September 17/18, 2009
Notes:
Book Orders (for Scholastic -- Tab, Click, and Arrow) are due Friday. You may order online, or send a check and the form to me.
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Please hand in your work on time. Realize that when work comes in late, it may take a few days to get it recorded. Notice, too, that Cave Time slips for the next day are often printed before teachers have had time to score and record work that has been handed in to bring a grade up.
Find a study buddy in class with whom you could exchange phone numbers (or emails) so you can check with them if you are absent or aren't clear on an assignment. You can always email me, too.
We need volunteers to become our class "paper-hangers."
The more students who earn extra credit by memorizing "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost, the better! Find the poem on this blog. (You could use the search.) There are also copies in the English Class file at the back of the classroom.
Today's agenda:
Writing time -- Finish your page on candy, if needed.
Reading time -- Your novels need to be finished by the 23rd/24th.
Presentations on Confusing Words.
Don't forget you need a second way to teach, as well as the mini-poster.
Characters in The Outsiders and in your own novel. We started working on character charts about the characters in The Outsiders. Each chart covers a different character, and the students -- with their partners in the class -- are to fill out the chart as they find out things about their assigned character. Watch for information in the book about your character as we go. You should end up knowing that character well.
Reading The Outsiders --
B1 -- to page 26, halfway down
B2 -- page 27 to page 36
B4 -- page 27 to page 42 halfway down page 42
A1 -- from page 16, top of page to page 25, halfway down
A2 -- from page page 21, bottom of page to 33, 1/3 of the way down
A4 -- page page 12 1/3 to page 28, top of page
At home, after Pony has been "jumped" by the Socs and rescued by his brothers and "gang," Pony does his homework, and Soda gives Darry a backrub since Darry works so hard, trying to support his brothers. Soda tells Ponyboy that Darry really does love him, and that Soda plans to marry his girlfriend Sandy after Ponyboy gets out of high school. He wants to stick around until then to help support the family.
The next night, Dallas, Ponyboy, and Johnny sneak into the drive-in theater. They sit in the chairs set up in front of the concession stand where they meet two soc girls named Marcia and Cherry. Marcia and Cherry came with their boyfriends, but when the boys started drinking, the girls left them in the car. Dallas talks dirty to the girls, and Cherry throws a Coke in his face. Johnny, who rarely says anything, and whose hero is Dallas, tells Dallas to leave Cherry alone. Ponyboy is surprised that Dallas gives up so easily and doesn't hit Johnny when Johnny tries to tell him what to do. Dallas leaves.
The girls invite Ponyboy and Johnny to sit with them to "protect" them. They do. They talk about Dallas, and Cherry says (so quietly that only Ponyboy can hear) that she kind of admires Dallas Winston.
Two-Bit joins them and tells them that Tim Shepherd is looking for Dally since Dally slashed his tires. Two-Bit and Marcia find that they both have the same crazy sense of humor.
Students received a character chart to fill out for their own Book-of-the-Month novel. The chart should be filled out about a main character (or one on the front side of the chart and a different major character on the back) by the day you take the book assessment (September 23/24). If you weren't here to get it, go to the wiki to get the character chart, and start filling one in for your own novel.
http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/Book-of-the-Month-Information-and-Handouts
