7 - Yellow English-7 - Yellow Assignments

Instructions:
Follow the directions in the Article of the Week: "Eight Ways to Tell if a Website is Reliable."
Make sure that you complete ALL parts of the assignment to receive full credit.
The article is due on Friday, May 22.

Instructions:
Follow the directions in the Article of the Week: "10 Jaw-Dropping Lego Facts That Everyone Should Know."
Make sure that you complete ALL parts of the assignment to receive full credit.
The article is due on Friday, May 15.

1. Wednesday Writing Prompt (5 sentences minimum)

1. Tuesday Writing Prompt (5 sentences minimum)

1. Complete Study Island for English, Unit 5 / Chapter 11 Study Island Topics: Punctuation.
2. Monday Writing Prompt (5 sentences minimum)

Friday, May 1:
1. Complete and submit 11.8 Other Marks of Punctuation Lesson practice on Google Doc.

Thursday, April 30:
1. Read Lesson 11.8 Other Marks of Punctuation pg. 259
2. Watch Brain Pop on Hyphens and Dashes.
a. *** There is extra information in this video. You only need to know about the hyphen. For our class’s purpose, all of the different dash names mean the same thing! ***
b. www.brainpop.com
c. Username: northstar
d. Password: cougars
e. English --> Grammar --> Hyphens and Dashes
3. Complete the Google Form about the Brain Pop episode.

Wednesday, April 29:
1. Read Lesson 11.7: Apostrophes pg. 257
2. Complete and submit 11.7: Apostrophes Exercises and Lesson Practice on Google Doc.

Friday, April 24: YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO CONTINUE WORK ON THIS NEXT WEEK!
1. Start Quotation Marks dialogue writing activity.
a. Turn your comic strip into a typed paragraph.
b. My example can be viewed on the Google Classroom assignment page. Again, this is only partially completed and yours should be different.
c. You need to start a new paragraph EVERY TIME a different character begins talking. Make sure you indent the new paragraph by pressing the TAB button one time.
d. Use the doc attached to the assignment on Google Classroom to type your dialogue activity.
e. Periods and commas ALWAYS go inside quotation marks.
f. Make sure to use proper spacing around your punctuation marks.
i. The first quotation mark should be right next to the first word – no spaces.
ii. Make sure to have a space between the speech tag and the dialogue.
iii. Dialogue example:

Mr. Jones yelled, “Slow down dog! I can’t run that fast.” He was breathing fast and his feet hurt from landing on the hard sidewalk.
“Woof,” the dog replied as he sat down and waited for Mr. Jones to catch his breath.
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Just try your best!!! I know we are not in school for me to help you as you are doing this. I did not want you to miss out on a fun writing opportunity! Your project will be graded on effort and completion!

Wednesday, April 22:
1. Complete and submit 11.6: Quotation Marks Lesson Practice 2 on Google Doc.

Tuesday, April 21:
1. Complete and submit 11.6: Quotation Marks - Exercises and Lesson Practice on Google Form.

Monday, April 20:
1. Complete and submit 11.6: Quotation Marks - Exercises and Lesson Practice on Google Doc.

Friday:
1. Read Lesson 11.6: Quotation Marks on page 255.
a. www.brainpop.com
b. Username: northstar
c. Password: cougars
d. English --> Grammar --> Dialogue
2. Complete Google Form quiz about the Brain Pop episode.

Thursday:
1. Complete and submit 11.5: Semicolons and Colons worksheet practice via Google Form.

Wednesday:
1. Complete and submit 11.5: Semicolons and Colons and Exercises and Lesson Practice on Google Doc.

Tuesday:
1. Read Lesson 11.5: Semicolons and Colons page 253.
2. Watch Brain Pop on Colons and then the Brain Pop on Semicolons.
a. www.brainpop.com
b. Username: northstar
c. Password: cougars
d. English --> Grammar --> Colon
e. English --> Grammar --> Semicolon
3. Complete Google Form quiz about the Brain Pop episodes.

1. Review Capitalization = Watch Brain Pop about Capitalization
a. www.brainpop.com
b. Username: northstar
c. Password: cougars
d. English --> Grammar --> Capitalization
2. Complete Google Form practice about capitalization. Questions will be from Brain Pop (that you have seen) and review worksheets.

Thursday:
1. Complete and submit 11.2 Abbreviations Exercises 1 and Lesson Practice on Google Doc.

Wednesday:
1. Read Lesson 11.2: Abbreviations on page 247.
2. Watch this short video about abbreviations: https://www.teachertube.com/videos/tues-4-21-abbreviations-381270

Tuesday:
1. Complete and submit 11.1 Exercises 1 & 2 and Lesson Practice on Google Doc.

Monday:
1. Read Lesson 11.1: End Marks page 245.
2. Watch Brain Pop on Types of Sentences.
a. www.brainpop.com
b. Username: northstar
c. Password: cougars
d. English --> Grammar --> Types of Sentences
3. Complete Google Form quiz about the Brain Pop episode. (Hint: The questions are the same, so you could do the practice mode on the Brain Pop Website before you do the Google Form quiz.)

Use the attached Google Form to complete the questions from LEsson 15: Style, Tone, and Effect.

Use the attached Google Form to answer the questions from Lesson 14: Mechanics.

Use the attached Google Form to answer the questions from this lesson.

Use this Google Doc to type and submit your character sketch.

This is the assignment you will be missing on Friday. You can borrow my notebook to copy down the notes you will miss. You can also borrow a book if you would like.

Use the attached Google Doc to complete the exercises for Lesson 2.2: Correcting Run-on Sentences.

Use the attached Google Doc to complete the exercises for Lesson 2.1: Correcting Sentence Fragments.

Use the attached Google doc to type and submit your TDA.