Subject-Verb Agreement Rules for Seventh Graders
Here is a link to a sight that helps you find the SUBJECT of a sentence: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subject.htmHere is Ms. Bills's PowerPoint:
SubjectVerbAgreement.ppt
2. Spelling Test Today:
Vocabulary/Spelling #15 Test March 15 Prefix to study: pre - which means before
Extra credit is underlined. 1. preposition - noun -- The word part that "position" comes from means "to place." Preposition means “to place before.” A preposition is placed in front of other words that it is joining to a sentence. It shows the relationship of those words to the rest of the sentence. No extra credit. 2. preview -- noun or verb -- The word part "view" means "to see." To preview is "to see before." No extra credit.3. predict -- verb -- extra credit: The word part "dict" means " to say." To predict is "to say before."4. precede -- verb -- extra credit: The word part "cede" means "to go or move.” To precede is “to go before.”
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3. Receive handout for Next Spelling Text:
Vocabulary/Spelling #16 Test on March March 21- Suffix to study: -ment which means
action, state of, result ofNotice that -ment turns words (usually verbs) into nouns.
Extra Credit is underlined.
1. government gov - ern - ment Extra credit: “Govern” comes from a Latin word meaning “to steer” as in steering a ship.
2. equipment e – quip – ment Extra credit: “Equip” comes from an Old Norse (Scandinavia/Norwegian) word meaning “ship” because it originally had to do with fitting out (preparing everything needed for) a ship. 3. environment en-vi-ron-ment Extra credit: “En” means “in.” “Viron” comes from “around, circle, turn.”
4. amendment a-mend-ment Extra credit: “Amend” means to “correct, or to free from fault.” (It has “mend” in it.) Do you know about any of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States?
Extra credit is underlined.
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3. Receive handout for Next Spelling Text:
Vocabulary/Spelling #16 Test on March March 21
- Suffix to study: -ment which means
Notice that -ment turns words (usually verbs) into nouns.
Extra Credit is underlined.
Extra Credit is underlined.
1. government gov - ern - ment
Extra credit: “Govern” comes from a Latin word meaning “to steer” as in steering a ship.
2. equipment e – quip – ment
Extra credit: “Equip” comes from an Old Norse (Scandinavia/Norwegian) word meaning “ship” because it originally had to do with fitting out (preparing everything needed for) a ship.
3. environment en-vi-ron-ment
Extra credit: “En” means “in.” “Viron” comes from “around, circle, turn.”
4. amendment a-mend-ment
Extra credit: “Amend” means to “correct, or to free from fault.” (It has “mend” in it.)
Do you know about any of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States?
4. Ice Story and Shackleton
Name Lifeboats -- First choice given by answering questions.
A1: Read from page 25
Video from second disk 16:14.
A2: Read from page 25
Video from 54:13 killing the dogs
A3: Read from page 25
Video from 30:10?
A4: Read from page 25
From second disk 28:00
You can read most of the book at http://books.google.com/books?id=CnSxQ9evsJ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
If time: Purpose and Mood: Poem #2 on Polar Poetry
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Reminders
The term ends next Friday, March 23, so all late, revised, and extra credit work is due by this Friday, March 16.
Your project for your Book of the Month (nonfiction) is due by March 29. You should have already signed up for your book.
