10/8 - WED.

>>  NO SCHOOL on Friday, Oct. 10

>>  PICTURE DAY next Thursday, Oct. 16

>>  GRANDPARENTS DAY next Friday, Oct. 17

* * *   AGENDA  * * * 

I.  VOCABULARY check up

-- reviewed weekly Vocab schedule for work/homework

-- will be same each week, unless specified otherwise

--  Monday Pre-Quiz & initial work

-- 1-2 short pages HW each night, Mon., Tues., Wed.

-- due for checking on Thursday

-- used as a study guide for test on Friday

II.  OUTSIDERS

 -- JOURNAL QW: write about a time you were an outsider or knew of an outsider.

 -- Ch. 3-5 self review:  Look through chapters 3-5 and select 3 scenes to write  sentences of full paragraph in journal and create a one-panel visual for each

-- CORNELL NOTES  on the senselessness of gang violence (theme in novel)

-- READ Chapter 5 

-- notice how Johnny is taking charge and Ponyboy is losing control, showing youth

-- both boys cut their hair, their "symbol" of strength, their identity

-- READ Robert Frost poem, "Nothing Stays Gold" (in ch. 5)

* * * * * HOMEWORK  * * * * * * 

[ ] [ ]  Read 20-30 minutes Free Read Choice Book

[ ] [ ]  Complete and Study Vocab Week 4 

            * since there is no school on Friday, test will be more accessible