7th Grade Language Arts, period 5 Assignments

Last WWHW

The final spelling list of 7th grade!

Spelling work and test, Friday, May 27th

Extra Credit Opportunity:

Write a 2-page report on one of the careers you studied in class and/or on Naviance.  You should research your report and it should include -

1.  two written or typed pages

2.  at least one picture, drawn or copied from computer

3.  a neat cover

All extra credit and make-up work due not later than Wednesday, May 25th.....no exceptions.

Spring Long-Term Project

Poetry Anthology

Due Date:     Tuesday, May 10th

 

ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:

Put together a collection of 10 poems representing a theme that has been approved by your teacher. The individual poems that you choose will be organized into a book. With each poem, you must provide a picture or image that illustrates what you feel is the most important aspect in the poem, remembering that the theme you have chosen must be identifiable in each poem. Along with the picture, each poem must be accompanied by a paragraph (of 5 to 10 sentences) giving your personal response to the poem. Your response should indicate a personal connection to the poem while at the same time identifying the thematic issue in the poem. Choose your poems carefully, considering that your response to them must be intelligent and thoughtful.

Your anthology book must contain the following:

1. Cover page, with a title for anthology, a picture, your name, period and the due date
2. Table of contents, this lists the poems in order with page numbers.
3. The poems, each with their corresponding pictures and personal responses.
4. The “Final Grade” page must be attached when you submit your project.

Guidelines in the Selection of Poems:

1. Each poem should be approximately 10 to 20 lines long. If you want to include haiku, limericks, or another short poetry form, two of this kind of poem equal one entry. Include a response to each of these shorter poems.
2. No more than one set of short poems may be used.
3. You may use the lyrics of one popular song.
4. You may use two poems written by yourself or by friends.

Presentation:

1. Each poem must be neatly presented. It may be handwritten, typed or photocopied.
2. Try to place illustrations next to the poems. You may put them on the same page, beside the poem, or you may wish to embed the poem in the picture.
3. Neatness counts. Glue is preferable to tape or staples.
4. The pictures you use to illustrate the anthology may be hand drawn, or from magazines or the computer. Personal photographs are also acceptable; these will be treated with care.
5. Aim for dramatic effect. Color can be quite effectively used on your cover, on your poetry pages themselves, and in the accompanying pictures.

The Personal Response:

This part of the project is worth half the grade. Explain why you chose each of the ten poems by making a connection between the poem and your own experience. Consider things you have done, and other material that you have read, heard or seen. The following is a list of suggestions to help you get started on your responses.

1. In this poem, I wondered what was meant by…….
2. I really liked this poem’s idea because……
3. The mood of the poem reminded me of….
4. The description of _________ in this poem made me think of………
5. This poem reminded me of ____________ because……
6. I once had an experience like the one described in this poem, in which…….
7. The setting of this poem is important because……..
8. When I read this poem, I imagined…………

 

Be creative! If you invest time and follow the directions, you can’t do it wrong.

Spelling - strange due date because we are in block schedule for testing.

 

(Sorry - I originally checked 6th period, but their spelling isn't due until Friday.  Bad news....this block schedule is messing with my 59 year old brain.  Good news...obviously many of you are using this page to get information.  :)

Career/Work spelling -  Spelling list attached

 

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork - review of adjectives

Spelling work due Friday, April 22

Spelling test is Friday, April 22

Write a 1/2 page description on how far you have come on your Poetry Anthology assignment.  What have you accomplished so far?  The second 1/2 of the page should be one of your poems you're using in your anthology.  Due on or BEFORE Wednesday, April 20th.

Spelling Test Friday, April 8th

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:

In your textbook, read Last Cover, pages 679-689

Write a 1-page summary

Extra Credit Opportunity:

Write a 2-page biography with cover and picture on Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Spelling test is Friday, March 11th

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork, assigned Wednesday, February 24th, due Wednesday, March 9

New Spelling List

Spelling List - Test Friday, February 19th

 

Define each word

Write each word five times

 

1.  amiss

2.  dwindle

3.  flimsy

4.  forlorn

5.  recede

 

Yes, there are only five words this week, each taken from the Sci-Fi story we are reading in class.

WWHW due Wednesday, February 17th -

This is an easy one....don't forget!

The Spelling Test will be Thursday since we don't have school Friday.

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork, due Wednesday, February 10th

Only students who failed (D- or F) the spelling test Friday, January 29th, will be taking the test.  The same words are being tested, and students must know not only how to spell the words, but the definitions as well.

alliteration

personification

simile

metaphor

onomatopoeia

WWHW - turn it in early, but it will not be accepted late

Extra Credit Opportunity for Language Arts:

Complete a biography on David Bowie, two written or typed pages, a cover, and at least one photograph or drawing

 

Points will be given based on the quality of the biography

Spelling List, Test Friday, January 29

You only have five words this week, but don’t get too excited. I will be giving you the definition of the spelling word and you will write the word. All five words are words from poetry…….related to your Poetry Anthology assignment. Study the definitions AND how to spell each word. Good Luck!

 

alliteration: The repetition of identical consonant sounds, most often the sounds beginning words, in close proximity. Example: pensive poets, nattering nabobs of negativism.

metaphor: A comparison between two unlike things, this describes one thing as if it were something else. Does not use "like" or "as" for the comparison.

onomatopoeia: A blending of consonant and vowel sounds designed to imitate or suggest the activity being described. Example: buzz, slurp.

personification: Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions.

simile: A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison.

spelling list for test, Friday, January 22nd

Below is the Language Arts Wednesday Weekly HomeWork that is due on or before Wednesday, January 20^th.  

Using the Lang Arts textbook, read short story One Ordinary Day with Peanuts, starting on page 348. Answer questions #1, #3 and #4 on page 358. May be turned in early, but will not be accepted late.

 

Spelling Words – Test Friday, January 15^th

Study these words carefully. You may want to write them several times and then have someone test you. If you miss words, continue to study those. Learning is a process….it isn’t magic.

1. imagination                      6.         imagine
2. ordinary                                   7.         extraordinary
3. possibilities                             8.         Impossible
4. expected                                 9.         Unexpected
5. flashback                                 10.       foreshadowing

Spelling test Friday!

Due at the end of the period Wednesday, January 13th

 

Begin Unit 3,  Flights of Imagination, pages 340-341

Draw picture, include title and quote

On the back of drawing, answer these questions:

    1.    How might reading stories about imagination be helpful?

    2.    What is Muhammad Ali saying about people lacking imagination?

    3.    What does the picture of the boy n the ball seem to be saying about             imagination?  (Hint for teacher:  relates to letting go)

    4.    What kinds of stories do you expect to read in this unit?

 

 

WWHW – Due Wednesday, December 16^th, or before

• Research 8 year old Safyre Terry

• Choose one of these options:
• 1.Do what Safyre is asking and have your parent send a note confirming you did.

• 2.Write a one page biography on what happened to Safyre and what she is doing now.

Spelling work and test, Friday, December 11th

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:  Write 1/2 - 1 page describing a one life lesson you have learned so far about being a better person.  How did you learn it?  What happened?  Who helped teach you?  It can't be something somebody told you....it must be something you experienced.

Spelling Work, attached worksheet

Students will be sent home for Thanksgiving Break with make-up work and an extra credit assignment.  These are optional assignments, but they can dramatically improve grades.

spelling list will be passed out Monday, November 16th

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:  Write a one-page biography on either a Veteran or a Marine.  You may find one online, or you may write about someone you know.  To earn extra credit, include a picture.

Spelling work due Friday, November 13th, spelling test the same day.

Remember that WWHW assignments can be turned in on OR BEFORE the deadline, but will not be accepted after the deadline.

Spelling Work

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork

Due Wednesday, November 4^th

 

In the novel The Giver, Jonas wonders what words one could use to describe the experience of sunshine. Describe sunshine in a poem or descriptive paragraph of at least seven sentences. DON’T USE THE WORDS SUN, SHINE OR SUNSHINE.

Please email me if you are not comfortable with the Halloween theme of this list.  I will give you/your child another list for the week.

Response journals can be one of the most effective tools you can use in your learning of literature.  The journals can help you “get into” the reading by personalizing it for you and making it relevant to your life.  For this WWHW, you are being asked to focus on your reading of The Giver and give thoughtful responses to five of the suggested journal topics below.  Each response should show effort and be complete.  (Half page or more each)

 

1. The best memory I have with my family is ………….
2. Without my family, I …………….
3. My ideas of the perfect community are ……………..
4. A memory I would like to forget is …………….
5. If all people were the same race …………..
6. If I lived in a “controlled community” like Jonas, I would …………
7. The family shared their dreams every morning. Write about a dream you have had and what meaning you think it might have.
8. Describe what you think the “perfect” family would be.

Spelling list - work due Friday, 10/23

Spelling test Friday, 10/23

 

Write each word 5 times in preparation for the test

Use each word in a sentence, total of ten sentences

Words taken directly from writing samples in class

 

1.  because

2.  different

3.  Wednesday

4.  excitement

5.  rough

6.  description

7.  summary

8.  realize

9.  which

10. wrong

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:

Interview an older person in your life.  Ask them, "Describe your best childhood memory."  Write the story of their special memory.

Spelling Work in preparation for the test, Friday, October 16th

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork - Personal Narrative Essay

Spelling List - work due Friday, 10/9

Spelling Test also Friday, 10/9

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork -

Using rough draft of Compare/Contrast essay......

1.  Have an adult or peer correct for spelling, punctuation, etc.

2.  Write or type your final draft

3.  Turn in on or before deadline

Spelling Work - complete the work as a way to study for the test on Friday, October 2

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork -

Draw Basics in a Box for Compare/Contrast essay, page 636 in Lang Arts textbook, be sure to color.  Remember that WWHW may not be turned in late, but you can always turn it in early.

Weekly Spelling Work - test is Friday, September 25

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork (WWHW), due Wednesday, 9/23, or earlier

 

Students were given an assignment sheet with the picture of a baby alien, along with several creative writing prompts.  Students are to select two of the prompts and write about them.  The complete writing assignment needs to be one full page - that means that each may be half a page, one may be one third and the other two thirds, etc.  And one page means front of the paper only, not back and front.  These prompts were intended to be fun, so I hope students enjoy this process.

Extra Credit Assignment:  Due no later than September 18th

Draw and color the cover of Freak the Mighty that shows Kevin being carried on Max's shoulders.  Number of points awarded will be determined by effort, not artistic ability.

Spelling Work and Spelling Test  - we skipped the spelling test today to allow more time to complete the Freak the Mighty One-Pager assignment

This Assignment Sheet is the "test" for the novel we just completed in class - Freak the Mighty.  Students are working on it in class and it is due at the end of the period Friday, 9/18.  Some students may benefit from doing some of this work at home.  It is worth 100 points, so it is very important for the students' grade.

This is the "anti-assignment" announcement, especially for parents who are confused when they look at Jupiter Grades and don't see a spelling test for this week.  There is no spelling test this week.  We are skipping the test to allow more time for the Freak the Mighty One-Pager assignment.

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:

Remember that it can be turned in early, but I will not accept it late.

The attached spelling work is due Friday, September 11th.  There will also be a test on Friday.

New Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:  Cartoon and assignment sheet attached, please try to complete the work before the due date.  How about turning it in on Friday so that you don't have to work on it over the weekend?  Or how about finishing it over the weekend and turning it in on Monday?  Remember......I will always accept it early but I will never accept it late.  No excuses.

Spelling work due, spelling test

Create Your Own Comic Strip -

Students will use what they have learned this week about Mood and Tone to create their own comic strip.  We will be working on it in class.  It is due at the end of the period, Friday, September 4th.  (Sixth period began a day later, so may work until Tuesday, September 8th.)

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork:

Part A - Using the handout I gave you today (Wednesday, 8/26), login to the Reading Plus website and take the "I Assessment", I will be able to tell on the computer if you have completed this part of your WWHW.

Part B - Go to the LEUSD new website and go onto my teacher page.  Subscribe to my page and send me an email.  Be sure to include your name in your email, especially if your name is not contained in your email address.

 

 

 

Spelling Work - Be sure to read the small print at the bottom of the page.  The spelling test will be Friday as well.

Wednesday Weekly HomeWork (WWHW) -

WWHW is assigned each Wednesday, usually due the following Wednesday.    This week students will be writing an autobiography based on a recipe.  I will pass out assignment sheets Wednesday, 8/19, and the work is due on or before Wednesday, 8/26.  WWHW may be turned in early, but I will not accept it late.

Students were given a spelling worksheet on Monday, 8/17.  The worksheet is due Friday. There will be a spelling test Friday as well.  This will be the routine each week for the remainder of the school year, with a few exceptions.

Students will return the class syllabus signed by parents for their first 10 points of the semester.