7th SPELLING/VOCAB – List for Week of 9/24

From LITERATURE – “Papa’s Parrot” and “Stolen Day”

Definitions can be found in Workbook p.167-168

1. resumed
2. flameproof
3. inflammatory
4. rheumatism
5. solemn
6. condemn
7. column
8. hymn
9. autumn
10. limn

TEST will be on FRIDAY 9/28 (10 points SPELLING / 10 points LIT)

• Write the word
• Match its definition

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LITERATURE TEST on “Papa’s Parrot” and “Stolen Day” (30 points LIT)

FRIDAY 9/28

• Multiple choice (20)
• Short answer (2 out of 3)

7th LIT – "Papa’s Parrot"

7th ENG – LIVING IN YOUR SEED IDEA

Here are some resources that will help you along as you begin to think about how to start your short story…

PLOT ELEMENTS

• Story Map http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/storymap/index.html

CHARACTERIZATION

• Character Sketch http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/character%20study.pdf

SETTING

• Setting Map http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson107/SettingHandout.pdf
• using sensory details as you imagine yourself there in the place where your story is happening (What do you see? hear? smell? feel? taste?)
• include “colorful adjectives”! http://writingfix.com/wordlists/List_of_adjectives.pdf

STORY STARTERS

• Little Red Riding Hooks http://writingfix.com/wordlists/Little_Red_Riding_Hooks.pdf
• Great Leads http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson12/greatleads.pdf