- B2 Don't forget the Pledge of Allegiance
- Sign-up for your Book of the Month -- if you haven't.
To Find Our Lists of Recommended Books
- Pick up your composition books, please.
- B7, B8 Finish SRI Lab 211
- Today is Patriot Day. http://sni.scholastic.com/top-news/2013/09/Remembering-9-11 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/182812
- 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
- If you were on that day, 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.
3. Slang! from The Outsiders
Recognize that there are Levels of Usage. You decide what sorts of words you will use based on your audience -- who you are talking to. (Or, "to whom you are speaking.")
Formal or Informal?
"Hey, who ya talkin' to?" |
"To whom are you speaking?" |
4. The Outsiders
Our First Class Novel: The Outsiders
Watch for an inciting incident = what really starts the conflict -- the problem(s).
What complications come up?
Plot Map In a novel there may be more than one climax. |
B5 to p. 49 top of page, iTunes page 45, track 1 6:45
B6 to page 55 iTunes page 45, track 1, 17:06
B7 to page 47, iTunes page 45, track 1, 3:31
B8 to page 50 (very top), iTunes page 45, track 1, 8:28
pg. 44 Cherry -- "Too many things could happen while you're drunk."