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Seventh grade language arts Ms. Takacs
Classroom Goals Students will demonstrate competency in: 1. using the reading process to construct meaning from literature, informational texts, and technical texts. 2. using the writing process to communicate information and ideas. 3. using listening, viewing, and speaking strategies. 4. understanding the common features of a variety of literary forms. 5. responding to visual, oral, and written texts.
Guidelines for Success To be successful in this class, students must 1. arrive on time. 2. check the board for homework and for the bell work. 3. ask questions when they are having difficulty with the assignments. 4. have their spiral notebooks, Glencoe Grammar Workbooks, vocabulary cards, and pencils every day!
Classroom Rules Students must always 1. raise their hands for permission to speak. 2. remain in their seats until permission to leave. 3. cooperate and be respectful to the teacher and their peers.
Grade Breakdown Homework: 5% Classwork and Quizzes: 35% Tests, Essays, and Projects: 60%
Supplies Needed 1. one subject spiral notebook 2. index cards 3. pencils
Homework Policy Since homework is only 5% of the total Language Arts grade, partial credit will not be given to late or missing homework. Students are expected to maintain their planners, writing down all homework and test due dates. The only exception is for those students who were absent on a day a homework assignment is due or assigned. Those students receive one day for each absence plus one more day to turn in the work.
Communication HOMEWORK and DUE DATES August and September
October
Grammar Notes Notes taken September 8-22 Types of Nouns: words that name people, places, animals, things, and ideas 1. Common Nouns 2. Proper Nouns People--> student, mother Mrs. Lee, Michael Phelps Places-->store, house New York, Wal-Mart Things--> games, shoes I-pod, Dell Animals--> dog, snake Siberian Husky Ideas--> happiness, freedom
3. Compound Nouns 4. Possessive Nouns No space/no hyphen--> fireman, restroom Nouns showing ownership Spaces between words-->dining room Singular nouns--> add -'s after the word (even those Hyphens between words--> mother-in-law singular nouns that end in -s) Class work Glencoe Writer's Choice Mary's, Ms. Takacs's September 8-11 Plural Nouns--> end in -s, add '; students', songs' Exercise 1, page 380, evens: Create a two column chart-- Common Nouns and Proper Nouns. Find the nouns and place them in their appropriate columns. Exercise 2, page 380, evens: Create a chart with the following columns-- PEOPLE, PLACES, ANIMALS, THINGS, IDEAS. Find the nouns and place them in their appropriate columns. September 15-19 QUIZ: page 380, #1, 3, and 5: Create a two column chart--Common Nouns and Proper Nouns. Find the nouns and place them in their appropriate columns.
Exercise 3, page 382, #1-10: Create a Singular and Plural Column Chart for the compound nouns. The nouns are currently singular; write their plural forms. September 21-25 Create a Possessive Noun chart as follows: POSSESSIVE NOUNS
Complete Exercise 6, page 384 #1-10: follow the directions in the book.
Contraction, Plural, or Possessive?
October 5-October 16
Notes on Pronouns:
Pronouns take the place of nouns to make sentences sound better. Types of Pronouns 1. Personal 2. Possessive 3. Indefinite 4. Reflexive and Intensive 5. Interrogative
I. Personal Pronouns A. Refer to people or things B. Subject 1. found in the subject of the sentence 2. I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they C. Object 1. found after a verb or preposition 2. me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them D. Antecedents 1. a noun or group of words to which the pronoun refers 2. Melanie hopes that she will make the cheerleading squad. She refers to Melanie; Melanie= antecedent E. Practice: p. 430, Ex. 1 All; p. 432, Ex. 3 All (pronoun/antec chart)
II. Possessive Pronouns A. Show ownership B. Used in front of nouns 1. Singular: my, your, his, her, its 2. Plural: our, your, their C. Used Alone 1. Singular: mine, yours, his, her, its 2. ours, yours, theirs D. Practice: p. 436, Ex. 7 evens
III. Indefinite Pronouns A. Do not refer to a particular person, place, or thing B. Singular 1. anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, somebody, someone, something, nobody, no one, nothing, another, each, either, neither, one C. Plural 1. both, few, many, others, several D. Singular or Plural depending on it's used in the sentence 1. all, any, most, none, some E. Practice: p. 438, Ex. 8 (Singular Ind./ Plural Ind. chart)
IV. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns A. Both have the suffixes -self and -selves B. Reflexive 1. refers to a noun or other pronouns in the sentence (antecedent) 2. Mel wants to go by herself. C. Intensive 1. strengthens or intensifies a noun or a pronoun already named (antecedent) 2. Steve himself will get the car loan. E. Singular 1. myself, herself, himself, itself, yourself F. Plural 1. ourselves, themselves, yourselves G. Practice: p. 440, Ex. 11 (Reflexive, Intensive, Subject Personal, Object Personal Chart)
******************************************************************* Literature Notes
The following is a handout that was stapled in your notebooks: Literary Terms
Basic Elements in fiction and non-fiction
2. Setting: where and when a story takes place
External conflicts: man versus man man versus nature man versus fate (supernatural) man versus society
Internal conflicts : man versus himself
First person: character in the story is telling it Third person omniscient: “all knowing”—narrator is not a character in the story
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