7th Grade Review

Fractions, %, and Decimals

100

1/2 = ________ (percent)

50%

200

1/3 = _______ (decimal)

0.333333

300

2/5 = _____ (decimal)

0.4

400

3/4 = ______ (percent)

75%

500

0.125 = _____ (fraction)

1/8

Integers

100

-3(4)

-12

200

4(-5) + 3

-17

300

-1(-2) + 5(-2)

-8

400

-4 + 5 - 2(3)

-5

500

3(2) - (-1)(2)

8

Writing

100

What does "R" in CER stand for?

reasoning

200

When writing a CER, you may change it to a CCER to include context because context helps the person reading the essay....

Context helps the person reading the essay understand the evidence better.  It allows them to understand the where and when leading up to the quote.

300

What order do these sentences go in to correctly write a CER? 

1) Sixth grade was scarier because we did not know what to expect.

2) It was our first year of middle school and we didn't know our way around.

3) Seventh grade is better than sixth grade because sixth grade was scary.

3, 1, 2

Seventh grade is better than sixth grade because sixth grade was scary.  Sixth grade was scarier because we did not know what to expect.  It was our first year of middle school and we didn't know our way around.

400

When writing a claim, you should always include a _______ word.

arguable word or power word

500

Write a CER (3 sentences) of who the best 6th grade teacher is.

C - Claim ("_______ was the best 6th grade teacher at McAuliffe last year because he was fun.")

E - Evidence ("_______ was fun because he let us earn choice time if we finished our work in time.")

R - Reasoning ("8 hours is a long day, and choice time made school more fun for us.")