1. The Outsiders
Chapter 12

2. Quick Write-February 13, 2017
How is each member of your family, including yourself, unique and different? How do these differences contribute to a stronger family? How does your family influence you?

3. Chapter 12 Vocabulary flinching—wincing; recoiling
acquitted—declared not guilty
composition—short essay written as a school assignment
roundabout—polite and without being too blunt; indirect
corny—stale; unoriginal
veered—swerved
vast—immense; of a very great area or extent

4. Read The Outsiders-Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Vocabulary Chapter 12 Summary
The students will learn how to analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Read The Outsiders-Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
Chapter 12 Summary
Complete Plot Chart
Complete Conflict Chart
Plot Development Sheet
Be Prepared for a class discussion

5. Quick Write- February 14, 2017
Bad things happen in life. Sometimes they’re even pretty terrible. Is it better to forget those events? Or is it better to remember them? If we forget them, if there anything we’ll gain that will help our lives? Is there anything we’d lose? How do painful memories help us in the future? If we haven’t experienced any really painful things, are we worse off or better off?

6. The students will learn how to edit and fix errors in an article
Read “Worst Party Ever”
On Notebook paper:
Paragraphs 1,2, and 3: The verbs are out of control! Please fix four verbs that are in the wrong tense.
Paragraph 4: Pronouns ( such as it, them, and one) are called “vague” if what they refer to is not clear. Please correct two pronouns.
Paragraphs 5,6,7, and 8: Each paragraph has one sentence that is not relevant and doesn’t belong. Write down the sentences

7. Police Report
Using either the Rumble from Chapter 9, the Rescue of the Children from Chapter 6 and 7, or when Dally robs the store in Chapter 10, complete the Police Report be sure to cite text evidence. Draw a police diagram of the scene.

8. Read The Outsiders-Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Vocabulary Chapter 12 Summary
The students will learn how to analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Read The Outsiders-Chapter 12
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
Chapter 12 Summary
Complete Plot Chart
Complete Conflict Chart
Plot Development Sheet
Be Prepared for a class discussion

9. Police Report

10. Quick Write February 15, 2017
Why do you think Dally might have wanted to die? What were his thoughts focused on? What did he forget to think about?

11. Symbolism
Types of Symbolism
What is Symbolism

12. The students will learn how to represent themselves and their family history using symbolism

13. Quick Write- February 16, 2017
Describe how two characters in the novel try to find satisfaction. How does their search work for them?

14. The students will learn how to cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Read “The Fire Breather” paired text in Scope magazine
Complete the cold read comprehension questions after reading-See me for the questions after reading.
Be sure to answer the constructed response questions in paragraph form using R.A.C.E.S.
Complete the Text Structures and Features
Complete the Finding and Using Text Evidence.

15. Quick Write- February 17, 2017
Should students be permitted to use cellphones in class? Why or why not?

16. The students will learn how to determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Read “The Amazing Powers of Jen Bicker” in Scope magazine
Complete the cold read comprehension questions after reading-See me for the questions after reading.
Be sure to answer the constructed response questions in paragraph form using R.A.C.E.S.
Complete the Central Ideas and Details and Summary of Non-fiction Text.