WEEK OF AUGUST  28
HOMEWORK
​GRADE 7 HW WEEK OF AUGUST 28
DUE THURSDAY, AUGUST 31
1. Log in to Read Works Digital, and Read “Just What the Doctor Ordered” and answer ALL QUESTIONS. Be sure to look at the Vocabulary BEFORE YOUR READ THE SELECTION.

2. Log in to IXL, and complete the following exercises on IXL. Make sure you choose SEVENTH GRADE!
IXL GRADE 7:

Punctuation, capitalization, and formatting
F.3Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
 F.4Commas with coordinate adjectives
F.14Capitalizing titles


STUDY FOR PARTS OF SPEECH QUIZ THURSDAY, AUGUST 31

STUDY NIGHTLY!!!!!!!
GRADE 8 HW WEEK OF AUGUST 28
DUE THURSDAY, AUGUST 31

1. Log in to Read Works Digital, and Read “Routine” and answer ALL QUESTIONS. Be sure to look at the Vocabulary BEFORE YOUR READ THE SELECTION.

2. Log in to IXL, and complete the following exercises on IXL. Make sure you choose EIGHTH GRADE! IXL GRADE 8:

Punctuation, capitalization, and formatting
F.3Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
 F.4Commas with coordinate adjectives
F.14Capitalizing titles


DUE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

1. COMPLETE THE VOCABULARY SQUARES WITH 12 NEW VOCABULARY WORDS


STUDY FOR PHRASE QUIZ THURSDAY, AUGUST 31
LITERARY TERMS TEST THURSDASY, SEPTEMBER 7

VOCABULARY SQUARES

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Rearranging Kernel Ideas

As you practiced combining kernel ideas, you also rearranged words in different positions. If you read some of your sentences aloud, you probably noticed that by moving words or phrases to different positions, you created a different emphasis or impact. DO ON PAPER!!!!!

Exercise 1:
Emphasize key words or phrases in the following sentences by rearranging. The first three sentences include hints in bold.

1. Little Robin inched her way courageously to the haunted house on a stormy night.
2. I waited alone for twenty minutes.
3. Ms. Pumpkin stopped abruptly and stared at Herman.
4. Nothing is more beautiful to me than a quiet evening in Wisconsin.
5. Dr. I. Pullem reached into Shelby's mouth and forcefully grasped her wisdom tooth with his pliers.
6. As lightning streaked across the sky, Arnold screamed and hid under the bed.
7. It pleased Uncle Dick to eat the pickled herring from my refrigerator.
8. Mr. Samuel Puzatero screamed with delight when he found the missing Brinks' money bag.
9. I felt like a millionaire as I boarded the ship for Transylvania.
10. Sliding down the banister in the old people's home, Maggie McDunna ripped her bloomers.
11. The fire broke out after midnight.
12. Nellie Fox was one of the greatest second basemen in baseball history.
13. I enjoy making beef tongue in a special raspberry gravy.
14. Enrico stubbed his toe while jumping in the vat of grapes.
15. The hot air balloon was tossed about wildly in the turbulent weather.

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