Christmas....almost.

We are moving rather quickly along here as we get closer to Christmas.
The students are about to start Chapter 9 (of 12) in The Outsiders, and we have
had some exciting discussions about the novel in class. The whole theme of Insider/Outsider
has been particularly interesting. Most of us can identify with feeling like either one at some
time or another.

As we come to find out, Johnny has broken his back and is slipping in and out of consciousness in the hospital. The whole gang is worried. What would they do without Johnny???

We are planning on watching the film version of The Outsiders the final week before Christmas vacation begins. I am sending home a letter for the parents. The movie has receieved lots of fantastic reviews because it is one of the rare attempts to match the book as closely as possible. Parents are encouraged to view clips or the whole film on www.youtube.com.

Please feel free to contact me with any additional quesitons.

Coming up...

• Cool words quiz Friday 12/9


• Chapter 8 Reading Responses and Quiz Friday 12/9


• Scene Comic Strips due Friday 12/9


• Chapter 9 Reading and Questions due Monday, 12/12


• Chapters 10/11 due Wednesday, 12/14


• Chapter 12 due Friday, 12/16 and finally...


• Chapter 13 due Monday, 12/19

Happy 2nd week of Advent everyone!

Peace,

Mrs. Emmerich

Weekend Homework: 12/2

I am sorry we ran out of time to really review your homework.
For Monday:

• Read Chapter 6 in The Outsiders


• Answer the 3 Reading Questions in your notebooks (Reading Quiz)


• New Cool Words List: 10 Literary Terms or English Terms


• Ex: protagonist, antagonist, symbol, metaphor, similie, etc.

Thank you.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs. Emmerich