Mr. Buxton 7th Grade RLA

Friday, April 27, 2012

Next Week

Congratulations on completing another great week. Can you believe we only have 3 - five day weeks left, 2 four days, and 1 two day. What are you going to do to finish the year showing your very best?

Next Week

Student of the Week:

Finish strong!

The Friday Message:

What will you do with your 15 minutes of fame?

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Form and Function

What a great field trip today...what will you do with your 15 mins of fame once it arrives?

Be ready for the GC question tomorrow: Jennifer is the only character who has shown any real courage in the story so far. Remember you will be arguing this question from 1st person

No Math H/W tonight
Finish your fantasy stories - HOWEVER...If you promise your work will be amazing, I will give you the CHOICE to hand this fantasy story in on MONDAY with no consequences...(I'm exhauseted after today, so I am guessing you guys are too!)
Do final preparation for Verb test ( We will do this in the morning). Can you answer all the questions on the guidelines I placed on the blog earlier in the week? - Most of test is multiple choice and very straight forward - Best way to study for it is to look at your use of verbs in your fantasy story. Can you spot and improve your linking verbs?

Finish Strong!

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Titanic Field Trip tomorrow:

You must where school uniform
Bring a packed disposable lunch and snack
Don't forget you are looking to try and answer your thesis statment

Your notes on the Teacher Appreciation Day card were VERY sweet and genuine. I was truly touched by your kindness and notes and thanks.

Study Link 11.7

Recap: Surface Arean of a Cylinder Explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHhvuRbB-8

Other Work

Book club
Verb Exercises
Fantasy Story Writing Stay busy ....

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Among the Hidden

H/W

Be thinking of your salient points for Among the Hidden for Friday’s cross class G.C. You must speak only from the perspective you were given in class today. You will speak in 1st person.

Jennifer is the only character that has shown any real courage in the story so far

Math Study Link 11.5

Verbs – Try some of the practice exercises below. (earlier post) Spend 10 mins each night working through some of the different links. Bring any questions that confuse you to class for discussion.

RLA – How is your story progressing. You should be close to completing your first draft today.

WILF

Correctly punctuated dialogue
A clear message/ moral to the story
Contains elements of the fantasy genre
Very strong word choice/verb choice/sentence fluency

Presentation

Focus: Fantasy Writing Title: (your invented title) Name: (Your name)
1.5 line spacing
Comic sans font

Verb Test Support Exercises

Verb Test Practice

You should watch these videos and tackle these exercises for practice with your 'Verbs' test this Friday Make notes of any questions that confuse you and bring them to school. You may bring in two index cards full of notes.

Guidelines:
Make sure you know -