7th Homework

What are we learning in Quarter 2?

Grammar

How to determine what TYPE of word a new word is: noun, adjective, verb

Vocabulary

Using context clues to determine the meaning of a word

Root words

Study Skills

Process of Elimination

Color-coding

Annotating

Writing

Fiction Writing - Show-Don't-Tell Writing

Fiction Writing - Creating a Complex Character

Fiction Writing - Developing Conflict

Nonfiction Writing - Argumentative (Claim, Evidence Reasoning)

Reading

Theme: Turning Points

Choosing evidence to support ideas and opinions about the text

Annotating for genre (Victorian literature - pure evil and pure good)

What are we learning in Quarter 1?

Grammar

Nouns (common, proper, compound, collective)

Pronouns (subjective, objective)

Verbs (action, linking, verb phrases, helping verbs)

Subject / Verb Agreement

Writing

Using graphic organizers for prewriting

Claim, Evidence, Reasoning paragraphs

Reading

Annotating non-fiction texts for understanding

Genres: Non-fiction narrative, biography, poetry