Day: August 31, 2023

Thursday, 8/31: Warm Up, Subject and Verb, Vocab, Outsiders

Tutorial Schedule. Advisory homies, you should be all signed up from Tuesday, right?

Tomorrow’s “Test” will probably be Collaborative in some way.

“Warm Up, 8/31.” (All previews of tomorrow!)

  1. (2) “Mr. Morton is the ______ of the sentence, and what the ________ says, he does.”
  2. What is the verb in the sentence, “I am wet”?
  3. (3) The large llama enthusiastically did the running, long jump.  Adjectives?
  4. (2) Only two words on our vocab list are verbs. Which two?
    Which Outsiders character…
  5. …has a “hatred of the whole world.”?
  6. …“digs movies and books”?
  7. …is “everyone’s kid brother“?

“Subjects and Verbs, 9/1.” Name the SUBJECT and PREDICATE (main verb) of each sentence below. Each answer should be two words only!

  1. It was a long climb up Mount Cheddar with my llama.
  2. The llama with the grin on his face asked a dumb question.
  3. In his dream, the llama thought of running in the grass.
  4. The llama, in the course of the dodgeball game, took one to the face.
  5. The surprise party really cheered up the llama.
  6. The old milk still tasted fine to the llama.
  7. Ponyboy winced at the pain in his head.

 

“Vocab, 8/31.”
 
aloof, elite, wince, elude, incredulous, contemptuous, roguish, gallant, facade, ironic, asset

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. Dally spat on the ground ______(ly) when he thought of what the Socs did to Johnny.
  6. Ponyboy tried to understand the poem, but the meaning _____(ed) him.
  7. The roots of this word meant “to kick restlessly from pain.”
  8. The root of this word meant “face.”
  9. The roots of this word meant “a beggar/outlaw.”
  10. The root of this word meant “to elect.”
  11. The roots of this word meant “to have enough.”
  12. The root of this word meant “to hate.”
  13. The roots of this word meant “finely dressed.” (Maybe like a knight?)

 

 

The Outsiders...

Video Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GCFS21TRws_Unm08WiFy4pgUgyoKYAq3/view?usp=sharing
Link to online version of book: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmljaGxhbmQyLm9yZ3xsYXdod3xneDoyNjgzNWEzYzVjNDUxOWZi

Questions for discussion that will probably be on the test. (Hint: Notes.)

  1. Cherry’s explanation for the difference between Socs and greasers is…
  2. Cherry finds herself able to talk to Pony better than her “friends” because…
  3. (2) Pony’s reactions when Soda’s horse Mickey Mouse was sold were…
  4. What daily event makes Pony think that maybe his and Cherry’s worlds “weren’t so different”?Why does Two-Bit slap Pony?
  5. (Quote) What earlier quote from Cherry occurs to Pony when he thinks about how unfair life is for the greasers?
  6. Why does Johnny get especially nervous when he sees that the girls’ boyfriends are in a blue Mustang?
  7. When Pony says that someone “knows the score” what vocab word from last week does he mean they have?
  8. What does Ponyboy mean when he says, “We aren’t in the same class. Just don’t forget; some of us watch the sunset too.”? (p42)