(Finish correcting Pretest #1)
(Turn in Slang papers.)

Warm Up. Copy (1-6). Answers 1-5 will come from Spelling Pretest #1. (While I check KBARR.)

1. __________ means "stupidly funny."
2. refusal : cooperation :: childishness : ___________
3. painful : pleasurable :: together : _________
4. _________ is bliss. (Bliss means extreme happiness and freedom from worry.)
5. rewrite : revision :: story : ____________
6. (2) __________ doesn't fit because _________.   evaluate, predict, question, summarize, react
7. Why do we not drop the "e" from the end of require when we spell requirement?

The meaning of "dig." (audio)

"Delinquent" by Langston Hughes

 Begin Outsiders.

• 1967?
• Connotations of the word "outsider"?
• What does it mean to say, "Don't judge a book by its cover"?
• What are the advantages/disadvantages of a 1st-person narrator. (Reliable or unreliable?)
• What makes a story?

Tuesday, 8/31/10 - Extended Advisory Schedule

Warm Up. Copy. All answers come from  Spelling Pretest #1. (While I check KBARR.)

1. climber : rise :: diver : _________
2. crossed : parallel :: slightly : __________
3. jury : verdict :: king : ___________
4. reflective : transparent :: permanent : _________
5. "across carry thing" = __________
6. "across pour thing" = __________
7. "under numbered" = ___________

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;  Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day!  Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back.  I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Answer the following four questions using complete sentences. You may work with a partner (or two) if you wish. Use a SEPARATE SHEET with NDP. Translate each stanza into one sentence. "I shall be telling this with a sigh..."  Why a sigh? What does that imply? "And that has made all the difference." Does he mean that in a good way or a bad way? Why do you think so? Why is it called "The Road NOT Taken"? Which road does the title refer to: the road not taken by the narrator, or the road not taken by most people? What makes you think so?

Decision Rough Draft is Due.

From Prose to Poetry.  Volunteer for Demo?  Final poem is due Friday.
(This is instead of the "Checkouts" answer previously listed in the homework. Be sure to change it in your assignment book.)
 

Time? Begin "Checkouts."