7D+English

=Welcome to 7D English = = = = =

Christopher C  Christina HY K  Chanel K  Clara Yeon Ah K  Inae L  Will L  Han Na P  Justin P  Chloe S  Yaerin S  Justin Y  Brian L  Christina Su Yeon Y  Emily C  Hyundo H JamesC
 * Welcome to 7D individual pages:**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Final Exam REVIEW //Exam is Wednesday, June 10th.//

1. List and define the [|6 traits of writing]:

2. Poetry terms. Use your worksheets and quizzes. alliteration; allusion; free-verse; assonance; onomatopoeia; imagery; hyperbole; conceit; paradox; antithesis; personification; metaphor; synecdoche; symbolism; meter; foot; form; stanza.

Helpful sites: [] []

Helpful Power Point:

5. Know how to write a haiku, ode, ballad, rondeau, tanka, abecedarian, sonnet, couplet, tercet,

Helpful sites: [] []

6. Understand what ABAB rhyme scheme means and iambic pentameter, trochee, spondee, dactyl. Be ready to give an example of each.

7. Review either //Shiva’s Fire// or //The Serpent’s Children//

**Classwork Monday, June 8th:** FINAL EXAM REVIEW 1. Do the wordsearch: http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games&op=display_game&game=SeekAWord 2. Play Alphaattack on hard level. Score and post 3,000 points http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games&op=display_game&game=Alphattack 3. Write a poem about someone (anonymous) in class in iambic pentameter. Be positive. Post. 4. Write a poem about summer break using all of these poetic devices. Post with the following font colors: personification (blue), assonance (red), alliteration (green), conceit (orange) and hyperbole (pink). 5. Have a partner read your #4 poem. Record and post.

**Classwork Thursday, June 4th:** FINAL EXAM REVIEW:

1. Play the game: []. Try to get under 10 seconds. 2. Play poetry pirates. Take a screen shot and post your finish. [] 3. Take the quiz: [] Post your score. 4. Take this quiz on meter.http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/tchg/quiz/meter/q2/quiz.html Post your score.

5. //Copy and paste the questions (and your answers) post on your wiki site://

a. What are three things that you liked about the character in your novel. Be specific by giving examples. b. What were the three most important events? c. In what ways are you different from the main character? Be specific. d. List five things about the setting of the story. e. What do you think are three major themes (messages that the author is trying to get across) in the story? Why? f. What are three good things you could say about this book?

6. Play as a class: [] 7. Reading Assignment Due

__**Response to literature assignment.**__
 * Choose one of the two novels to read: 1. //The Serpent’s Children// by Laurence Yep 2. //Shiva’s Fire by Suzanne// Staples**

After reading each chapter, write one paragraph about the plot, characters, setting **or** theme of the chapter. Post and label on your wiki. **There will also be literature circle groups in class to discuss the novels.

The first 10 chapters due <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">Friday, May 22nd. Remaining chapters due <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">Thursday, June 4th. **

1. Warm-up. Go to [] familiarize, learn, play scatter, play space race and test. 2. Iambic Pentameter sheet & fig language sheet 3. Inae present 4. Work on reading assignment/review for final.
 * Classwork Tuesday, June 2nd:**

1.Try out these poetry quizzes. Post your score. QUIZ 1:http://www.writing.com/main/quiz/item_id/1145017 QUIZ 2: http://www.funtrivia.com/flashquiz/index.cfm?qid=224104 2. Hand out SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT. 3. Present PP on poetry forms. Take notes on your wiki during presentations <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 103);">(5 points). 4. Begin Literature Circles.
 * Classwork Thursday, May 28th:**

1.** Define AND give an example of these poetry forms: Couplet, Tercet, Quatrain, Sonnet, Ballad. POST.
 * Homework due Tuesday, May 26h:

1. Take the [|verb tense quiz]. Post your score. 2. **Research and create an exciting Keynote or PowerPoint that** defines and gives an example (others' and your own) of the poetry form. //Post on your wiki. The assignment will be evaluated with// [|this rubric.] Group 1:Couplet Group 2: Tercet Group 3:Quatrain Group 4:Sonnet Group 5: Ballad G<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">roup 6: <span class="wiki_link_ext">Abecedarian Group 7: Ode Group 8: The Bop Group 9: Tanka Group 10: Sonnet Group 11: Rondeau Group 12: Found Poem Group 13: Ghazal Group 14: Pantoum Group 15: Ekphrasis Group 16: Elegy
 * Classwork Tues****day, May 26th :**

3. Play the poetry game: []

1.Be the first to launch the rocket: [] 2. Play the quiz show against a friend or the computer:[] 3. Presentations/Reading Assignment
 * Classwork Friday, May 22nd:**

1. Play '[|Word Confusion]' at the 'hard' level. Copy and paste your score <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">**1** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">**1** || <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
 * Classwork Thurssday, May 21st:**
 * |||| [[image:http://www.funbrain.com/funtab.gif width="141" height="14" link="http://www.funbrain.com/index.html"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.funbrain.com/correct.gif width="58" height="14"]]

2. Presentations 3. Work on reading assignment.

1. Go to http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html. Paint 3 different characters at the 'hard' level. 2. Presentations. 3. Bring your novels to class from now on.
 * Classwork May 19th:**

1. Choose 3 types of poems to write from the left hand margin: [|http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm.] POST and LABEL with DATE 2. Work on poetry projects. Remember, class presentations should be about 10-15 minutes in length.
 * Classwork May 13th:**


 * BIG POETRY PROJECT: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Due Friday, May 15th **
 * [[file:Poetry Project grade 7.doc]]**

1. The French word diamont means diamond. A DIAMONTE is a seven-line poem that gradually changes from one idea to a direct opposite idea. When it is completed, its total appearance is diamond shaped. POST.
 * Classwork May 12th:**

Line 1 = Opposite of line 7 Line 2 = Describe line 1 Line 3 = Action about line 1 Line 4 = 2 nouns about line 1 Line 5 = Action about line 7 Line 6 = Describe line 7 Line 7 = Opposite of line 1

//Student Example:// Love Bright, Passionate, Alive Charming, Drifting, Growing Cherish, Infatuation, Antipathy, Uncaring Animosity, Falling, Dead Dark, Disgust Hate --- (Grade 10)

2. Work on poetry or reading assignment

**Classwork May 8th**
1. Using the word choice rubric below, look at haiku poems from 2 students of the opposite gender. Evaluate them on word choice. Copy and paste their haiku on your wiki. Include the grade, evidence (see below) and an example of the evidence from their poem. Let them know that you evaluated their haiku. 2. Write another haiku of your own. Think of what a 5 in word choice would look like. Post.

**HW due Wednesday, May 6th:** 1. Purple literature book read pages 723-730. Do Critical Thinking questions #1-5 on page 730. Post your answers in sentences.

**Classwork April 30th:** 1. Remember to wear your house colors tomorrow. 2. Write an **I Don't Understand...:POEM** /POST on your wiki. Begin the poem with "I don't understand..." List three things you do not understand about the world or people. Name a few things you do not understand most of all. End the poem with examples of a few things you DO understand.

Student Example:

I DON'T UNDERSTAND...

I don't understand why people dislike me why people can't get along why dogs are colorblind and cats aren't

But most of all why people are prejudiced why people must move away why people argue over stupid stuff why there is wars

3. RECORD and POST Blues Songs. Use garageband. Here is a backing track: [|Blues Acoustic Wav 21464.wav.zip]

4. Write an **I Am...POEM**

Below are line-by-line directions for writing this kind of poem:

Line Capitalize each noun.
 * 1) 1. I am
 * 2) 2. Three nouns about which you have strong feelings. Begin each with a capital letter.
 * 3) 3. A complete sentence about two things that you like.
 * 4) 4. Three nouns that describe what you like to see in other people; end with "are important to me."
 * 1) 5. A sentence containing a positive thought or feeling. It can tell what you find acceptable in yourself.
 * 2) 6.-#7. Sentence in which you show something negative in yourself or others, however the sentence must end by showing that out of something BAD can come GOOD. Use the word "but" to link the bad and good.
 * 3) 8.-#9.-#10. Each line is a short sentence relating something about which you have strong feelings--likes or dislikes. They do not have to relate to each other or to the previous lines you have written.
 * 4) 11. End with "This is me" or "I am."

Student Examples:

I am Life, Hope, Living I care very much about the world and life on it. Honesty is important to me. Optimism is important to me. Unselfishness is important to me. Hospitality is a good thing. Meanness is bad, but can be goot to get people off your back. The world is getting weaker. The longer the days the more beautiful they are. People are too negative. I am.

5. Write your own haiku poem ([|http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/Start-Writing.html]). Create a presentation that shows images to go along with your poem. __Examples:__ []

1. Poem for Middle Matters. Show HW. Poetry project. 2. Read: [] about ballad poetry and blues and complete worksheet. 3. Finish writing your own Blues Song. Here are some examples: []
 * Classwork April 29th:**

4. Record and POST your own Blues Song (with backing music) with Garageband. Remember: 1-4-5. You can make your own music (the best option!) or import this Blues Song clip [|Blues Acoustic Wav 21464.wav.zip] into Garageband, loop it and then sing over it:

1. Finish posting your Langston Hughes responses. 2. Read purple Lit book pages 754-755. Answer Critical Thinking questions #1-5. POST. 10 points. No late assignments accepted.
 * HW due Wednesday, April 29th:**

1. Read about the poet[| Langston Hughes] and post 3 interesting facts on your wiki. 1. Read aloud synonym poem (from HW) 2. Featured poet: Langston Hughes: [|'Dreams'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuNc6LM0Gos&feature=related [|'The Weary Blues'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqwvC5s4n8 [|'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRj7LI8NoU&feature=related [|'A Dream Deferred']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiL2znfkvFk&feature=related [|'I Too'] --Watch the videos together in class. --Read the poem on your own. --Think. --Write a few sentences about each poem. What is the message? Which lines grabbed your attention? Why? Post. 3. Perform poetry slam with Earth Day poem, syllable poem or other poem.
 * Classwork April 24th:**

1.** Memorize and be ready to present your Earth Day poem. Choose any word. Write that word in capital letters on the first line. Use a thesaurus to look up the word and find three to five synonyms for it. Write the synonyms on the second line. One the third line, write a descriptive phrase about the word. The last two lines of the poem should rhyme. POST.
 * HW due April 24th:
 * 2.** Synonym Poetry

1. Review HW. 2. What is a poetry slam? Watch and post some comments on your wiki: [] More poetry slam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuRbLdF0X9s 3. Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OUmG2bG2BQ. Read these [|Earth Day poems] and then write and POST your own. MEMORIZE your Earth Day poems. Read poems out loud poetry slam style. Audience rates /10.
 * April 22nd classwork:**

//Student Examples://

LOVE Attachment, adoration, warmth, adore Love is so pure, right down to the core. ---Kimiko B. (Grade 10)

NOISE Clamor, uproar, hullabaloo. These things can really annoy you. ---Shasta I. (Grade 9)

1. Watch the tutorial and then [|write your own riddle poem.] POST. 2. Write a list poem and post on your wiki. 3. Partner poem. With a partner or on your own, write a poem using at least 5 different figurative language techniques. Post. //See your sheet for an example// (you can use different figurative language techniques).
 * April 20th classwork:**

<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> 1. Literary Terms QUIZ 2. Create a shape poem and POST. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/shape/ 3. Create an acrostic poem and POST: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ 4. Create a diamante poem and POST: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/diamante/ <span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5. Watch this poet and comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TZO_sOsVo&feature=related
 * Short Story Reading Assignment** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">UPDATE: SInce we don't have class tomorrow, the assignment is due in class April 22nd. Also, please hand in a paper copy of your assignment. [[image:i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://normanschwagler.wikispaces.com/file/view/Grade%207%20Short%20Story%20Reading%20Assignment.doc"]] Grade 7 Short Story Reading Assignment.doc
 * April 17th classwork:**

1. Read aloud your self-portrait poem. 2. Create your own examples using the terms from the figurative language word list. Include images/pics that reinforce the meaning of at least 7 of the terms. Write your own poem. See worksheet. POST everything.
 * April 15th classwork:**

1. Study for literary terms quiz: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st pers on point of view; 3rd person point of view; alliteration; allusion; climax of a novel; character trait; fable; flashback; foreshadowing; free-verse; assonance; onomatopoeia; imagery; hyperbole; conceit; paradox; antithesis <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
 * HW due April 17th:**



Post your writing workouts [|here.] Include your name and the prompt used.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">HW due April 8th: **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Define and post: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1st pers on point of view; 3rd person point of view; alliteration; allusion; biography; character trait; climax of a novel; fable; fiction; flashback; foreshadowing; free-verse

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**April 8th classwork:** 1. Warm-up by using the words to make a poem: http://www.abc.net.au/splatt/games/poetry/default.htm POST your poem. 2. Present 3. //Crossroads// song/poem

1. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Read about how to write your own Blue's song/poem: [] Take notes and post your notes on your WIKI. 2. Watch poetry video and take quiz. 3. Simile of Self
 * April 13th classwork:**

1. WARM-UP: Write a poem using: http://vdc.engr.scu.edu/KnowItAll/English/2ndEnglish/poetrygame.htm Post your poem. 2. Finish presenting 3. Crossroads poem <span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4. Study the poetry terms and play some games. [] 5. Read about how to write your own Blue's song/poem: []
 * April 9th classwork:**
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HW due April 6th: **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Choose your 5 stories and begin reading assignment.

1. If you know your figurative language terms, you can throw the teacher. Play here: [] 2. And, you can do this one: [] 3. Try this quiz: [] 4. Play 'figure of speech' hangman with your friend: [] 5. Present lessons 6. //Crossroads// poem/song
 * April 6th classwork:**

1. Evaluate one student's station 2 writing gym for word choice and voice. Post <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2. Read about figurative language how to write metaphors: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Metaphor 3. With your group, teach a lesson on one of the following topics: //Metaphor, Simile, Allegory, Personification, Analogy, Parable or Brainstorming, Symbolism.// Give an explanation, example and be prepared to lead the class in an activity.
 * April 2nd classwork:**

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 * March 31st classwork:** 1. Read 10 different students' station #2 writing workouts . Find one <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">mundane word and change it to a<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 103);"> striking word or phrase. Post on your site. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> =====

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">March 30th classwork: ** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1. Warm-up: Choose a topic from the Writing Gym Station #2 and write for 10-15 minutes. =====

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 3, 0);">**FINAL ASSESSMENT DUE Friday, March 20th:** Three-page paper (900-1200 words) for //I, Juan de Pareja.// Choose one of the three options. Post as a Word or Pages document on your WIKI site by 5pm on March 20th. No late papers accepted. Option #1 Historical Newspaper: I, Juan de Pareja option #1.doc Option #2 Autobiography/Discussion/Critique:  I, Juan de Pareja option #2.doc Option #3 Report:  I, Juan de Pareja option #3.doc=====

**• The paper will be assessed using the 6 Traits of Writing Rubric:**
==== 6plus1traits.PDF====

**CLASSWORK March 17th**:
1. Take the quizlet quiz [] Show me your score. 2. Word Choice exercise: Go to [] Create a prompt and write a short story about it. Post on your page and label: March 17th Writing Gym--Word Choice 3. Look at the painting and answer page 25 of the packet. []

**CLASSWORK March 13th**: Word Choice exercise: Go to http://writingfix.com/right_brain/Inspired_by_Adjectives1.htm
Create a prompt and write about it in your writing gym.

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1. Using your writing gym from station #1, write a 5 paragraph essay. Post on your page. Remember: Introductory, 3 supporting, and concluding paragraph. Use space to separate your paragraphs. Rubric posted on http://normanschwagler.wikispaces.com/===== //2.// Read //I, Juan de Pareja// chapters 9 and 10.


 * CLASSWORK March 6th**: Post your 8 different ways to write your introductory sentence [|here.]

1. Read ch 8 of //I, Juan de Pareja.// POST on your wiki 3 questions, 3 vocab (define and sentence) and a 3 sentence summary of the main events that happened in each chapter.
2. Separate your writing gym workouts into paragraphs.


 * Classwork March 3rd:**

**HW February 27th**: Study for vocab quiz (packet pages 12 and 16) and chapter 6 and 7 of I//, Juan de Pareja.//
Post your emotion recipe [|here.] Here are a couple examples of what the assignment should look like: http://writingfix.com/6_traits/Voice/EmotionalRecipe4.htm
 * February 23rd, 2009**

Five about five up to five. [|Post here, please.]
 * February 20th, 2009**

HW: Read chapter 6 and[| post] 5 facts about Baroque Art and 5 facts about 'falling in love'.

test your scrabble skills: http://www.hasbro.com/games/adult-games/scrabble/home.cfm?page=Entertainment/Games/scrabble HW: Read chapter 5 and [|post 10 questions here.]
 * February 18th, 2009**

HW: Read chapter 4 and post 10 questions [|here.] What are your thoughts on the painter biographies? [|Post here.] Post your 3 vocab words from ch 4 and paragraph [|here.]
 * February 16, 2009**

Chapter 3 Juan's journal entry. [|Post here.]
 * February 12, 2009**
 * HW:** Post chapter 3 //I, Juan de Pareja// 7 questions and vocabulary. [|Post here.]

Post your notes on the first two pages of the packet [|here.] Read this article from today's news about never giving up: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/od_afp/skoreamotoringoffbeat_20090205024852
 * February 6th, 2009**

As we read about the painter Diego Velazquez in the novel //I, Juan dePareja,// research some of these other Spanish painters. Create a PP or Keynote presentation on your painter using the following template: DUE: FEBRUARY 12th. No late assignments accepted. [| Biography.ppt]
 * February 4th, 2009**

Power Point Presentations on Spanish Painter biographies are posted on students' individual pages.

<span style="color: rgb(14, 12, 14);">**JANUARY 22nd, 2009** Write about your earliest memory. Also, what things about your life so far seem most important? [|Post here.]

Working with a partner, define the words from //I, Juan de Pareja//, create and[| post a skit]using the words.
 * JANUARY 22nd, 2009**

Post Crispin-Bear chat [|here.] Crispin pages 239-267. Read and answer the questions and [|post.]
 * JANUARY 19, 2009**

Crispin pages 207-239. Type your answers on the and then [|post.]
 * JANUARY 15, 2009**

Crispin pages 173-206. Type your answers on the worksheet and then [|post.]
 * JANUARY 13, 2009**

Writing warm-up: Play the [|noun game] and post your story [|here.] What are the 6 traits of writing? Research on the internet. List and explain, in your own words, and [|post here.]
 * JANUARY 12, 2009**

Read this [|passage] and answer the worksheet.
 * JANUARY 8, 2009 ASSIGNMENT**


 * JANUARY 6, 2009 ASSIGNMENT**

[|Crispin jigsaw.doc].
Post your presentation (you can copy/paste in WORD or PAGES [|here.]

Post your Crispin character sketch [|here.] Remember to include your name.
 * NOVEMBER 28,2008**

Ulysses PODCASTS Brian: http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=sHCat_FvCWw

Justin Park, Justin Yoon, Chris' podcast http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=IQeI35UD-H8

Hanna Park, Inae Lee http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=oNqQczwqO-Q