October 19

October 19

 

HUMANITIES 8

Mr. Janz was in today.
THERE IS A QUIZ TOMORROW.
Today students completed the 'Literary Conflicts' worksheet. As a class, we discussed examples from The Outsiders of each type of conflict: person vs person, person vs nature, person vs self, person vs supernatural, person vs society, and person vs technology. To end, students worked in small groups to discuss provided questions and then report out to everyone else:
1. Before leaving for the rumble, Ponyboy states that helping to beat the Socs is the most important thing in his life. Why do you think it is so important to Pony at this point? What does Pony hope to accomplish by beating the Socs? What does this say about Randy's influence on Ponyboy?
2. Immediately before the rumble begins, Pony says that he doesn't hate the Socs anymore. Why then, does he proceed to attack the Socs and not just defend himself?
3. Dally rages against the desire to help others, saying this desire caused Johnny to be injured. But how has Dally shown that he too has a strong desire to help others?
4. Contrast the greaser gang's mood before and after the rumble. What do you think accounts for this change?
5. Dally's move to bluff the police with the pistol is a suicidal act. Why do you think Dally chooses to die? Do you think suicide is always a cowardly act? Why or why not?

ENGLISH 10

Class started with a review of the three chapters Because Geometry is Not a Country Somewhere Near France,  Hope Against Hope, and Go Means Go. Then students read Rowdy Sings the Blues and How to Fight Monsters. We discussed the literary allusion found in the chapter Rowdy Sings the Blues (The Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens). We talked about how literary allusions bring all the 'baggage' of the original tale into the one being read.
Students were given the new 'Aspects of Identity Assignment'. They are to draw a self-portrait which shows two different sides of their identity; such as, who they may 'be' with their parents versus who they 'are' with their friends or what they hope to become versus what they are afraid they could be.