Tuesday, 10/07/03 -- Seventh Grade
Add to assignment book: THIEVES handouts. Use within the next week for a test/quiz in another class. Fill out sheet. After quiz, return to me. Due by next Friday, 10/18.
Warm Up. Copy.
  1. * hay : bale :: corn : ________
  2. * active : idle :: friendly : ________
  3. H : headings :: E : _________
  4. * line : boarder :: center : ________
  5. *friendly : hostel :: insult : _________
  6. homonyms : sound ::  synonyms : _________
"Lolly's, Lolly's, Lolly's, Get Your Adverbs Here!" 
(Copy!) Adverb: A word used to modify (describe) a verb, adjective, or another adverb. When?  Where?  How? 
Example: Yesterday, I ran there very quickly, which I usually never do. (6 adverbs!)
Practice: Not all "ly" words are adverbs!
Copy each underlined word below, and say whether it is being used as an adjective (which one, what kind, how many about a noun), or an adverb (when, where, how about a verb, adjective, or another adverb). [+2 for all 5. +1 for 4/5.]

1. She jumped up suddenly, and left the room.
2. That oil painting is absolutely magnificent.
3. (2) At the pet shop, a cuddly, little kitten snuggled up to me, and I nearly bought it.
4. The early bird gets the worm.

The Outsiders
Assign Essay #1: Due next Tuesday, 10/14. Correct Chapter 5
Chapter 6 and 7 + Questions

  1. (2 Quotes) What two reasons does Dally give to try to convince Johnny not to turn himself in?
  2. Explain why Johnny's behavior inside the burning church is ironic.
  3. Explain why Johnny's behavior inside the burning church is not ironic.
  4. Why is it ironic when Jerry says, "...Or are you just professional heroes or something?"
  5. (quote) How/when does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?
  6. What did Bob want from his parents that he never got?
  7. How is Bob like Johnny?
  8. What does Randy mean when he says, "If his old man had belted him...just once, he might still be alive"? (p 103)
  9.  How did S.E. Hinton foreshadow that the church would catch fire?
  10. (2) Back in Chapter 2 Pony said, "I really couldn't see what Socs had to sweat about--good grades good cars, good girls, madras, and Mustangs...I know better now." (p 34) How is Pony beginning to "know better now?" Use a quote from Chapter 7 in your answer.