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A Camper’s Diary: Check the Reference

Use a camping diary and supplied reference entries to check pronunciations, distinguish meanings, and identify parts of speech.

Grade 7ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.7.4.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 7
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use reference entries to determine a word’s pronunciation and part of speech.
Students select precise dictionary meanings that fit words in a diary.
Students choose reference features that answer specific vocabulary questions.

How to use

Read the diary, then consult the supplied reference panel for every task. No outside dictionary is needed. Review how context determines which entry or numbered meaning applies.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.7.4.c

Look up a word in print or digital references to find its pronunciation, precise meaning, or part of speech.

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A Camper’s Diary: Check the Reference

Use reference entries to check pronunciation, meaning, and part of speech.

Read the Diary

Read this original diary entry. Notice which words could send a reader to a reference source.

Sunday Evening: The Words I Brought Home

1Friday afternoon, I thought our camping weekend would give me something exciting to write about. Instead, my first diary note was about a cord. Aunt Renata asked me to tighten a guy beside the tent. I looked toward my brother, Davi, before she pointed at the line running from the tent to a stake. Apparently, an ordinary word could have a job I had never met.

2On Saturday, we packed a compact stove for the walk to the campground’s cooking area. Davi had chosen it because it fit into a small case. Beside the stove, Aunt Renata set down a written provision from our campsite agreement: cooking equipment had to stay in designated areas. I had connected that word with food supplies, so the sentence made little sense until I checked the agreement’s glossary.

3Later, I found minute scratches on the lid of our storage box and wondered what had made them. I opened an offline dictionary before recording a voice note about the discovery. I checked the pronunciation guide because I was unsure how to say minute aloud in that sentence. My phone stayed on the picnic table while Davi photographed the marks. We eventually noticed that the lid rubbed against a rough buckle whenever we carried the box.

4By late afternoon, our group had to deliberate about Sunday’s departure. Leaving early meant an easier drive; leaving later meant time for another walk. We talked through both choices without turning the decision into a contest. Aunt Renata made a deliberate effort to hear from each of us. I noticed the repeated spelling in my notes, but the two uses did not seem to do the same work.

5We chose the shorter walk and packed before breakfast. Near the trail entrance, a roofed information shelter offered refuge from the sharp wind while we adjusted our layers. Nothing dramatic happened all weekend. Still, my notebook contains a cord that was not a person, a rule that was not a bag of groceries, and one spelling doing two different jobs. That seems worth bringing home.

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