Fri. 11/21/14

Learning Target:

• Use context clues to determine the meaning of slang words in a text

Work Collected:

• None

Work Assigned/Handed Out:

• Read for at least 90 mins. (reading goal due Mon.)
• The Outsiders Checkpoint: Be in the middle of ch. 2 by Monday
• Handouts: The Outsiders book, signpost packet, and blue bookmark

Summary of Class:

• We discussed how slang words are used today (or text talk), and how these will be different in the novel (since it's written in the 1960s)--use the bookmark for help with some terms
• Introduction to The Outsiders
• Click here for the PowerPoint slides
• Begin reading ch. 1
• Fill out signpost packet (row 1 completed as an example)
• Check in to reading progress spreadsheet
• Reading goal due Mon.
• Be in the middle of ch. 2 by Monday