September 28- October 9 Calendar Outlook

One-Pager

Hello all, 

I am currently at an awesome conference @ KSU called Notice and Note. The students will be working on the activity linked below today during class! 

One Pager Instructions

Have a great weekend!

Talking about Theme...

Hello all, 

Getting kids to understand theme can be tough.  Really tough.  It’s one of those ideas that seems to be just outside of their reach, but you can see them trying to grasp the concept.  This year, with The Outsiders we have been working through the various ideas and concepts in our Interactive Notebooks. 

Not only am I trying to help the students grasp the idea of theme, but I’m also trying to instill in them the task of finding textual evidence that supports their ideas.  So, I decided to start with topics.  

I picked out several topics that are prevalent in the novel. For example.  family support & structure, Socioeconomic stat & class structure, loyalty, juvenile violence and the consequence of those actions and finally education.  Then, I split the class up into groups, giving each group a different group number.  Their job was to go back to the text and find as many quotations as they could that supported each topic. Below you will find some of the AWESOME examples from class! 

Chapter 7-8 Take Home Quiz

Take Home Quiz Due Monday

Assignment Instructions

Monday (due Friday)

Tuesday (due Friday)

Vocabulary

Week of September 14th

Hello all, 

Below you will find our plan for the week as well as any assignment directions that are given in class!

MONDAY: Homework- "Change Poem" due Friday (instructions attached) 

TUESDAY:   Chapter 6 of The Outsiders (if not finished in class)-- CLICK FOR AUDIO

WEDNESDAY: Chapter 7 of The Outsiders 

THURSDAY:  Chapter 8 of The Outsiders

FRIDAY: Chapter 7&8 Quiz, Chapter 7&8 Vocabulary Due, Submit Interactive Notebooks for grading 

"Wanted Poster" Directions

Outsiders “Wanted” Poster Directions: You will create a Wanted poster for a character from The Outsiders. You will determine from your notes whether he/she shows acts of loyalty or rivalry in the book. Fill out the information below before finalizing your poster. See teacher for poster template or paper

1. Name of character:

2. Wanted for acts of:

3. Detailed physical description (what s/he looks like):

(use pages 6-10 in book for Greaser descriptions)

4. Personality traits (how s/he acts): _

5. Specific acts (you need to use the legal terms):

6. Consequences of acts (directly stated or inferred):

7. Known hangouts:

8. Nicknames (if any):

8. What to do if found:

9. Reward amount (if any):

10. Hand draw your character’s face using color for the final poster

11. Final poster must be neat and free from errors in grammar or spelling

12. Put your name, date, and period on the back of the final poster