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7th Grade Language Arts

Agenda:

1. Warm-up: Prepositions 1/2 sheet- keep at your desk

2. Choose Words

3. What is writing?

Assignments:

-Lit Circles (W)

-Spelling Post Test (F)

-Reading log and green sheet #2 (F 9/21)

-Vocabulary Writing (F 9/21)

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• Myopic

• Ratiocinate

• Render

• Recapitulate

• Gregarious

• Elocution

• Cogent

• Seminal

• Meritorious

• Redact

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• Ostracize

• Pariah

• Persevere

• Latent

• Burgeon

• Diligent

• Paragon

• Commodious

• Clairvoyant

• Cosmopolitan

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• Synopsis

• Cadence

• Boisterous

• Daft

• Deft

• Extravagant

• Colossus

• Vast

• Voluminous

• Recalcitrant

• Exorbitant

• Placate

• Tedious

• Tome

• Peruse

• Entomology

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Words Related to Transformation

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What is Writing?Writing is a process, not a single activity. It involves actions, steps,

behaviors, thoughts, and changes. These include:

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“We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each

time. It is a lot like inflating a blimp with a bicycle pump. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time.”

-Kurt Vonnegut Jr.