- Be prepared for the Composition Book Check next time.
- Sign-ups for the December Book of the Month are due by December 10.
- Book orders are due December 10 -- Wednesday. See me for a coupon for a free book if your order is for ten dollars or more.
1. Writing: In your composition book, in the Notes and QuickWrites section, write a complete paragraph answering this question:
Think about how Ponyboy has described the Socs and the Greasers. (Page 3, first paragraph)
Do you think
it is easier for someone who is rich or for someone who is poor to be a good person?
Take one side of the issue. This is argument.
You are trying to convince your audience. You are arguing either that
"It is easier for someone who is poor to be a good person."
or
"It is easier for someone who is rich to be a good person."
- State your claim in a topic sentence.
- Do not use second person in your writing (you).
- Support your claim with evidence in the form of reasoning, personal experience or observation, facts, or examples.
- Explain how your evidence supports the claim.
- Use transitions to move among ideas.
- Do not forget a concluding sentence.
2. Individual Reading and sign up for your December book.
Paragraph Check
3. Retry on Central Idea, Broader, Narrower
You may complete this alone or with a small group of two or three.
4. Reading from The Outsiders. Keep adding to your character chart as you find out more about the characters.
Question: Can we always believe what a narrator (the person telling the story) tells us? Why or why not?
unreliable narrator --------------------------------- reliable narrator
B5: Page 16 "I rubbed my cheek. . . . "
B6: Page 21 Top "I wouldn't have felt. . . "
B7: Page 17 "When I finished the chapter I was on, I did."
A1: Page 13 "Soda was glaring at him."
