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| Have a Happy Labor Day on Monday, September 3! |
On September 4, we will begin using the school schedule WITH CaveTime.
Tuesday – Friday w/ CAVE Time
| Time | Period | Minutes |
| 8:15 – 9:30 | 1st Period | 75 minutes |
| 9:35 – 10:55 | 2nd Period/Announcements | 80 minutes |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | CAVE Time | 30 minutes |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | First Lunch | 30 minutes |
| 12:05 – 1:20 | 3rd Period if you have 1st Lunch | 75 minutes |
| 11:35 – 12:50 | 3rd Period if you have 2nd Lunch | 75 minutes |
| 12:50 – 1:20 | Second Lunch | 30 minutes |
| 1:25 – 2:45 | 4th Period | 80 minutes |
August 31/September 4
Announcements
- Are you reading your Basic 8 book #1?
- You may finish the Paragraph assignment on MyAccess, but DO NOT begin the other prompt that is posted there. It is a district test that we will take during class. If you open it before that, you may no be able to take the test and will receive a zero on the grade.
- Next/This week we begin Cavetime. See the Cavetime Schedule (above on this post).
- Hope you have/had a Happy Labor Day on Monday, September 3!
Pick up your composition book/Reading Log.
1. iRead -- Be on task, and fill out your reading log. If you have been absent, check in the bottom wire basket for your class, then, if one is not there, ask for a make-up reading log.
2. iWrite --
Socioeconomic Gap August 31, 2012/ September 4, 2012
In The Outsiders, there is a gap between two cliques. The Socials seem wealthy, and the Greasers very poor. Think about your family’s lifestyle. Do most of your friends have similar backgrounds, or are some much more wealthy and some much poorer? Explain.
3. iWriteRight in your composition book
Title Capitalization and copy these reasons to capitalize.
Capitalization
Setting, Character, Plot -- Characters: See the bottom of this post.
We did a character portraits activity.
A1 -- Page 6 - Page 11 at the top (19:57)
A3 -- Page 6 - Page 8 halfway down (14:48)
A4 -- Page 6 - Page 11 at the top (19:57)
B7 -- Page 6 - not read today
B8 -- Page 6 -Page 9, after 2nd paragraph (16:24)
5. Your Basic-8 Book Assignment
Basic 8 Reading Assignment 1.doc Due September 18
1) Title, Author, Number of Pages
2) Setting (place and time) and a list of important characters
3) A brief summary of the book, beginning to end, leaving out spoilers.
4) Rate the book and explain why.
5) Make a connection to the book. (to self, to world, or to another text)
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You will create a chart in your composition book for some of the main characters, and fill it in as the narrator describes each.
Today we filled in part of this chart. If you are absent, see a classmate for the information filled in by your class, or read the book up to the page indicated above for your class, and fill in your own information.
Characters in The Outsiders
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Character’s Name
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Description (age, looks, personality, etc.)
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Darry/Darrel Curtis
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SodaPop Curtis
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Two-Bit Mathews
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Steve Randle
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Dallas/Dally Winston
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Johnny Cade
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Narrator/Ponyboy Curtis
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How do we learn these things about the characters?
- What the narrator says
- What other characters say about him
- What the character says
- What the character does
- What the character thinks
