Things We Learned
This Year
This Year
What type of figurative language is this?
He was as fast as a cheetah.
A simile
What dairy product does Ms. Harvey seem to love?
Cheese
What item did the most students have trouble with the first week of school?
Their combination locks
What game did we play as a school in the gym on Halloween?
Fear Factor
True or False: When writing a paragraph about a poem, always put the poem's title in the first sentence.
True
What does Ms. Harvey drink every morning?
Tea!!
What is the one item teachers kept running out of in class?
Pencils
How many kids were in the grade 7 classes at the beginning of the year?
32
What do the 5 W's stand for?
Who, What, When, Where, Why
What kept breaking in Ms. Harvey's classroom all year?
The pencil sharpener
What item did kids keep making out of post-it notes that got them in trouble?
Mini airplanes that stuck on the roof
What did we start each English lesson with?
A bellringer
What does it mean to cite a source?
To list all of the authorship details.
What would Ms. Harvey's first name (Rachel) be in French?
Rachelle
What costume did Eli wear for Halloween?
A swamp monster!
What reading skill follows this formula? What you know + What the story says = ?
Inferencing
Where did the story "The Landlady" take place?
England (in the town of Bath)
How many kids does Ms. Harvey have?
1
Roll the activity dice!
What was the name of the Bon Jovi song we analyzed?
It's My Life