Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

I can now access the information for you to log into Utah Compose -- in case you'd like to write the Duct Tape Essay for the Writing Lab Contest.

utahcompose.com

Contest Open from March 13 - April 24.

Entries cannot exceed 2500 words in length.






Reminders:
  •  B-Day, March 26, will be the day all seventh graders go on the CTE field trip to STEM Fest at UVU from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. 
  • On Friday we will have an adjusted schedule to accommodate  assemblies.  9


Below are our A-Day  Activities:      

Today's Activities:
1. Individual Reading -- Your choice.

By the way, your next book assignment is again your choice of genres among novels.

2.  A Quick History of the English Language
    Watch a powerpoint and fill out the cloze worksheet.



If you are absent, you will be able to  complete this work by watching the PowerPoint and filling out the cloze exercise that goes with it. 
Here is the PowerPoint: 

And here is the cloze document to fill out:

Fill out the cloze document, and hand it in.  It goes on Term 4.


3.  Creating a magical study guide for the word parts you need to learn.
          Can you follow directions?
          How can you learn our twenty important word parts?

Create your magical study guide.  Make sure your name is on it, and hand it in.  It goes on Term 4.
If you are absent you may make one when you return.


Word Parts
  1. auto = self
  2. bio =  life
  3. con, co, col, cor, com = together, with  (prefix)
  4. dict =   speak
  5. duc, duct = lead
  6. graph =  write
  7. in, im = in, into (or) not  (prefix)
  8. inter = between  (prefix)
  9. ject =    throw
  10. meter = measure
  11. micro =   small
  12. -ology, -logy = study of (branch of knowledge, science of)  (suffix)
  13. port =   carry
  14. pre =   before  (prefix)
  15. re =   again (prefix)
  16. scope =   examine
  17. tele =   far
  18. tract =   pull
  19. trans =   across
  20. vis or vid =  see