Structure Section 1: notebook entries Section 2: reading questions, vocabulary, and response writing Section 3: brainstorming, drafting (process writing)
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Notebook Entries You must bring your English notebook daily to class. Number and label each entry to get full credit. Complete the required number of lines. When absent, be sure to make up entries missed (posted on Web page one week in advance of due date). Notebooks entries will be collected and graded after 8-10 assignments (3 points per entry). If a notebook is too sloppy to grade, it will be returned without credit.
21: Outsider (10 lines in 7 minutes) What does it mean to be an “outsider”? When do you feel like one? Always? In certain situations or groups? Describe your outsider experience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYa1eI1hpDE
22: Unfathomable (10 lines in 7 minutes) Unfathomable: impossible to understand. Describe things that are unfathomable to you. You might include forces in the natural world, academic concepts, or the behavior of others. Use the word unfathomable at least three times in the entry.
23: Vocabulary Write 5 to 7 lines and be prepared to share! Rows A and B: Break-in Describe a break-in. You must use the following words: bawl, roguishly, and quivering. Rows C and D: Conflict Group 2: Write about a fight between a parent and child that features the following words: incredulous, defensively, and unfathomable. Rows E and F: Thief Describe a thief at a flea market that features the following words: nonchalantly, savvy, and rarities.
24: “Things are rough all over” (10 lines in 7 minutes) In chapter 2, Cherry Valance says this to Ponyboy. Do you think life is equally rough for the greasers and the socs? What about in real life? Are things really rough all over?
25: Taking a life (10 lines in 7 minutes) Is taking a life ever justified? Why or why not?
26: Hero http://www. youtube. com/watch 26: Hero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PRbqW7eRGg What is your definition of a hero? Do you think Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny are heroes according to your definition?
27:Cherry (5 to 7 lines) What do you think about Ponyboy’s conversation with Cherry on page 129? What does this say about her as a character? What conflict does Ponyboy struggle with as he is speaking with her?
28: Stay Gold (5 to 7 lines) What does Johnny mean when he tells Pony boy, “Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold…” (9.148) Explain this in 5-7 lines.
29: Evolution of Ponyboy 10 lines in 7 minutes How has Ponyboy changed throughout the novel? What has he gained? What has he lost?
30: Ten Years Later (1 page) What happened to characters ten years later? It is a Friday and your assigned character has just woken up? Describe this day from the character’s point of view. Perhaps you will include info about where they work, whether they are happily married, if they have children, if and how they still interact with other characters. Ponyboy Darry Soda Randy Cherry Two-Bit