8th grade 9 11-12

Outsiders 91112.notebook

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September 13, 2012

9-11-12

8th Grade Language Arts

Agenda:

1. Warm-up:

Understanding what you read

2. Spelling/Vocabulary

3. Grammar

4. Literature

Assignments:

-Lit Circles (W)

-CH 6-8 (F)

-Reading Log and Green Sheet (F)

-Spelling Test (F)

-Vocabulary Writing (F 9/21)


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The Outsiders • Connotaon• Denotaon• infer • Bleak• nonchalant • rueful • savvy • conform• sage• aloof• elite• dumbfounded• ornery• contemptuous• gallant• foreshadow• stereotype• gingerly• dogged (adj)•

• Fathom• Premonion• Credible• Irony• Elude• Façade• Credulous• Ironic• Premonion• Bootleg• Discreet• Discrete• Vain• Elicit• Illicit

• indignant• Conducive• Wistful• Implore• Subside• Acquit• Leery

Incredulous

• Patronize• Grudge• Sarcasm• Vaguely• Apprehensive• Preservaon• Resignedly• Manipulate• Delinquent• Sheepish• Liable• Palomino• Cowlick• Keeled• Peroxide


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FIX THE MISTAKE

1. The ballerina was so audacious on the stage that she could start and stop her movements on a dime.

2. It just so happened that during the exceptional moment of the play. I had to use the restroom, so I missed most of the plot.

3. Thomas Jefferson was famous for his unending mien to give states more power.

4. My baseball coach grappled me the "home run kid" because I saved every baseball game with a home run.

5. During the Mesozoic heritage, massive dinosaurs roamed parts of the US in Wyoming and Montana.

6. "I think I'm happy because I'm so pretty," the model mustered.

7. The long distance runner had more stance than the sprinters.

8. Barry wanted to break the world record in number of hot dogs eaten in one minute because he wanted to be agile, and in people's minds forever.

9. Even the most pivotal stuntman would not attempt to jump between the two buildings.

10. Mr. Trump's stern era gave away that he was going to fire the employee no matter what she said in her defense.

11. Rosie's crusade was full of famous chefs dating back to the early 1800s.

12. Mr. Simpson dubbed with the idea of whether to take a job as a surgeon or pediatrician.

13. Susie was shocked when her teacher announced that she had not just done well on the test, but she had done a(n) legendary job.

14. Ozzie had to muse the courage to ski down the black diamond slope with his friends.

15. A strong stamina against bullying was taken by the school administration during the school day.


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Linking Verbs and Predicate Words

Linking verbs- link the subject to a word in the predicate

Predicate Adjectives and Predicate Nominatives follow linking verbs

• Predicate Nominative- a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies, renames, or defines the subject• test by replacing the linking verb with the word

• Predicate Adjective- an adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject• test by placing the predicate word in front of the subject

-Brown Beauty the mare's name.

Saddle horses .powerful

wasequals

are


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1. The job title "continuity clerk" may seem unimpressive.

2. But a continuity clerk is an important person on a movie set.

3. The order in which scenes are shot is not the order in which they will appear in the film.

4. Footage from different days can be part of the same scene.

5. Such footage must appear continuous.

6. The continuity clerk's tasks are very tedious.

7. Most people would grow bored by all the details.

8. Good continuity clerks, however, are perfectionists.

9. They remain attentive to the tasks.

10. Some continuity clerks even become directors.


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What a difference a day makes

Before After

School

What they do for fun

Family relationships

How they get food

Friendships


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Cause and Effect

1. Pony did not think of asking someone to go to the movies with him.______

2. Because he thinks he is "dumb", _____

3. Because he always has something to say, ______

4. Johnny had been beaten badly by Socs, so _____

5. When Johnny told him to leave Marcia and Cherry alone, ____

6. When Cherry says she can't talk to Pony at school, _____

7. Because Pony and Johnny are tired of Socs having all the breaks, _____

8. Pony fell asleep in the lot, and ____

9. The Socs were drunk and angry because their girlfriends left them at the drive-in, so ________

10. Johnny was afraid for Pony's life, so ____

11. After Darry hits Pony in anger, _______


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a. he got his nickname, Two-Bit

b. they dream of a place to run away

c. Pony decides to run awayd. Darry gets upset at Pony when he gets jumped

e. he reminds her that he watches sunsets, toof. Dally left the theater angrilyg. they went looking for a fight

h. then he got into an argument with Darry once he got home

i. Soda drops out of schoolj. he was even more nervous all the time

k. he stabbed the Soc


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Irony (n); Ironic (adj): When something turns out the opposite of what you would expect. Also, sort of like sarcasm. Examples:

• It was ironic that the fire station burned down.

• It was ironic that the police station was robbed.

Give an example of irony from The Outsiders and one from real life.


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Why do we not "see" Johnny stab the Soc?

At the end of chapter 4, how long has it been since Pony, Dally, and Johnny sat down by the girls at the drive in?

Gone with the Wind, the book Johnny and Ponyboy are reading, takes place during what time period?

What example does Johnny give to show why he thinks that Dally is gallant?

How did Soda figure out that Dally knew where the boys ran to?

What has been the result of Johnny killing Bob, as far as the feud between Socs and greasers is concerned?

What upcoming event will supposedly settle the Soc vs. greaser thing once and for all?


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Figurative Language MetaphorsAuthors often use figurative language to make their writing interesting and more meaningful to the reader. One type of figurative language is the metaphor. A metaphor, stating that one thing is the other, makes a comparison between two unlike things. For example, Pony describes Dally's eyes in this way: "His eyes were blue, blazing ice..." Dally's eyes are being compared to ice because he looks at people coldly and with hate.

1. "Her words were sugar." Her words are being compared to sugar. What is being said about her words?

2. "It's raining cats and dogs." The rain is being compared to cats and dogs. What is being said about the rain?

3. "He is my fortress": To what is "He" being compared? What is being said about him?


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Nothing Gold Can Stay

by Robert FrostNature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then lead subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

hue=

subsides=

Eden =

How did they "sink to grief"?

So = like, in the same way

1. What do you think Robert Frost is trying to say?

2. How does this poem apply to events/characters of the novel so far?

(What "gold" did Ponyboy have that didn't last?)

3. Is this supposed to be a sad poem? What makes you think so/not?


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Frost makes the use of the metaphor to communicate his message about young people. He begins by writing that nature's first green, things such as new plants, trees, grass, and especially young people are gold.

4. Gold is precious and expensive metal. What comparison can be made between "nature's first green" and gold?

5. Another metaphor in Frost's poem is "Her early leaf's a flower." Explain how nature's "early leaf," or someone's youth, can be like a flower.

6. How is the youth of someone's life "gold"?

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