1. Preview the novel Setting and mood
October 5, 2011

2. Class News
If you did not finish your Gold Poem yesterday, make sure to complete it today. It is the first grade of this 6 week period.
Today we will preview the novel, looking at the setting, the mood, and what it means to be an OUTSIDER.
Yesterday’s assignment and powerPoint are posted at our class site. Check it if you were absent and make up the work.

3. Reader’s Journal Double entry journal –
Materials: 2 sheets of construction paper, 5 sheets of looseleaf and one marker

4. Today’s journal questions
What is the setting of The Outsiders?
What mood does the setting evoke (create)?
What does the title The Outsiders suggest?

5. Nothing Gold Can Stay