1. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Assignments:
11/12/12 -Lit Circles (W)
7th Grade Language Arts
-"The Fiddler's Bill" + 3
Agenda: sticky notes (TH)
1. Warm-up: Spelling Pretest -Vocabulary Packet (F)
2. Vocabulary
3. Grammar -Spelling Test (F)
4. Literature
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2. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Chapter 3, Lessons 7-8:
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Antecedent: the noun or pronoun that a pronoun replaces
The Hopi people made their homes in the desert.
The Hopi settled what is now Arizona. They have been
here for more than ten centuries.
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3. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Agreement in Number
-singular pronoun with a singular antecedent
-plural pronoun with a plural antecedent
EX: Hopi culture, in all its forms, is alive and well.
Traditional members keep cattle on their farms.
Agreement in Person
-it must agree in person with the antecedent
3rd person
EX: Tribal elders tell myths of their people.
first person
We like to listen to our grandparents' stories.
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4. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Agreement in Gender
-the gender of the pronoun must be the same as the
gender of its antecedent
Derrick Davis performs his hoop dances.
Try page 75 with the people at your table!
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5. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Indefinite Pronoun Agreement
An indefinite pronoun does not refer to a specific person, place,
thing, or idea (often do not have antecedents)
Some are always singular; some are always plural; some can be
either singular or plural (which one do you think is the most
difficult?)
Copy the box from page 76 into your notes
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6. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Singular or Plural Indefinite Pronouns
-the phrase that follows will often tell you whether it is
singular or plural
EX: Some of the time capsule looks like it is very old.
Some of the time capsules list their contents outside.
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7. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Everyone likes to think that (he or she/they) will leave a mark on
the world.
We all want to create something, and we hope (it/they) will outlive
us.
Some take an unusual approach; for (him or her/them), a time
capsule is the answer.
Anyone who assembles a time capsule hopes that (he or she/they)
can send a message to the future.
However, non of the people knew that (his or her/their) slide rules
would become outdated in just a few decades.
One of California's tar pits acts as a time capsule because (it/they)
contains people's throwaways.
taken from page 78
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8. 7th grade 11­12­12.notebook November 12, 2012
Point of View: How would Johnny Tremain be different if it was
written from someone else's point of view? What else would you
know? What wouldn't you know if it was written from a
character's perspective?
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