Monday, 10/14/13 - Late Start Schedule
Copy homework into planner.
Go over Test #7.
Sentence Combining Intro. SC homework is due on Thursday on a separate sheet.
Combine each group of short, choppy sentences into one smooth-sounding sentence.
You may add, subtract, or change words, but make sure to keep the meaning of all the parts.
You will have to punctuate as appropriate.
Example:
a) Chuckie bounces wildly in his desk. b) He is the class
clown. c) He clucks like a chicken.
--->
Chuckie, the class clown, bounces wildly in his desk and clucks like a
chicken. <--- (appositive and compound verb!)
"Sentence Combining 10/14/13" Write all four sentences as a paragraph.
1a. A young woman sits alone. 1b. She sips from her coffee cup. 1c. It is shaped like a ducky. 1d. It is chipped along the rim. | 2a. The coffee’s taste is bitter. 2b. It is acidic. 2c. It is faintly soapy. | 3a. She takes extra care. 3b. She tries not to spill the coffee. 3c. The coffee is in the saucer. | 4a. She is afraid of something. 4b. It might eat holes in her clothes. |
Bonus: Why is this ironic?
The Outsiders aloud.
Chapter 6 quiz. Open Mouth. Sorry, some classes will have to reclick.
- Who stopped the greasers from jumping
Cherry when she came by the vacant lot? a) Dally b) Pony c)
Soda d) Two-Bit e) Darry
- What
was his probable reason for this? a) He's secretly in love with
her. b) His previous experience talking to her told him she
wasn't like the other Socs. c) He was afraid of Soc
retaliation. d) It was the agreed deal before the big
rumble. e) NOTA
- How
did Dally know about the church? a) He'd hidden there
before. b) All the older greaser knew about it. c) He used
to live in the country. d) A relative told him about it. e)
NOTA
- Which is one of
the reasons Dally gave Johnny for not turning himself in? a)
Dally would get in trouble b) Johnny would get the electric
chair. c) He didn't want Johnny to end up like him. d) The
boys are worried about him e) His parents don't care.
- When
Johnny announces that he wants to turn himself in, Pony disagrees, and
wants to stay in the church because he's afraid. a) True b)
False
- What do we learn
about Dally when he talks to Johnny about jail? a) Dally is
proud of his past. b) Dally is cold and mean. c) Dally has
jail savvy. d) Dally cares about something. e) NOTA
- Johnny's
behavior (not scared, having fun, very decisive) inside the burning
church is both ironic and not ironic. a) True b) False
- Why
would Johnny be "having the time of his life" in the church? a)
He wants to pay back for what he did to Bob. b) He feels needed
for the first time. c) He likes little kids. d) He thinks
the cops will go easy on him. e) He secretly wants to die.
- When
Pony asks about Dally and Johnny, and Jerry Wood "studie(s) his wedding
ring," what's going on? a) He's thinking about his wife. b)
It's still hot from the fire. c) It's stuck, and painful, so he
pauses to adjust it. d) He's stalling, trying to think of how to
break the news. e) NOTA
- It is ironic when Jerry says, "...(we) think you were sent straight from Heaven." a) True b) False
- How/when
does Pony finally realize that Darry really does care about him?
a) When he says, "Oh Ponyboy, your hair..." b) When he reads the
letter from Soda. c) When Darry offers him a cigarette. d)
When Darry starts crying. e) When he rescues Pony from the fire.
- The
scene in the church would be considered part of the ________ of the
story. a) climax b) inciting action c)
exposition d) rising action e) NOTA
Chapter 7 aloud...