Today in Class...9/29

Periods 3/5 and 8/9: *Take your vocab lists out to look over before review activity!
1. Seating chart changes
2. Vocab review
3. Vocab review sheet...(finish for HW)
4. Outsiders Chapter discuss...
5. Purple books...more words commonly confused
HW: Study for vocab test (tomorrow), Read Chapter 11 (No notes! :)
Reminder: Outsiders novel test Wednesday

Period 6:
1. Seating chart changes
2. "The Moocher" partner task
3. Vocab practice
HW: Finish vocab
Vocab test

Today in Class...9/28

Periods 3/5 and 8/9:
1. Integrity..."The Moocher" group task
2. Quick quiz...Outsiders Chs 6-9
3. Purple skills book
HW: Chapter 10 with notes
Vocab test Thursday
*Outsiders novel test coming up next week! (Wed)

Period 6:
1. What is INTEGRITY?
2. Short story..."The Moocher" and group task
HW: Remember journal due date! Coming up!

Today in Class...9/27

Periods 3/5 and 8/9:
1. Integrity: Short story..."The Moocher"
2. Punks and Jocks double bubble
3. Discuss Ch's 7 & 8
4. New skills book
HW: Chapter 9 Outsiders with notes

Period 6:
1. Punks and Jocks..discuss
2. Sentence variety...con.
3. Next vocab sentences
HW: Vocab sentences

Today in Class...9/24

Period 3/5:
1. Who is S.E. Hinton? (go over partner work)
2. FREE READING FRIDAY TIME! :)
3. Outsiders quizzes back...go over
4. Writing folders (organize and reflect)
HW: Chapters 7 and 8 due Monday, with notes

Period 6:
1. Have vocab sentences out ready to hand in
2. "Punks and Jocks"- 20/20 episode (video)
Can a Greaser/Soc conflict happen today?
HW: Finish Punks and Jocks questions and ddbl bubble map on back

Period 8/9:
1. Who is S.E. Hinton? (go over partner work)
2. FREE READING FRIDAY TIME! :)
3. "Punks and Jocks" (video)...a real life Greasers/Soc conflict..Can it happen today?
HW: Chapters 7 and 8 due Monday, with notes

Today in Class...9/22

Periods 3/5 and 8/9:
1. How can I combine new vocabulary AND sentence variety to make effective sentences?
2. "Nothing Gold Can Stay"...What does this Frost guy mean?
HW: Finish vocab sentences, Chapter 6 Outsiders with notes

Period 6:
1. Handbacks: How do I need to improve my vocab sentences?
2 Vocab continued (11-20)
HW: Submit 1 journal choice by Friday

Bonus 1!

What is the significance of this picture, as it relates to The Outsiders?

What is the poem that goes with it?

How does this relate to the theme of the book?

Submit answer to Mrs. Law by Monday, September 27th and receive 5 bonus points! First three answers receive a prize!

Today in Class...9/21

Periods 3/5 and 8/9:
1. Outsiders quiz Chapters 1-5....Any last minute questions? Comments?
2. Odds n' Ends: (Discuss chapters, vocab loose ends, sentence variety)
3. SRI (computer lab)...What is your current reading level? Try your best!
HW: Catch up! (sentence variety, vocab, Outsiders reading,...)

Period 6:
1. SRI: What is your current reading level?
2. Bring free reading book or journal options to lab for when you are finished.
HW: Journal?