September 9, 2013

1. Announcements and reminders:  

• Sign-up for your Book of the Month  -- if you haven't.
• Pick up your composition books, please.
• Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held September 19.
• Scholastic book orders are due by September 25.  Class Activation Code: GKLJW      https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm
• In case of fire alarm, go out the door, down the stairs, and out the doors by the dumpsters.  Look for Ms. Dorsey at the east side of the playing fields. Line up alphabetically once you are there. 
• If you were absent last time, so did not take the paragraph test, please come in for cave time as soon as you can to take it. 
• Consider entering the PTSA Reflections contest.  Extra Credit Opportunity!
• Notice that the hall passes are now at the back of the room.
• Sign out before you go. Sign back in when you return. 

2. iRead:   Individual reading time: Read quietly and individually.  You could find books on the shelves, but it's best if you are reading your book for your assignment. 

 Have you picked your Book-of-the-Month Club book?  

You must have it read by September 19. 

We will type the assignment in class on September 23.

We signed up for Edmodo last time.

Find the assignment template on Edmodo, complete it, and turn it in on Edmodo. 

You may do this before the due date, or be prepared to type in during class on September 23.  

3. iWrite:  (in your composition book) Write to respond to this prompt: Label it  "Being an Outsider" Add today's date.

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Describe the situation and how you felt. Would you change anything to fit in?

WeWrites? 

4.  The Outsiders   

Our First Class Novel: The Outsiders

Watch for an inciting incident = what really starts the conflict -- the problem(s). 

B5 to chapter 3, page 38  2:24.  
B6 to chapter 3, page 44    12:14
B7 to chapter 2, page 34   27:47 
B8 to chapter 3

Words in Context 
page 38 "Socs were always behind a wall of aloofness, careful not to let their real selves show through."    What words in the sentence actually tell you what "aloofness" means?

  

Important Vocabulary:
Background Knowledge (also known as schema): 

Realistic Fiction/ Life Problems Fiction   

Setting (in a work of literature):  

Character (in a work of literature):  

Plot:  

exposition

(inciting incident) 
conflict/problem 
complications

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution 

Theme:  

Antagonist: 

Protagonist:   

Point of View: 

Find information about these terms at  Vocabulary for Literature.