7th Grade Language Arts
John N. Dalton Intermediate School
Teacher, Mrs. Kelly Morris
Welcome to my schoolnotes page where you will find information regarding the units of study in my seventh grade English classes. My goal is to help students become confident and proficient readers and writers. Please feel free to email or call me at school with questions or concerns. Don't forget to add your name and email address to the "Notify" list so that you will receive an email every time I update Schoolnotes. Often times, daily assignments aren't posted because I list assignments on the agenda board in class; students are responsible for writing assignments in their agenda books daily.
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Book Talks/Presentations start: Monday, November 2.
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Vocabulary Homework: Thursday, November 05, 2009
Foggy Mountain Breakdown Vocabulary
•All homework should be done in your composition book.
•All homework should be titled. Start new entries on the right hand page only. You can use the backs of pages if your entry is continued.
1.FMB Alphabetical order - put vocabulary in ABC order – write the part of speech beside each word
2.FMB Pictures - Draw a picture of each word
- no more than two pictures on each page
- label each picture with the vocab word
3.FMB Story - Write a story using all vocab words.
- underline the vocab words
- use words in the correct part of speech
Vocabulary Homework is due: Tuesday, November 10th.
Test on: Friday, November 13 - test will include questions about the short story, Foggy Mountain Breakdown and vocabulary.
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Alliteration - the repetition of initial (beginning) sounds of adjacent words (words next to each other)
ex. Sally sold seashells by the seashore
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Personification - a type of figurative language - giving a something that is nonhuman a human quality
ex. The raindrops dance on the tin roof of the cabin.
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Hyperbole - a type of figurative language - an extreme
exaggeration
ex. I cried buckets of tears.
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Skills Tutor Excellent practice in reading comprehension and vocabulary. Students use their school usernames and passwords. The site is jdis01.
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