JODY HORAN'S 7TH GRADE ENGLISH

YEAR-LONG READING SUGGESTIONS & INFORMATION
WEEK OF APRIL 9TH
GENERAL INFORMATION
QUARTER FOUR
WEEK TWO

Independent Reading: Continuous. Journal #1 Due Monday: Write about Sarny's life after slavery; 1st Book Journal: by May 14th .
Language: PREPOSITIONS & PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES ~ Overdue: Conjunctions & Interjections
Writing: :Finish Civil War Soldier Project

DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

MONDAY
Class: Prepositional Phrases - Overview
HOMEWORK: Work on Prepositional Phrases Sheet - 1⁄2 hour

TUESDAY
Writing Class: Soldier Editing
Reading Class: Sarny Reading
HOMEWORK:work on soldier editing; study vocab. and parts of speech

WEDNESDAY
Class: QUIZ: Vocabulary & Parts of Speech Definitions
HOMEWORK: Finish Prepositional Phrases Sheet; work on soldier editing

THURSDAY
Class: Go over sheet; start PP illustrated page; work on soldier editing
HOMEWORK: Finish up illustrated page; work on soldier editing

FRIDAY
Writing Class: Finish soldier editing
Reading Class: Sarny Reading
HOMEWORK: Journal Writing: What are the most significant changes in Sarny's life to this point? What is she like as a person now? What are her values?

MONDAY ~ DUE: Sarny journal
Class: TBA

HOPE YOU HAD A FANTASTIC SPRING BREAK!!!

YOU SHOULD NOW KNOW THE FOLLOWING LINGUISTIC ELEMENTS:

THERE ARE EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH WHICH TELL US HOW EACH WORD IS USED. WE'VE STUDIED THE FIRST FOUR AND THE ELEMENTS OF A COMPLETE SENTENCE
NOUN is a person, place, thing, idea = Fred, town, bag, joy PRONOUN is a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase = I, you, he/she, someone, who ADJECTIVE is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun = blue, fuzzy, wrinkled, gorgeous
ACTION VERB tells what the subject of a sentence is doing: cry, laugh, run, jump

LINKING VERB connects the subject to modifying information: is,was, became, seemed, felt, remained

ADVERB modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
fluently, awfully, ostentatiously, really

COMING SOON -->

CONJUNCTION joins words, phrases, or complete sentences: and, because, so, .INTERJECTION is an exclamation or interruption and can stand alone: Wow! Awesome!!!
A COMPLETE SENTENCE NEEDS A SUBJECT, A PREDICATE WITH A VERB, AND TO MAKE SENSE.
SIMPLE SUBJECT COMPLETE SUBJECT COMPLETE PREDICATE: The VERB and all modifiers
Who or what a sentence is about the simple subject and all its modifiers The predicate provides information about the subject: what the subject is doing, what the subject is, or what the subject is like.
Georgie Porgy  ran.
Georgie Porgy in his yellow raincoat with a hood ran all the way to his grandmother's house in the forest.
JODY'S NOTE ON RESPECT

We are all different in so many ways, and that is what makes our school, our community, and our world so interesting. The two classroom posters can guide all of us to respect each other and ourselves, recognizing that even small acts of meanness or humiliation get in the way of everyone's learning and growth. The greatest gift we can give every member of the Richmond community is honest respect. Let us all pledge to treat each other with kindness, understanding, and a commitment to discover and value the best in each other and in ourselves.