JEFFERSON BILINGUAL SCHOOL
SEVENTH GRADE STUDY GUIDE
FIRST QUIMESTRE
SCHOOL YEAR 2014-2015
WORD RECALL
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UNIT 1 LESSON 1
VOCABULARY # 1
A package for Mrs. Jewls
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UNIT 1 LESSON 2
VOCABULARY # 2
A royal Mystery
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UNIT 1 LESSON 3
VOCABULARY # 3
Off and running
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UNIT 1 LESSON 4
VOCABULARY # 4
Double Dutch
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UNIT 1 LESSON 5
VOCABULARY # 5
Elisa´s Diary
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UNIT 2 LESSON 6
VOCABULARY # 6
Quest for the three Kangaroo
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UNIT 2 LESSON 7
VOCABULARY # 7
Old Yeller
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UNIT 2 LESSON 8
VOCABULARY # 8
Everglades Forever
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UNIT 2 LESSON 9
VOCABULARY # 9
Storm Warriors
Booklet
English notebook
READING COMPREHENSION
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“A package for Mrs. Jewls”
“A royal mystery””
“ Off and running”
“Double Dutch”
“Elisa´s Diary””
“ Quest for the three kangaroo”
“Old Yeller”
“Everglades forever””
“ Storm warriors”
Literature: -
characters
Setting
sequence of events
theme
plot
understanding characters
author´s purpose
drawing conclusions
reading comprehension questions and critical thinking
questions.
Journeys Reading book
English notebook
LANGUAGE ARTS
GRAMMAR: Exercises on booklet and concepts.
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Simple subjects and simple predicates
Sentence fragments
Complete sentences
Declarative and interrogative sentences
Imperative and exclamatory sentences
Kinds of sentences
punctuation
Capitalizing proper nouns
Plural, singular and collective nouns
Action verbs
Main verbs
Helping verbs
Irregular verbs
Direct object
Compound direct object
Indirect object
Using and, but or or
Conjunctions in compound sentences
Subordinating conjunctions
Dependent and independent clauses
Booklet grammar section
Reader´s notebook
SPELLING
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 1
Short vowels
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 2
Long /a/ and long /e/
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 3
Long /i/ and long /o/
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 4
Vowel sounds: /oo/ /yoo/
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 5
Vowel diphthong /ou/ ow, ou
Vowel diphthong /oi/ oi, oy
Vowel variant /o/ aw, au, al
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 6
Vowel+ /r/ sounds
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 7
Vowel+ /r/ sounds
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 8
homophones
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 9
Compound words
Booklet
Reader´s notebook
English notebook
DECODING
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 1
Short vowels
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 2
Long /a/ and long /e/
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 3
Long /i/ and long /o/
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 4
Vowel sounds: /oo/ /yoo/
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UNIT 1
Spelling lesson # 5
Vowel diphthong /ou/ ow, ou
Vowel diphthong /oi/ oi, oy
Vowel variant /o/ aw, au, al
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 6
Vowel+ /r/ sounds
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 7
Vowel+ /r/ sounds
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 8
homophones
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UNIT 2
Spelling lesson # 9
Compound words
Reader´s notebook
English notebook
WRITING /SPEECH SKILLS
Title: “
Ways to protect the environment
Number of words 200
BEFORE THE ORAL PRESENTATION
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Draft presentation and correction:
Due date Wednesday September 16th
Read the paper attached for instructions.
DURING THE ORAL PRESENTATION
Grading Criteria:
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YOU CAN NOT USE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, CHARTS, PICTURES,ETC.
(10 points, 2 points each skill)
PRONUNCIATION
INTONATION
BODY LANGUAGE
CONTENT+COHERENCE
GRAMMAR STRUCTURE
TOTAL
Prepared by,
Ms. Paola Barreiro
7th Grade English Teacher
September 8th, 2014