//www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ Class Name: 7th Grade English (Fall) Per. 7 Instructor(s): Kristen Sandberg en-us SchoolSitePro //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/homeworkItem2932020 //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ Thank you, Kristen Sandberg
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]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:52:02 PST //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/homeworkItem2899210 //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ Review the characters, settings, and events of each of the chapters of The Outsiders.
Think about the themes and lessons that are learned through the book.


]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:11:48 PST //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/homeworkItem2896165 //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ Bring your typed final as well as all drafts and editing paper and staple them together with the newest on the top (oldest on the bottom).  You may add pictures and artwork that contributes to your story for extra credit.  Make sure to proofread for mistakes and have lots of detail, description, dialogue, and use sensory language like similes, metaphors, idioms...

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You will need to turn in the following:
1) clipboard brainstorm handout, if you did this
2) draft 1
3) peer editing sheet (filled out)
4) draft 2 (must be an improvement on draft 1 to get credit--details and dialogue must be included!)

Bring all drafts, brainstorming and peer editing to class.

Finish reading the excerpt from "Barrio Boy" that finishes on page 527 in your textbook.  Then, complete the story questions 1-5 on page 527.  You do not need to write the questions, but turn each question into a sentence which you then answer.

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Write a paragraph that will accompany your mandala. Explain the character you chose and why. Explain all the symbols that you put on the mandala: why you chose them and what they mean.

Write a story (use the handout as a guide) about an event in your life (good or bad). Write at least three paragraphs (introduction, body and conclusion) describing what happened, who was involved and what you learned from this event.
]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:07:45 PST //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/homeworkItem2862423 //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ ]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:57:08 PST //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/homeworkItem2862389 //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ We learned the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost and you analyzed and answered 5 questions about it.

Also, we copied the following events from the story. You are to number them in the correct chronological order. The twelve sentences are:

Johnny kills Bob, who was trying to drown Ponyboy.
Ponyboy is jumped by the Socs while walking home from the movies.
Johnny and Ponyboy hide out in an abandoned church.
Johnny is seriously injured and burned in the church fire.
The Socs hunt down Johnny and Ponyboy for being with their girls.
Johnny dies in the hospital.
The Greasers meet Cherry Valance and her friend Marcia at the movies.
The Greasers and Socs rumble.
Johnny was jumped by the Socs when he was sixteen.
Dally goes to visit Johnny and Ponyboy at the church.
The boys are hailed as heroes.
The boys are acquitted in the murder.

]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:45:37 PST //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/homeworkItem2852837 //www.lacesmagnetschool.org/apps/classes/499556/assignments/ Complete the study questions from the handout in class. These are questions from chapters 9, 10, 11, 12. You should use Costas level of questions to come up with several of your own too. Put these where the blanks are in the handout. I've pasted the questions below and attached a copy of the handout if you need to print another.

The Outsiders study guide—chapters 9-12—where there is a blank, make up a level 2 question of your own and answer

Chapter Nine
1. Find when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
3. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group the upper hand?
4. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean?
5.

Chapter Ten
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was Johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
4. Why does Ponyboy think he would’ve ended up that way anyway?
5.

Chapter Eleven
1. Explain, why might Pony rather have anyone's hate than their pity?
2. What do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have anything to do with Bob's getting killed"?
3.

Chapter Twelve
1. What 'circumstances' does Ponyboy's teacher refer to? What circumstances does Ponyboy think his teacher is referring to?
2. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the Socs approach him, and he threatens them with a broken bottle? How is this a dramatic change from the Ponyboy we have seen up until this point?
3. What does Darry mean when he says, "you don't just stop living because you lose someone"?
4. How do we know Sandy didn't love Soda as much as he loved her?
5. Explain how Darry and Ponyboy play tug of war with Soda.
6. What do we learn was so special about Johnny?
7. What does Ponyboy end up doing for his English assignment?

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