Are You Ready for Seventh Grade Survivor?

1. Are You Ready forSeventh Grade Survivor? Earn Points for Your Tribe, Study for the Final, and Be in the Running for . . . .

3. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Describe the theme found in the play.

4. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Describe the theme found in the play. • We are our own worst enemies. People will often try to find a “scapegoat” for their problems. We often place blame on those who are different, who do not conform. When people get together in a “mob” they can act irrationally.

5. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Who are the real monsters on Maple Street?

6. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Who are the real monsters on Maple Street? • We are!!

7. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Why is the setting important in this play?

8. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Why is the setting important in this play? • This setting is very “normal” so it shows that even a friendly setting can become violent when people begin doubting and suspecting one another. As it states in the play, “there is a Maple Street in every town in America.”

9. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “flustered”

10. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “flustered” • Nervous and confused

11. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “persistant”

12. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “persistant” • Refusing to give up

13. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “optimistic”

14. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “optimistic” • Hopeful about the future, confident

15. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “antagonism”

16. “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” • Define “antagonism” • Hostility, unfriendliness

17. “A Time to Talk” • What is the theme of this poem?

18. “A Time to Talk” • What is the theme of this poem? • We should “sharpen the saw” and take the time out to connect with our neighbors. Work will always be there but a visit with a friend should be important as well. We should not rush in life and should take the time to get to know each other.

19. “The Pasture” • What is the line that is repeated in this poem?

20. “The Pasture” • What is the line that is repeated in this poem? • I shan’t be gone long. --You come too.

21. “The Pasture” • What is one example of some nice imagery in this poem?

22. “The Pasture” • What is one example of some nice imagery in this poem? • The cow gently licking the young calf. • The water running clearly after washing the leaves out of the spring.

23. “A Retrieved Reformation” • Which character can best be described as dynamic?

24. “A Retrieved Reformation” • Which character can best be described as dynamic? • Jimmy Valentine

25. “Thank You, M’am” • Give an example of an internal conflict in this story.

26. “Thank You, M’am” • Give an example of an internal conflict in this story. • Roger decides not to run out of the apartment. • Mrs. Jones decides to take him home and teach him a lesson.

27. Word Parts • List words with the word part “ante”

28. Word Parts • List words with the word part “opus, oper”

29. Word Parts • List words with the word part “clud, clus”

30. Word Parts • List words with the word part “tude”

31. Word Parts • List words with the word part “ive”

32. Simple Sentence A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

33. Compound Sentence A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (Helpful hint: The first letter of each of the coordinators spells FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.

34. Complex Sentence • A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or • more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a • subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when • (and many others) or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or  • which.

38. 1. Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

39. 2. Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

40. 3. Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

41. 4. Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, and cooking over a woodstove.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

42. 5. Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

43. 6. Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

44. 7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

45. 8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

46. 9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence

47. 10. Bruno took the desktop computer that he uses at work, and Pauline sits on the beach with her laptop computer, which she connects to the internet with a cellular phone.   A. Simple Sentence B. Compound Sentence C. Complex Sentence D. Compound-Complex Sentence