Homework:
Parents/guardian, please review and assist your
child with today’s homework. Read
one of the modified passages and choose one option task to complete.
A.
I sat down and picked up my pen and thought
for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a handsome, dark boy with a reckless
grin and a hot temper. A tough,… boy with … a bitter grin on his hard face.
Remembering- -- and this time it didn't hurt--- a quiet, defeated-looking
sixteen-year-old whose hair needed cutting badly and who had black eyes with a
frightened expression to them. One week had taken all three of them. And I
decided I could tell people, beginning with my English teacher. I wondered for
a long time how to start that theme, how to start writing about something that
was important to me. And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the
bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on
my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...
B.
I sat down and picked up my pen and thought
for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a handsome, dark boy with a reckless
grin and a hot temper. A tough,… boy with … a hard face. Remembering- -- and this
time it didn't hurt--- a quiet, defeated-looking sixteen-year-old whose hair
needed cutting badly and who had black eyes with a frightened expression to
them. One week had taken all three of them. And I decided I could tell people,
beginning with my English teacher. I wondered for a long time how to … start
writing about something that was important to me. And I finally began like
this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the
movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...
C.
I sat down and picked up my pen and thought
for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a handsome, dark boy with a reckless
grin and a hot temper. A tough,… boy with … a hard face. Remembering- -- and this
time it didn't hurt--- a quiet… sixteen-year-old whose hair needed cutting
badly and who had black eyes…One week had taken all three of them. And I
decided I could tell people, beginning with my English teacher. I wondered for
a long time how to … start writing about something that was important to me.
And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from
the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman
and a ride home...
Topic: We have finally reached the end the of The Outsider’s
novel. The passage above is the final
paragraph of the novel. The last sentence of the novel is also the first sentence
of the novel.
Option 1: What did you think of the novel? Write a few sentences
explaining why you liked it or did not like. What was your favorite thing about this novel? What did you not
like about the novel? Explain why.
Option 2: Who was your favorite character(s) in the novel? What did you like about this character?
What do you or don’t you have in common with this character? Explain. What character
did you like the least? Explain why.
Option 3: What
do you think about the ending of the novel? Was it a good ending or bad? Explain. If you could change the ending, how would
you do it? Write a new ending to the novel (at least 2 sentences).
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