Suffix -able, -ible

For this test you need to know that the suffix -able, -ible means capable of.
The test will be on November 18. 

Your spelling words are agreeable,  expandable, edible, visible, and audible. 

Each of these men is being agreeable.

Wouldn't you love to have an expandable bracelet like this?

The centerpiece is edible. Yum!

Visible light includes the wavelengths we can see.  Infrared and ultraviolet light are invisible to the human eye.

When something is audible to us, we can hear it.

Extra Credit:  Be able to tell what part of speech each of these is.  Hints:  They are all the same part of speech.  What part of speech do  -able and –ible make?

edible means “capable of being eaten”  

visible means “capable of being seen”   (extra credit --  Related words include vision and video.)

audible means “capable of being heard”  (extra credit -- Related words include audience and audio.)

Example of a Holiday Contrast Paragraph

 

While Christmas and Fourth of July have many differences, the most striking deal with the traditional meal. First, there is the manner in which food is cooked. For example, on the Fourth of July many families take advantage of the nice weather and have an outdoor barbeque. The food is cooked outdoors over hot coals or open flame. In contrast, Christmas dinners are prepared in a cozy kitchen using a multitude of pots, pans and hot ovens. The second major difference is the formality of the meal. For example, on the Fourth of July people are dressed casually and carry around their meal on paper plates. Christmas dinner on the other hand, is presented more formally in the family’s best dishes and in the family’s best dress. Finally, the major difference is the food itself that is served. On Independence Day, a rainbow of salads, coleslaw, and potato chips accompany a main course of hotdogs and hamburgers (or if you’re lucky, steak!). Christmas, however, is famous for slow roasted turkeys, hams, mashed potatoes, and homemade rolls.  In conclusion, these significant differences between the two holidays are what makes each memorable.

Paragraph Make-Up Assignment

If you'd like to make-up points from the paragraph booklet, here's what you do:

1. Pick up a sheet for another paragraph booklet from the folders at the back of the room, or download and print this document: Paragraph booklet one column.doc
2. Acquire either two different types of cookies or two different types of crackers or a cracker and a cookie.
3.  Collect words in the word collector on your booklet to describe your two items.

 4.  Write
          1)  a topic sentence which contrasts the two items
                          For example, "Hot chocolate and orange soda provide two very different drinking experiences." 
          2)  three or more supporting detail sentences which contrast the two items
                        For example, if I were contrasting two different drinks such as hot chocolate and orange soda, I could contrast
                -- the temperature at which people drink them (The hot chocolate is just that -- hot, while soda is best served cold.)
                -- the feel or texture of each (The hot chocolate smoothly glides through your mouth.  On the other hand, the soda bubbles and fizzes against your lips and in your mouth.)
               --  the color (My favorite hot chocolate is a rich deep brown topped with clouds of white whipped cream.  Orange soda, in contrast, is a vibrant orange color.)
              -- how they are served  (A generously sized mug holds the chocolate with whipped cream, but the soda is best from an ice cold and crystal clear glass bottle, just opened.)

         3)  a concluding sentence that sums up and wraps up.
                           For example:
                           Though hot chocolate and orange soda are different in temperature, texture, color, and in how they are served, both can quench your desire for a delicious drink.

        4)  Decide on the transitions you will use to make clear relationships between sentences and between ideas.    Transition Words for Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs
       5)  Write the whole paragraph out, including effective transitions.
                 You may use the back of the paper if you need more room for writing.  Clearly indicate it if you have done that.

6.  Edit your work for capitalization, end punctuation, and spelling (especially your commonly confused words).
    
7. Make sure your name and class period are on the paper, that you have written all parts of the assignment, and that you have clearly named the types of cookies or crackers you have used for this assignment.

8.   Hand in by next Wednesday, November 16 for points.

        Hot chocolate and orange soda provide two very different drinking experiences for several reasons.   First, the hot chocolate is just that -- hot, while soda is best served cold.  Next, the hot chocolate smoothly glides through your mouth.  On the other hand, the soda bubbles and fizzes against your lips and in your mouth.  Color is another difference.  My favorite hot chocolate is a rich deep brown topped with clouds of white whipped cream.  Orange soda, in contrast, is a vibrant orange color.  Also, a generously sized mug holds the chocolate with whipped cream, but the soda is best from an ice cold and crystal clear glass bottle, just opened.  Though hot chocolate and orange soda are different in temperature, texture, color, and in how they are served, either can quench your desire for a delicious drink.

A Challenge to Do the Write Thing

The Do the Write Thing Challenge offers 7th and 8th grade students an opportunity to examine the impact of youth violence on their lives and to communicate in writing what they think should be done to prevent this type of violence.
See more at
http://www.juvenile.utah.gov/writething.html

Consider writing an entry or more. 

Monday, November 14, 2011

Minimal Day

1. Self-Starter:  In your composition book, right after the last entry under "Notes and Quick-Writes," write the label "To Choose or Not to Choose: Jobs" with today's date, and write at least a half page about this statement:  "It would be easier to have someone tell you your occupation than for you to have to decide."  Write a paragraph or more, using a topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion.  Prepare by filling in this outline:

Topic Sentence:  I do/don't think it would be better and easier to let someone else choose your career.
Supporting Details	1.
	2.
	3.
Concluding Sentence:

From a stage adaptation of The Giver presented at BYU

2. Read from The Giver  -- Distopian Fiction
   A1 from  page 14 to page 26
   A2 from page 8, page break to page 20
   A3 from page 8 , page break to page 22, last paragraph
   A4 from top of page 8 to top of page 25

 

 

 

Paragraph Make-Up Assignment

 

You can use this worksheet to make up points when you misspell one of our seventh grade commonly confused words and lose points on an assignment:  Commonly Confused Word Make-Up.doc

 

Minimal Day

Time	Period	Minutes
8:15 – 9:15	1st Period	60 minutes
9:20 – 10:20	2nd Period/Announcements	60 minutes
10:20 – 10:45	First Lunch	25 minutes
10:50 – 11:50	3rd Period	60 minutes
10:25 – 11:25	3rd Period	60 minutes
11:25 – 11:50	Second Lunch	25 minutes
11:55 – 12:55	4th Period	60 minutes

 November/December Book-of-the-Month:  Distopian Fiction 
Our assessment will be on December 9.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

1. Self-Starter:  Word Sort

2.  Test on the prefix bi-

3.  Correct test and receive the assignment for your next test.
Vocabulary/Spelling #2              Test on  November 18

 Suffixes to study:   -able  and -ible which both mean capable of

                                                                          and are used to create adjectives.

Words to learn for the spelling test:

1. agreeable                                    3. edible

2. expandable                                 4. visible

                                                         5. audible    
  

Extra Credit:  Be able to tell what part of speech each of these is.  Hints:  They are all the same part of speech.  What part of speech do  -able and –ible make?

edible means “capable of being eaten”  

visible means “capable of being seen”   (extra credit --  Related words include vision and video.)

audible means “capable of being heard”  (extra credit -- Related words include audience and audio.)

4.  Read from The Giver and discuss the Book-of-the-Month assessment --
See the tab for Book-of-the-Month and/or

October/November Book-of-the-Month

4.  The Giver -- Distopian Fiction
   A1 to page 14
   A2 to page 8, page break
   A3 to page 8 , page break
   A4 to page top of 8

Reminders and Make-Up Work

Paragraph Make-Up Assignment

November Book Orders are still available.
Hints on popular books for this year's gift-giving from Scholastic: http://oomscholasticblog.com/2011/11/we_predict.html

 November/December Book-of-the-Month:  Distopian Fiction 
Our assessment will be on December 9.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Self-Starter: Pick up your composition book and an Anticipation Guide.  thoughtfully fill out the Guide and write (next under "Notes and Quickwrites") about the first statement (about memories) what you know and/or think about the statement.  Write one or more paragraphs for 1/2 page or more.


2. Discuss the statement.
3.  Look at paragraphs and create a rubric.
  A1 did part of the 5 and all of the 1
  A2 did the 5 and the 1.
  A3 did the 5 and the 1.
  A4 did  5 and the 1.

4. If time, begin The Giver -- Distopian Fiction
   A1 to page 8
   A2 to  2 or 3
   A3 to page 2
   A4  not started

Reminder:  Spelling test next time on the prefix bi- which means two or halves.

 "Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading."
-Kazuo Ishiguro