KATNISS/PONYBOY QUESTION/WRITING

**The following question will be worth a test grade for you!

First, you need a thesaurus to find TEN descriptive adjectives that describe the personality of KATNISS or PONYBOY. The first five adjectives will be from the first part of the book and final five adjectives describe PONYBOY and KATNISS at the end of each book.

Purpose of the Writing: How have Katniss or Ponyboy evolved (changed) during the plot of The Hunger Games or The Outsiders?

Paragraph 1:Introductory paragraph with background information about Katniss or Ponyboy. It must include a LEAD-which is an attention grabbing statement, question, exclamation or fact, three supportive sentences that include details but do not spoil the ending of the books and the THESIS STATEMENT-which is the purpose of the writing.

Paragraph 2: Transitioning into whom Katniss or Ponyboy become during the Hunger Games or The Outsiders book...This paragraph must include evidence in the from of a quote (which can be dialogue...talking between two people or a phrase which supports your sentences.

Paragraph 3: Revenge/Fearlessness because of RUE and defending Peeta in the arena or becoming heroic when Ponyboy and Johnny save the kids from a burning church. **Must include quotes or phrases that support ideas presented in the sentences.

Paragraph 4:Rule change/two winners from the same district--why this is important? OR Johnny and Ponyboy having to return and fearing trouble about Bob's death. **Evidence in the form of quotes...

Paragraph 5: Summary/Closing-make sure you tell how Katniss and Ponyboy matured or grew up as a result of their individual choices they made in the events during the story.

Vocabulary Test for March 9, 2012

There are two lists of words...they both are on Edmodo. You are responsible for checking the website and doing the cards. Most importantly, you need to start studying on Monday night and continue to study each night for 30-45 minutes ...not procrastinate ....waiting until Thursday evening....
Mrs. Basham

New Vocabulary for February 28, 2012

Deport (v) to carry or send away from a country; to banish

Export (v) to carry out of a country

Import (v) to carry into the country

Portable (adj) capable of being easily carried

Portage (n) the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another

Porter (n) an attendant who carries travelers' luggage for them

Portfolio (n) a case for carrying loose papers

Report (n) a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new

Support (v) to carry the weight of something

Transport (v) to carry something from one place to another

Vocabulary for February 20-24, 2012

Form-the way a poem looks-its arrangement on the page
Lines- poems use lines in phrases or sentences
Stanzas-Lines that are divided into groups

Sound-poets arrange words to create sounds they want listeners to hear
Rhyme-words that end with the same sounds
Rhythm-a poem's rhythm is sometimes called its beat
Repetition-if the poet chooses to repeat sounds, words, phrases, or whole lines in a poem to create or emphasize a particular feeling

Imagery**-words and phrases that appeal to the five senses

Figurative Language-choosing words or phrases that help readers picture ordinary things in new ways
Simile-a comparison in which the word like or as is used
Metaphor-a comparison that does not contain the word like or as
Personification-when a poet describes an animal or object as if it were human or had human qualities

Theme-a poem's theme is the message about life that it conveys

Extra Credit Poems (February 28 only)

The Pasture
by Robert Frost
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I shan't be gone long.---You come too.

I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I shan't be gone long.---You come too.




A Time to Talk
by Robert Frost

When a friend calls to me from the road
And slows his horse to a meaning walk,
I don't stand still and look around
On all the hills I haven't hoed,
And shout from where I am, "What is it?"
No, not as there is a time to talk.
I thrust my hoe in the mellow ground.
Blade-end up and five feet tall,
And plod: I go up to the stone wall
For a friendly visit.

Additional Words/Figurative Language

Mood
Personification
Imagery
Allusion
Foreshadowing

Do you know these words? Do you recognize these words when given examples of poems and prose?

Word List for February 13, 2012

Bisect(v) - to cut into two pieces

Dissect(v) - to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

Insect(n)-a class of arthropod animals that has three separate

Sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen

Intersection (n) -the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

Section(n) - a separate part of something

Sectional(n) - a couch that is made up of separate pieces

Sector(n) - a separate part of a society, group, or area

Transect(v) - to cut across something

Trisect(v) - to cut into three separate pieces

Vivisection(n) - surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues or diseases