Tuesday, 8/24: Warm Up, Vocab, “Delinquent

Due Today: Vocabulary definitions.  I will be checking them while you work.

Please write the URL of the class web site in large letters in your planner:

middleschool.mrcoward.com

 

Will the Warm-Up be collaborative or not? Hmmm… Let’s let the Raffle King decide.

“Warm Up, 8/24.” Write the answer in your notebook. Do not copy the question. Do not forget to write the Title and Date.

  1. When does Mr. Coward assign homework?
  2. How often do we have a vocab list to work on?
  3. What is an analogy?
  4. What is pretty much the only way to earn “extra credit” in this class?
  5. What does SMYK stand for?

 

“Vocabulary, 8/24.” (in your notebook) All answers will be vocabulary words. Use your definitions and your group homies to help you. For #1-4, choose which word best fits the picture, and be prepared to explain why you think so. If you can justify more than one word for a picture, you might receive bonus credit.
bliss, infer, bleak, nonchalant, gingerly, rueful, savvy, conform, sage, fathom, connotation
sage bleak1wpiStock_why-do-we-conform

  1. _____
  2. _____
  3. _____
  4. _____
  5. pain : pleasure :: confusion : ______
  6. rules : requirements :: happiness : ____
  7. For Esteban, the word dropout had the ____ of a gang member with a can a spray paint.
  8. I was able to _____ the meaning of the word from the way it was used.
  9. Nobody could _____ why he liked school so much even though he got all F’s.
  10. Even though I was nervous, I tried to act cool and ______.

“The Others.”

Whom do you sympathize with in “The Others”? The Jeans or the Well -Offs?  Why?  Give a couple of examples from the text of language which makes you want to be Team Jeans or Team Well-Offs.

“Delinquent” by Langston Hughes

Due Tomorrow: SMYK’s

Due by Friday: Readiness Assessment.

Tomorrow: Vocab, Slang, “Delinquent,”  Outsiders

 

Extra Time? 

Motto
by Langston Hughes          
I play it cool    
and dig all jive. 
That’s the reason
I stay alive.
My motto,
As I live and learn
is: 
Dig and Be Dug
In Return. 		 “Motto, 8/20.” (in your notebook)
1) What is a motto?
2) What do you think he means by “Dig and Be Dug In Return”?
3) What other saying(s) have you heard or use might mean something similar?