Transcript Are You Ready for Seventh Grade Survivor?

Earn Points for Your Tribe, Study for the Final,
and Be in the Running for . . . .
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Describe the theme found in the play.
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Describe the theme found in the play.
We are our own worst enemies. People will
often try to find a “scapegoat” for their
problems. We often place blame on those
who are different, who do not conform.
When people get together in a “mob” they can
act irrationally.
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Who are the real monsters on Maple Street?
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Who are the real monsters on Maple Street?
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We are!!
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Why is the setting important in this play?
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Why is the setting important in this play?
This setting is very “normal” so it shows that
even a friendly setting can become violent
when people begin doubting and suspecting
one another. As it states in the play, “there is
a Maple Street in every town in America.”
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Define “flustered”
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Define “flustered”
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Nervous and confused
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Define “persistant”
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Define “persistant”
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Refusing to give up
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Define “optimistic”
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Define “optimistic”
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Hopeful about the future, confident
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Define “antagonism”
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Define “antagonism”
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Hostility, unfriendliness
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What is the theme of this poem?
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What is the theme of this poem?
We should “sharpen the saw” and take the
time out to connect with our neighbors.
Work will always be there but a visit with a
friend should be important as well. We
should not rush in life and should take the
time to get to know each other.
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What is the line that is repeated in this poem?
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What is the line that is repeated in this poem?
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I shan’t be gone long. --You come too.
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What is one example of some nice imagery in
this poem?
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What is one example of some nice imagery in
this poem?
The cow gently licking the young calf.
The water running clearly after washing the
leaves out of the spring.
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Which character can best be described as
dynamic?
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Which character can best be described as
dynamic?
Jimmy Valentine
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Give an example of an internal conflict in this
story.
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Give an example of an internal conflict in this
story.
Roger decides not to run out of the
apartment.
Mrs. Jones decides to take him home and
teach him a lesson.
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List words with the word part “ante”
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List words with the word part “opus, oper”
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List words with the word part “clud, clus”
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List words with the word part “tude”
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List words with the word part “ive”
Simple Sentence
A simple sentence, also called an independent
clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it
expresses a complete thought.
Some students always study in the morning.
Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon.
Alicia went to the library to meet Roger.
Identify the subject and the verb in each sentence.
Compound Sentence
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses
joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of
each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very
short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.
I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English.
Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping.
Larry dreams of winning, for it would make his parents proud.
Write a compound sentence about Jimmy Valentine.
Complex Sentence
A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or
more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a
subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when
(and many others) or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or
which.
1.When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the
last page.
2.The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error.
3.The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow.
4.After they finished studying, Juan and Maria went to the movies
5.Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying.
Write a complex sentence about Silky Bob using the subordinator
“because.”
1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument
every summer over where they should
spend their summer vacation.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
2. Pauline loves to go to the beach
and spend her days sunbathing.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view
that he gets from the log cabin up in the
mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the
forest.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
4. Pauline says there is nothing
relaxing about chopping wood,
swatting mosquitoes, and cooking
over a woodstove.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the
beach; he always gets a nasty
sunburn.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on
the beach, watching the waves, getting
sand in his swimsuit, and reading
detective novels for a week.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy
debate, they decided to take
separate vacations.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
8. Bruno went to the White
Mountains of New Hampshire, and
Pauline went to Cape Cod.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
9. Although they are 250 miles apart,
they keep in constant contact on the
internet.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence
10. Bruno took the desktop computer that
he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the
beach with her laptop computer, which she
connects to the internet with a cellular
phone.
A. Simple Sentence
B. Compound Sentence
C. Complex Sentence
D. Compound-Complex Sentence