WRITING A FANTASY

UBDWritingFantasy

FANTASY EVALUATION FORM

 

Literature Circles

 

Standards for Writing a Summary

Standards for Making Predictions

Standards for the Connector

Connector Example 1

Connector Example 2

Standards for the Discussion Director

Standards for the Illustrator

 

Helpful Information

Conventions

Context Clues

Graphic Organizers

More Graphic Organizers

WRITING A SUMMARY

Graphic Organizers--Making Predictions

Graphic Organizers--Connections

Graphic Organizer--Context Clues

Graphic Organizer--Word Origins

LITERARY ELEMENTS

Definition of Theme

Common Themes in Literature

 

 

 

ANALOGY QUIZZES

Analogies Definition and Relationships

Analogy Practice

More Analogy Practice

Analogy Quiz

SIMILES and metaphors

simile practice

Simile Quiz

simile quiz #2

Practicing Metaphors

More on Metaphors

Using Metaphors

 

GRAMMAR

lie-lay quiz 1

lie/lay practice quiz 2

lie vs. lay #3

lie vs. lay fun trivia

adjectives

adverbs

appositives

Commas, Colons, and Semicolons.pdf

The Semicolon

The Colon

 

INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Informational Text--text features

Informational Text

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose too!

 

helpful sites for LANGUAGE USAGE

 

Focus Areas:  comma (numbers, dates, appositives, and nonrestrictive phrases and clauses), end punctuation, and plurals

commas in numbers

commas in dates

appositives

nonrestrictive phrases and clauses

end punctuation

plurals (the word you will make plural is alley)

 

Focus areas:  hyphen (sing-thought adjectives), comma (addresses), Verb (irregular), Rambling Sentence, Dash, Capitalization

hyphen (single-thought adjectives)

Comma (Addresses)--#13

Irregular Verbs

Rambling Sentences

The Dash

capitalization

 

Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement Quiz

Capitalization

Capitalization Quiz

Comma (to separate adjectives)--see rule #2

Interjections

Spelling--know how to spell the word neighborhood!

 

 

numbers

capitalization

Verb (Tense)

Using the right word:  its vs. it's

Using the right word:  who-versus-whom

Using the right word:  accept vs. except

End Punctuation

subject verb agreement  (Also, see Week 3)

 

Subject Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement Practice Quiz

More on Subject Verb Agreement

The Appostrophe

Powerpoint on the Apostrophe and more

Comparative/Superlative Adverbs--Practice Quiz

Forming Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

Sentence Fragments

Sentence Fragment Exercise

Reflexive Pronouns

 

More on Reflexive Pronouns

 

Using the Right Word--its vs. it's, that vs. who, two vs. too and to,

Verb (Tense)

Comma (between independent clauses)

Parentheses

Combining Sentences

 

 

Comma (between independent clauses)

Commas--Independent Clauses--see Rule #3

Numbers

Subject Verb Agreement

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Practice

Hyphen (Single-Thought Adjectives)

Pronoun (Reflexive)

 

Rules for Pronoun-antecedent Agreement

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

Subject Verb Agreement

No link--Using the right word:  good vs. well and its vs. it's

 

Commas--nonrestrictive phrases and clauses

Double Subjects

numbers

Subject-Verb Agreement (see powerpoint too!)

colons and dashes

More about colons and dashes

semicolons--see Rule #1

 

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

Adjectives (articles)

parallelism

Parallelism_(grammar)

 

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

Interjections--School House Rock

 

 

Apostrophes (in contractions)

Adjectives (comparative/superlative)

Abbreviations--the & sign should be spelled out as and

Numbers

Comma (appositives)

Parentheses

 

 

Commas (to separate adjectives, to separate phrases and clauses, and appositives)

appositives

parallelism

comma splice

Subject-Verb Agreement

Adjective (comparative/superlative)

 

 

Adjective (comparative/superlative)

Comma (Direct Address)

Quotation Marks

Misplaced Modifier

Subject-Verb Agreement

Verb (tense)

 

 

Using the Right Word (know how to spell:  approximately, adapted, and the difference between good vs. well)

Good vs. Well

Apostrophe (Possessives)

Subject-Verb Agreement

semicolon

Verb (tense)

Commas in a Series

 

Commas (in a series)

Numbers--see Rule #16

Run-On Sentence

Parentheses--Rule #1

Ajective (Articles)

Subject-Verb Agreement

Apostrophe (Possessives)

Parallelism

 

 

Double Negatives

Subject Verb Agreement

Comma (Dialogue)

Spelling--efficiency, kitchen

Adverb (comparative/superlative)

Pronoun (reflexive)

 

 

Comma (series and to separate phrses and clauses)--Rules 1 and 2

Double Negatives

Pronoun Antededent Agreement

Using the Right Word--braking/breaking and week/weak

Spelling--happens and their

Apostrophe

 

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