“PARAGRAPH Scramble, 1/7.” Unscramble the sentences below into an organized paragraph. WRITE IT OUT! Be sure to indent the first line.
(Bonus: If you think there is a second way to do it, write out the numbers in the order you think they could go.)
Ponyboy wakes up that first day in the church…
- I was still groggy
- Suddenly I realized that Johnny wasn’t there.
- * Finally I quit pretending and pushed myself up. *
- It was awful quiet with just the sound of the rushing wind in the trees.
- I was stiff and sore, but I had never slept so soundly.
- I pushed off Johnny’s jeans jacket and blinked, scratching my head.
“Vocab, 1/7.” fastidious, insinuate, improvise, shrewd, allegory, absolution, consign, agitate, sanction
- _____
- _____
- _____
- _____
- After three warnings, Joel was _____(ed) to the “naughty chair.”
- He tried to _____ himself into the “cool crowd” by hanging around them A LOT.
- North Korea is still under economic and trade _____(s) by the United States and others for the treatment of their citizens.
- Now that he had found religion, the former criminal wanted to earn ______ for the things he had done.
- I didn’t like his ____(ion) that I wasn’t good enough to make the team.
- Mr. Coward does not ______ the use of cell phones at school.
- The annoying kids taunted the dog over the fence until he was _____(ed) enough to jump over it.
- (2) He fooled his pursuers with a _____ trick that he ______(ed) on the spot.
- Which one is the allegory? (ANSWER, NOT LETTER.) a) Using animals instead of people in Maus. b) The early bird gets the worm. c) “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” d) He slept like a rock. e) B and D. f) All are allegories. g) None are allegories.
Vladek to the middle of page 207.
Work on Interview Essays. Final due next Wednesday, 1/15.
- Introduction: Setting. Description of scene/setting. How it was set up. Why you chose this person. Relationship to this person.
- Description of person. Show, don’t tell.
- Looks. (Details.)
- Voice and choice of words. Delivery.
- Personality. (Bitter? Enthusiastic? Happy? Lost in memories? Crabby? What?)
- The intro/description should be 200-300 words.
- Interview.
- Questions you asked, followed by answers and follow up. (“My first question was…” “I started by asking…” Etc.)
- You may summarize their answers, but please include at least three good quotes (word for word, as close as you can get, using quotation marks) that use the person’s actual words.
- Conclusion: Discuss what you learned, most surprising info, most interesting, change in attitude toward older people, etc. About 75-100+ words.
- Name and Period and AN INTERESTING TITLE actually typed into the document.
Examples of Finished Products.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FSzrjuvzOKwGb9NgWsHsDl-a9zBQUNMqgj_M6hKInIo
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MjCch7x9N_VfCe2b37Au1D3Jjr9Zzhha1bg1uSuw23s