1. Objective: To demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature (A-CK.1.1) Pick up a copy of The Outsiders and finish reading Chapter 4 if you have not done so already. I will check in with you periodically until everyone is ready for discussion. If you HAVE finished Chapter 4, then you may: Read more Work on your character chart Work on “Therapeutic Writing” Continue brainstorming list of questions for Wildcat Ambassadors. There is a link to a Google doc on my Schoolwires page where you can post your questions. 5/2/16

2. Chapter 4: Introduction of Main Conflict In your groups, please discuss these questions and be ready to share: What are the clues before it actually happens? Why does it happen? Think about reasons beyond the obvious. What is ironic about their hiding place?

3. Objective: To demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature (A-CK.1.1) Pick up a copy of The Outsiders and finish Chapter 5 if you have not done so already. I will check in with you periodically until everyone is ready for discussion If you HAVE finished Chapter 5, then you may: Begin reading Chapter 6 (It WILL be homework if you don’t finish) Work on your character chart Work on “Therapeutic Writing” Post questions for Wildcat Ambassadors to the Google doc on my Schoolwires page. 5/3/16

4. Chapter 5: Symbolic Act? p. 72: How are looks connected to identity? What judgments do we form about people based on how they look? With your group: Explore images online and find one that stands out to you as one for which snap judgments might be made about someone based on his/her appearance. Make a slide on the Google Slides presentation that I have made that explains what the snap judgments might be and why. Be sure to include the picture. The link is on my Schoolwires site. I will project the slides in about 15 minutes. The pictures must be SCHOOL APPROPRIATE.

5. Objective: To demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature (A-CK.1.1) Get a piece of paper and write your name on it. Pick up a book. You will do an on-demand writing assignment in a moment. When you finish the assignment, read Chapter 7. If you finish that, then you should move on to Chapter 8. We will discuss BOTH tomorrow (not homework, though). 5/4/16

6. Chapter 5: “Nothing Gold Can Stay” (Robert Frost) Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. What does it mean to you? 5 minutes to write in journal. “’I always remembered it because I never quite got what he meant by it.’ “‘You know,’ Johnny said slowly, ‘I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before’” (Hinton 78). What do Johnny and Ponyboy give to one another?

7. Chapter 6: Cherry is a what? Why??????

8. Rubric: 8 points PER paragraph 8642  Thoroughly explains how Ponyboy/you can be compared to a Phoenix; infers/predicts/tells what Ponyboy’s “rebirth” will be  Uses text evidence (can be paraphrased or a direct quote) to support answer  Clear and logical  Few grammatical errors (and, if present, do not interfere with clarity)  Explains how Ponyboy/you can be compared to a Phoenix and infers/predicts/tells what Ponyboy’s“rebirth” will be; explanation provides surface information without elaboration  Reference made to text, but it is general/non-specific  Clear and logical  Some grammatical errors (and, if present, most do not interfere with clarity)  Vague explanation of the comparison  No reference to text  Unclear/Logic is difficult to follow  Several grammatical errors that interfere with clarity You’re not even bothering to try

9. Chapter 6: Fire = Rebirth Ponyboy = Phoenix? Dumbledore can explain it. On-demand writing: 1.Write a paragraph of 5-7 sentences to explain how the fire can represent rebirth for Ponyboy and infer what form that “rebirth” might take. If you have already read the book/read ahead, you can explain what happens later in the book. 2.Write a second paragraph explaining a situation in which YOU have been a “phoenix.”

10. Objective: To demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature (A-CK.1.1) Finish writing from yesterday (I will re-display prompt). Read Chapters 7 and 8. I will check in to determine when we’re ready to move forward. If you’re finished, you can: Read Chapter 9 Work on other book-related assignments Write questions into Google doc for Wildcat Ambassadors (This is the PRIORITY) 5/5/16

11. Objective: To demonstrate understanding of key ideas and details in literature (A-CK.1.1) Talk to your group about the following topics related to Chapter 7, please. I will check in with you in 5 minutes. Be ready to share. The boys are called “heroes.” What truly defines a HERO? Do you see the Shapeshifter??? p. 118, last paragraph: Why does Ponyboy think “it’s better that way”? Is it???? 5/6/16

12. Chapter 8 p. 129-130: What does the sunset symbolize? How is this an ALLUSION?