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Mrs. Mathieu's 7th Grade ELA - CRCT Study Guide

Mrs. Mathieu’s - CRCT Study Guide

Use your literature book (7^th grade McDougal Littell Literature Book) or the internet to find information, explanations, and definitions of each of these topics.  Write one paragraph or the definitions that correspond with each topic.  This project is worth 500 points (5 homework grades), and it is due on Monday, April 14, 2014.

I.                     Literary Texts

a.        Theme and Author’s Purpose (R109. R100)

b.        Characterization (R101)

c.        Events and Plot (R106 – Introduction, Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Resolution)

d.        Sound, Figurative Language, and Graphics (define: sound, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, simile, assonance, imagery, mood)

e.        Tone and Mood – (R109, R105)

II.                    Informational Texts

a.        Common Textual Features – R114

b.        Common Graphic Features – R3-R7

c.        Common Organizational Structures – R10-R13

d.        Developing and Supporting an Argument 912-917

e.        Following Technical Directions – R16-R46

f.         Persuasion Techniques – R20-R21

III.                  Reading: Vocabulary

a.        Context Clues – R68

b.        Roots and Affixes – R69

c.        Idioms and Analogies – R64, R100, R71, R10

d.        Determining Word Meanings – R72

IV.                  Conventions

a.        Sentences – R48-R60

b.        Adjective and Adverb Clauses – R62

c.        Standard Agreements – R52

d.        Verb Tenses – R56

e.        Adjectives and Adverbs – R46-R47

f.         Comma and Semicolon Usage – R49

g.        Homonyms – R53, R71

 

Helpful Websites

www.unshackledlearning.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/writing/argument/watch/

http://www.ar.cc.mn.us/beste/english1121/research/topic_suggestions.htm

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/?

www.linkstolearning.com

www.ixl.com

www.studyisland.com

http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/appositive.html

http://bogglesworldesl.com/

http://english-zone.com/

http://www.mes-english.com/flashcards.php?goback=.gde_2249217_member_104460904

http://autoenglish.org/

http://www.usingenglish.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/

http://www.duboislc.org/EducationWatch/First100Words.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/

http://www.nysedregents.org/Grade4/EnglishLanguageArts/home.html

www.learnzillion.com

https://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/CRCT.aspx
 

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/CRCT-Study-Guides.aspx

www.canvas.instructure.com – Your online course.  Use your login the code is PELKTE

www.classzone.com   - Your literature book is here.  Use my login

 

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