Exposition: Victor is nervous about the 1st day of
school.
Victor wants to impress Tereza.
Rising Action: Victor finds out she is not in his math
or English classes.
Victor embarrasses himself in English
Victor looks for Tereza at lunch.
Climax: Victor pretends to speak French and
impresses Tereza.
Falling Action: Mr. Bueller keeps Victor’s secret.
Resolution: Victor checks out textbooks to tutor
Tereza. Victor is happy 
Vocabulary in “Seventh Grade”
1. Record Vocabulary word, definition, and part
of speech neatly.
2. Find the sentence in the story and record
that sentence underneath the definition.
3. Create your own sentence using the new
vocabulary word.
4. List 2 synonyms and 1 antonym
Vocab Practice
• Worksheet time!
Periods 3 and 8
‘Using Evidence’ Homework
How does the author show the readers how
much Victor likes Theresa? Use evidence from
the text to support your answer.
1.
2.
3.
Periods 1,4,5
‘Let’s Investigate’ Homework
• Develop questions that a school newspaper
reporter might ask Victor in an interview.
• Use the story’s events and characters to write
specific questions that elicit a strong response
from Victor.
• Avoid questions that can be answered in one
or two words.
• Minimum 5 questions.
Use SPECIFIC examples from the text
to complete the chart below.
What would Victor
regret?
What would Victor
be proud of?
What would Victor
do differently?