Prefixes and Suffixes Chart

Prefixes and Suffixes Chart
At this link, you will find the seventh grade core prefixes and suffixes, or go to my web pages and look under Units of Study for Prefixes and Suffixes from the Seventh Grade State Core.
http://www.afjh.alpine.k12.ut.us/Teachers%20Web%20pages/Dorsey/Dorseypages/english%207/english%20disclosure7/units/prefixes.html

October 30/31, 2008

October 30/31, 2008

Students will present their novel characters. This is the final assessment for the October Book-of-the-Month Book.

See the posts for October 28/29 and October 14 for more information on this assignment.

Happy Halloween!

Prefixes and Suffixes and Extra Credit

One of our goals for second term is to learn and be able to use and recognize the seventh grade core prefixes and suffixes.

Let's begin with a poem to help us remember which is which:

If you have a base word and you happen to find
Something in front or something behind.
A prefix begins: a suffix ends,
And that is the basic rule, my friends.

Memorize the poem for 5 extra credit points.

October 28/29, 2008

October 28/29, 2008

We finished watching the movie The Outsiders and discussed theme in the book and movie.

Students are presenting their characters from their Book-of-the-Month Club books. Remember to bring your list of quotes from the book that tell us about the character, your book, and, if desired, the items you need to dress up as or otherwise represent your character.

See post for October 14 for this assignment.

October’s Book-of-the-Month-Club Assessment
Grading:
_______/ 10 points On Time: Due October 28/29, 2008
_______/ 60 points 20 quotes from the book that help us understand who the character is and what he or she does in the book.
Two points each for quotes that reveal the character.
One point each if page number is included.

__  five examples of your character’s thoughts,
__  five quotes indicating what you learned from his/her speech and speech patterns,
__ five quotes from other characters that give us insight about the main character,
__ and five actions that let the reader know who your character is.

_______/ 20 points Quotes are in blue or black ink or typed, are neat and legible, and follow the conventions (capitalization, punctuation, spelling) of written language.

_______/ 10 points The character is presented in a clearly audible and understandable voice.

_______/ Extra credit points for dressing up as the character and/or using props.
___ /20 You could have been utterly mistaken for that character. You put real effort into your costume or props and they truly helped us understand the character,
and you could receive an academy award for your performance!
___/15 Your costume/props or acting were great.
___/10 You tried through costume and /or props to portray the character.

______/100 total points

October 24/27, 2008

October 24/27, 2008

Today (October 24) is the last day of the term.
It is too late to do any more make-up or extra credit work.
Work that is completed may be handed in today. Hand work in by placing it in the top wire basket for your class.

Grades have for these classes have been finalized and turned in.

Today in the B-Day English classes, students will be watching the movie of The Outsiders and comparing and contrasting it with the book by filling out a Venn Diagram.

Ms. Dorsey will be out of town on Friday at a conference for English teachers.

I'll see you Monday.
Be ready to do your character presentations for the Book of the Month Club next Tuesday and Wednesday. Come with your list of quotations from the book that give us information about the character. Remember, you may dress up as the character or bring props for extra credit.
See post for October 14 for this assignment.

You will receive your grade reports for all classes next Friday.

October 22/23, 2008

October 22/23, 2008

The term ends this Friday!
Please let me know if you work on your personal narrative at home, so I can update your grade.

We talked about creating complete sentences.

Independent clauses each have a subject and a verb, and can be a complete sentence.

Dependent clauses each have a subject and a verb, but cannot stand on their own as complete sentences.

Complete Sentence: They didn’t watch the baby very well.
Not a complete sentence: That they didn’t watch the baby very well.
Not a complete sentence: Because they didn’t watch the baby very well.

Complete Sentence: She is mean and hates Harry.
Not a complete sentence: That she is mean and hates Harry.
Not a complete sentence: Even though she is mean and hates Harry.
Not a complete sentence: Because she is mean and hates Harry.

We talked again about the October Book-of-the-Month Assessment.
Be ready next week -- on the 28th for B-Day, and on the 29th for A-Day.

We read from The Outsiders:
B1 -- t0 page 145
B2 -- to page 152
B3 -- to page 164
A1 -- to page 145 (A1 didn't talk about complete sentences.)
A2 -- to page 138? (Students, is this right?)

Students had some time to spend on their own novels -- preparing for the assessment.

October 15/21, 2008

October 15/21, 2008
B-Day students filled out a triple venn diagram comparing and contrasting the Socs, Greasers, and their own lives. See a sample of a triple venn diagram here.

B-day students (B2 and B3) received their "Book-of-the-Month Club" Assessment assignment. See a nearby post. (A-Day students received theirs October 14.) B1 students, please remind me to give you yours next time we meet, if you haven't already received one.

We listened to The Outsiders, practicing watching for quotes from the book that teach us about the main character by his thoughts, his speech and speech patterns, what other characters say about him, and his actions.

The Outsiders:
B1 -- page 102 through page 123
B2 -- page 100 through page 125
B3 -- page 109 through page 134
A1 -- page 103 through page 123
A2 -- page 100 through page 119