Monday, December 21, 2009

December 22, 2009, and January 4, 2010

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Important Notices:
All late or revised work is due the day you come back from vacation.
Study all of our prefixes and suffixes that we've tested on so far, and also the spelling words that go with them.  We will have a test over all of them after we return from vacation.
Make sure you finish/revise, as needed, your research projects.  Follow directions.
Also, as needed, finish and/or revise your wiki book review.


1. Words By Heart Video
B1 (Basketball Games)
B2 (to minute 43)
B4 (to minute 58)

A1  (to minute 39)  I've got me a hand now that can work circles around the two of you. . . "
A2  (to minute  55)  Mrs. Chism playing the player piano.
A4  (to minute  42) Mrs. Chism beating the rug. 




2. Wrote a brief summary in your composition book of the part of the video you watched.

3. Played Sparkle to study the prefixes and suffixes and spelling words that go with them.

My Email

Just a reminder that my email is dorsc405@alpine.k12.ut.us

Saturday, December 19, 2009

No-Name PowerPoint

No-Name PowerPoint

I have a PowerPoint from A2 on German POW Camps in America. To whom does it belong.  I'd like to give you your points!  100/100 on the facts, etc. and 35/30 on your Works Cited list!  Found, thanks to a parent!

From B4 there is an unclaimed PowerPoint about Japanese Internment Camps.  It has no informal citations and no works cited list -- no sources.

There is also a no-name poster with a picture of Abraham Lincoln in the center.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

December 18/21, 2009

December 18/21, 2009
Words By Heart

B1 page 17 after  5 paragraph -- "scared of changes."  to beginning of chapter 4
    video to home from the scripture bee
 
B2  top of page to page 21 to beginning of chapter 4
     video to Ben on his way to bury Bullet


B4  from end of chapter 2 to beginning of chapter 4
       video to Ben on his way to bury Bullet


A1 from  page 14 "you don't need to be told."
         (Basketball games)
      

A2  from  page 20, after 4th paragraph, "arithmetic lesson for tomorrow." to 2nd paragraph to chapter 4
             video to Ben on his way to bury Bullet

A4 from page  19, chapter 3 to
              video to Ben and Lena talking after they had found the knife in the bread and Claudie was so angry.

We shared some PowerPoints.  Please make any revisions and editing that you need to do on your projects -- ASAP.
The last day to hand in late work will be the day you come back to class after our Christmas Break.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

December 16/17, 2009

December 16/17, 2009

1. Take the test on the suffix -less and words using it.

-less = without  (This suffix creates adjectives.)  Be able to tell which part of speech this suffix creates when you add it to a word base.

hopeless
useless
careless
fearless
worthless
 



Be  prepared when you come back after Christmas Break to take a test on all of your prefixes, suffixes, and words so far.   Study your chart.

Prefixes and Suffixes from the Seventh Grade Core for Term 2 (and on) Vocabulary    



2. We are going to the computer lab to type up your review/response for your historical fiction book.
 Writing About Your Book

A1:  http://cavemana1.pbworks.com/November-December-Historical-Fiction-Books

A2:  http://caveman-a2.pbworks.com/November-December-Historical-Fiction-Books

A4:  http://cavemana4.pbworks.com/November-December-Historical-Fiction-Books

B1: http://caveman-b1.pbworks.com/November-December-Book-Reports

B2: http://caveman-b2.pbworks.com/November-December-Historical-Fiction-Books

B4: http://cavemanb4.pbworks.com/November-December-Historical-Fiction-Books

Monday, December 14, 2009

December 14/15, 2009

December 14/15, 2009
Spelling test --
Prefix to study:   mis- which means incorrect, bad
1.    mistake
2.    misprint
3.    misplace
4.    misinform
5.    misuse

Extra credit:
Tell what the word parts for this word mean:
misanthropist:
    1)  miso = hate
    2)  anthrop = man, human being
    3)  -ist = one who


2. Spelling for next time: 
-less = without  (This suffix creates adjectives.)  Be able to tell which part of speech this suffix creates when you add it to a word base.


hopeless
useless
careless
fearless
worthless


( Apostrophes  -- (B2 needs to do the apostrophe exercise with Captain Underpants.)

3. Words By Heart  


 B1 end of chapter one to page 17 after  5 paragraph -- "scared of changes." 
B2  from page 15, top of page to page 21.
B4  from   page 15, top of page to end of chapter 2

A1 from page 7 4th paragraph to page 14 "you don't need to be told." 2nd paragraph


A2  from very top of page 17 after ". . . is true for her" to to page 20, after 4th paragraph, "arithmetic lesson for tomorrow."


A4 from page 14 "You don't need to be told to page  19, chapter 3.


4. View a few projects


5. Prepare for writing about your historical fiction novel next time.  Do you remember your wiki user name and password? 
See

Writing About Your Book

Writing About Your Book

Come to class on December 16/17 prepared to write about your historical fiction book.
title
author
number of pages
main character(s)
setting
main conflict/problem:  Give both the general one (man vs. man, etc.) and the specific conflict(s) for the book.
Tell enough about what happened to interest a reader in reading this.  No spoilers!
Tell about some of the things you learned from this book about the time, place, and or people upon which it was based.
Give the book a rating from one to five stars, and explain why you gave it that rating.

Handout for this assignment:

Writing About Your Book Handout to Prepare a Rough Draft   doc

 

Wikis:

http://caveman-b1.pbworks.com/

http://caveman-b2.pbworks.com

http://cavemanb4.pbworks.com/ 

http://cavemana1.pbworks.com/

http://caveman-a2.pbworks.com/

http://cavemana4.pbworks.com/