Bell-ringer: Part 3 of the Contemporary Realistic Fiction Novel -- about themes. Theme Assessment 7th grade.doc
If you don't quite get theme, study these helps:
More About Theme
Topic and Theme
Another example of Theme
Examples of Theme from Movies
Student Examples for Themes
More Examples of Theme from Students
Student Example for Essay about Theme
__________________________________________________________Apostrophes and More
In your composition book, copy the first sentence, then number one through four and tell what is different for each other sentence.
How'd They Do It?
Model Sentence:
It's so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, let alone the other men around you. You're loaded down with nearly 100 pounds of weapons, food, and equipment.
-- Simone Payment, Navy Seals: Special Operations for the U.S. Navy (Inside Special Operations) (2003)
What is the difference in each of these sentences that is ALMOST like the one above?
1. Its so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, let alone the other men around you. You're loaded down with nearly 100 pounds of weapons, food, and equipment.
2. It's dark. You're loaded down with nearly 100 pounds of weapons, food, and equipment.
3. It's so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, let alone the other men around you. Your loaded down with nearly 100 pounds of weapons, food, and equipment.
4. It's so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, let alone the other men around you. You're loaded down with nearly 100 pounds of weapons food, and equipment.
________________________________ Core Test Practice
Reading passages -- nonfiction and fiction
Poetry
Etc.
Special Note: "Omit" means "leave out."
A3 answered some questions about poetry.
Retake the SRI -- Scholastic Reading Inventory Test
Computer Lab: SRI Test -- Lab 223 -- Do not print.
Reminder: Next week we will be taking the State Core Language Arts Test. Please come to school rested and having eaten a nutritious breakfast, and bring a clear water bottle -- all of which you should do everyday anyway!
