1. Vocabulary Quiz Friday
Monday, August 13, ) K.I.M. Chart 2) “Seventh Grade” Journal 3) “Seventh Grade” Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz Friday

2. Georgia Performance Standard
ELA7R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.
For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that:
a. Distinguishes between the concepts of theme in a literary work and the author’s purpose in an expository text.
b. Interprets a character’s traits, emotions, or motivations and gives supporting evidence from a text.
c. Relates a literary work to information about its setting or historical moment.
d. Analyzes recurring and similar themes across a variety of selections, distinguishing theme from topic.
e. Identifies events that advance the plot and determines how each event explains past or present action(s) or foreshadows future action(s).
f. Analyzes characterization (dynamic and static) in prose and plays as delineated through a character’s thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions; the narrator’s description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters.
h. Identifies and analyzes how an author’s use of words creates tone and mood, giving supporting evidence from text.
i. Identifies and analyzes similarities and differences in traditional literature from different cultures.

3. Georgia Performance Standard
ELA7R2 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student :
a. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., contrast, cause and effect, etc.).
b. Uses knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
c. Identifies and explains idioms and analogies in prose and poetry.
d. Determines word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement, or contrast.

4. Essential Question
Why is it important to ask questions while you read?
Why is it important to learn vocabulary words?

5. K.I.M. Chart Use pages 40-45 to answer your chart
For the memory clue, you have to include an illustration along with an explanation of why your chose your picture.

6. Add a new entry- “7th Grade Journal” in your table of contents
Turn to page 6 and write your entry and date it.

7. Journal
Thinking back to your first day of seventh grade, how did you feel? Were you excited, nervous, etc.? Was it what you expected? Were your teachers how you expected or heard them to be like?
Remember- one page entries! You have five minutes to complete your writing.

8. Make an entry for PAGE 7
Title it “7th Grade Vocabulary”

9. ELECTIVE
an optional academic course or subject

10. TRUDGE
to walk heavily; plod

11. BLUFF
to mislead or deceive; to fake

12. SHEEPISHLY
with a bashful or embarrassed look

13. CONVICTION
a strong belief; assuredness

14. LINGER
to continue to stay, delay leaving

15. FEROCITY
extreme fierceness; intensity

16. PORTLY
stout and overweight

17. to look angry by drawing the eyebrows together and frowning
SCOWL
to look angry by drawing the eyebrows together and frowning

18. QUIVER
to shake with a slight, rapid movement

19. “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto
Please take out your literature books, and turn to page 32.
As we read, be an active listener! What do you connect to?
After we read, write down any questions of comments that come to mind as you read. If you relate to something specific, be sure you talk about it.