Showing posts with label Outsiders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outsiders. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
The Outsiders -- Teen Slang Today
Savage.
nuh for no
yeet
ight
dank
boiii
fam
lit!
eskitit
WYD
WWDB --Where we droppin', boys?
Bree
sick
sloober
Wuzz-up?
LOL
GG
Oh, snap!
What's poppin'?
spill the tea -
And meanings
savage -- ______________________
nuh for no
Weezing = laughing really hard (Actually this one dates back to the 1400's.)
yeet -- versitle -- can be used as about any part of speech
ight -- short for all right
dank = cool
boiii - adds emphasis or your bro
fam = a group of your buddies
lit! = cool, amazing, awesome
eskitit -- let's get it, or let's go
WYD - What you doing?
sick = cool
sloober = someone NOT being funny
GG = Good game!
spill the tea -- to blab
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Our First Class Novel: The Outsiders
I don’t believe there is or ever will be such a thing as the Great American Novel—but I think there are many, and The Outsidersby S.E. Hinton is one of them. This is a novel that tells tough truths about loyalty, class, violence and that explores the transformative power of the written word. When I give it to the children of friends, I know they will feel about it just as I did when I first read it more than forty years ago.
Will Schwalbe
About The Outsiders 1962 Red Corvair
Paul Newman
The First Young Adult BookS. E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders in 1967. The author, S.E. Hinton, was sixteen years old. Your parents (or grandparents) might remember that in the sixties (and before) they couldn’t go to the library or bookstore and find “adolescent literature” or literature for young adults. They would see sections of books for children and sections for adults. Some give S.E. Hinton the credit for writing the first of what is now known as the adolescent or YA (young adult) novel. She wrote the kind of book she wanted to read.
Gangs and Cliques and Making People into Outsiders
The Outsiders is loosely based on what S.E. Hinton saw in her own community. The book is centered around a group of teen boys who hang out together – a gang -- but not the type of gang we think of today.
Some parents have concerns when they hear we’re reading a book about “gangs.”
Outsiders is more about social divisions. The major division in the book is between the wealthier, more privileged kids (the Socs – pronounced “sōshs,” and the kids who live on the poorer side of town (the Greasers – because at that time it was “cool” for guys to use a grease-like product on their hair).
Violence in the Book
Yes, there is violence in the book, but it is not graphic violence, and consequences of violence are clearly shown.
Smoking in the Book
Yes, the main character does smoke. He’s from a time and place where a lot of teens smoked. Society didn’t understand as much then about the consequences of smoking, and while a lot of kids made the better choice not to smoke, some chose to. Smoking is not glorified, it is shown as addictive, and students should pick up on at least one very tragic result of smoking shown in the plot.
Drinking in the Book
Some of the characters drink, though the main character and his brothers don’t. Like smoking, in the book drinking has tragic consequences.
Language in the Book
The language in the book hasn’t been a problem here in Utah Valley. The 1983 Francis Ford Coppola movie version starring C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, and Emilio Estevez added more words some parents might be uncomfortable with, but it is still an excellent movie.
Why We Read The Outsiders
I choose to read this book with students because
1. it is well written,
2. it’s an amazing example of what young people can accomplish. (The author was sixteen when she wrote it.)
3. it provides an interesting text we can use to learn about character, setting, theme, and other terms students need to understand for the study of literature.
4. most importantly, it gives us the opportunity to talk about issues students are interested in, issues they need to think about to make their own lives and the lives of others better.
Parents, here are some questions you could discuss with your child in connection with The Outsiders: (I highly recommend that, if you can, you read the books your children are reading. This can lead to great discussions with your child, and, besides, adolescent fiction is so enjoyable!)
1) What groups do I belong to?
How many people do you need to belong with?
2) How does a person come to belong?
3) What are good and bad ways to belong?
4) What can I learn about belonging from the texts I read?
5) How do we use language (the way we speak and write) as a way of belonging?
6) How do we include and exclude others from belonging?
7) Have you ever felt like an outsider? Is it okay sometimes to be an outsider? What would be helpful ways to respond when you feel that way?
Topics: cliques, family, friends, caring, emotional control, violence, drinking, smoking, dealing with death and loss of loved ones, social inequity, importance of education, appreciating nature, the things we have in common as human beings, etc.
Originally published 9/1/09
Added 7-10-12:
S.E. Hinton answers a question about belonging/joining:
Q: What were you like as a teenager? Were you a
greaser; a Soc?
A: I was a tomboy. I played football, my close friends
were guys. Fortunately, I was born without the
need-to-belong gene that says you have to be in a
little group to feel secure. I never wanted to be
classified as anything, nor did I ever join anything
for fear of losing my individuality.
http://www.theoutsidersbookandmovie.com/TheBook.html
Setting in The Outsiders:
"Hinton modeled the book's setting on her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, although she never refers to the city by name. The novel is most likely set in the mid-1960s, the time period during which it was written, although, again, Hinton makes few explicit references to external historical events that might fix the book in time." -- http://www.enotes.com/outsiders-qn/setting
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1960's
Literary Gangs
The Outsiders -- an excerpt read by Markus Zusak
Questions answered on GoodReads by S.E. Hinton-- Her answers start with message 305.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1331187-click-here-to-ask-s-e-hinton?order=a&page=1
One of her responses: "I was very involved in the movies The Outsiders, Tex,
and Rumble Fish. I scouted locations, helped with wardrobe, taught Matt to ride for Tex, ran lines
with the actors on Outsiders, sometimes wrote scenes
for Rumble Fish just as we were getting ready to shoot them. I'm very happy with all three."
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast --
http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/health/chocolate-cake-breakfast-new-research-says-it-might-actually-help-you-lose-weight
And here's Bob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVugJj7BUs
One of her responses: "I was very involved in the movies The Outsiders, Tex,
and Rumble Fish. I scouted locations, helped with wardrobe, taught Matt to ride for Tex, ran lines
with the actors on Outsiders, sometimes wrote scenes
for Rumble Fish just as we were getting ready to shoot them. I'm very happy with all three."
Chocolate Cake for Breakfast --
http://www.fromthegrapevine.com/health/chocolate-cake-breakfast-new-research-says-it-might-actually-help-you-lose-weight
And here's Bob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVugJj7BUs
Slideshow about Outsiders —
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pF6Di73UwISTsZcf6B-9zMvoeVtv25pWKaVR8SEIDpU/edit#slide=id.p4
Online Outsiders
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coke commercial
Monday, September 27, 2010
September 29, 2010
1. Bell-Ringer: Everyday Editing -- How Do They Do It?
Label your composition book with today's date. Number
Compare the original with the imitators. Tell what is different about each sentence. Which is better?
How'd They Do It?
Original:On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck: sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers. (Jeff Anderson)
Imitations:
1. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck; sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
2. On Saturdays, me and my cousins buy candy from the ice cream truck: sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
3. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buys candy from the ice cream truck: sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers
4. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck -- sour worms, Jolly Ranchers, and Snickers.
5. On Saturdays, my cousins and I buy candy from the ice cream truck.
Dashes: The dash does the same job a colon can do. It says to the reader, "Here comes something!" You can use a dash almost any way you want. Colons have more rules, but we want to use only a dash of dashes.
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2. Reading minute: A1 - The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
A2 Conspiracy 365: January by Gabrielle Lord
A3 Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
A4 Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
3. Reading: Developing reading skills and learning literature terms and strategies.The Outsiders
Character and Conflict in Literature
* Don't forget to fill in your chart abut a character from The Outsiders. If you were absent, pick up the chart from the file folders at the back of the room.
Today we read from The Outsiders: (the track and time information are notes for me, the teacher)
A1 top of page 58, 21:02 to page 72, Disk 2, Track 2, 16:30
(This class recreated the scene from The Outsiders today.)
The other classes viewed their photos from last Thursday.
A2 top of page 58, 21:02 to page 75, Disk 2, Track 2, 22:25
A3 top of page 58, 21:02 to page 75, Disk 2, Track 2, 22:25
A4 bottom of page 55, 17:22 to page 75, Disk 2, Track 2, 22:25
4. Spelling/Vocabulary: Do you know your commonly confused words yet? Make sure you're using them correctly in your writing.
confused words chart.doc 43.0 KBA3 played Sparkle with the commonly confused words.
Important reminders:
Your October Book-of-the-Month Assignment is due October 19. Have your book read and bring it and your extensive notes on a character from the book.
If you were absent when we went to the lab to take these tests, you will need to take the MyAccess writing test in computer lab (Room 223) during one Cave Time, and the SRI in the computer lab during another.
If you were here and did not finish the SRI, you may finish it in the computer lab (Room 223) during Cave Time. For the SRI, print your results and bring them to me.
Your September Book-of-the-Month project was due on the 21st. You may still hand it in for points minus 25%
Make sure you're up-to-date on your composition book at The Composition Book -- So Far.
Extra credit: Can you tell me the best way to survive being in a falling elevator (according to NPR)? +3 points
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
September 23, 2010
1. Bell-Ringer:
a. More on using colons.
Read the passage and write an imitation (Sentence: commas in a series list.) about what makes you afraid or angry or sad or happy or excited. Choose one emotion.
The passage to read:One of his best friends has recently made a name for himself at school by riding a skateboard down Dead Man’s Hill. Now Will is standing alone with his own skateboard at the top of Dead Man’s Hill, knowing that B.T. really did it, but not understanding how he could have.
The rising sun was straight ahead. I could look directly at it because it was bloody orange and just over the horizon and smoky with clouds. When I looked at the sun, my eyes were crossing 93 million miles of space. But my feet wouldn’t cross another inch. . .
Ninety three million miles of space in front of me, and every inch of it seemed packed with the things I was afraid of: high places, cramped places, dark places, thousand-leggers, speed, flying, death, change, time, pain, failure, criticism, roller coasters, train tracks, being wrong, being smelly, being late, being stupid, being rejected, black mambos, leeches, hantavirus, losing, deep water, uncertainty, being buried alive, being caught being afraid, myself. . .
I could see my epitaph:
HERE LIES WILLIAM JAY TUPPENCEHE WAS AFRAID
(from Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli, pages 30, 31)
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2. Reading minute: Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers by Gary Paulsen
3. Reading: Developing reading skills and learning literature terms and strategies.The Outsiders
Character and Conflict in Literature
* Don't forget to fill in your chart about a character from The Outsiders. If you were absent, pick up the chart from the file folders at the back of the room.
Also take a few notes in your composition book on the other characters. Today you heard about Bob and Randy.
Today we read from The Outsiders: (the track and time information are notes for me, the teacher)
A1 page 35 (Track 2, about 28:00) to top of page 47 Disc 2, Track 1, minutes about 3:39?
A2 page 37 Begin on Track 3 to top of page 47 Disc 2, Track 1, minutes about 3:39?
A3 page 37 Begin on Track 3 to top of page 47 Disc 2, Track 1, minutes about 3:39?
A4 page 37 Begin on Track 3 to top of page 47 Disc 2, Track 1, minutes about 3:39?
Students recreated a scene from The Outsiders for a still photo.
4. Spelling/Vocabulary: Commonly confused words --Create posters. Students worked on creating their posters about their seventh grade commonly confused words. We will finish them next time.
Important reminders:
If you were absent when we went to the lab to take these tests, you will need to take the MyAccess writing test in computer lab (Room 223) during one Cave Time, and the SRI in the computer lab during another.
If you were here and did not finish the SRI, you may finish it in the computer lab (Room 223) during Cave Time. For the SRI, print your results and bring them to me.
Your Book-of-the-Month project was due last time!
There will be retakes (for those who have already taken it) of the teachers' names spelling test during Cave Time on September 17 and 23 (TODAY).
Make sure you're up-to-date on your composition book at The Composition Book -- So Far.
Extra Credit: Don't miss the opportunity for extra credit from memorizing the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. Extra Credit Poem Memorization
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
October 14/19, 2009
October 14/19, 2009
1. Time for reading the Book-of-the-Month Club books.
Watch for what you're learning from the book, or what you appreciate about your book. What will you tell the author about your experience with this book?
I'm going to give you longer to read your October book. You have until the end of the month to have it read and be ready to write your letter to the author.
[ B1 looked at passage from a novel, and talked about why words in it are (and aren't capitalized).
When I was nine, my parents borrowed my grandmother's new Ford Mustang because it had air conditioning and because my grandmother insisted, and because there was no way our old Chevy could make the two thousand miles from our house on Mayo Avenue in Houston to Decker, Montana, where my father's old Army buddy owned a sheep ranch. . . . It was the first day after third grade at Pearl Rucker Elementary School, and I held the bag of peppermints Mrs. Dodge had given me, along with a note: "Thank you for being my star this year." I didn't like peppermints, but they were from Mrs. Dodge, and I loved Mrs. Dodge. So my two younger sisters wouldn't get a single one for the whole drive there and back. We drew imaginary boundaries on the vinyl seat and dared each other to cross them.
-- Kathi Appelt, My Father's Summers (2004)
--Why aren't "grandmother's" and "grandmother" capitalized? ]
B1 -- page 96, to page 118
A4 - page 109 to page 127 "Cherry Valance was sitting. . . "
B4 and A2 and wrote to this prompt in their composition books:
Under writing, record today's date, then answer the question, "What do you want to see and experience and accomplish during your life?" Johnny says on page 121, "I don't want to die now. It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen. It's not fair." So what do you want to see and experience and accomplish before you die?
1. Time for reading the Book-of-the-Month Club books.
Watch for what you're learning from the book, or what you appreciate about your book. What will you tell the author about your experience with this book?
I'm going to give you longer to read your October book. You have until the end of the month to have it read and be ready to write your letter to the author.
[ B1 looked at passage from a novel, and talked about why words in it are (and aren't capitalized).
When I was nine, my parents borrowed my grandmother's new Ford Mustang because it had air conditioning and because my grandmother insisted, and because there was no way our old Chevy could make the two thousand miles from our house on Mayo Avenue in Houston to Decker, Montana, where my father's old Army buddy owned a sheep ranch. . . . It was the first day after third grade at Pearl Rucker Elementary School, and I held the bag of peppermints Mrs. Dodge had given me, along with a note: "Thank you for being my star this year." I didn't like peppermints, but they were from Mrs. Dodge, and I loved Mrs. Dodge. So my two younger sisters wouldn't get a single one for the whole drive there and back. We drew imaginary boundaries on the vinyl seat and dared each other to cross them.-- Kathi Appelt, My Father's Summers (2004)
--Why aren't "grandmother's" and "grandmother" capitalized? ]
2. The Outsiders (Follow along and watch for information about your assigned character. Also watch for themes.)
Reading The Outsiders -- Watch for topics and themes.
B1 -- page 96, to page 118B2 -- page 96 to page (Help me out, please, students. I didn't write it down.)
B4 -- page 109 to page 125
We also wrote about a quote from Johnny on page 121: "Sixteen years ain't long enough. . . '
We also wrote about a quote from Johnny on page 121: "Sixteen years ain't long enough. . . '
A1 -- page 99 to page115 "I'm not going to show at the rumble tonight."
A2 -- page 107 to page 122 "A nurse appeared in the doorway." A4 - page 109 to page 127 "Cherry Valance was sitting. . . "
B4 and A2 and wrote to this prompt in their composition books:
Under writing, record today's date, then answer the question, "What do you want to see and experience and accomplish during your life?" Johnny says on page 121, "I don't want to die now. It ain't long enough. Sixteen years ain't long enough. I wouldn't mind it so much if there wasn't so much stuff I ain't done yet and so many things I ain't seen. It's not fair." So what do you want to see and experience and accomplish before you die?
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
September 29/30, 2009
September 29/30, 2009
Notes: Don't forget to return your signed progress reports.
One class still needs to receive their progress reports. Their signed reports will be due the next class time.
There are more student jobs to sign up for.
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1. The Outsiders (Follow along and watch for information about your assigned character. Also watch for themes.)
Reading The Outsiders -- Watch for topics and themes.
B1 -- from page 45 to "If you're looking for a fight. . . " to page 53, beginning of Chapter 4
B2 -- from page 51, halfway down to page 61, halfway down.
B4 -- from page 60, 1/3 of the way down to end of page 67? Is this right?
A1 -- from page 38 "She was coming through to me. . . " to page 53, chapter 4.
A1 needs to do the anticipation guide/talk about themes.
A2 -- from the bottom of page 46 "I thought I had plenty of time" to page 68, chapter 5.
A4 --from page 45 "pity the back seat" to page 65.
2. Confusing Words Presentations -- its/it's
3. Let's Sparkle on the Confusing Words!
4. Media Center to look for books at their own independent reading level, and for possible books for October Book-of-the-Month -- Students will be looking for books at their own independent reading levels.
A-Day students will go to the Media Center on Friday.
Notes: Don't forget to return your signed progress reports.
One class still needs to receive their progress reports. Their signed reports will be due the next class time.
There are more student jobs to sign up for.
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1. The Outsiders (Follow along and watch for information about your assigned character. Also watch for themes.)
Reading The Outsiders -- Watch for topics and themes.
B1 -- from page 45 to "If you're looking for a fight. . . " to page 53, beginning of Chapter 4
B2 -- from page 51, halfway down to page 61, halfway down.
B4 -- from page 60, 1/3 of the way down to end of page 67? Is this right?
A1 -- from page 38 "She was coming through to me. . . " to page 53, chapter 4.
A1 needs to do the anticipation guide/talk about themes.
A2 -- from the bottom of page 46 "I thought I had plenty of time" to page 68, chapter 5.
A4 --from page 45 "pity the back seat" to page 65.
2. Confusing Words Presentations -- its/it's
3. Let's Sparkle on the Confusing Words!
4. Media Center to look for books at their own independent reading level, and for possible books for October Book-of-the-Month -- Students will be looking for books at their own independent reading levels.
A-Day students will go to the Media Center on Friday.
Monday, October 22, 2007
October 22, 2006
October 22, 2006
1. Finish capitalization exercise if needed. After some correcting (the paragraph at the end), students handed in their paper.
2. We finished reading The Outsiders.
3. We answered questions about The Outsiders. (See below.)
4. Group Term Project Presentations
5. If time, we played a capitalization game for house points.
Reminders: If you haven’t handed in your Reading Bingo, talk to Ms. Dorsey.
Hand in your signed progress report.
Finishing Up The Outsiders
Answer these questions clearly and legibly, using complete sentences. Then hand in this paper to the top wire basket for your class. If you don’t finish answering this in class, finish it as homework and hand it in next time. Don’t forget!
Answer question #1 using the book.
1. Ponyboy explains that he writes the story of The Outsiders for what reasons? (page 179)
Answer question #2 using the on the separate sheet.
2. S.E. Hinton says she wrote The Outsiders when she was sixteen because. . .
Answer at least two of the following questions from your own experience sand understanding:
3. Are you an “insider” or an “outsider” at American Fork Junior High? Or are you sometimes one and sometimes the other? Explain.
4. What can you do, or what have you done, to help yourself become an “insider” at the junior high? Give at least one specific example.
5. How can you help others, or how have you helped others, who might feel like “outsiders”? Give at least one specific example.
(State Core: Standard 2, Objective 1: write about how a text relates to my own life
Preparing for Standard 2, Objective 2: recognizing author’s purpose)
Quoting S.E. Hinton: "I wrote The Outsiders because I was worried and angered by the social situation in high school. I saw two groups at the extreme ends of the social scale behaving in an idiotic fashion. I could see both sides of the situation, but I naturally had the most sympathy for the side that was treated the most unfairly. When a friend of mine was beaten up for no other reason than that some people didn't like the way he combed his hair, I took out my anger by writing about it."
1. Finish capitalization exercise if needed. After some correcting (the paragraph at the end), students handed in their paper.
2. We finished reading The Outsiders.
3. We answered questions about The Outsiders. (See below.)
4. Group Term Project Presentations
5. If time, we played a capitalization game for house points.
Reminders: If you haven’t handed in your Reading Bingo, talk to Ms. Dorsey.
Hand in your signed progress report.
Finishing Up The Outsiders
Answer these questions clearly and legibly, using complete sentences. Then hand in this paper to the top wire basket for your class. If you don’t finish answering this in class, finish it as homework and hand it in next time. Don’t forget!
Answer question #1 using the book.
1. Ponyboy explains that he writes the story of The Outsiders for what reasons? (page 179)
Answer question #2 using the on the separate sheet.
2. S.E. Hinton says she wrote The Outsiders when she was sixteen because. . .
Answer at least two of the following questions from your own experience sand understanding:
3. Are you an “insider” or an “outsider” at American Fork Junior High? Or are you sometimes one and sometimes the other? Explain.
4. What can you do, or what have you done, to help yourself become an “insider” at the junior high? Give at least one specific example.
5. How can you help others, or how have you helped others, who might feel like “outsiders”? Give at least one specific example.
(State Core: Standard 2, Objective 1: write about how a text relates to my own life
Preparing for Standard 2, Objective 2: recognizing author’s purpose)
Quoting S.E. Hinton: "I wrote The Outsiders because I was worried and angered by the social situation in high school. I saw two groups at the extreme ends of the social scale behaving in an idiotic fashion. I could see both sides of the situation, but I naturally had the most sympathy for the side that was treated the most unfairly. When a friend of mine was beaten up for no other reason than that some people didn't like the way he combed his hair, I took out my anger by writing about it."
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
1. Hand in assignments due.
Hand in Reading Bingo. Make sure your books are entered on the card by the teacher and signed off by the teacher. Add up the total pages, and write that total on the line: Term 1 _____ pages. Turn it in to the top wire basket for your period.
Hand in Term Project. Turn in your tape or disk with the first two pages of the packet.
2. Listen to/Follow along with The Outsiders. We read to the middle of page 159.
3. Write a GoMyAccess essay about The Outsiders. The prompt is Character Traits.
You may revise this essay at home. Your user name is your first name and student number, no spaces. Your password is 999yourlastname.
1. Hand in assignments due.
Hand in Reading Bingo. Make sure your books are entered on the card by the teacher and signed off by the teacher. Add up the total pages, and write that total on the line: Term 1 _____ pages. Turn it in to the top wire basket for your period.
Hand in Term Project. Turn in your tape or disk with the first two pages of the packet.
2. Listen to/Follow along with The Outsiders. We read to the middle of page 159.
3. Write a GoMyAccess essay about The Outsiders. The prompt is Character Traits.
You may revise this essay at home. Your user name is your first name and student number, no spaces. Your password is 999yourlastname.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007
Receive back Sentence Work Quiz. Think about what you answered correctly and what didn't. File it in your binder under Writing.
Read The Outsiders. A1 page 112 - 143, A21 page 118 - 148, A3 page 114 -143, A4 page 116 - 145.
Think about how the character traits of each person in The Outsiders affects other characters.
The students did a brief writing assignment "What I Want to Do Before I Die." Johnny says that he just didn't have enough time, living only to sixteen. What would you like to accomplish or experience before you die?
Be prepared to hand in your tape, etc. for your term projects next time. Don't forget to label it with your subject and your names.
Also be prepared to hand in your Reading Bingo cards next time. Make sure yours is signed by the teacher. Add up the total pages and place that number in the blank right after "Term 1" ____ . I'll fill in the points.
Receive back Sentence Work Quiz. Think about what you answered correctly and what didn't. File it in your binder under Writing.
Read The Outsiders. A1 page 112 - 143, A21 page 118 - 148, A3 page 114 -143, A4 page 116 - 145.
Think about how the character traits of each person in The Outsiders affects other characters.
The students did a brief writing assignment "What I Want to Do Before I Die." Johnny says that he just didn't have enough time, living only to sixteen. What would you like to accomplish or experience before you die?
Be prepared to hand in your tape, etc. for your term projects next time. Don't forget to label it with your subject and your names.
Also be prepared to hand in your Reading Bingo cards next time. Make sure yours is signed by the teacher. Add up the total pages and place that number in the blank right after "Term 1" ____ . I'll fill in the points.
Friday, September 21, 2007
September 21
September 21
Self-Starter:
Unscrambling to Imitate
The unscrambling of sentence parts helps you see how those parts are connected within the model sentence.
As a result, you will glimpse the mind of an author composing a sentence so you can go through a similar process when you compose sentences.
Directions: In your binder, under “Word Work,” unscramble the sentence parts to imitate the model. Then write your own sentence that imitates the model.
3. MODEL: Then she swung the switch five more times and, discovering Little Man had no intention of crying, ordered him up.
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Parts to unscramble:
a. one more time and
b. walked away
c. then he checked the crime scene
d. finding the suspect had been telling the truth
Unscramble and write out the “imitation” sentence.
Then, write your own sentence that imitates the model.
1. More of The Outsiders: Pages 46 to 62.
2. Partner Spelling Tests -- If you weren't ready for a test today, make arrangements to take a test before or after school.
3. On-task Catch-Up time
-- work on spelling
-- read for reading bingo (400 pages by October 9)
-- Have Ms. Dorsey record your reading bingo books on your bingo card
-- work with your term project group
-- turn in your project plan if you haven't (It was due last time.)
-- binder checks
Self-Starter:
Unscrambling to Imitate
The unscrambling of sentence parts helps you see how those parts are connected within the model sentence.
As a result, you will glimpse the mind of an author composing a sentence so you can go through a similar process when you compose sentences.
Directions: In your binder, under “Word Work,” unscramble the sentence parts to imitate the model. Then write your own sentence that imitates the model.
3. MODEL: Then she swung the switch five more times and, discovering Little Man had no intention of crying, ordered him up.
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Parts to unscramble:
a. one more time and
b. walked away
c. then he checked the crime scene
d. finding the suspect had been telling the truth
Unscramble and write out the “imitation” sentence.
Then, write your own sentence that imitates the model.
1. More of The Outsiders: Pages 46 to 62.
2. Partner Spelling Tests -- If you weren't ready for a test today, make arrangements to take a test before or after school.
3. On-task Catch-Up time
-- work on spelling
-- read for reading bingo (400 pages by October 9)
-- Have Ms. Dorsey record your reading bingo books on your bingo card
-- work with your term project group
-- turn in your project plan if you haven't (It was due last time.)
-- binder checks
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
September 13
September 13
Reminders:
Have you been studying your five spelling words for the test on September 21?
Do you still need to check off your binder or hand in your disclosure document?
Do you have a group and a topic for the term project?
Today:
Self-Starter: Students wrote about whether they've ever felt like an outsider, or contributed to making someone else feel that way (or perhaps helped someone feel more like an insider).
If you were absent, write about a half page on this topic.
1. Listen to/read part of The Outsiders.
2. Go to the computer lab to transfer the essays we wrote in Word into GoMyAccess.
Also, take the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory).
Reminders:
Have you been studying your five spelling words for the test on September 21?
Do you still need to check off your binder or hand in your disclosure document?
Do you have a group and a topic for the term project?
Today:
Self-Starter: Students wrote about whether they've ever felt like an outsider, or contributed to making someone else feel that way (or perhaps helped someone feel more like an insider).
If you were absent, write about a half page on this topic.
1. Listen to/read part of The Outsiders.
2. Go to the computer lab to transfer the essays we wrote in Word into GoMyAccess.
Also, take the SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory).
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
September 11
Self-Starter:
1) Copy the model.
2) Choose the matching sentence from the imitations, and copy it.
3) Chunk both sentences.
4) Write your own imitation.
Follow the same steps for the other model.
Model 1: Then, stomach down on the bed, he began to draw.
Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terebithia
Model 2: Slowly, filled with dissatisfaction, he had gone to his room and got into bed.
Betsy Byars, The Summer of the Swans
IMITATIONS
a. Carefully, embarrassed by her mistake, she had repeated the process and done it correctly.
b. Later, knapsack high on his back, he ran to catch up.
*Do you have your 5 spelling words for the upcoming test? Are you studying them?
Test on September 21.
1. The Outsiders page 5 -- 15, middle of page.
Students filled out a graphic organizer for characters -- filling in information about the characters -- the Greasers.
2. Planning time for term projects. Students should have formed their groups and picked their subjects. Today the teacher lets students know whether their requested subjects were already taken or not.
* Have you had your binder for English with four labeled dividers checked off?
1) Copy the model.
2) Choose the matching sentence from the imitations, and copy it.
3) Chunk both sentences.
4) Write your own imitation.
Follow the same steps for the other model.
Model 1: Then, stomach down on the bed, he began to draw.
Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terebithia
Model 2: Slowly, filled with dissatisfaction, he had gone to his room and got into bed.
Betsy Byars, The Summer of the Swans
IMITATIONS
a. Carefully, embarrassed by her mistake, she had repeated the process and done it correctly.
b. Later, knapsack high on his back, he ran to catch up.
*Do you have your 5 spelling words for the upcoming test? Are you studying them?
Test on September 21.
1. The Outsiders page 5 -- 15, middle of page.
Students filled out a graphic organizer for characters -- filling in information about the characters -- the Greasers.
2. Planning time for term projects. Students should have formed their groups and picked their subjects. Today the teacher lets students know whether their requested subjects were already taken or not.
* Have you had your binder for English with four labeled dividers checked off?
Monday, September 10, 2007
September 7
1. We took a brief trip to "the movies" to set the atmosphere of the 1960's for reading The Outsiders. We watched a clip of a Paul Newman movie, since the novel begins (and ends) with the main character stepping out "into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house," thinking about how "tough" Paul Newman looks, and about how he probably should get a ride home.
2. Students listened to and read along with chapter 1 of The Outsiders. On their own copy, they marked any unfamiliar or confusing words or phrases, or any places they had questions.
3. Students filled out an opinionaire, agreeing or disagreeing with statements related to to The Outsiders and with the topic of "How Do I Fit In?" and writing a brief comment about one of those statements.
4. Students received back their spelling tests and Spelling Survival Lists. They are to select 5 more words (reusing words they missed on the first test) to study for a test on September 21.
5. Students had time to form groups for the Term Project, and turned in requests for topics.
(A4 Finished and corrected the Outsiders Slang papers.)
Remember:
*If you haven't had your binder with folders checked off, do it as soon as possible.
*If you haven't taken your first spelling test, come after school (not on Monday).
*Don't forget to be reading outside class for your Reading Bingo (400 pages per term). Have your book approved and recorded on your bingo card by Ms. Dorsey. You may bring your Reading Bingo book to class to read if you finish an assignment early or otherwise have extra time.
2. Students listened to and read along with chapter 1 of The Outsiders. On their own copy, they marked any unfamiliar or confusing words or phrases, or any places they had questions.
3. Students filled out an opinionaire, agreeing or disagreeing with statements related to to The Outsiders and with the topic of "How Do I Fit In?" and writing a brief comment about one of those statements.
4. Students received back their spelling tests and Spelling Survival Lists. They are to select 5 more words (reusing words they missed on the first test) to study for a test on September 21.
5. Students had time to form groups for the Term Project, and turned in requests for topics.
(A4 Finished and corrected the Outsiders Slang papers.)
Remember:
*If you haven't had your binder with folders checked off, do it as soon as possible.
*If you haven't taken your first spelling test, come after school (not on Monday).
*Don't forget to be reading outside class for your Reading Bingo (400 pages per term). Have your book approved and recorded on your bingo card by Ms. Dorsey. You may bring your Reading Bingo book to class to read if you finish an assignment early or otherwise have extra time.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Term 1 Big Question: How Do I Belong?
During first term, we'll be investigating how we can belong in positive ways. We'll read the novel The Outsiders, interview each other to get to know each other, interview 8th or 9th graders to find out more about our school, and create presentations on various aspects of American Fork Junior High.
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