(After Twenty Years)

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1 Grade 7 IP English Language Arts Week 9 Nov. 10 th 14 th Term 1 (After Twenty Years) By O. HENRY Teacher: TÅ Ç T{Åxw Student s Name: You can make a difference!

2 Dear parents, Please make sure that your son follows this weekly plan and completes all the homework activities for the week. This plan is a guide for what your son is going to study and do for the week. Please do not hesitate to contact me (aabdulrazeq@kingdomschools.edu.sa) if you have any queries. Please visit so you can browse and download all worksheets and lesson papers. Weekly Plan + Homework Assignments Day Classroom Activities Homework After Twenty Years Connect to your life Build Background Words to know page 1 Words to know After Twenty Years Vocabulary page 3 Saturday Kingdom Schools Boys Intermediate English Department Grade 7.IP Weekly Parent Information Letter Term: 1 Week: 9 : Nov. 10 th 14 th Topic/Theme: (After Twenty Years) Genre: Short Story Sunday Vocabulary: Antonyms English Test Part 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday After Twenty Years Daily language: Direct speech Grammar: : Subjects in Unusual Order Listening: listen for specific information After Twenty Years Active Reading: Surprise Ending Literary Analysis: Monitoring Spelling: Review Writing: Publish your work Check homework Spelling Test Open book exam Grammar page 4 Spelling page 6 Note: All homework assignments are due on Wednesday unless specified. Study the following spelling words. 1. pleasure 5. believable 9. measurement 13. punctuation 17. recommend 2. refusal 6. sincerity 10. improving 14. refrigeration 18. consequence 3. usage 7. separately 11. celebration 15. precaution 19. prescription 4. continuous 8. hoping 12. cooperation 16. percent 20. prevention

3 After Twenty Years (page 154) Words to Know SkillBuilder Words to Know absurdity dismally habitual simultaneously staunchest destiny egotism intricate stalwart vicinity A. Read the following news headlines. Replace each underlined word or phrase with the vocabulary word that is most like it in meaning. 1. EVENING ENDS BADLY FOR WESTERNER 2. REGULAR WALKER FINGERS FRIEND 3. TRUEST FRIEND TURNS TRAITOR 4. NEIGHBORHOOD OF BIG JOE BRADY S RESTAURANT: 5. SHOCKED AT THE SAME INSTANT: YOU RE NOT JIMMY! B. Write a newspaper article describing the events of the story. You may choose one of the corrected headlines or write your own. Use the rest of the Words to Know in your article. UNIT ONE LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE 83

4 Lesson 24 Antonyms Antonyms are words that have opposite or nearly opposite meanings. You can sometimes figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a sentence when its antonym appears in the same sentence. George loves cauliflower, but he abhors broccoli. You can figure out from the sentence (especially the word but) that abhors has roughly the same meaning as hates or despises. A thesaurus a reference book that lists synonyms often lists antonyms as well. Teaching A. Antonyms in Action Revise each item to make sense by replacing the bold-faced word or phrase with an antonym from the list below. Use a thesaurus or dictionary if needed. flustered despite improvising harmony neutral industrious exaggerates cheered bleak full 1. Cameron was ravenous after eating three pieces of cheesecake. 2. Eddie was calm when he tripped in front of everyone. 3. The landscape looked bright, with leafless trees and threatening clouds. 4. Our dog is lonely because of our three friendly cats. 5. Colleen always understates her stories; once she told us that she saw a four-inch-long cockroach in the cafeteria. 6. Brad insists on rehearsing his scenes in the school play, ignoring the script and making up his own dialogue. 7. The members of the committee were in complete conflict; they all voted to make the school paper a weekly publication. 8. Matt was so proud of Sue s game-winning goal that he jeered louder than any other fan. 9. I hate drab, primary colors; I like to wear bright blue and green and red clothes. 10. Mary is so lazy that she manages to get straight A s while she participates in lots of activities. VOCABULARY 47

5 Lesson 24 Antonyms B. Vocabulary Words in Action For each sentence, circle the antonym for the bold-faced word. Use the antonym to help you predict the meaning of the bold-faced word, and write your prediction on the line. Check your predictions in a dictionary. 1. The twins have different tastes: Chris craves novelty, but Craig likes routine. More Practice 2. Roberto left as soon as the movie ended, but Joshua lingered to read the credits. 3. Lydia s melancholy turned to happiness when she learned that she had earned an A on the math test. 4. After Roy conquered the obstacle of fear, there was nothing to stop him from learning to fly a plane. 5. Steve lifted the massive oak table without any trouble, yet he dropped the lightweight plastic lamp. 6. Are you planning to pout all day about being grounded, or do you think you can cheer up? C. Vocabulary Challenge For each item, write at least two antonyms for the bold-faced word. Then use one of the antonyms in a sentence. Use a dictionary or thesaurus if needed. 1. shy antonyms: sentence: 2. frantic antonyms: sentence: 3. whisper antonyms: sentence: 48 VOCABULARY

6 After Twenty Years (page 162) Grammar SkillBuilder: Subjects in Unusual Order Key Concept: Writers sometimes change the position of the subject of a sentence to add variety to their writing. Subjects in Unusual Order There are several ways of changing the usual word order of a sentence. You can: Add an introductory phrase before the subject: Long ago, Jimmy and I ate dinner there. Put the verb in front of the subject: In the doorway stood someone well-known to the policeman. Separate the subject from the verb: A man, pale and sharp-jawed, checked his watch. Activities A. Rewrite the following sentences so that the subject no longer comes first in the sentence. 1. The bright lights from the drugstore glowed into the dark night. 2. Silky Bob stared into the sky as he thought about the past. 3. He remembered the thrill of his first win with complete clarity. 4. He was now, after twenty years, about to see his old friend again. 5. He wondered, as he waited, what Jimmy was doing now. B. Combine the following fragments into a sentence. You may add, subtract, or move words within fragments. Try not to start a sentence with its subject. 1. who should have looked familiar / a policeman was walking toward him 2. he told his story / he greeted the policeman politely 3. he fingered his watch / dreaming of riches 4. he found that Jimmy Wells was really a police officer / caught by surprise 5. the police station / stood / just up ahead 82 UNIT ONE LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE

7 Lesson 8 Review 1. pleasure 11. celebration 21. decision 2. refusal 12. cooperation 22. insist 3. usage 13. punctuation 23. nighttime 4. continuous 14. refrigeration 24. ninety-four 5. believable 15. precaution 25. doesn t 6. sincerity 16. percent 26. proofread 7. separately 17. recommend 27. foreign 8. hoping 18. consequence 28. knives 9. measurement 19. prescription 29. whose 10. improving 20. prevention 30. written Review A. Complete these sentences with words from the spelling list. 1. I must that everyone follow this safety. 2. Jane s stubborn to cooperate spoiled our plans for the big 3. After taking Dr. Clark s, Leon s health was. 4. A burglar alarm with a loud, siren aids in crime. 5. Remember to all of your work for errors in spelling,, and word. 6. Margie s to study a language is a wise one. 7. Fifty of the food supplies spoiled as a of poor. 8. Jess s obvious when he apologized made me believe that we could be good friends again. B. On a separate sheet of paper use the words from the spelling list that were not used in exercise A in original sentences. SPELLING 103

8 Lesson 8 Review Review A. An analogy is a special way of showing how words are related to each other. Complete each analogy with a spelling word that makes the second pair of words go together in the same way as the first pair of words. 1. clear is to clarity as sincere is to 2. double is to redouble as commend is to 3. value is to believe as valuable is to 4. half is to halves as knife is to 5. sixty is to ninety as sixty-four is to 6. vent is to prevent as caution is to 7. usage is to use as percentage is to 8. close is to closely as separate is to 9. useful is to using as hopeful is to 10. educate is to education as refrigerate is to 11. life is to lifetime as night is to 12. bite is to bitten as write is to 13. hope is to hoping as improve is to 14. precise is to precision as decide is to B. Improve this paragraph. Circle each misspelled word and write it correctly on a separate sheet of paper. Then replace each underlined phrase with a spelling word. You may add, subtract, or change word endings. It was getting late, and we still hadn t completed preparations for that night s victory celebrashun. If everyone worked together and helped each other, I knew we could finish by the time it got dark. Mike recomended that we separate into teams. Sean and Suzanne started refrigerating the drinks, while Greta and Paul put knifes and forks on the buffet table. As a way to make sure that nothing happened, Jorge steadied the ladder for pat while she hung the banners. Finally, we taped up the signs we had writen, and hoped we had not forgotten anything. It was a really nice feeling to stand back and see how much the appearance of the room was changed for the better by all of our work. 104 SPELLING

9 After Twenty Years (page 154) Active Reading SkillBuilder Monitoring To monitor your understanding, stop reading now and then to see what you know. Look for character clues while you are reading After Twenty Years. When you find something that explains a character, stop and write it down. Monitoring Understanding Monitor Point page 157, first paragraph Character policeman Details impressive, twirling his club; stalwart form and swagger UNIT ONE LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE 79

10 After Twenty Years (page 154) Literary Analysis SkillBuilder Surprise Ending A surprise ending is an unexpected outcome in the plot of a story. Authors sometimes provide clues which can help a careful reader predict what might happen. Working with a partner, go back through the story and write any events in the plot that suggested the story s outcome. Surprise Ending Follow Up: Write a different story ending that will fit with your clues. 80 UNIT ONE LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE