Bell-Ringer: Work on writing your comparing and contrasting paragraphs for "Song of the Trees" and Words By Heart.
2. Spelling test: post-
3. Receive new spelling assignment: -ly.
Vocabulary/Spelling #14 Test on February 25
Suffix to study: -ly which means in the manner of (adverb)
1. sincerely extra credit: < L sincerus pure, clean, untainted
2. usually
3. finally
4. carefully
5. immediately
4. Play "In the Manner of the Adverb."
Two comparingcontrasting paragraphs.doc
7th Grade Paragraph Rubric General.doc
Don't forget to finish and submit your comparing and contrasting paragraphs about Words By Heart and "Song of the Trees." This was our final assessment on Words By Heart. It is also a final assessment on writing paragraphs. You may revise and resubmit, if you resubmit with the papers/paragraphs that were already graded. Resubmitting must be done by March 18.
March Book-of-the-Month: Nonfiction (including biography, autobiography, single-subject nonfiction books not including how-to books) Deadline for your project: March 22 (You may have a little time in the computer lab on March 16.)
Signing up for your book is due by March 11.
Your assignment is to read your book and create for it an external text feature it does not already have. See the tab above for Book-of-the-Month.
Don't forget to finish and submit your comparing and contrasting paragraphs about Words By Heart and "Song of the Trees." This was our final assessment on Words By Heart. It is also a final assessment on writing paragraphs. You may revise and resubmit, if you resubmit with the papers/paragraphs that were already graded. Resubmitting must be done by March 18.
March Book-of-the-Month: Nonfiction (including biography, autobiography, single-subject nonfiction books not including how-to books) Deadline for your project: March 22 (You may have a little time in the computer lab on March 16.)
Signing up for your book is due by March 11.
Your assignment is to read your book and create for it an external text feature it does not already have. See the tab above for Book-of-the-Month.
