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7th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading
2. Grammar
3. Writing Workshop
Assignments:
-comment on 2
students'
responses (F)

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Chapter 1, Lesson 4: Verb Phrases
Verb Phrase: main verb + one or more helping verbs
Main Verb: can stand by itself
ex: Technology changes cities.
The changes are rapid.
Helping Verb: helps main verbs express action or
show time
ex: Technology will change cities.
City dwellers should have been preparing
for change.

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Common Helping Verbs
forms of be is, am, are, was, were, be, been
forms of do do, does, did
forms of have has, have, had
others
may, might, can, should, could,
would, shall, will

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1. Modern industries cities and towns to flourish.
2. However, they ________ serious problems as well.
3. Chemical wastes from factories _____________ our
environment.
4. Pollution ____________ animals and plants.
5. Automobiles ________________ the air for decades.
is endangering
have allowed
can poison
have been polluting
can cause

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Chapter 1, Lesson 5: Compound Sentence Parts
compound subject: two or more subjects that have the same
verb
ex: Tornadoes and hurricanes are dangerous.
compound verb: two or more verbs that have the same
subject
ex: The swollen river rose and crested.
Why does it matter?
-Your writing can get repetitive if you do not use compounds.
ex: Jaguars are endangered animals.Gray wolves
are endangered animals.

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1. Space stations and orbiting platforms are our first
step away from Earth.
2. In the future, we may design and build outer-space
cities.
3. Several nations or international groups could pool their
resources.
4. They could create and manage a colony on the moon.
5. Minerals and other raw materials would be shipped to
colonies in space.
6. We already design and plan model cities.
7. In one design, two huge cylinders and their solar panels
form the main body of the space city.
8. The cylinders rotate and create an artificial gravity.
9. Special greenhouses shelter and sustain the city's
food.
10. These cities or other space colonies could bring us
closer to the stars.

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Six +1 Writing
Traits

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• The six traits are the
qualities of good writing.
What are the writing traits?

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• The six traits are:
What are the six traits?

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• The "plus 1" is the trait of
Presentation
What does the "plus 1" mean?

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• Six + 1 Traits of writing is a
common language for students,
parents and teachers.
• It can be used to talk about
writing.
Why do we use Six + 1 Writing?

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• All students at every grade
levels can talk about their writing
using this common language.
• Students will know what traits
to improve upon in their next
piece of writing.
How can Six + 1 Writing help
students?

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The
Writing
Process

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How do you
assess writing?

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Ideas
Ideas are the heart of the message, the content of
the piece and the main theme
Together with the details, ideas enrich and develop
that theme and draw the reader into the story.
Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
~Sholem Asch
Ideas and Content.pps

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