Learning Target:
- Consider other perspectives and points of view in a text
Work Collected:
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 60 mins.
- The Outsiders: Finish ch. 6-8 for Monday (+ signpost packet)
Summary of Class:
- Read for ten minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
- "Where I'm From" poem guesses
- Perspectives in The Outsiders
- We get Ponyboy's first person account, which helps us relate to him and to the greasers. However, this is a biased point of view; consider what other characters might be thinking or feeling throughout the story.
- In groups: rewrite one of the following scenes (choose 1-2 pages from the book):
- Johnny writing chapter 1, introducing all the characters
- Dally writing chapter 1, introducing all the characters
- Darry writing chapter 1, introducing all the characters
- Cherry writing chapter 2, meeting some of the greasers at the drive-in movie theater
- Cherry writing chapter 3, describing the conflict with their boyfriends and the greasers
- Johnny writing chapter 4, describing the scene at the fountain
- We will finish and share these during Monday's class.
Learning Target:
- Recognize recurring concepts and terms in a text
Work Collected:
- Fishbowl survey (link in email)
- Looseleaf paper with written responses
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 30 mins.
- The Outsiders: ch. 6-8 due Monday
Summary of Class:
- Fishbowl review and survey (see e-mail)
- Read for 15 minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
- The Outsiders
- gallant
- definition and examples in the text
- Written response:
- Why does Johnny consider Dally to be gallant?
- Why does Johnny admire/look up to Dally so much?
- sunsets
- examples in the text
- Written response:
- What is the sunset a symbol of?
- Why are sunsets important in this book?
- Why does the author keep using the concept of sunsets again and again?
- Reminder: ch. 6-8 (and 3 rows on your signpost worksheet) due Monday
Learning Target:
- Define "allusion" and recognize examples in a text
Work Collected:
- Formative assessment note card
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 30 mins.
- The Outsiders: Read ch. 4 and 5 for Mon.
Summary of Class:
- Library: return/renew/brose/check out books, then read
- Check in to your reading progress spreadsheet
- The Outsiders: ch. 4 and 5
- Reread conflict with Socs--review Johnny's actions (signpost worksheet)
- Discuss escape plan
- On front of note card: Why does Ponyboy care so much about cutting his hair to disguise themselves?
- Allusion
- Review definition
- Discuss example in "Nothing Gold Can Stay" poem (Eden)
- On back of note card: paraphrase "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
Learning Target:
- Identify characteristics of good (effective) and bad (ineffective) discussion questions
Work Collected:
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- Read for at least 30 minutes
- The Outsiders: ch. 4 and 5 due tomorrow
- Begin preparing for next week's fishbowl discussion
Summary of Class:
- Read for 15 minutes, then check in to your reading progress spreadsheet (just title + page number)
- Handout: The Outsiders fishbowl discussion
- Introduction to this discussion assignment
- Thursday we will sign up for groups/days
- Effective v. ineffective discussion questions
- Start preparing for next week's fishbowl discussion
Learning Target:
- Identify the situation and the stance in a complex sentence
- Use a Venn diagram to compare characters in a text
- Use examples from the text to support your ideas, citing page numbers as evidence
Work Collected:
Work Assigned/Handed Out:
- The Outsiders: Read ch. 4 and 5 for Wednesday
- Parent permission slips for The Outsiders movie due tomorrow
Summary of Class:
- Read for 15 minutes
- Situation/stance topic sentences
- We will use this complex sentence format as our topic sentences for The Outsiders paper
- The Outsiders
- Read the first two pages of chapter 3 aloud
- Work in groups on Venn diagram comparing Socials and greasers
