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8th Grade Language Arts
Assignments:
Agenda:
-Lit Circles (W)
1. Warm-up: Spelling Test
-Finish The Outsiders (F)
2. Vocabulary
-Vocabulary Writing (F 9/21)
3. Grammar
4. Literature
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Draw the Relationship
audacious crusade
agile name
battle timid
rumble dub
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Draw the Relationship
legacy grapple
era heritage
typical harmonize
exceptional period of time
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Draw the Relationship
mien muse
legendary appearance
contemplate gather
unknown muster
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Draw the Relationship
stamina stance
one's personal flexible
attitude
pivotal endurance
minor agile
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Verbs....
Four basic forms (principle parts)
• present
• present participle
• past
• past participle
*Used to make all of the forms and tenses of the verb
Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
sail (is) sailing sailed (has) sailed
(is) lifting (has) lifted
lift lifted
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Review
Regular Verbs
- a verb whose past and past participle are formed by adding -ed or -d to the
present; adds -ing to the present tense to make the present participle
Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
is improving
is sleeping have used
switch included
sits finished
is succeeding
stands provided
outclasses
traveled
equipped
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Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs- verbs whose past and past participle forms are not
made by adding -ed­or -d­
GROUP 1 burst burst(has) burst
The forms of set
the present, the cost
past, and the
past participle
are all the same
GROUP 2 bring brought(has) brought
The forms of the teach
win
past and past
participle are the
same
GROUP 3 bite bit (has) bitten
The past participle steal
is formed by adding speak
-n or -en to the
past.
GROUP 4 blow blew (has) blown
The past participle shake
is formed from the run
present, often by
adding -n or -en
GROUP 5 begin began (has) begun
The last vowel
shrink
changes from i in
the present to a in swim
the past, to u in
the past participle
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1. American bicyclist Lance Armstrong won ) the 2,287-mile Tour de France in
(
1999. win
2. Several years earlier, doctors ( gave ) him less than 40 percent chance
of surviving cancer. give
3. Armstrong (chose ) an aggressive treatment plan. chosen
4. Now Armstrong has ( beat ) the disease. beaten
began) his career all over.
5. After the cancer, he ( begun
given ) him different outlook. gave
6. The experience has (
7. It also has (left ) him with a leaner body. leave
8. Armstrong's lighter weight paid) off when he had to cycle through
(
mountains. pay
9. So (did ) his training, in which he cycled the toughest portions of the
course. done
10. Armstrong's amazing victory has taught ) other cancer patients to
(
maintain hope. teached
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Irony (n); Ironic (adj): When something turns out the opposite of
what you would expect. Also, sort of like sarcasm. Examples:
• It was ironic that the fire station burned down.
• It was ironic that the police station was robbed.
Give an example of irony from The Outsiders and one from real life.
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Figurative Language­ Metaphors
Authors often use figurative language to make their writing interesting
and more meaningful to the reader. One type of figurative language is
the metaphor. A metaphor, stating that one thing is the other, makes a
comparison between two unlike things. For example, Pony describes
Dally's eyes in this way: "His eyes were blue, blazing ice..." Dally's
eyes are being compared to ice because he looks at people coldly and
with hate.
1. "Her words were sugar." Her words are being compared to sugar.
What is being said about her words?
2. "It's raining cats and dogs." The rain is being compared to cats
and dogs. What is being said about the rain?
3. "He is my fortress": To what is "He" being compared? What is
being said about him?
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Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nature's first green is gold, by Robert Frost
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
hue=
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf. subsides=
So Eden sank to grief, Eden =
So dawn goes down to day. ­ How did they "sink to grief"?
Nothing gold can stay. So = like, in the same way
1. What do you think Robert Frost is trying to say?
2. How does this poem apply to events/characters of the novel so far?
(What "gold" did Ponyboy have that didn't last?)
3. Is this supposed to be a sad poem? What makes you think so/not?
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Frost makes the use of the metaphor to communicate his message about
young people. He begins by writing that nature's first green, things such
as new plants, trees, grass, and especially young people are gold.
4. Gold is precious and expensive metal. What comparison can be
made between "nature's first green" and gold?
5. Another metaphor in Frost's poem is "Her early leaf's a flower."
Explain how nature's "early leaf," or someone's youth, can be like a
flower.
6. How is the youth of someone's life "gold"?
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