Weekly Worksheet #7: Due Friday 9/29 by 5:00 PM

Full Name: Noah Graff

Course: English 7A

Week Dates: 9/25 - 9/29

--On Your Own Work-- 50 points

Monday: Vocabulary (10 points)

Directions: Study your vocabulary words and complete the vocabulary activity below by
filling in the blanks with the correct word.

1. The teacher asked the students to ( Assess ) their own performance on the project
before submitting it.
2. During the debate, Sarah ( Conceded ) that her opponent had a valid point on the
issue.
3. She (Meticulously ) planned every detail of her wedding, from the flowers to the
seating arrangements.
4. The dark clouds on the horizon looked ( Ominous ) , signaling an impending
storm.
5. The ( Domestic ) cat enjoyed lounging in the sun by the window every afternoon.

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Tuesday: Grammar - Grammar - Capitalization and

Punctuation (10 points) Directions: Fix the following sentences. Check for
proper capitalization and punctuation.

1. Dr. Smith is a renowned physician.

2. I can't wait to visit the Louvre Museum next summer.
3. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is a famous landmark.
4. The United States of America is a diverse country.
5. The Great Wall of China is over 13 thousand miles long.

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Wednesday: Conclusion Graphic Organizer (10 points)
Directions: Fill out the information on your conclusion graphic organizer. Copy and
paste your graphic organizer here:

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Transition into What the experiences of these three individuals reveals is that
missions can cause a variety of emotions.
the “big idea”
of the essay (1
sentence)
Remind the Rick and John learned how to rescue the boys by sketching
out the caves, to know what path to go, and how to rescue the
reader of the boys safely.

main points of Rikki Tikki learned to fight the cobras by having courage.

the body Farah Almedi learned how to survive by going on her mission
to cross Afghanistan to get to Pakistan in search of a better
paragraphs life.

(1-3
sentences)
Provide Pursuing goals in life can help all of us feel like we’ve
accomplished something and have made a change in the
closure to world.

your We can use what we learn by accomplishing these goals to

argument (1-2 help others and help reach new goals.

sentences)

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Thursday: Conclusion Rough Draft (10 points)

Directions: Using the information on your graphic organizer, copy and paste each
sentence of the rough draft of your completed conclusion into a complete, formatted
paragraph here:
What the experiences of these three individuals reveals is that missions can cause a variety of
emotions. Rick and John learned how to rescue the boys by sketching out the caves, to know
what path to go, and how to rescue the boys safely. Rikki Tikki learned to fight the cobras by
having courage. Farah Almedi learned how to survive by going on her mission to cross
Afghanistan to get to Pakistan in search of a better life. Pursuing goals in life can help all of us
feel like we’ve accomplished something and have made a change in the world. We can use
what we learn by accomplishing these goals to help others and help reach new goals.

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Friday: Short Story (10 points)

Directions: Read “Apollo Thirteen: Mission Highlights.” Use the “claim, evidence,
reasoning” boxes to answer the question below.

Why was this mission sometimes referred to as a “successful failure”?

Finish this claim:

The mission was sometimes referred to as a successful failure because the crew
returned safely even though the odds were stacked against them.

Copy and paste your evidence here (direct quote):

The chances of short circuits caused apprehension, but thanks to the safeguards
built into the command module after the disastrous Apollo 1 fire in January 1967, no
arcing took place. The droplets furnished one sensation as we decelerated in the
atmosphere: it rained inside the CM. Four hours before landing, the crew shed the
service module; Mission Control had insisted on retaining it until then because
everyone feared what the cold of space might do to the unsheltered CM heat shield.

Connect the claim and evidence with reasoning (finish the sentence):

From this, we learn it's called a successful failure because the crew got home
safely even though it wasn't going good for them.

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