Announcements and Reminders:
I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
If you haven't typed your short story into MyAccess yet, do that as soon as possible. You may revise and edit up until October 11. We need that deadline so your scores can go on this term. You will have some time in class to finish up on October 10/11.
Watch for feedback from Ms. Dorsey on MyAccess, in an email or message, or as a hard copy.
Watch for comments and embedded comments on MyAccess. Here are links to the handouts:
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Targets for Today:
I can write a short response. I can identify characters, setting, and conflict in movies and books. |
Today’s Agenda:
This is a self-starter, so as soon as you come into the classroom, pick up your composition book, and get started writing. Write about a half-page. You must write, but you may also, if you have time, add small illustrations. 1. In your composition book, respond to this prompt: Have you ever felt like an outsider? When has that happened and how, and how did you feel? If not, tell about people you'ver observed who have been treated like outsiders or who have felt like outsiders. Definition: Outsider: a person who does not belong to a particular group.
2. Looking at comments and embedded comments on MyAccess. 3. Getting Ready for The Outsiders Our First Class Novel: The Outsiders We will watch a scene from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. We will watch a short clip from the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton. Both of these movies are about "outsiders." And, like you, the narrator of The Outsiders, at the beginning of the book, has just seen a movie with Paul Newman.
Today we will learn more about some important Elements of Literature. Discuss: In the clip from The Outsiders (and in the clip from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), what are the. . .
In your composition book, tape the chart on the next page. We will fill it in together.
A2 -- to page 10 He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school.
B5 -- to page 5 --"I could smell English Leather shaving lotion and stale tobacco. . . . B6 -- -- to page 10 He liked fights, blondes, and for some unfathomable reason, school. B8 -- to page 10 same |
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If You Were Absent:
See above.
Write your response to the self-starter prompt. |
Vocabulary:
Elements of Literature characters: the people setting: the place and time it happens conflict: the problem protagonist: the good guy or main character antagonist: the bad guy or enemy of the main character Terminos literarios Protagonista: Personaje principal Antagonist: antagonista Argumento: plot -- events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another through cause and consequences. eventos que conforman una historia, particularmente en lo que se relacionan entre sí a través de la causa y las consecuencias. Climax: The most intense, exciting, or important point of something --a turning point when the problem is solved or reduced El punto más intenso, emocionante o importante de algo: un punto de inflexión cuando el problema se resuelve o reduce narrador: narrator -- A person who narrates something, esp. a character to tells the events of a novel or narrative poem. Una persona que narra algo, esp. Un personaje que narra los acontecimientos de una novela o poema narrativo
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Help and Enrichment
Where was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid filmed?
Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and for the Bolivia scenes, Cuernavaca and Taxco, Mexico. How old were the actors when they made the movie of The Outsiders? Ponyboy -- C. Thomas Howell -- 17 years old Dally Winston -- Matt Dillon -- 19 years old Johnny Cade -- Ralph Macchio -- 22 years old Darrell Curtis -- Patrick Swayze -- 31 years old Sodapop Curtis -- Rob Lowe -- 19 years old Two-Bit Mathews -- Emilio Estevez -- 21 years old Steve Randall -- Tom Cruise -- 21 years old Cherry Valance -- Diane Lane -- 18 years old Bob/Robert Sheldon -- Leif Garrett -- 22 years old |
