Thursday/Friday, September 14/15, 2017

Announcements and Reminders for Thursday/Friday, September 14/15, 2017: Parent-Teacher Conferences will be tonight, September 14.  Ms. Dorsey will be available from 3:30 to 6:15.         Book Orders Due by Friday, September 15.      Class Activation Code: GKLJW Remember to find a book for your Book-of-the-Month assignment, and read!   September/October  Book Project:  Students will be graded on the completion of the book and their ability to discuss their novel in depth.  Students need to be prepared to discuss several topics: *summary of the book read  -- leaving out spoilers *ranking it on a scale of 1-10 and  explaining why * particular elements or aspects of literature that we are learning about in class Where to find books:  school media center, classroom library, your home library, A.F. Library – or others, bookstores and used-book dealers, other stores. garage sales. September Assignment Bookmark.docx Updated Books Not Allowed for the Book.docx See the tab above for Required Reading to find links to lists of recommended books.  This week in Cavetime Tues/Wed/Thurs you will be able to write or finish your Argument Essay Pretest.   We will meet in Lab 202 -- next to Mr. Gillis' room.   There will be no cavetime with Ms. Dorsey on Friday.   It will be a seventh grade assembly. If you will be absent next week for the spelling tests, you may take them ahead of time during cavetime, Wednesday or Thursday.   Please study first! Don't forget to study your spelling words:      -- from the first set if you need to retake on the 18th/19th                   Personal Spelling Quiz List.doc                    Prepare for a retake of your first spelling test with this:  Teacher List.docx      -- from the new set you received -- test September 18/19   --                  ⇒This is your new list:  Spelling List #2 Outsiders1.docx       Know how to spell the words, which definition will match to each word, and  which character each word is referring to.

Targets for Today: I can notice how a sentence is put together. I can recognize character and conflict in a novel.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  CSI Sentence Conventions in Sentences Investigations  Copy these sentences into your composition book under  CSI Sentences/Grammar.  Page 83/84 + Label this CSI #5 and add today's date.  “All Socs aren’t like that,” she said.  “You have to believe me, Ponyboy.  Not all of us are like that” (Hinton 34). Write down three or more things you notice about the sentences (English class things such as punctuation, spelling, parts of speech, sentence type, etc.  The sentences are correct – no errors in it, I hope.)   _________________________________ 3. Reading The Outsiders --  Continue to work on filling out your character "chart" in your composition book on page 33+, if you find out more about characters.  Read together -- Chapter 2, beginning at page 31 after the page break. Ponyboy and Cherry are waiting in line at the concession stand, and Ponyboy is telling Cherry about when Johnny was beaten up by the Socs.  (Pronounce it "soshes" with a long "o."  It's short for social. ) Blue Mustang Red Corvair two-by-four Beatles haircut Read chapters 3 and 4.  Answer the questions on your reading guide.  Chapters 3-4 Reading Guide.docx The Curtis Family --7 months or more before the story begins (photo taken for the movie) Last Time:  A1 to page 31- page break   Chapter 2, 22:17 A2 to page 31 - page break  Chapter 2, 22:17 B5 to page 31 - page break  Chapter 2, 22:17  started on nonfiction last time. B7 to page 31 - page break  Chapter 2, 22:17 - did not get to nonfiction article last time. This Time:  A1 to page  A2 to page  B5 to page   B7 to page

If You Were Absent: Complete the CSI assignment. Read the assigned parts of The Outsiders. Complete the Reading Guide. Chapters 3-4 Reading Guide.docx Don't forget to study for your spelling test.

Vocabulary: Inciting Incident:  Something that happens that causes or intensifies or otherwise gets conflict in a story going.   "The event or decision that begins a story's problem." https://narrativefirst.com/articles/plot-points-and-the-inciting-incident sympathetic:   expressing compassion or friendly fellow-feelings (feeling with someone else).   Sodapop's eyes can be gentle and sympathetic. unfathomable  --   impossible to come to understand   [un  fathom   able] --> He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school.   .  (This is about Two-Bit.)