Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes or Ms. Hagerty. We welcome UO student teacher Eric Renner.
New Lit Unit: The Outsiders
Students have checked out a copy of The Outsiders from the school's collection and will be expected to read chapters that will be assigned daily. Throughout this unit there will be related activities, writing assignments and quizzes. Periods 3, 4, 5 and 6 are all studying this book, but Period 3 will cover some aspects differently with Mr. Renner.
Reading Schedule:
By Tue 2/22 - read Ch 5/6
By Wed 2/23 - read Ch 7
By Thu 2/24 - read Ch 8
By Fri 2/25 - read Ch 9
By Mon 2/28 - read Ch 10
Per 4, 5, 6: Outsiders - emerging themes, social survey, Venn diagram
Per 3: Outsiders - power and health within social classes; journal/green book study guide - one activity page per chapter. Past due assignments: personal survey; long journal entry from 2/15; Pony, Cherry and self activity; open mind; grocery store activity (due 2/23).
Journal Entries – "Social Class "
Copy each day's quotation and respond briefly (3 sentences).
Literary Elements
characterization
conflict
dialogue
main character
mood
plot
purpose
setting
style
theme
Literary Devices
alliteration
allusion
anachronism
assonance
dialect
exaggeration
flashback
foreshadowing
hyperbole
imagery
irony
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
rhyme
rhyme scheme
simile
