Outsiders SAT Vocabulary Words

Here is the link to studying The Outsiders SAT vocabulary words.  Tentative test date will be on 3/13/17.

https://quizlet.com/_36a4i4

Check Bric for Narrative Revision Wave 1

	Approaching Expectations (C)	Meets Expectations (B)	Exceeds Expectations (A)
Sensory Detail (Not Sight or Sound)	Example: She felt sad. (this is an emotional feeling, not a sensory feeling)	Example: The ground felt cold and clammy.	Example: The effervescent scent of the chlorine tickled my nostrils and conjured memories of long hours of swim practice.
Dialog	Some errors.  Or only has only one word or line of dialogue.	Error free.  Multiple speakers.	Error free.  Multiple speakers.  Captures illusion of each character’s natural voices and is used with precision to advance the plot.
Adjective, Adverb, or Appositive Phrase	Used words that might be confused with a phrase.	Used a phrase correctly with correct punctuation.   Follows examples from sentence composing.	Used a phrase correctly with correct punctuation.  Follows the more challenging examples from sentence composing.  The phrase itself demonstrates excellent vocabulary, creative expression, figurative language, or otherwise demonstrates excellent control of language.
Dashes, colons, or semicolons	Uses the punctuation, but it is used incorrectly or in a very limited fashion.	Successfully uses punctuation correctly.  Follows examples from sentence composing.	Successfully uses punctuation masterfully, demonstrating superior control of the language. Follows the more challenging examples from sentence composing.

Sentence Composing Recap 001 - 100

Students may use this list to look for examples of different types of sentences they can incorporate into their narrative essay:

SIMPLE SENTENCES

#001. To say he was handsome would be a gross exaggeration.

#002. Now began the happiest times that Caspian had ever known.

#003. The idea of cutting and sewing the dress by herself was novel and exciting.

#004. The meat, dry-cured for the feeding of the dogs, hung in the smoke-house.

#005. Four dolphins, swimming side by side, were pushing the raft through the water.

#006. In the town, actually within sight of Charlie’s house, was an enormous chocolate factory!

#007. The one food that Oompa-Loompas longed for more than any other was the cacao bean.

#008. Returning with two strips of meat for the small dragon, Eragon found the dragon sitting on the windowsill, watching the moon.

#009. Over the last few hours, a gusting wind had blown a good deal of loose brush down to the bottom of the hill near the little cemetery.

#010. To hunt the whole mountain until the dragon had caught the thief and had torn and trampled him was the dragon’s one thought.


COMPOUND SENTENCES

#011. The tiny dragon lost interest in Eragon and awkwardly explored the room.

#012. The fierce black eyes of the man and the laughing blue eyes of the goose girl met across the strip of swamp.

#013. Driving snow, a wind that cut like a hot knife, and darkness forced them to look for a camping place.

#014. She and her father unrolled the paper across the kitchen and knelt with a box of crayons between them.

#015. Dudley, who was so large his bottom drooped over either side of the kitchen chair, grinned and turned to Harry.

#016. He felt something cold on his ankles and looked under the tablecloth and saw two more of the huge worms around his ankles.

#017. The four children and the Dwarf went down to the water’s edge, pushed off the boat with some difficulty, and scrambled aboard.

#018. The wicked eyes, the ancient face, the fierce look, the enormous size of the two-and-a-half-ton hippo required very rapid action.

#019. The tall skinny Bean and dwarfish pot-bellied Bunce drove their machines like maniacs, raced the motors, and made the shovels dig at a terrific speed.

#020. One of the creatures high above the trees raised its head to listen, then flew off, picked three flowers from a tree growing near the river, and brought them over to the children.


COMPLEX SENTENCES

#021. As they entered the building, Sadako felt a pang of fear.

#022. His voice seemed sad, although he was trying to be cheerful.

#023. After the other children had disappeared, she remained at her desk, quiet and thoughtful.

#024. All the eyes of Paris were fixed on the Eiffel Tower, which slowly drooped over like soft rubber.

#025. As the door opened, Fortinbras streaked in, panting from exhaustion, wet and shiny as a seal.

#026. They all saw it this time, a whiskered furry face which had looked out at them from behind a tree.

#027. All in all, he thought everyone would be much happier if he sat in the closet, but, unfortunately, his desk didn’t fit.

#028. When the seal was dead, the bear attended first to herself and got rid of the wet from her coat before it could freeze.

#029. She waved her hand to land a mock spank on Gilly’s bottom,  but after her hand swept the air, Gilly’s bottom along with the rest of her was well down the hall.

#030.  Sometimes now, in the hush of the night, when the moon was full and the light lay in silver bands across the pandanus mats, and all the village was sleeping, Mafatu awoke and sat upright.


QUOTATION SENTENCES

#031.  Eragon dropped his eyes, abashed.  “I’m sorry.”

#032. “A promise is a promise,” Hermione reminded Harry bossily.

#033. “Don’t be,” said Brom as he shifted his arm.  “It happens to everyone.”

#034. “Colonel Graff,” he said, “I just want to go back and swim in the lake.”

#035.  “Here is the Mirror of Galadriel,” she said. “I have brought you here so you may look in it, if you will.”

#036.  “I am going to transmit the memory of snow,” the old man said, and placed his hands on Jonas’s bare back.

#037.  “How come you like fights, Darry?” I asked, looking up at him as he stood behind me, leaning in the kitchen doorway.

#038.  “Blast it, Jonny,” Dally growled as we flew along the red road, “why didn’t you think of turning yourself in five days ago?”

#039.  Johnny had been quietly finishing his fifth barbecue sandwich, but now he announced: “We’re goin’ back and turn ourselves in.”

#040.  Peter let his hand tremble a little, and he said, “If you think I should stop, I think I might be able to keep things under control this time.  I really do.”


DASH SENTENCES

#041 I saw my seat – the only empty one in the room.

#042 Their faces either look grim or kind – depending on the husband's disposition.

#043 The dog was not much to look at – a mixture of Georgia redbone hound and bulldog.

#044 The apartment was on the top floor – a small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom,  and a bath.

#045 Even Shuya Nanahara let off steam by listening to that illegally imported rock music – it never went beyond that though.

#046 You're so busy worrying about the Divergent – like my mom –  that you forget to worry about what the leaders are doing.

#047 When I passed the Radley Place for the fourth time that day – twice at a full gallop – my gloom had deepened to match the house.

#048 As for the terrors ahead – for Jess did not fool himself that they were all behind him – you just have to stand up to your fear and not let it squeeze you white.

#049 He beat the creature off with his hands – it was trying to poison him to keep him quiet, as small spiders do to flies – until he remembered his sword and drew it out.

#050 If every single person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to act a little kinder than necessary -- the world really would be a better place.


COLON SENTENCES

#051. I gave her happy memories:  a ride on a merry-go-round, a kitten to play with, a special toy.

#052. In Maycomb, grown men stood outside in the front yard for only two reasons:  death and politics.

#053. By the dawn, the house smelled of Sunday:  chicken frying, bacon sizzling, and smoke sausages baking.

#054. Animals took shape: yellow giraffes, blue lions, pink antelopes, lilac panthers cavorting in crystal substance.

#055. Then the sounds of the forest returned:  the first tentative croak of a tree frog, the buzz of one cicada, and then the full chorus.

#056. In my stillness, I began to notice the animals: strange birds with brilliant plumage, tree lizards with flickering blue tongues, and something that looked like a cross between a rat and a possum.

#057. Like most first-time authors, I was filled with hope and despair upon the book’s publication:  hope that the book might succeed beyond my youthful dreams; despair that I had failed to say anything worth saying.

#058. Not far away was Gollum’s island, of which Bilbo knew nothing, and there in his hiding-place he kept a few wretched oddments, and one very beautiful thing, very beautiful, very wonderful: a ring, a golden ring, a precious ring.

#059. They were like the sounds heard in a dream you have again and again at certain critical turns of life:  the dream of being unprepared for a big exam, the dream of being naked in public, the dream of falling, the dream in which you hurry toward a corner in some strange city, sure your fate lies on the far side.

#060. Under the lightning that flamed in the skies, everything below stood out in clear-cut and shadowless distinctiveness:  the bending trees; the billowy river, white with foam; the driving spray of spume flakes; the dim outlines of the high bluffs on the other side, glimpsed through the drifting clouds; and the slanting veil of rain.


SEMICOLON SENTENCES

#061  I try to see only the good in him; I try.

#062  Food is a huge problem; so is the situation with the water.

#063  The sound was like the scream of a rabbit caught in an owl’s talons ; my flesh crawled.

#064  He has the audience from the get-go, though; I can hear them laughing, shouting out.

#065  That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk if you want.

#066  Today was the day; today was the day when they would realize what Zaphod had been up to.

#067  Ender did not like to cry and rarely did; now, in less than a day, he had done it three times.

#068  Looking into her eyes was like looking out of a grave from the inside; I was buried in the terror and despair and agony of her gaze.

#069  With the force of a bullet, the wad of chewing gum shot out of the keyhole and straight down Peeve’s left nostril; he whirled upright and zoomed away, cursing.

#070  Parzival, the #1 on the scoreboard, was world famous, and had never felt this way before, even when he played Aech; Art3mis, his rival, was level 50, with money to burn and experience galore.


PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE SENTENCES

#071.  Within two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles.

#072. The morning was still, with no movement in the wide and lonely land.

#073. On the whole enormous prairie, there was no sign that any other human being had ever been there.

#074. Jonas, from his place in the balcony with the Elevens, searched the auditorium for a glimpse of his father.

#075.  The man in black, on a coal-black horse, galloped up to the wall gate and disappeared like a great dark shadow.

#076.  Terrified, Bilbo tried to run faster, but suddenly he struck his toes on a snag in the floor, and fell flat, with his little sword under him.

#077.  Janet and the Tiger went racing back, over the country and over the town, over houses and churches and mountains and rivers, across the park and along the street.

#078.  The fire made him think of home, of food and warmth and company, of faces around the evening circle, of the drone of old men's voices, telling their endless tales of daring.

#079. To his home, to his comfort, to the bringing up of their children, to the garden and her greenhouse, to the local church, and to her patchwork quilts, Margaret had happily given her life.

#080. They tiptoed from room to room, afraid to speak above a whisper and gazing with a kind of awe  at the unbelievable luxury, at the beds  with their feather mattresses, the looking-glasses, the horsehair sofa, the Brussels carpet, the lithograph  of Queen Victoria over the drawing-room mantelpiece.


ADJECTIVE PHRASE SENTENCES

#081. A woman of fifty or so, plump with frizzy gray hair, came toward them.

#082. Angry with themselves because they were frightened, they jumped first on Teft.

#083. Laughter, loud and warm from their long and intimate relationship, filled the room.

#084. I stared at the trees, aware of an eerie silence descending from the forest.

#085. A circle of grass, smooth as a lawn, met her eyes, with dark trees dancing all round it.

#086. Jemmy gorged himself, anxious to be off and not certain when he would eat again.

#087. The raft continued on, and they smelled a peculiar odor, sweet and nauseating at the same time.

#088. Always meticulously neat, six-year-old Little Man never allowed dirt or tears or stains to mar anything he owned.

#089. Clad in royal purple and ermine, he was seated upon a throne which was at the same time both simple and majestic.

#090. Certain of herself, certain of her friends in the house, certain of her voice and her success, Carlotta flung herself into her part without restraint of modesty.


ADVERB PHRASE SENTENCES

#091 Now, cautiously and slowly, he got up.

#092 In the fishpond, the hippo belched, not softly.

#093 Slowly, very slowly, the snake raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry's.

#094 After ten minutes or so we got back in the car and drove out to the main road slowly and carefully.

#095 Finally, when he stood up, slowly and stiffly, his face was as hard and tight as wood, and his eyes were hard.

#096 Griffin was light and fast, his gloves a red blur tapping away at Alfred's face, easily and steadily as rain on a roof.

#097 Jonas, suddenly and grimly, remembered the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word.

#098 On and on, they drove through the darkness, and though the rain stopped, the wind rushed by and whistled and made strange sounds.

#099 The gigantic snake was nearing Frank, and then, incredibly, miraculously, it passed him, following the spitting, hissing noises made by the cold voice beyond the door.

#100 If Sam had looked back, he might have seen not far below Gollum turn again, and then with a wild light of madness glaring in his eyes come, swiftly but warily, creeping on behind, a slinking shadow among the stones.

Wave 1 Revisions - Kindness Essay

Sentence Composing Adverb Phrases #091 - #100

#091
Now, / cautiously and slowly, / he got up.

#092
In the fishpond, / the hippo belched, / not softly. 

#093
Slowly, very slowly, / the snake raised its head / until its eyes / were on a level / with Harry's.

#094
After ten minutes or so / we got back in the car / and drove out to the main road / slowly and carefully.

#095
Finally, / when he stood up, / slowly and stiffly, / his face was as hard and tight as wood, / and his eyes were hard.

#096
Griffin was light and fast, / his gloves a red blur / tapping away at Alfred's face, / easily and steadily as rain on a roof.

#097
Jonas, / suddenly and grimly, / remembered the time / in his childhood / when he had been chastised / for misusing a word.

#098
On and on, / they drove through the darkness, / and though the rain stopped, / the wind rushed by / and whistled / and made strange sounds.

#099
The gigantic snake was nearing Frank, / and then, / incredibly, miraculously, / it passed him, / following the spitting, hissing noises / made by the cold voice / beyond the door.

#100
If Sam had looked back, / he might have seen / not far below / Gollum turn again, / and then with a wild light of madness glaring in his eyes / come, / swiftly but warily, / creeping on behind, / a slinking shadow among the stones.

Upcoming Deadlines

Monday 2/13/17 - Sentence Composing Adverb Phrase Quiz

Monday 2/13/17 - First Draft of 450 - 500 word Narrative on Kindness due in print form (hard copy)

Wednesday 2/15/17 - Quizlet Outsiders Slang Quiz

Friday 2/17/17 - Final Draft of Narrative on Kindness due in print form (hard copy)

Sentence Composing #097 - Adverb Phrase

Expert Sentence
On and on, / they drove through the darkness, / and though the rain stopped, / the wind rushed by / and whistled / and made strange sounds.                                                                                                                                                  
JChapps’ Sentence
Further and further, the adventurers crept through the caverns, and though their torches flickered, the dank emptiness swelled around them and echoed and made the halflings whimper.

Mitch’s Sentence
On and on, we flew through the dark clouds, and though the lightning stopped, the thunder still boomed distantly and crackled and made frightening noises.

Janel’s Sentence:
On and on, / the wings flapped in the sky, / and through the thin air that blew, / the sun shined and casted heat and disappeared in the clouds.

Luke’s Sentence
Again and again, they played in the rain, and though the team was winning, the coach yelled and screamed and made the kids cry.

Zayd’s Sentence
Over and over, they ran through the wet grass, and when the defenders were passed, the ball was shot and bent and made a loud bang on the crossbar.

Nyla’s Sentence
Near and far, we searched for our new puppy, and even though it was was getting late, our hopes were not crushed or deflated or made into dark thoughts.

Madison’s Sentence
Further and further, she walked through the woods, and though she was lost, the sun guided her, and led her out of the forest on her own.

Joe’s Sentence
Through and through, the dogs ran into the snow, and though the precipitation stopped, the air fogged up and swirled and made trees fall.

Marki’s Sentence:
Again and again, she tried looking for it, and through the huge pile, she remembered where and rushed and made a relief sounds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Aristotle's Sentence
Slowly, ever so slowly, the Northern Cardinal flew through the clouds, and though the lightning stopped, the rain dripped by and shrieked and made perplexing sounds.

Daily Sentence Composing - Adverbial Phrases

Expert Sentence
Jonas, / suddenly and grimly, / remembered the time / in his childhood / when he had been chastised / for misusing a word.

JChapps’ Sentence
Malala Yossafzai, / seriously and graciously, / recounted the story of her youth / when she had nearly been assassinated for /  wanting an education.

Lily’s sentence:
Sally, strangely and vaguely, recalled the day during her journey when she had gotten lost after entering the forest.

Megan’s Sentence:
Ava, quietly and secretly, overheard the words of her parents when she had been walking downstairs for a drink.

Trevor’s Sentence
Jerry, quickly and firmly, finished the project in his bedroom when he had got in trouble for staying up too late.

Ella’s Sentence
Sarah, swiftly and soberly, dismissed the moment in her youth where she was praised for winning the spelling bee.

Enzo’s Sentence
John, desperately and nervously, finished the test at his college finals where he had been punished for taking too long.

Ashley's Sentence
Digger, bored and hungry, remembered the moment early in the day when he had his treat and loved it.

Lily’s Sentence
Lily, badly and horribly, remembered the time in her middle school years when she got zapped for not doing her assignment.

Joe’s Sentence
Georgia, annoyingly and loudly, screamed about the email in her inbox about her acceptance to the University of Florida for college.

Sentence Composing #96 Adverb Phrases

Expert Sentence
Griffin was light and fast, / his gloves a red blur / tapping away at Alfred's face, / easily and steadily as rain on a roof.

JChapps' Sentence
Supergirl was strong and brilliant, / her x-ray vision a burning, scarlet ray / blasting away at Lex Luthor’s Kryptonite exoskeleton, /  brightly and effectively as a medical laser scalpel on an aluminum can.

Megan’s Sentence
Mia was quick and steady, her legs a flash of lightning sprinting straight toward the finish line, effortlessly and rapidly as a machine in a factory.

Jack’s Sentence
Jackson was smart and simple, his hands a white blur washing away Ethan’s face, difficult and unstable like standing on a balance board.

Luke’s Sentence
Ethan was focused and ready, his helmet already on talking to the team, loudly and precisely as thunder during the night.

Andrew’s Sentence
Lebron was fast and powerful, his shoes were red hot running away from his defender, speedy and quick as a car.

Charlotte’s Sentence
Bob was smart and intelligent, his thoughts a blur writing away at his paper, intensely and quickly as a marathon runner.

Trevor’s Sentence
James was fast and strong, / his eyes a blue blur / ahead of him while running, / brightly and shiny as the sun in the sky.

Claire’s sentence:
Sarah was wise and intelligent, / her face a bright, / intimidating glance /  gazing down at Hannah’s skating, / encouragingly and sharply like a coach teaching it’s student.

Alex’s Sentence:
Lucas was quick and smart, / his Porsche 911 a black hurricane, / passing all the other drivers, violently and swiftly as a Tsunami in Japan.

Kindness Narrative Check Bric

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Sentence Composing #091 - #095 / Adverb Phrases

#091
Now, cautiously and slowly, he got up.

#092
In the fishpond, the hippo belched, not softly.

#093
Slowly, very slowly, the snake raised its head until its eyes were on a level with Harry's.

#094
After ten minutes or so we got back in the car and drove out to the main road slowly and carefully.

#095
Finally, when he stood up, slowly and stiffly, his face was as hard and tight as wood, and his eyes were hard.

Kindness Narrative Mentor Text

The following is a text version of the Mentor Text is offered as a model for students writing their personal narrative essay inspired by reading Anne Frank with the topic of kindness



TITLE PAGE:

A RACE OF A DIFFERENT KIND

by Mr. Chappell

7th Hour

8th Grade Language Arts

1/31/17

500 words

ESSAY:

July 26th, 2014

Dear Diary:

          This weekend I traveled to Mount Morris, Michigan where several friends and I participated in the “Warrior Dash,” a five kilometer mud run over obstacles including flaming coals, chest-deep mud swamps, and wobbly rope bridges.  It was a breezy, mid 60s, overcast day with the smell of raw earth and wet grass in the wind.  The six of us, a motley crew of 40-something weekend warwaterriors, had trained all that spring.  Some of us even dressed in Scottish kilts in order to get into the spirit of the event.

          We had just reached an obstacle called “Alcatraz” where we had to swim across a lake to a floating structure and then swim to the other side.  While I was racing with my group, I heard a man cry for help.  My friend Brad, who was closer (and not a great swimmer) went to assist him.  But when Brad got there, he grabbed Brad and -- desperate to stay above the water -- pushed Brad beneath the brown current!  Not good.  Luckily, Brad broke away and came up, a bit freaked out.  By the time I reached the drowning man he was gasping and coughing in a life-or-death panic.  So I calmly said, “I got you.  Take my hand.”

          “Can’t -- swim.  Help -- PLEASE!” he begged as he sputtered and choked while bobbing below the surface.  Our hands clasped in a moment of hope.  I thought to myself, Where are the professional lifeguards?  Between Brad taking his left hand, and myself taking his right, we managed to keep his head up above the water by the two of us treading, then dog paddling for the weight of three heavy, water-logged men.  It was exhausting!   All the while I wouldn’t let myself get close enough for him to grab me and pull me under.  But I wasn’t going to give up on him either.  Slowly and with great effort, we wended our way to the awaiting safety of the shoreline.

          Upon reaching the other side the man wheezed and sputtered, vomiting up lake water.  “Thank you,” was all that he could muster.

          My wife, Michelle, turned to me and blurted in shock, “You just saved that guy’s life.”

          I’ll never know what would have happened if Brad and I hadn’t intervened and been good Samaritans, but I do know that, at least for that moment, an act of unselfish kindness gave a young athlete a second chance.   In hindsight, I was pretty dumb to attempt to do something so dangerous without proper training.  A month later there was a drowning accident where a father tried to save his son.  Both died.  This being the “Great Lakes State,” that sort of tragedy seems to occur a couple of times every summer.  For whatever reason, I got lucky this time.  And that’s also a gift of kindness from the universe.

Sentence #094 - Adverb Phrases

Expert Sentence
After ten minutes or so / we got back in the car / and drove out to the main road / slowly and carefully.

JChapps’ Sentence
Within two or three hours they got off the train and sprinted along the boarding platform quickly and eagerly.

Anna’s Sentence:
After twenty miles or so, we hopped out of the car and walked into the Grand Hotel carefully and quietly.

Collin’s Sentence:
After five minutes or so we got back on the rollercoaster and rode to the top of the hill slowly but cautiously.

Cash’s Sentence
After sundown or so, they skedaddled into the haunted house and relied on acting observantly and craftily.      
 
Michael’s Sentence
After three or four games, Steph managed to choke and lose the biggest game of them all quickly and effectively.

Jonah’s Sentence
After eight years or so, we got back into the playoffs and pushed our way to the finals skillfully and forcefully.

Ella’s Sentence:
After eight or nine minutes, she jumped back in the ice-cold pool and swam to the massive rubber duck, calmly and leisurely.

Tyler’s sentence
After two hours or so the marathon racer got back up and ran over the finish line, swiftly and honorably.

Katie’s Sentence
After a couple hours or more I went to the mountain and gazed at the far away lake joyfully and calmly.

Anthea
After one hour or two we saw him and ran for our life quickly and dangerously.

Bryan’s Sentence
After one or two minutes, I got home and jumped in my bed  carefully, but quickly.

Jaden’s Sentence
After thirty minutes to an hour, we got out of the house and dashed into the snow happy and excited.

More Plural and Possessive use of Apostrophes

Board notes from discussion

(singular possessive)
The student’s notebook was at home..

(plural)
The students all arrived in the morning.

(plural AND possesive)
The students’ production of Legally Blonde sold out.


*EXCEPTION: its, it's

(possessive)
The cat licked its tail.

(contraction it is)
It’s going to be a great day.

Adverb Phrase Sentence #093

Expert Sentence:
Slowly, very slowly, / the snake raised its head / until its eyes / were on a level / with Harry's.

JChapps Sentence:
Quickly, very quickly, / the cheetah peddled its legs / until its body / was on a collision course / with the antelope’s.

Elisabeth’s Sentence:
Fearfully, extremely fearfully, / the girl lifted her gaze / until her face / was in line / with the creature’s.

Olivia’s Sentence:
Steadily, very steadily, the child opened her eyes until her hand was touching with her mother’s.

Riley’s sentence:
Rapidly, very rapidly, the player moved his feet until his shoulder was in collision with the linebacker’s.

Cash’s Sentence:
Faintly, quite faintly, / the ninja raised his sword / high up over / the Samurai’s.

Tyler’s sentence
Peacefully, very peacefully, /the sloth moved his body/ until its legs/ were lined up/ with Greg’s.

Lilli’s sentence:
Sadly, very sadly, the counselor lifted her head until her gaze locked together with the student’s.

Josh’s sentence:
Seriously, very seriously, the unit searched their hardest until they found the decomposing body of Drew’s.