Sustained Silent Reading

1. Sustained Silent Reading • 15 Minutes of SILENT reading. • Stay seated • If you do not have a book, you may use one of mine from the shelf, a top 10, or a magazine. • Follow the class rules. • Raise your hand if you have a question or need help! • NO MUSIC • C= No conversation • H= Raise your hand • A= SSR 15 Minutes • M= No movement, stay seated in YOUR desk • P= If you are ACTUALLY reading • S= Level 0

2. Announcements • StuCo Meeting Friday 9/27 • FCA @ 7:45 a.m. • Picture day • Quiz corrections due! • The Outsiders quiz, over chapters 5-8 • Volleyball game Thursday

3. Reluctant I put the book down reluctantly. I wanted to start it right then. Pg. 72 To evade, avoid or escape Fail to be grasped or remembered Vocabulary Review- Ch. 5 Eluded I was trying to find the meaning the poet had in mind, but it eluded me. Pg. 79 Unwilling or hesitant; disinclined Person who is excessively fond of or addicted to something An evil spirit or demon; a wicked or cruel person Fiend I’m what you might call a Pepsi addict. I drink them like a fiend. Pg. 79

4. Vocabulary Review, Ch. 6 Towheaded We think the towheaded kid is going to be alright. Pg. 96 To turn over on its side, to fall over or collapse Keeled You just keeled over from smoke inhalation and a little shock- of course, that slap on the back didn't’t help much. A person with very blonde hair

5. Mimicked He’d grab one guy’s press hat and another’s camera and walk around interviewing nurses and mimicking TV reporters. Pg. 98 ReviewCh. 7 Juvenile Delinquent On the front page of the second section was the headline: JUVENILE DELINQUENTS TURN HEROES. Pg. 104 Aghast “Ever consider working for a living?” “Work?” Two-Bit was aghast.

6. Analogies • Analogies are a comparison between two/four things. The two on the left share the same relationship as two on the right. For example, if the two on the left are opposites, the two on the right must be opposites. Let’s look at an example. HAPPY PRETTY as UGLY SAD

7. Examples • SPOUT : TEAPOT::_______: CANDLE • JURASSIC : PERIOD :: CHICAGO: _____ • CLIFF : STEEP :: _____ : UNDERGROUND • CAKE: BATTER :: WINDOW: _____ • MS. PORTER: TEACHER :: MR. TURNER: __________ WIC CITY CAVE GLASS PRINCIPAL

8. The Outsiders • Read Chapter 8 as a class • Pay attention to any important information, and keep track of it! • Grab an exit ticket.

9. Vocabulary Review, Ch. 8 Faltered “I wont be able to walk again”, Johnny started, then faltered. “Not even on crutches. Busted my back.” To distract someone or their attention from something To cause something to change course Divert It was the reward of two hours of walking aimlessly around a hardware store to divert suspicion. To speak in a hesitant or unsteady voice. Doggedly Two-Bit knew what I meant, but doggedly pretended not to. Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence

10. Discussion Groups • C-with your group only • H-raise your hand if you need help • A-We are discussing the book The Outsiders • M-Stay seated in your group unless you need to sharpen your pencil or get a tissue. • P-EVERYONE should be actively engaged in the conversation. • S-Sound should be a 2.

11. Discussion Question #1 • Discuss Ponyboy’s evolving conception of the Socs. How does his opinion of the Socs at the end of the novel differ from his opinion at the beginning? • Make sure to document your group’s discussion.

12. Discussion Question #2 • Compare and contrast Johnny and Dally. What roles do they play in the novel? What roles do they play In Ponyboy’s life?

13. Discussion Question #3 • How is “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” the Robert Frost poem that Ponyboy recites to Johnny at the church, relevant to Ponyboy and Johnny’s story?

14. Discussion Question #4 • Think about the role of physical violence in the novel. Is the violence shocking, predictable, boring, or melodramatic? Do you think such violence has a different effect on readers today than it did when the novel was first published?