7th grade ELA period 4-4th Period Assignments

Be prepared to orally present the information in your essay while displaying your visual presentation. 

YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR PACKET so I can use the rubric to grade you.

Attach your informational essay to this assignment.

Write a summary for the story excerpt.  Remember the following:

A summary is a retelling of the important details of a text in order.

Include:
-Who the text is about
-What happens
-When and where it happens
-Why or how it happens
-Transition words (first, next, then)

Don't Include:
Your opinion
Information from other sources

Your summary should be 5-8 sentences long.

Complete pages 48-52 (topic, questions, and research) for your Earth's Structures Multimedia presentation in your packet.

Please click the link to go to this assignment. Question 8 and 9 can be 1 sentence responses.  Question 10 should be a RACE response. 

Some background knowledge: An Aengus (or Óengus) is a major deity in Irish mythology, revered as the god of love, youth, poetic inspiration, and dreams.

Step 1: Play the Game until you win! (take notes if you must in order to be successful).

Step 2: Pick one of the roots found in the game
Step 2.5: Google the etymology of the root
Step 3: Create a google slide with the following information:
-Name
-Root
-Greek or Latin?
- Definition of the root
-Examples of words with the root
-A picture
-Pick one word and use it correctly in a sentence. 
Step 4: Attach the slide to this assignment.

Please click the link to go to this assignment.

Refer back to the notes in order to see the basic outline of a review.  The second document is a sample movie review about Inside Out.

Attach the final draft of your Argumentative Essay to this assignment.

Remember to address all the GROWS that were stated on your paper
EDIT for all CUPS errors. 
Refer to the rubric to ensure your essay is well written and has all parts. 

Write a comment letting me know which project you choose! Have fun!

In The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, several important themes are developed, such as loyalty, the struggle between social classes, the importance of identity, and the idea that people are more alike than different.
Choose one theme from the novel and write an argumentative essay explaining how S.E. Hinton develops this theme throughout the story. Your essay should make a clear claim about the theme and argue why it is an important message of the novel.
Be sure to:
Clearly state your claim about the theme in your introduction

Use specific evidence from the text (events, characters, or quotations) to support your argument

Explain how your evidence proves your claim

Write a conclusion that restates your argument and explains why the theme matters

Your goal is to convince the reader that your interpretation of the theme is correct using strong reasoning and evidence from The Outsiders.

Please make sure you have:

Thesis
5 paragraphs
Refer to 3 different sources in your body paragraphs
Citations
Transitions
CUPS
I have attached the rubric for your reference. I will pass out a hard copy tomorrow.

How to cite a video:
A  Video
Video and audio sources need to be documented using the same basic guidelines for citing print sources in MLA style. Include as much descriptive information as necessary to help readers understand the type and nature of the source you are citing. If the author’s name is the same as the uploader, only cite the author once. If the author is different from the uploader, cite the author’s name before the title.

McGonigal, Jane. “Gaming and Productivity.” , uploaded by Big Think, 3 July 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdzy9bWW3E.

“8 Hot Dog Gadgets put to the Test.”  uploaded by Crazy Russian Hacker, 6 June 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBlpjSEtELs.

Having a hard time keeping the Character's straight?
In your book club create a slide for one character.  Your character slide must have:
Name
Nick Name
Age
Job (if any)
Relationship to other members
an example for each of the following:
S
T
E
A
L
Add at least one picture!

Respond to this assignment with a comment with your sentence for the book.

Our lead is:

"Little Kindergarten learners......."

EXAMPLE (this is MINE, you may not copy it).

"Little Kindergarten learners can name their letters".

Follow the directions on the Google Doc to create a fancy quilt tile (aka a frayer model) of one of the vocabulary words we learned this semester. 

Step 3:

Find 3 reliable websites that help you answer the questions on Graphic Organizer: Research and Invasive Species. Then fill out the boxes with the information that will help you write your essay.

Please click the link to go to this assignment.

Step 1: Choose a Essay Topic

Invasive Species List:
   Can be an animal, plant, or fungus

Lion Fish
Burmese Python
Zebra Muscles
Emerald Ash Borer
Kudzu Vine
Brown Tree Snake
European Starling
Feral Swine (Oklahoma/Texas)
Black Carp
Common Mullein (we found this at Outdoor ED)
Lonestar Tick
Africanize Honey Bee
Asian Hornet
Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera L)
Garlic Mustard
Nun moth
Mongoose

More found in the link below.

Once you have chosen your topic (choose something that you are interested in), make a comment on this assignment.

Finish reading the passage and complete the questions on the back page.  Please skip #9 and 11.  We will complete those in class. 

Complete final draft on cardstock.  

After reading the end of this story, what is the author’s tone of this article? Use a race response to answer this question. 

Review and study your notes for Mongoose vocab and words we discovered during DLR (seldom, loathe...).  Make note cards if they will help you study!

Attach your final draft to this assignment.

Please make sure that you revise and edit before you submit!

I have attached my model for you.  You may write your RACES response in that order, or you may mix it up, as long as you have a restate, an answer, a citation, an explanation and a summary.

Please type your rough draft so that it can be peer reviewed in class on Thursday the 30th. 

Step 1: Complete

Step 2: Due 10/3- Poetry Stalking Worksheet
Step 3: Due 10/10: Create a slide
Step 4: Have your dramatic reading prepared in order to present to the class. 

Review and study the words in your vocab journals in order to be prepared!

Finish the second paragraph of our RACE response answering how the imagery adds to the setting and why this is important.  Attach your DOC to this assignment 

1. Finish Reading the Story

2. Complete 3 rows on the imagery graphic organizer.

See screenshot of the directions. 

Must be written in your notebook
Skip lines in order to revise later
Consider setting, dialogue
Narrator and theme must be obvious

1. Pick 1 poem we have read in class
2. Recreate the graphic organizer that has three columns (example, type and Deeper Meaning) on a SEPARATE piece of paper.  Only use your notebook for reference if you need it. 
3. Add at least 4 examples of figurative language from your poem and explain the deeper meaning they add

Then, in a RACE response form answer the following question:

How does the figurative language help convey (show) the central idea in the poem?  Use specific evidence from the poem to support your answer in a RACE response.

Use the 4 block graphic organizer from slide 15 to analyze this poem.  Do not submit anything to this assignment. Turn in a physical copy.

8 sections of your storyboard need to be completed in your yellow notebook.  Each section should have pictures and text.
I need to see evidence of the following:
Genre
Setting
Conflict/Resolution (NO CLIFF HANGERS)
Characters
Central Idea