Hello Team 7-2 Language Arts Students and Parents!!!

This is going to be a great year at Richards Middle School.  To make this year more productive, please utilize this page when necessary to keep up with students' homework, classwork, projects, and other classroom objectives.

Reading Logs will be checked every Monday (unless a holiday)! They may be turned in ONE DAY late.

Vocabulary Quiz - Friday, February 3rd!

Current Unit

~ Sentence Structure: Students will be able to identify correctly the four types of sentence structure - simple, compound, complex, & compound-complex.

***Every student should be reading and AR book for at least 30 minutes every evening.

Monday, January 23rd: Define Vocabulary Words

Tuesday, January 24th: Adjective Phrase WS

Wednesday, January 25th: Adverb Phrase WS

Thursday, January 26th: Review Vocabulary Words for 15 minutes

Friday, January 27th: None

Monday, January 30th: Review Phrase Notes for quiz

Tuesday, January 31st: Vocabulary Sentences

Wednesday, February 1st: Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Thursday, February 2nd: Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Friday, February 3rd: None

Monday, February 6th: Define Vocabulary Words

Tuesday, February 7th: Correcting Fragments & Clauses WS

Wednesday, February 8th: Weathering these Phrases WS

Thursday, February 9th: Review Vocabulary Words

Friday, February 10th: None (reading log)

Vocabulary Words

2nd, 4th, & 6th Periods:

1. veto
2. receptacle
3. generally
4. outstanding
5. quiver
6. novice
7. hazardous
8. blunder
9. variable
10. rash

3rd Period (IB):

1. status
2. opportune
3. induce
4. pedestal
5. appease
6. nocturnal
7. disperse
8. receptive
9. traumatic
10. lackluster
11. unparalleled
12. spindly
13. alternative
14. exempt
15. stipulation

Language Arts Notebook

Every student is required to have a Language Arts Notebook.  The notebook should be a three-ring binder, divided into the following five sections:

• Section One: DGP
• Section Two: Assignment Log & Numbered Assignments
• Section Three: Vocabulary
• Section Four: Essays/Writings
• Section Five: Handouts/Other

Numbered Assignments (These assignments should be in Section Two of the Student's Notebook until they are taken up and graded.)

2nd, 4th, 6th Periods:

1. "Roll of Thunder" Questions Chapter 5-6 12/5/11
2. "Roll of Thunder" Questions Chapter 7-10 12/14/11
3. Quickwrite: "Out Here On My Own" 1/10/12
4. Literature Book - page 19 All Questions 1/12/12
5. Lit. Worktext p. 168-179 1/18/12
6. Holt - Ex. 2, p. 91 1/19/12
7. Holt - Ex. 7, p.99 & Ex. 11, p. 103 1/25/12
8. Verbals WS 1/26/12
9. Holt - Ex. 14, p. 106-107 1/30/12
10. Grammar Workbook - p. 109 2/1/12

3rd Period (IB):