7th Grade Reading Recap Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. The Bittering family turns into these in the story, “Dark They Were, And Golden-Eyed.”
  2. 4. In the myth “The Flight of Icarus,” Daedalus learned from ____ by watching the movement of birds to create wings for Icarus to wear.
  3. 5. The title of the science writing we read was, “Challenges for Space ____.”
  4. 11. In “Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push,” Chris and his dad bonded over this sport, even though they both played it differently.
  5. 13. The knight was searching for the “City of Gold” in this poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
  6. 14. We had four of these 25 minute conversations during the lit circle unit.
  7. 17. The title of this argument writing encouraged citizens to “not give up” on being adaptable to combat climate change.
  8. 18. “Martian Metropolis” was about sending people to Mars to do this. (Hint: Also a vocab word for the story!)
  9. 22. “The Crossover” is an excerpt from a book that is this type of poetry.
  10. 25. The last two reading passages were about this event in American history.
  11. 26. Mitchell in “Ball Hawk” struggled to feel in touch with his ___ ___ identity, but Uncle Tommy’s compassion helped him reconnect with his father and heritage.
  12. 27. The author’s first and last name of “The Giver.”
  13. 28. The informational text titled “Get in the Zone” looked at the _____ behind video-game designs and achieving satisfying rewards.
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  1. 1. The title of the poem we read by W.B. Yeats, “The Song of _____ Aengus.”
  2. 3. The ____ _____ of writing “It’s Not Just a Game” was to explain that there are many benefits to watching and playing sports.
  3. 6. Ralph Spencer's real first and last name when he cracked safes in "A Retrieved Reformation."
  4. 7. “Two Legs or One?” is an example of this genre.
  5. 8. “Double-Doubles” is a poem about these tennis stars, Venus and Serena _______.
  6. 9. “Unbowed” was this genre of writing about Wangari Mathaai and her movement to protect Kenya’s environment.
  7. 10. For Lucy in “Allied with Green,” going green was an act of ______.
  8. 12. These helped you practice the unit reading skills and were due the final day of each unit.
  9. 15. In “Working Towards Peace,” Craig Kielburger started his essay talking about his childhood dream to be this hero, and then he explained how if we band together to help end poverty, we can all be this hero.
  10. 16. This person was trying to find glimmers of hope in his fields in the poem, “The Drought.”
  11. 19. Victor pretended to speak this language to impress Teresa in "Seventh Grade."
  12. 20. While reading, these were the notes you made in the margins.
  13. 21. Your weekly reading accountability for meeting your AR goals each hexter.
  14. 23. We read about animals and insects impersonating something else (called dynamic ____) to avoid predators in “Fake it Til You Make It.”
  15. 24. The legend we read in class, and Disney made a movie based on it called “The Sword and the Stone.”