Wednesday, 8/30: Mr. Morton, Vocabulary, Outsiders

NOTICE:  “My Room is Such a Mess” due next Wednesday, 9/6. (Deets Wednesday.)
On HOLD due to Mr. Coward’s Absence. More later.


“Subjects and Verbs, 8/30.” Name the SUBJECT and PREDICATE of each sentence below. Each answer should be two words only!
Write the TITLE and DATE in your notebook and be sure to FIX INCORRECT ANSWERS!

  1. With a groovy beat, the llama rhymed his words.
  2. He felt frightened in his dream of a giant, monster llama.
  3. The llama on a unicycle ate a doughnut.
  4. What is the subject of this sentence? (LOL)
  5. Because of his loneliness, the llama was a little sad.
  6. * My friend, the aloof llama, practices his guitar almost daily. (Tricky one.)

 

“Vocab, 8/30.” Write the TITLE and DATE in your notebook and be sure to FIX INCORECT ANSWERS!
Yes you will use words more than once. You might not use them all.
aloof, elite, wince, elude, incredulous, contemptuous, roguish, gallant, facade, ironic, asset
Serena Williams shows disgust and contempt irony-guide-dogs-blind-read-wytch-demotivational-posters-1314762209  

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. _____
  6. Maybe his cold unfeeling exterior is simply a _____ that hides his true feelings.
  7. mask : facade :: resource : _____
  8. It was rather _______ that her dog was run over by an Animal Rescue vehicle.
  9. Even after I read the poem three times, the meaning still ______(ed) me.
  10. The root of this word means “believe.”
  11. The root of this word meant “at a distance.”
  12. The root of this word meant “pretending to be dumb.”

 

The Outsiders.

Link to online version of book: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmljaGxhbmQyLm9yZ3xsYXdod3xneDoyNjgzNWEzYzVjNDUxOWZi

 

Message from mrC and The Outsiders aloud:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FVQmpOZ6EQu4_YJfE0KbKR4tJcl7rQqd/view?usp=sharing

After in Notebook…

“Outsiders, 8/30.”  ANSWER NOT LETTER!

  1. When Cherry says that she “kind of admires” Dally, this is ironic.  a) True  b) False
  2. “It was almost four months ago…” This begins an example of…
  3. “Not over his dead body…”  This is an example of…  a) conflict  b) Show not Tell  c) foreshadowing  d) flashback  e) NOTA
  4. Cherry’s explanation for the difference between Socs and greasers is…a) Socs have more money. b) they like different things. c) Socs are more emotional. d) Socs are too aloof to feel.  e) NOTA
  5. Cherry finds herself able to talk to Pony better than her “friends” because… (More on this tomorrow.)