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7th ELA
Lisa Simmerson
CHINA GROVE MIDDLE

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Welcome to 7th grade ELA!

UNRA2VEL
U = Underling the title
N = Now predict the passage
R = Run through and # the paragraphs
A2 = Are you reading the questions?
      Are the important words circled?
              (write down their meaning)
V = Venture through the passage
E = Eliminate
L = Let the questions be answered!
     (write the paragraph # and line # where the answer was located)

Please encourage your child to use the UNRA2VEL method when they are reading anything!  This can also work well with Math problems!

The 12 POWER Words
Trace = Outline
Analyze = Break it down
Infer = Read between the lines
Evaluate = To judge
Formulate = Put it together
Describe = Tell me all about it
Support = Back it up
Explain = Tell
Summarize = Give a short review
Compare = Things that are alike
Contrast = Things that are different
Predict = Think about the future


AGENDA:
*Reading Logs- Due every Friday!
*EOG Reading Vocabulary
*Non-Fiction Contract will begin November 2, 2009.
*AIG will begin "Persuasions: Changes" - a new unit that will last through the end of 3rd quarter.  Please talk with your student about their activities and outside reading assignments.




Important Dates:
10/29 - Early Release
10/30 - Teacher Workday
11/6   -  Classscape Testing ELA
11/10 -  Report Card #1                distributed and PEP night
12/15 - Know ALL power words

Study EOG terms 1-75!!

alliteration antagonist, antonym, author's purpose, caption, cause and effect, character, chronologically, climax, compare and contrast, conflict, context, essay, exposition, fact, falling action, fiction, flashback, footnote, foreshadowing, free verse, gist, genre, haiku, homonyms, hyperbole, imagery, inference, irony, lighthearted, main idea, matter-of-fact, metaphor, mood, narrative poetry, nonfiction, novel, objectively, onomatopoeia, opinion, personification, plot, point-of-view, protagonist, refrain, resolution, rhyme, rhythm, rising action, sequence, setting, short story, simile, stanza, suspense, symbol, synonym, text, theme, tone, allusion, audience, author, biography, conclusion, dialogue, drama, historical fiction, journal, mystery, narrator, science fiction, significant, solution, AND summarize.


Grading Policy:
All items carry the same weight; however, some items and/or activities may be counted two or three times rather than just once.


Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Have a WONDERFUL day!


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