7th SPELLING – “Barrio Boy”/”I Am a Native of North America” LIST

*Page numbers are found in LIT text – see parentheses

Vocabulary (from “from Barrio Boy” and “I Am A Native of North America”):

1. barrio (611)
2. menace (612)
3. mobilized (612)
4. interpreter (612)
5. grieving (613)
6. formidable (613)
7. distinct (615)
8. inlet (615)
9. communal (615)
10. integration (617)

Please copy words and definitions – DUE WED 5/6

SPELLING QUIZ on FRIDAY 5/8

7th SPELL/VOCAB – Frequently Misspelled Words List 2

Please copy the following words AND their meanings from ENG Text p.553 and p.554:

1. beside
2. besides
3. between
4. among
5. choose
6. chose
7. its
8. it’s
9. loose
   
10. lose

*YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO USE EACH WORD CORRECTLY IN A SENTENCE! (cannot use the sentences provided in the textbook)

SPELLING words, definitions, and sentences are due on WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4th!

QUIZ for Frequently Misspelled Words List 2 on FRIDAY, FEB. 6th!

7th SPELL/VOCAB – Frequently Misspelled Words List 1

Please copy the following words AND their meanings from ENG Text p.553 and p.554:

1. accept
2. except
3. all ready
4. already
5. all together
6. altogether
7. a lot
8. their
9. they’re
10. there - in or at that place.  The first graders can be found playing over there.

*YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO USE EACH WORD CORRECTLY IN A SENTENCE! (cannot use the sentences provided in the textbook)

SPELLING words, definitions, and sentences are due on WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28th!

REL Ch 4 Spell/Vocab Terms – Part 2

Please copy the following words and definitions (Due THURSDAY, JAN. 15):

1. Sadducees - political leaders, mostly priests, who did not believe in resurrection
2. Sanhedrin - seventy-one Jewish men in Judea who acted as a supreme council
3. Zealots - freedom fighters who sometimes used violence to overthrow Rome’s control of Palestine
4. Essenes - men who usually lived in desert communities in order to live a pure life
5. Temple - the symbol of the Jewish faith; the only place where sacrifices were made
6. Synagogue - a town center of prayer, education, and social life; the scrolls of the Torah were read and preached there
7. Torah - the first five Books of the Bible; also known as the Pentateuch or the Law
8. Sabbath - the Lord’s day; a day of strict rest
9. Aramaic - the language of Jesus
10. Shema - the main commandment of the Jewish people, which was prayed daily

This SPELLING/VOCAB QUIZ will be combined with the REL Chapter 5 Quiz on FRIDAY, JAN.16th!

REL Ch 4 Spell/Vocab Terms

Please copy the following words and definitions (Due THURSDAY, DEC. 4):

1. Palestine - the land where Jesus lived; Israel; the Holy Land
2. Galilee - green, mountainous, and beautiful land; northern region of the Holy Land where Jesus lived
3. Samaria - central region of the land where Jesus lived; avoided by Jewish people when they traveled
4. Judea - hot and dry land; southern region of the Holy Land
5. Bethlehem - town where Jesus was born
6. Nazareth - the home of Mary and Joseph; the town where Jesus grew up
7. Jerusalem - the Holy City where the Temple was located (capital city)
8. Gentiles - those who are not Jews
9. Pharisees - devout, largely middle-class Jews who loved the Torah; the Gospels portray them as stressing external observances too much
10. Scribes - the scholarly teachers among the devout, largely middle-class Jews who loved the Torah

YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO LABEL THE REGIONS, TOWNS AND CITIES ON THE MAP OF PALESTINE!! (See p.28 in Religion textbook)

Map of Palestine (CLICK HERE)

7th LIT – “Papa’s Parrot”/”Stolen Day”

ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK:
MONDAY – Characterization “Papa’s Parrot” Worksheet + WB p.167
TUESDAY – WB p.168 + Copy Spelling words (see below) and definitions (from Text – see page #s)
WEDNESDAY – WB p.170/171
THURSDAY – Study for Spelling Quiz (write words and match definitions)
FRIDAY – Spelling Quiz
*”Papa’s Parrot”/”Stolen Day” TEST next WEDNESDAY 10/29

SPELLING WORDS FOR “Papa’s Parrot” & “Stolen Day”
1. resumed (482)
2. inflammatory (484)
3. rheumatism (484)
4. solemn (484)
5. autumn (WB p.168)
6. column (WB p.168)
7. condemn (WB p.168)
8. hymn (WB p.168)
9. limn (WB p.168)
10. opportunity (definition – an appropriate or favorable time or occasion)

7th SPELLING – List 1 Religion Terms

Please copy both WORDS and DEFINITIONS (due on TUESDAY 9/30).

LIST 1 RELIGION TERMS TEST ON FRIDAY, 10/3!

7th SPELLING/VOCAB – Week of 5/12-5/16/08

Spelling/Vocab Words from LIT Drama – “A Christmas Carol – Act I” (page numbers for definitions are in parentheses)

1. solemnized (646)
2. implored (647)
3. morose (647)
4. Parliament (648)
5. liberality (648)
6. destitute (649)
7. misanthrope (651)
8. void (651)
9. ponderous (653)
10. benevolence (653)

SPELLING/VOCAB QUIZ is on FRIDAY 5/16

7th SPELLING/VOCAB – Week of 5/5 – 5/9/08

The following Spelling/Vocab words can be found in your LITERATURE textbook (page numbers are in parentheses):

1. incorporate (88)
2. dejectedly (88)
3. prestigious (93)
4. prodigious (93)
5. objective (93)
6. denigrate (219)
7. malevolent (219)
8. translucent (578)
9. perfunctorily (581)
10. compelled (581)

SPELLING/VOCAB QUIZ is on FRIDAY 5/9

7th SPELLING – Week of 1/22-1/25/08

Spelling Test – FRIDAY Jan.25th