Wednesday, 9/19/01
Warm up. Copy.
  1. rank =
  2. heater =
  3. broad =
  4. "know the score" =  (Use a previous vocabulary word.)
  5. "half crocked" =
  6. *"book writing" = (spelling word)
  7. *together sound = (spelling word)
Correct vocabulary practice.
Vocabulary Pretest. Do not copy. There are some words you will not use.
  1. "The Socs were always behind a wall of _________(ness), careful not to let their real selves show through."
  2. At the end of Chapter Two, Pony says, "I know better now." This is an example of ___________(ing), where the author hints that something will happen to change Pony's mind.
  3.  If you make the Scholar List you are a part of the educational ________.
  4. "Two-Bit __________(ly) offered to walk the girls home--the west side of town was only about twenty miles away." (What a gentleman!)
  5. "'No...' Two-Bit said, ___________. 'No, Ponyboy, that ain't right...you got it wrong...'" (Two-Bit was almost speechless.)
  6. "Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and _________, not much more than a colt."
  7. "'Okay,' Pony said _____________(ly), 'might as well.'" (He was trying to act tuff for the girls.)
  8. "'Who is it?' Two-Bit asked. 'The F.B.I.?'...'No,' Cherry said ________(ly), 'it's Randy and Bob.'" (Things look hopeless.)
  9. Dally spat ___________(ly) as he thought of what the Socs did to Johnny.
  10. Dally is the ___________(ical) greaser, but Pony is not.
gingerly, elite, gallant, contemptuous, aloof, stereotype, bleak, dumbfounded, foreshadow, nonchalant, ornery, savvy

The Outsiders Read Chapter 3, p35-42 ("...the blue Mustang vroomed off.")
Answer questions in notebook.