Tuesday, 11/19/02
Warm Up. Copy 1-5 into notebook. #6 is a (very)
mini quiz on chapter 14. The last two are for those that have read chapter
15.
*stop sign : traffic :: embargo : __________
*bar-b-que : patio :: siesta : ___________
*poncho : rain :: _________ : sun
*tortilla : burrito :: _________ : chili
*corn : tortilla :: _________ : chocolate
(3) Who was the first one to put out "feelers" about maybe
going back home? What happened when he did? Why did the feelings start?
(2) Name at least two pieces of "evidence" the villagers
use to conclude that the boys have drowned.
(2) What did Tom end up doing with the note he had put into
his pocket before he left camp?
600 words check. 11/12-11/18 are the acceptable dates. Prepare
chart.
Remember, your Letter to Tom counts! (If
your Tom Letter isn't done, that's what you should work on.) Writing.
(O) Top Ten (or 20 or 30) List: Pet Peeves. Explain why,
and offer alternatives or fixes.
(R/F/P) If you could travel to any period in history (or
the future), where/when would you go? Show what you think life would be
like.
(F/O) What if it really rained cats and dogs? What if your
heart really broke? Or...
(P) What if you couldn’t forget anything? Show whether it
would be a good or a bad thing.
(P) Write a letter to the school administration, convincing
them to allow a seventh grade dance. To allow a soda machine.
To allow ?????
(E) Choose a "fad" here at school that you have observed
(or participated in). Describe the fad (a suddenly popular way of
dressing or acting or speaking, or a suddenly popular activity like yo-yos)
from the point of view of someone who's never seen such things before.
Show people in action. Try to figure out what caused a large group of people
to starting doing the same thing(s).
(F) Show the same incident from two or three different points
of view: a car wreck, a fight in a restaurant, a person being wrongly accused
by the teacher, etc. Show how each person sees it differently.
(P) Convince me you have too much homework.
(L) Compare Aunt Polly and Darry as guardians/parents. Who
does a better job, considering the circumstances. Use example from the
books to back up what you say. Could Darry handle Tom any better than Aunt
Pollly?
(L) "Update" a portion of The Outsiders to today.
Show how the slang, the attitudes, etc would change. It obviously wouldn't
be Soc vs. greaser any more. What would the main conflict be? What group
would Pony and his brothers belong to? Use dialogue to show the slang and
such.
