1. Tuesday, April 22 nd  Bellringer: Free-write  Adjectives  Finish Charly  Cliques Homework: Bring a white t-shirt for Field Day

2. Bellringer  Turn in vocab homework in black drawer  Free-write: Get out a piece of paper. Write as much as you can in ten minutes on the following prompt  In every organized group of people, social cliques exist. What “cliques” or groups exist at our school? Where do you fit in? Consider  What specific social groupings exist at our school?  What characteristics do each group possess?  Who makes up the criteria for membership?  How easy or hard is it to get into/out of a group?  How can people change their social status?

3. Grammar: Adjectives  The comparative form of an adjective compares one person or thing with another.  The superlative form of an adjective compares one person or thing with several others.  For most adjectives with one syllable and for some with two syllables, add -er to form the comparative and -est to form the superlative.  EXAMPLE Is Venezuela larger than Peru?  EXAMPLE Is Brazil the richest country in South America?  For most adjectives with two or more syllables, form the comparative by using more before the adjective. Form the superlative by using most before the adjective.  EXAMPLE Is Chile more mountainous than Bolivia?  EXAMPLE Was Simón Bolívar South America’s most successful general?

4. 1. Who has the (easy) job—you or I? 2. This has been the (splendid) vacation of my life! 3. Do you think a screwdriver is (useful) than a hammer? 4. Are Tony’s pizzas (spicy) than Gino’s pizzas? 5. You’re the (wonderful) friend I’ve ever had! 6. The downtown bus is (slow) than the crosstown bus. 7. This must be the (beautiful) spot in the world! 8. Is your pizza (delicious) than mine? 9. Is this the (short) route to the amusement park? 10. The (old) person in my family is Great-grandma Harris.

5. 1. Ants are social insects that live in organized colonies. 2. Female ants are either queen ants or worker ants. 3. Male ants mate with young queens and live very short lives. 4. Queens live several years and lay numerous broods of eggs. 5. Ants are also extremely strong and energetic. 6. They are industrious and build structured nests. 7. To do this, they use two sets of powerful jaws that allow them to chew, to dig, and to carry large objects.

6. 8. Ant nests often have several rooms with connecting tunnels. 9. Communication is essential in such complex societies. 10. Ants have interesting ways to share information. 11. Elbowed antennae are extremely active and sensitive; they serve as sense organs for touch and smell. 12. When two ants meet, they rely on antennae to determine if they are nestmates or enemies. 13. If they discover they are true nestmates, they touch mouths and pass on stored chemicals and stored food. 14. Various chemicals give ants full “reports” on colony conditions. 15. Received information then directs behaviors of individual ants.

7. Clique Mapping  In your group, create a map that shows the organization of cliques at AJHS. Each “bubble” should have any important subgroups attached and each should include the identifying details of the group.

8. Wednesday, April 23 rd  Bellringer  Demonstrative Adjectives  Quiz tomorrow  Finish mapping cliques  Discuss: cliques vs. gangs  Meet Ponyboy Curtis Homework: Adjectives Review

9. Bellringer  Pick up an adjectives sheet off the grey table. Begin working on it.

10. Demonstrative Adjectives  Demonstrative adjectives point out something and describe nouns by answering the question which one? or which ones? The words this, that, these, and those are demonstrative adjectives when they describe nouns. This and that describe singular nouns. These and those describe plural nouns.  This, that, these, and those can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. They are pronouns when they take the place of nouns. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS This book is exciting. This is an exciting book. I enjoy these types of stories. I enjoy these. That plot is convincing. That is a realistic setting. She writes those kinds of books. Our class liked reading those.

11. Cliques vs. Gangs  What makes a clique different from a gang?

12. Thursday, April 24 th  Bellringer: Journal Entry  Adjective Quiz  The Outsiders  Finish reading chapter 1  Answer questions & character sheet  Homework: None—last chance to bring a t-shirt!

13. Bellringer: Journal Entry  Write about a time when someone assumed something about you without really knowing who you were, perhaps based on who you were with, how you were dressed, or something else, or a time you judged someone else, or if nothing else, write about a character we’ve read about and how they were judged.  Write as much as you can in five minutes, at least 12 lines.

17. 1.At the beginning of the novel, the narrator is leaving a theater and thinking of two things – what are they? Paul Newman and a ride home 2.What do YOU think a greaser is? 3.Soc is an abbreviation for what? Socials/ “jet set” 4.What group is from the West side and what group is from the East side? Socials—West-side rich kids/Greasers—East-side 5.What are the narrator’s brothers’ names and how did their parents get killed? Darrell/Darry & Sodapop. Their parents got killed in a car wreck

18. 6.What happened to the narrator on his way home from the movies? He gets jumped by five Socs 7.What is the narrator’s name? Ponyboy 8.How does Ponyboy describe Soda? Movie-star handsome, reckless & thoughtful face 9.What are the names of the rest of the greasers? Steve Randle, Two-Bit Matthews, Dallas Winston, and Johnny Cade 10.What does Ponyboy compare Johnny to? A puppy that has been kicked too many times and is lost

19. 11.What type of girls like the greasers? Tough, loud girls who wear too much eye makeup and giggle and swear too much 12.Does Pony like his brother Soda’s girlfriend? Why or why not? Yes—she has natural blond hair and a soft laugh 13.How does Pony perform in school? He makes As 14.Soda did something that disappointed Pony – what was it? He dropped out of school 15.Soda tells Pony that he’s planning on doing what? He wants to marry Sandy