Tuesday/Wednesday, September 12/13, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:     Book Orders Due by September 15.  SCHOLASTIC BOOK ORDERS  Class Activation Code: GKLJW Watch for your Book-of-the-Month assignment. 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.  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 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.   I can read nonfiction and make connections between a fictional story and the real world.

Today’s  Agenda: 1.  CSI Sentence Conventions in Sentences Investigations  Copy this sentence into your composition book under  CSI Sentences/Grammar.  Page 83/84 -- Label this CSI #4 and add today's date.  Johnny was the gang's pet, and Dally just couldn't hit him (Hinton 25). Write down three or more things you notice about the sentence (English class things such as punctuation, spelling, parts of speech, sentence type, etc.  The sentence is correct – no errors in it, I hope.)   2. Receive your Book of the Month Assignment -- Due October 10/11.   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: character and conflict 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.  3. Reading The Outsiders --  Continue to work on filling out your character "chart" in your composition book on page 33+. Last time:  A1 did not get to The Outsiders -- on page 16.  A2 read to page 24, "I might cool off, too. . . . "        And added Cherry and Marcia to their character lists. B5  to page 12 "a smoke always lessens the tension."    (Cut to an anti-smoking public service announcement!) B7   We did not read today.  We are still at page 9, "Soda doesn't think I'm a kid." This 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  B7 to page 31 - page break  Chapter 2, 22:17 (B7 did not get to the nonfiction article.)  Will Rogers was a famous comedian in the 1960s. 4. Nonfiction Article "Study Sheds Some Light on How Neighborhoods Affect Poor Teen Boys" --   What connections can you make between this article and the novel The Outsiders?  ¿Qué causa que los adolescentes se metan en problemas? ¿Qué conexiones puedes hacer entre este artículo y la novela The Outsiders? (https://newsela.com/read/poor-boy-rich-neighbors/id/18589)

If You Were Absent: See above.

Vocabulary: incredulous:      in - cred - u - lous rebellion:  They rang a bell to announce their rebellion. They were  rebellious.   re-bell-ious re-bell - ion  or  re - bel - lion     But your word is rebellious. Savvy: If you're savvy, you "get it."        Sing it:  (to the tune of "Bingo")   There is a word means understand    And savvy is that word - oh -    S-A-V-V-Y . . . S-A-V-V-Y . . .S-A-V-V-Y . . .     Yes, savvy is that word -- oh.               Suspicious: I don't quite believe you,   or  there can be a suspicious person or situation.