Literary Champion of the Week!

Sameeha did and an awesome job on her short story, mashaAllah! It was creative and silly. The protagonist and antagonist were easy to identify. Thank you for sharing it with us. I hope to see more of your creative work, inshaAllah. Keep up the good work.

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Homework due 1/31/13

Complete the “Combining Sentences” worksheet and study for the lesson 18 spelling test.

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Literary Term of the Week: Free Verse

Definition of Free Verse

Free Verse is a form of Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set fixed metrical pattern. The early 20th-century poets were the first to write what they called “free verse” which allowed them to break from the formula and rigidity of traditional poetry. The poetry of Walt Whitman provides many illustrations of Free Verse.

Click on the following link to see some nice examples of free verse poetry by students.

http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hickey/freeexamples.htm

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7th Grade Spelling Bee Words!

abandon

abbreviation

absence

absolutely

absorb

abundant

accessible

accompanied

accomplishment

accurate

achievement

acres

adequate

adjustable

admit

admittance

advice

advise

afghan

alternate

alternative

amusement

analysis

analyze

ancestor

anniversary

appreciate

artificial

assistance

association

athlete

atmosphere

attendance

authority

bacteria

bagel

baggage

benefited

benefiting

bicycle

biscuit

bizarre

boulevard

boundary

bouquet

brilliant

brochure

bulletin

bureau

campaign

cancellation

candidate

capable

capital

capitol

category

celery

cemetery

changeable

chaperone

character

cinnamon

civilize

commercial

committed

committee

commotion

companion

competent

competition

complement

complex

compliment

compressor

concentrate

concentration

conductor

confetti

congratulations

consequently

controlling

cringe

culminate

culprit

deceive

delayed

democracy

deodorant

descendent

description

diameter

diamond

discourage

disgraceful

dismissal

distinguished

dreadful

economics

economy

elementary

embarrass

emotion

emphasize

encircle

enclosing

encounter

endurance

engineer

environment

episode

erosion

eruption

evident

exchange

executive

exhibit

expensive

extinct

extinguish

extraordinary

extremely

fabricate

failure

fascinating

fatigue

flagrant

foreign

forfeit

frequently

fundamental

genuine

ghetto

gossiping

gradual

graffiti

grammar

grievance

guarantee

harass

havoc

heroic

hesitate

horrify

hospital

humid

humility

hygiene

identical

idle

idol

illegal

illustration

imaginary

immediately

immobilize

impossibility

inconvenient

incredible

individual

infamous

influence

informant

inhabit

inherit

innocence

innocent

instructor

intelligent

interruption

introduction

involvement

irate

irresistible

jealousy

judgment

juvenile

kettle

knitting

laboratory

language

legibly

liquidation

management

maneuver

media

mileage

miniature

misbehaved

morale

mortgage

movement

murmur

musician

mysterious

negotiate

nervous

nuisance

nurture

oases

oasis

obedient

obstacle

obviously

occasion

ordinarily

ordinary

organization

pamphlet

panic

panicked

panicky

parallel

paralysis

paralyze

penicillin

pedestrian

phantom

pheasant

phrase

politely

popular

precipitation

principal

principle

privilege

procedure

pronunciation

psychology

puny

qualified

qualifying

quotation

raspberry

reasonable

receipt

receiving

recipe

recognition

recommend

recruit

reddest

reprimand

resigned

restaurant

rotten

sandwich

scarcity

scenery

secretary

securing

significance

simile

sincerely

sincerity

situation

skeptical

slumber

smudge

solemn

souvenir

spacious

specific

stationary

stationery

statistics

subscription

substitute

superintendent

supervisor

supposedly

threatening

tolerate

tongue

tournament

tragedy

traitor

transferred

transferring

transmitted

traveled

traveling

unfortunately

uniform

university

unnecessary

valuable

various

vehicle

version

vertical

victim

vigorously

violation

visualize

volcano

voyage

wealthy

weapon

wheeze

wilderness

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6th Grade Spelling Bee Words!

Study the following words:

action

climate

express

increase

mammal

surface

gaze

teaspoon

simply

further

noisy

poem

gesture

heroes

squawk

bough

solar

grief

hyphen

spaghetti

pressure

sailor

listening

recently

quote

myth

rumor

safety

wrestle

rehearse

whose

rural

jealous

headache

grateful

separate

partial

scarcely

governor

ambulance

temperature

scientific

hangar

emergency

inquire

marriage

sword

sentence

museum

excellent

ingredient

comfortable

especially

league

ancient

nationality

patient

vault

honorable

struggling

intermission

acquire

vacuum

persuade

mechanic

requirement

accidentally

performance

disastrous

scissors

vegetable

appearance

studios

descendant

systematic

audience

violence

unbelievable

separately

lightning

unsuccessful

independence

variety

encyclopedia

immediate

strengthen

noticeable

operational

acknowledgement

desperately

courageous

restaurant

unmistakable

recyclable

exaggerate

convenience

preferable

millionaire

rhythmic

mischievous

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Homework 1/23/13

Study for Lesson 17 Spelling Test!

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Two literary terms: protagonist and antagonist

Take note of the roots “pro” and “ant”. Remember what they mean.

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Our Spelling Bee will be on Thursday, February 14th!

Come ready to spell!

Reminder: This will also be the last day of school before our break. We’ll come back to school on February 25th, insha’Allah.

 

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Literary champion of the week:

Congratulations Amani! Your presentation of the term hyperbole was excellent. That was a very good example of great creative thinking. I was impressed, but not surprised. I already knew how awesome you are! Keep up the good work.

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NEW 6th GRADE SPELLING WORDS!!!

Asalamu alaykom, for the students that have been using the 6th grade list, we’ll be using the Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6 Lesson 16 for this week. Follow the link below to see your list of words. Your first word is awe. Let me know if you have any questions.

quizlet.com/8215325/wordly-wise-3000-book-6-lesson-16-flash-cards/

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