The Dog Days of Summer are Soon Approaching!

Click Enjoying the Lake!

Reminders:

* I know that summer break is approaching quickly, but please remember to put your full effort in until the last day of school!

*Late Work and any Extra Credit - due Monday, June 6, 2011

Signs of Summer!

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES

Give One, Get One Discussion Activity After Ch. 7

Tasks:

1.       You will be choosing one question from below to write a paragraph about.

Questions to Choose From:

a.      What condition is Johnny in after the fire?  Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?

b.      What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)?  Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.

c.        Why would Two-Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids? 

Give One- Paragraph and Please Remember:

______You will need to remember to include words from the question in your topic sentence

______Include specific examples, preferably a quotation and in-text citation to support your 

ideas

______Include detailed word choice

______Include a closing sentence

            Example: As one can see,…

______After writing your paragraph, read it over and edit it for any mistakes with spelling, punctuation, etc.

Get One Response from Another Person in your Group and They Respond with Either:

a.       Ask a question

b.       Share your opinion

c.       Give them a complement and retell that person what specifically you liked from what they said.

Review After Chapter 6 of The Outsiders:

Directions:

Please choose 2 to respond to and write a paragraph for each.  I will be grading you on the content and conventions (spelling, capitalization, etc.)  Try to use examples or quotations to support your responses.

Please remember to:

*Indent your paragraph
*Use proper grammar, capitalize, use punctuation, avoid text talk
*Be descriptive-use detailed word choice
*Sentence Fluency-Read through what you write

*Write neatly

*Double space or skip lines

Example Writing prompt: 

Explain the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Example paragraph:

            “Nothing Gold Can Stay” written by Robert Frost teaches many lessons.  First of all, it shows how important life is and that we should not take it for granted.  For example, the line, “Her hardest hue to hold,” shows that many things such as colors do not last long, therefore we need to appreciate them while they are here (Hinton 77).  Also, …

As one can see, the poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” can teach its readers many important lessons.

Questions to Respond to After Reading Day 9:

1. Why doesn’t Dally want Johnny to turn himself in?  Explain using examples from the text.

2. Why do you think Cherry became a spy?  Do you think she can be trusted? Explain with examples.

3. Why did Dallas help Pony and Johnny get the kids from the church? Explain using examples.

4. Do you think Ponyboy is as bad as he thinks he is? Explain. (pg. 95)

Robert Frost "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Nothing Gold Can Stay
by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.

To watch my Animoto video about my interpretation of Robert Frost's poem click on:
http://animoto.com/play/aKbYUSCZ3fKjVq8IWqT1qQ

Writing Prompt-General English and Accelerated

Writing Prompt

Answer 3 of the following questions in complete sentences.

Chapter 4: 

1. What sort of things did you hear when you read about the fight?

2. If there was background music, describe what it would sound like? 

3. What sort of things remind you of this situation at the park-another movie, book, something you heard on the news? 

4. Were you surprised that Johnny killed Bob?

5. What do you think about Dallas Winston after he's helped Ponyboy and Johnny? Be descriptive.

6.What are Ponyboy's feelings about the church? 

7.What do you predict will happen?