Outsider Scenes

Your scenes from the novel The Outsiders are due May 14th and 15th.

You will be presenting on stage in the auditorium!
 

Personal narrative due May 2nd

1) choose a moment in your life that you can describe in great detail, using imagery and literary devices. (You are allowed to embellish to make it more dramatic.)

2) review the sample text given in class.

3) write a rough copy that's 300-350 words long

4) good copy should be typed or written in pen with a cover page.

rough and good copy are due Friday, May 2nd.

TIP: Include a lesson, moral or theme in the first paragraph to set the tone of your story. For example, "They say beauty is only skin deep, ...."

Oral Presentation (speech)

What you will need for your oral presentation:

1) re-written good copy of speech (in blue pen or on computer, no cover page needed, do not write in the boarder of your loose leaf, include a title for your speech, and underline the example of figurative language in your speech)

2) q-cards with notes on your speech to help you with your presentation


How you will be graded:

60% expression, tone, enthusiasm, effort

40% memorization (how often did you look down at your notes)


Due Date:

Tuesday April 8th, Day 7, period 4


Practice and do a good job!