English & Language Arts
Miss Turner ELA Classwork for March 23-27
To all 7th Grade ELA students: Go to your English and Literature Google Classrooms, Newsela and Freckle to work on specific assignments. Below is a list of assignments and directions for each assignment.
Assignment List for the week:
Newsela: Read and do all activities Pass quiz with at least 3 out of 4 or 75%
- Penguins - Chicago Aquarium Release Penguins
- Board Games for Quarantine
- Llama at the wedding
Holt:
Re-Read Dirk the Protector: PDF in Streaming Section or on the Website. P. 278-284.
- Write a 4-5 paragraph summary of the story. English Google Classroom Assignment #26 to type your summary is in Google Classroom English.
- Take Test in Literature Google Classroom #10. Type in your answers following the directions and turn in,
Re-Read Encounter with Martin Luther King Jr. PDF in Streaming Section or on the Website. P. 266-272.
- Write a 4-5 paragraph summary of the story. English Google Classroom Assignment #27 to type your summary is in Google Classroom English.
- Take Test in Literature Google Classroom #11. Type in your answers following the directions and turn in,
Writing Prompt:
Encounter with Martin Luther King Summary listed above
Dirk the Protector Summary listed above
Freckle: 20 min per day
Assignments in Tracker:
#s: 80, 32, 79, 29, 69, 19, 60, 35
Book Report: Instructions in Streaming Section
Due April 15th
Miss Turner’s Grade 7 Fiction Book Report Instruction Sheet
Turn in typed part on Google Classroom or attached to picture
Turn in drawing in bin on due date
Due April 15, 2020
* This is only a template to follow to guide you in writing your report. Your report must include the following information in this format.
Paragraph 1: Introduction
- Title
- Author
- Genre
Paragraph 2-characters (Section can be more than 1 paragraph if needed) Only describe 3 main characters
- Main Character
Describe the character
The main character does the right thing when….. and/or
I can identify with the character when……
- Another Character
· Details about this character
- Another Character
· Details about this character
Paragraph 3-Setting
Describe the time and place of the story
Comments about the setting
Paragraph 4-Theme
What is the author trying to say in this story? What is the lesson in life? Is there a moral to this story?
This is a story about (courage, working hard, doing the right thing, greed, importance of friends, jealousy, love caring, happiness, sadness?)
This book showed me/I learned from this story
State a problem in the story and how it was solved
Paragraph 5-10-Plot: The Action/Summary of what happened in the story
Summary of the story (list up to 6 events that happened in the story; keep them in order)
Include the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Actions and Resolution
Concluding Paragraph -Evaluation of the book
What did you think of the book?
What did you like about the book?
What didn’t you like about the book?
Was the story confusing or hard to believe?
Was the story predictable?
The ending was…..
***Draw/Create an 81/2 by 11 page illustration from the book. It could be a mock cover or an illustration from the plot of the story. Turn in when school resumes.