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      • Crusade Songs Ch. 11
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      • Renaissance Study Guide
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      • Egyptian Songs
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        • Sparta and Athens
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Language Arts Links

Help the Semicolons win the war for Punctuation Island. Use these links to help navigate the rules for semicolons, periods, commas, and colons.


Language Arts Websites

Vocabulary Practice
Help others while practicing vocabulary- Free Rice
Prefix Fact sheets and Quiz
Suffixes Fact sheets and Quiz
Root word Fact sheets and Quiz
Prefix and Suffix Practice Short Circuit
Vocabulary Practice- Choose a vocabulary activity to learn new words
Synonym Matching- Match the synonyms by clicking the cards
Analogy Types- Completing an analogy is one thing, but determining the type of analogy is another. Great prep for college exams.
Hip Pig- Use rhyming words to solve the riddles.
Animal Idioms- Match the animal based idiom with its true meaning.
Feelings Idioms- Match the feeling based idiom with its true meaning.
Food Idioms- Match the food based idiom with its true meaning.
Money Idioms- Match the money based idiom with its meaning.
Translate the Idiom- Find the meaning of the idiom in time to win the game.
Rooting Out Words- Learn the meanings of the roots of a variety of words.
Word Frog- Match the synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms


Player v. Player Games: Play at home or in class against your classmates
Furious Frogs- Match the synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms



Figurative Language
Animal Analogies- Choose an animal to complete the saying (many are similes)

Parts of Speech
Grammar Practice- Catch the correct fish before running out of air. Swim to the fish and hit space bar.
Grammar Practice Easy- Grammar Blast fourth grade, review fourth grade grammar by taking this quiz.
Grammar Practice Medium- Grammar Blast fifth grade, review fifth grade grammar with this quiz
Subjects and Predicates- Identify the subject or predicate for each sentence. E-mail results for extra credit.
Parts of Speech- Shoot the correct part of speech before it attacks.
Verb Power- Identify the verb type and light up the carnival.
Noun Explorer- Find your way through the cave by choosing the correct noun.
Preposition Desert- Identify the prepositions or objects of the preposition.
Past and Future Match


Sentence Combining and Writing
Proofreading Practice- Choose a level and fix the TV scripts to help the station after the electricity went out.
Proofreading Practice 2- Choose your proofreading practice and fix the sentences.
Complex Sentence Practice- Type the complex sentences using the correct subordinate conjunction from the word bank.
Combining Sentences- What is the best way to combine the sentences, type the sentence correctly and check your answer.
Sentence Repair- Learn about different ways to fix sentences and answer the questions. E-mail results for extra credit.
Sentence Types- Take the fox through the park by determining the sentence type.
Punctuation Campground- Place the punctuation in the correct place
Sentence Games- Sentence games to help you write better sentences
Sentence Speedway- Identify the dependent or independent clauses, and the phrases for each sentence. 

Reading Practice
Reading Test- Read about woman spies in the Civil War and answer the questions.
Story Elements- Study the elements of a short story 
Nonfiction Reading Practice 1- Practice reading nonfiction with this passage about elephants.
Nonfiction Reading Practice 2- Practice reading nonfiction with this passage about dolphins.
Reading an Article- Read an article about the "Brown Widow" spider and answer questions.
Be a Careful Reader- Practice inference by reading short passages and answering the questions.
Reading Comprehension Quizzes- Read the selections and practice summary, recreating the story, or reading comprehension.
Main Idea- Read a variety of passages and state the main idea.
Summary- Read the passage and state the best summary sentence.
Identify the Setting- Identify the setting from the clues.
Fact and Opinion- Identify if the underlined statement is fact or opinion.
Story Elements- Review story elements and practice on the elements by reading the selections.

Quiz on articles from the UK 
News Quiz
News Quiz 2
News Quiz 3
News Quiz 4
News Quiz 5
Pinon Mesa Middle School
760-868-3126
Mrs. Peace
7th Grade Language Arts and Social Studies
deborah_peace@snowlineschools.com