Wednesday, 10/25/00
Warm Up:
  1. selfish : selfless :: savvy : _______
  2. camera : shutter :: eye : ________
  3. *quarrel : cooperate :: insult : _________
  4. *speak : pause :: write : __________
  5. *ignore : participate :: separate : _________
Vocabulary Pretest (You may not use your vocabulary homework this time! Some words may be used more than once. For #9 and #10, simply write "true" or "false.")
  1. His use of a fake beard and moustache was a pathetic attempt to be _________.
  2. The computer hacker tried to _______ the password security measures.
  3. He is a rather ______ liar; he tell so many lies, you can never tell which of his stories is true.
  4. His joke was very __________; it took me a while to get it.
  5. There was only a ________ difference between the two $100 bills...
  6. ...so the bank clerk had to examine them very carefully to tell which was the _________ one.
  7. He practiced the skate trick _________(ly) until he got it right.
  8. Tom is a very bold, __________ boy, who is scared of very little.
  9. True or False: Johnny and Pony were audacious when they went into the burning church to save the kids.
  10. True or False: Two-Bit is a diligent student.
audacious, diligent, prolific, bona fide, incognito, circumvent, subtle
Punctuation Practice: Provide the missing punctuation. Also fix any other mistakes you may see.
  1. I saw how his long hair curled behind his ears and I thought we both need a haircut a bath and some descent clothes.
  2. These classes are offered Spanish Math Social Studies and Science.
  3. Drinking while driving is illegal furthermore it can be deadly.
  4. Here is what I did after 1245 go to the store go to the bank go home.
  5. When she learned her apartment had been robbed she sat down and cried.
  6. Lucas mom wants you up now my sister yelled into my ear.
Outsiders Project: Due Friday, 11/3/00
Outsiders Wrap Up
  1. Explain why Two-Bit is relieved when he sees Pony picking up the broken glass. (p149)
  2. Reread the middle paragraph on p155. It's the one that begins, "Tell Dally." What is Pony's purpose in writing this all down? a) to get an A,  b) to show everyone how gallant Johnny and Dally were, c) to try to show that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, d) to show that greasers aren't all that different than other people, e) to show that greasers like sunsets, f) c and d, g) all of the above, h) none of the above.
  3. What is (are) the theme(s) of The Outsiders? What things is it really about?