Below you will find a link for summer homework for all incoming 7th and 8th graders. This summer I would like everyone working on improving our knowledge of Literacy Content Vocabulary.
wvde.state.wv.us/strategybank/DirectionsforFoldedBooks.html
ELA List of Vocabulary Words
- Tone
- Mood
- Point of View
- Theme
- Symbolism
- Author’s Purpose
- Central Idea
- Objective Summary
- Inference
- Cause and Effect
- Context Clues
- Text Structure
- Claim
- Counter-Claim
- Pre-fix
- Suffix
- Root Word
- Figurative Language
- Alliteration
- Hyperbole
- Irony
- Paradox
- Pun
- Oxymoron
- Verb
- Adverb
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- … and finally have fun and don't forget to read, read, and read!! :-)