The document outlines the agenda for a 7th grade language arts class. It includes assignments on grammar, literature, and reading skills. For grammar, the class will discuss kinds of sentences and subjects in unusual positions. They will also analyze sentences from a passage about Williamsburg, Virginia. For literature, the class will read about reading comprehension skills like making inferences, drawing conclusions, comparing/contrasting, and evaluating. The reading section provides tips for actively reading like focusing, taking notes, asking questions, and finding a good place to read.

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7th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Warm-up: Write 4 sentences in your notes declarative,
interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
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Grammar Lessons 6: Kinds of Sentences
makes a statement; always ends with a
Declarative
period .
Interrogative asks a question; always ends with a
question mark
?
Imperative tells or asks someone to do something;
. or !
usually ends with a period but may end
with an exclamation point
Exclamatory
shows strong feeling; always ends with an
exclamation point !
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Grammar Chapter 1, Lesson 7: Subjects in unusual positions
Question: the subject comes after the verb or between parts of the
verb phrase
Are you walking to the Brooklyn Bridge?
Commands: the subject is (you)
Put on your comfortable shoes.
Inverted Sentences: the subject comes after the verb
Across the East River extends the bridge.
Sentences beginning with here or there: subjects follow verbs
(IMPORTANT- the subject is almost never here or there
Here comes the bus to Brooklyn.
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1. Would you like a trip to the past?
2. Visit the historic town of Williamsburg, Virginia.
3. Between the James and York rivers lies this popular tourist attraction.
4. Here is a brief description.
5. Within the town are over 80 homes and other buildings from the 1700s.
6. There are also more than 400 reconstructed buildings.
7. Along the streets stroll actors in colonial costumes.
8. Inside some buildings are demonstrations of crafts.
9. Are you planning a trip to Williamsburg?
10. Read a brochure or travel book for more information.
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Fix the sentences from your warm-up
if you need to. Then, add a few more
sentences...one sentence that begins
with here or there, one sentence that
is inverted, one more question, and one
more imperative
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Reading Know-how
Thinking Skill 1: Making Inferences
What I Learned + What I already know= making inferences
• A character who is glaring and has clenched fists is
probably __________________
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Reading Know-how
Thinking Skill 2: Drawing Conclusions
• "putting two and two together"
• take bits of information and put it together to form
conclusions
• A man who is 6'6" tall; 10-15 other tall men with gym bags
and basketball shoes= _______________________
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Reading Know-how
Thinking Skill 3: Comparing and Contrasting
• the ability to see how things are alike and different
• "Who is good and who is bad in this story?"
• How is this different than other things written by the same
author?
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Reading Know-how
Thinking Skill 4: Evaluating
• apply what you know to make judgments about what you read
• authors give the character traits and behaviors to create
certain feelings and impressions
• pay attention to these signals from an author
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So, how do I do put all of these thinking skills
together?
• stay focused while reading/concentrate
> Keep your eyes on the ball
> Active participation in sports
• read actively
> take notes
> mark or highlight (use sticky notes)
> ask questions
> react and connect
> predict
> visualize
> clarify
• Find a place to read
• Find time for reading
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