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7th Grade Language Arts
Agenda: Assignments:
1. Warm-up: Understanding what you read -Spelling Post Test (F)
2. Spelling/Vocabulary -Lit Circles (W 9/19)
3. Grammar
-Vocabulary Writing (F 9/21)
4. Literature
-Reading Response (F 9/21)
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Chapter 1, Lesson 4: Verb Phrases
Verb Phrase: main verb + one or more helping verbs
Main Verb: can stand by itself
ex: Technology changes cities.
The changes are rapid.
Helping Verb: helps main verbs express action or
show time
ex: Technology will change cities.
City dwellers should have been preparing for change.
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Common Helping Verbs
forms of be is, am, are, was, were, be, been
forms of do do, does, did
forms of have has, have, had
may, might, can, should, could,
others
would, shall, will
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1. Modern industrieshave allowedcities and towns to flourish.
can cause
2. However, they ________ serious problems as well.
can poison
3. Chemical wastes from factories _____________ our
environment.
is endangering
4. Pollution ____________ animals and plants.
have been polluting
5. Automobiles ________________ the air for decades.
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Chapter 1, Lesson 5: Compound Sentence Parts
compound subject: two or more subjects that have the same
verb
ex: Tornadoes and hurricanes are dangerous.
compound verb: two or more verbs that have the same
subject
ex: The swollen river rose and crested.
Why does it matter?
-Your writing can get repetitive if you do not use compounds.
ex:
Jaguars Gray wolves are endangered animals.
are endangered animals.
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1. Space stations and orbiting platforms are our first
step away from Earth.
2. In the future, we may design and build outer-space
cities.
3. Several nations or international groups could pool their
resources.
4. They could create and manage a colony on the moon.
5. Minerals and other raw materials would be shipped to
colonies in space.
6. We already design and plan model cities.
7. In one design, two huge cylinders and their solar panels
form the main body of the space city.
8. The cylinders rotate and create an artificial gravity.
9. Special greenhouses shelter and sustain the city's
food.
10. These cities or other space colonies could bring us
closer to the stars.
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7. 7th grade 9­13­12.notebook September 13, 2012
Assignment:
page 15 part B
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PAGES 32-37 in Reader's Handbook
1. Set a Purpose
2. Preview
3. Plan
4. Read with a purpose
5. Connect
6. Pause and Reflect
7. Reread
8. Remember
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