September 21/22, 2009
1. Reading, filling out the character chart for your own novel.
2. Confusing Words Presentations : Focus on to/too/two.
3. About Setting, with examples from The Outsiders for how you should fill out your setting chart for your own book.
4. Listen to The Outsiders.
Bring your Book-of-the-Month Club novel.
Character and setting (Fill out your charts. If you don't have one, go to http://cavemanenglish.pbworks.com/Book-of-the-Month-Information-and-Handouts
to get a character chart and/or a setting chart, and fill it out for your novel.)
Other literary elements we've learned about:
conflict, protagonist, antagonist.
What is the conflict in your book?
What is the setting and how do you know?
Reading The Outsiders --
B1 -- from page 26, halfway down, to page 31, page break (Ponyboy is telling about Johnny being beaten by the Socs.)
B2 -- from page 36 to page 45 about 1/3 of the way down.
B4 -- from page 42 halfway down to top of page 52 (not quite done with chapter 3)
A1 -- from page 25, halfway down, to page 30, top
A2 -- from page 33, 1/3 of the way down to page to page (Help me out students, please. I can't remember where you left off.)
A4 --from page 28, top of page to page 37 (the beginning of chapter 3).
