A girl was eating pencils in my fourth hour class!!!
The end of report card #2 is coming soon. BIG, FAT TEST next week!
Click below to view and print “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto. Don’t forget to look at the pages before and after the story … they have information that could help you prepare for the test.
HW:
- Show your pink progress report to a parent. Get a parent’s singnature. (sing?! sing-nature? what? is your mom supposed to sing about birds and trees?)
- Plot diagram.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE PLOT DIAGRAM:
Neatly draw a mountain or OTHER SIMILAR SHAPE. The shape should start low and gradually rise to a point or high spot then gradually lower. The shape shows that the story is getting more and more interesting (RISING ACTION) until it hits the most interesting point (CLIMAX).
Label each part of the diagram – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Then add events from the story we have been reading – “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto. You should have TWO events for the exposition, TWO rising action events and TWO falling action events. You MUST have only ONE climax event and ONE resolution event.
Yes, spelling counts. Yes, neatness counts. Yes, add some color!
Here are the events that might work for your diagram:
EXPOSITION
- It’s the first day of school. Victor chooses French because he knows his crush, Teresa, will be in that class.
- He meets up with his best friend, Michael. They raza-shake.
RISING ACTION
- Victor bumps into Teresa after homeroom. He says something stupid.
- At lunch, Victor slyly scans for Teresa while Michael scowls at all the ladies.
CLIMAX
- Victor is finally in French class with Teresa. He bluffs that he knows French and completely embarrasses himself.
FALLING ACTION
- The French teacher, Mr. Bueller, doesn’t snitch because he remembers bluffing for his crush.
- Teresa flirts back with Victor and asks him to help her learn French.
RESOLUTION
- Victor thinks Teresa is going to be his girl and 7th grade is going to be a great year. He sprints to the library right after school to get French tutoring books.
These ideas are just my OPINION. We can fight about what is the true CLIMAX event in class.
So yeah. Longest blog ever. Yes, you should read every word. I mean, c’mon people, the subject is ELA – reading won’t kill you.