HW Mr. Padilla 12.2.16

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.

Option 3 Base your answers on the reading. Use evidence from the text.

According to neighborhood legend, when the younger Radley boy was in his teens he … with some of the Cunninghams …formed the nearest thing to a gang ever seen in Maycomb. They did little, but enough…they hung around the barbershop; they rode the bus to Abbottsville on Sundays and went to the picture show; they attended dances at the county’s riverside …they experimented with…whiskey. Nobody in Maycomb had nerve enough to tell Mr. Radley that his boy was in with the wrong crowd.

One night… the boys backed around the square .. resisted arrest by Maycomb’s ancient beadle, Mr. Conner, and locked him in the courthouse outhouse. The town decided something had to be done; Mr. Conner said he knew who each and every one of them was…so the boys came before the …judge on charges of disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, assault.. and using abusive and profane language… The judge decided to send the boys to the state industrial school… it was no prison and it was no disgrace. Mr. Radley thought it was. If the judge released Arthur, Mr. Radley would see to it that Arthur gave no further trouble. Knowing that Mr. Radley’s word was his bond, the judge was glad to do so.

Task: Summarize the passage about Arthur “Boo”  Radley.  Use the five W’s to help organize your response.

Option 2: Base your answers on the reading. Use evidence from the text.

According to neighborhood legend, when the younger Radley boy was in his teens he … with some of the Cunninghams …formed the nearest thing to a gang ever seen in Maycomb. They did little, but enough…they hung around the barbershop; they rode the bus to Abbottsville on Sundays and went to the picture show; they attended dances at the county’s riverside …they experimented with…whiskey. Nobody in Maycomb had nerve enough to tell Mr. Radley that his boy was in with the wrong crowd.

One night… the boys backed around the square .. resisted arrest … The judge decided to send the boys to the state industrial school… it was no prison and it was no disgrace. Mr. Radley thought it was. If the judge released Arthur, Mr. Radley would see to it that Arthur gave no further trouble. Knowing that Mr. Radley’s word was his bond, the judge was glad to do so.

1.     What did Arthur, the “Radley boy” do when he was in his teens?

2.     Why didn’t anyone tell his father?

3.      Why did the judge release Arthur?

Option 1 Base your answers on the reading. Use evidence from the text.

According to …legend, when the younger Radley boy was in his teens he and the Cunninghams …formed the nearest thing to a gang ever seen in Maycomb.

1.     What did Radley do when he was young?

They did little, but enough…they hung around the barbershop; they rode the bus …they experimented with…whiskey.

2.     What kind of things did the gang do?

Nobody in Maycomb had nerve enough to tell Mr. Radley that his boy was in with the wrong crowd.

3.     Why did no one tell his father he was in the wrong crowd?

One night… the boys backed around the square .. resisted arrest … The judge decided to send the boys to the state industrial school…

4.     What happened one night?

If the judge released (let go)  Arthur, Mr. Radley would see to it that Arthur gave no further trouble.

5.     What would Mr. Radley do if the judge let Arthur go?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.1.16

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.

Topic: Today we begin a new novel: To Kill a Mockingbird. This is the opening paragraph. The narrator is Scout Finch, Jem’s younger sister and Atticus Finch’s daughter.  In this paragraph she is an older person going back to her childhood.  Today we did a brief summary of the main characters, the setting and the plot

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Option 3: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed…he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt. When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

Write a two sentence paragraph summary of the first paragraph of the story.  To help you, think of today’s lesson and use the five W’s. Who, What,Where, When, and Why.

Option 2: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed…he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at right angles to his body… He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt. When enough years had gone by…we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

1.      Who is the narrator of the story (the person telling the story)?

2.      What happened to her brother?

3.      How did he damage his arm? Describe

4.      Did Jem care? How do you know?

5.      What were the events leading to the problem? 

Option 1: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

1.    What happened to Scout’s brother?

When it healed… His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right;

2.    What happened to Jem’s arm when it healed?

.. He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt.

3.    Did Jem care? Why or why not?

When enough years had gone by…we sometimes discussed …his accident. I maintain (say) that the Ewells started it all,

4.    What happened years later?

but Jem, who was four years my senior (older), said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill … first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.

5.    What did Jem say happened?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.30.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Today we are starting a new novel : To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Below is small biography about the author.

Option 3: Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the brilliantly written To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book instantly became a best seller internationally and was also adapted into an Academy Award winning movie in 1962. Although Harper’s contribution to literature has been limited to one novel only, she has achieved what many writers can only wish for even after authoring volumes.

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and member of the Alabama State Legislature. Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house. Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer. Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys for being sissy and dressing up in fancy clothes. Their exemplary childhood companionship was to grow stronger into a lifelong friendship.

She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in 1950 where worked at an airline as a reservations officer. It is during her time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1959.

1.       How successful was Harper Lee’s novel?

2.       What did she accomplish with just one book?

3.       Where was she from and who were her parents?

4.       How is she described?

5.       When and where did she finish her manuscript?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of … To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book instantly became a best seller internationally and was also adapted into an Academy Award winning movie in 1962. ..

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and member of the Alabama State Legislature. Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house. Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer. Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys for being sissy and dressing up in fancy clothes. Their …childhood companionship was to grow stronger into a lifelong friendship.

She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in 1950 where worked at an airline as a reservations officer. It is during her time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1959.

1.       Who is Harper Lee?

2.       Where was she born?

3.       Who were her parents?

4.       How was she as a little girl?

5.       When and where did she finish her book?

Option 1: Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of … To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book.. became a best seller… and was also adapted (made) into a… movie in 1962. ..

1.Who is Harper Lee?

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and … mother was … unwell and mostly stayed inside the house.

2. When and where was she born?

 Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer.

3. Where did she spend most of her childhood? Doing what?

Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys ...

4. How was she as a young girl?

She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in 1950.... It is during her time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1959.

5.When and where did she write her book?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.29.16

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.

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 3: Base responses on reading. Write complete sentences. Use evidence from the passage and what you remember.

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...

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.  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).

Option 2: Base responses on reading. Write complete sentences. Use evidence from the passage and what you remember.

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...

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 1: Base responses on reading. Write complete sentences. Use evidence from the passage and what you remember.

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.

1.    Who do you think is writing?

2.    Who is the dark boy?

Remembering- -- and this time it didn't hurt--- a quiet… sixteen-year-old whose hair needed cutting badly…One week had taken all three of them (clue Dally, Bob and who else?)

3.    Do you think the writer is happy or sad? Explain why.

 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.

4.    Who was he writing for? What did he wonder?

 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...

5.    Do you like that the first sentence of the story is also the first sentence of the story? Explain why?

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HW Mr Padilla 11.28.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians. Please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3:  Read the passage and answer the questions below:

.. I recognized Randy Adderson, Marcia's boyfriend, and the tall guy that had almost drowned me. I hated them. It was their fault Bob was dead; their fault Johnny was dying; their fault Soda and I might get put in a boys' home. I hated them as bitterly and as … Dally Winston hated. Two-Bit put an elbow on my shoulder. "You know the rules. No jazz before the rumble," he said to the Socs.

"We know," Randy said. He looked at me. "Come here. I want to talk to you."

I glanced at Two-Bit. … I followed Randy over to his car, out of earshot of the rest. We sat there in his car for a second, silent. Golly, that was the tuffest car I've ever been in. "I read about you in the paper," Randy said finally. "How come?"

“I don't know. Maybe I felt like playing hero."

"I wouldn't have. I would have let those kids burn to death."

"You might not have. You might have done the same thing."

Randy pulled out a cigarette and pressed in the car lighter. "I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. I would never have believed a greaser could pull something like that."

" 'Greaser' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn't have. It's the individual."

1.         How did Ponyboy feel about randy and the Socs?

2.         What did Ponyboy blame Randy for?

3.         What did Randy want to talk about?

4.         What does Randy say he would have done?

5.         Does Ponyboy believe Randy? How do you know?

Option 2:  Read the passage and answer the questions below:

.. I recognized Randy Adderson, Marcia's boyfriend, and the tall guy that had almost drowned me. I hated them. It was their fault Bob was dead; their fault Johnny was dying; their fault Soda and I might get put in a boys' home…Two-Bit put an elbow on my shoulder. "You know the rules. No jazz before the rumble," he said to the Socs.

"We know," Randy said. He looked at me. "Come here. I want to talk to you."

… I followed Randy over to his car, out of earshot of the rest. We sat there in his car for a second, silent. Golly, that was the tuffest car I've ever been in. "I read about you in the paper," Randy said finally. "How come?"

“I don't know. Maybe I felt like playing hero."

"I wouldn't have. I would have let those kids burn to death."

"You might not have. You might have done the same thing."

Randy pulled out a cigarette and pressed in the car lighter. "I don't know… I would never have believed a greaser could pull something like that."

" 'Greaser' didn't have anything to do with it. My buddy over there wouldn't have done it. Maybe you would have done the same thing, maybe a friend of yours wouldn't have. It's the individual."

1.         Why did Ponyboy hate Randy so much? Explain.

2.         What did Ponyboy feel about Randy’s car?

3.         What did Randy ask Ponyboy?

4.         What was Ponyboy’s response?

Option 1 : Read the passage and answer the questions below: Read the passage and answer the questions below: 

.. I recognized Randy Adderson, Marcia's boyfriend, and the tall guy that had almost drowned me.

1.       Who did Ponyboy recognize?

I hated them. It was their fault Bob was dead; their fault Johnny was dying; their fault Soda and I might get put in a boys' home…

2.       Why did Ponyboy hate the Soc’s and Randy?

“. I want to talk to you."

… I followed Randy over to his car, out of earshot of the rest. We sat there in his car for a second, silent…Randy said finally. "How come?"

3.       What did Randy want from Ponyboy?

4.       What did Randy ask Ponyboy?

 “I don't know. Maybe I felt like playing hero," said Ponyboy.

"I wouldn't have. I would have let those kids burn to death," Randy said.

"You might not have. You might have done the same thing."

5.       Would did Randy say?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.23.16

Homework :Dear parents/guardians, assist your child with today’s homework:

Option 3:  Read the passage and answer the questions below:

“Ponyboy, listen, don't get tough. You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be..."said Two-Bit.

What was the matter with Two-Bit? I knew as well as he did that if you got tough you didn't get hurt. Get smart and nothing can touch you...

"What in the world are you doing?" Two-Bit's voice broke into my thoughts.

I looked up at him. "Picking up the glass."

He stared at me for a second, then grinned. "You little sonofagun," he said in a relieved voice. I didn't know what he was talking about, so I just went on picking up the glass from the bottle end and put it in a trash can. I didn't want anyone to get a flat tire.”

Do you agree with Two-bit when he says to Ponyboy: You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be? Why?

How does Ponyboy feel about what Two-Bit says?

Do you think that Two-Bits is trying to protect Ponyboy? Why or why not?

Why did Ponyboy want to pick up the bottle?

What do you think Two-Bit thought Ponyboy wanted the bottle for?

Option 2: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

“Ponyboy, listen, don't get tough. You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be..."said Two Bit.

What was the matter with Two-Bit? I knew as well as he did that if you got tough you didn't get hurt. Get smart and nothing can touch you...

"What in the world are you doing?" Two-Bit's said.

I looked up at him. "Picking up the glass."

He stared at me for a second.... "You little sonofagun," he said…I didn't know what he was talking about, so I just went on picking up the glass…put it in a trash can. I didn't want anyone to get a flat tire.”

What did Two-bit tell Ponyboy?

Do you agree with what Two-bit says to Ponyboy? Why or why not?

What does Ponyboy think about being tough? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

What was Ponyboy doing? What did Two-Bits say?

Do you think that Two-Bits is trying to protect Ponyboy? Why or why not?

Option 1: Read the passage and answer the questions below: Read the passage and answer the questions below: 

“Ponyboy, listen, don't get tough. You're not like the rest of us and don't try to be..."said Two Bit.

1.       What did Two-bit tell Ponyboy?

What was the matter with Two-Bit? I knew as well as he did that if you got tough you didn't get hurt. Get smart and nothing can touch you...

2.       What does Ponyboy think about being tough?

"What in the world are you doing?" Two-Bit's said.

I looked up at him. "Picking up the glass."

3.       What was Ponyboy doing?

He stared at me for a second.... "You little sonofagun," Two-Bit said…I didn't know what he was talking about, so I just went on picking up the glass…put it in a trash can. I didn't want anyone to get a flat tire.”

4.       What did Two-Bit call Ponyboy?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.21.16

Homework: dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 1: Read the passage and answer questions below:

“Shut up about last night! I killed a kid last night.  How’d you like to live with that!!?”

1.     .           Why doesn’t Johnny want to talk about last night?

“We’re all cried out now.  We’re getting’ used to the idea. We’re going to be okay now.” …I relaxed.  We could take whatever was coming now.

2..       After he cried, how did Ponyboy feel about his situation?

Of all of us, Dally was the one I liked the least.  He didn’t have Soda’s understanding, or humor, or Darry’s superman qualities.

3.        Who did Ponyboy like the least?

Option 2: Write a paragraph in which you discuss (use these questions to help you  organize your thoughts)

 “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and, the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”

A.    Who is talking in this passage?

B.     What does this quoute mean to you? “Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”

C. Do you belive that people are not that different in the end? And if so, why do people fight so much?

Option 3: Compare and contrast these two passages.  

A.    … "The U.S. is a unique country that stands for something special in the world." One of the things that it stands for is …that a great nation can consist …of … people of different,… cultures can live… side by side…

B.     “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and, the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.”

What do these two passages have in common?

What is different about them?

What is the message that ties these 2 together?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.18.16

Dear parent/guardian: Please assist your child with today's homework.

Option 1:  "I've been thinking about … that poem…he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn. It's just when you get used to everything that it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be, I want you to tell Dally to look at one…I don’t think he’s ever really seen a sunset…There’s still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he know’s.”

Task: We have discussed how love and the idea of staying gold are important themes in The Outsiders. Write a letter to a friend in which you explain how gold and love are both precious.  Remember to warn your friend about the danger of loving gold too much.

Option 2:  "I've been thinking about … that poem…he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green. When you're a kid everything's new, dawn…Like the way you dig sunsets, Pony. That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be, I want you to tell Dally to look at one…I don’t think he’s ever really seen a sunset…There’s still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he know’s.”

1.       What does Johnny say he was thinking about?

2.            What does he tell Pony “staying gold means’?

3.            What advise does  give Ponyboy?

4.           What message does he have for Dally? Why?

Option 3:

"I've been thinking about … that poem…he meant you're gold when you're a kid, like green.

1.     What has Johnny been thinking about?

2.     What does the poem mean?

When you're a kid everything's new, dawn…Like the way you dig (like) sunsets, Pony.

3.     What is everything like when you are a kid?

 That's gold. Keep that way, it's a good way to be, I want you to tell Dally to look at on…There’s still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don’t think he know’s.”

4.     What is a good way to be?

5.     What does Johnny want Ponyboy to tell Dally?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.17.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Passage from Quilt of a Country:

Option 3:  Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

The reality is often quite different… stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry. Slavery …the burning of crosses …Children learn in social-studies class and in the news of the lynching of blacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay men…

—… apartheid in America.... historians must have forgotten the past,.

—… What is the point of a nation …always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights……Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because …Terrorism…

—Yet …the overwhelming majority … agreed with this statement: "The U.S. is a unique country that stands for something special in the world.”

1.       What reality is the author talking about?

2.       What do children learn in the news and in class?

3.       What example does the author give of people who don’t get along?

4.       What is bringing Americans together today?

5.    

Option 2: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

The reality is often quite different… stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry. Slavery … Children learn in social-studies class and in the news of the lynching of blacks, the denial of rights to women, the murders of gay men…

.... historians must have forgotten the past,.

—… What is the point of a nation …always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights……Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because …Terrorism…

—Yet …the… majority … agreed with this statement: "The U.S. is a unique country that stands for something special in the world.”

1.            What reality is the author talking about?

2.            What do children learn in the news and in class?

3.            Who is always close to fisticuffs?

4.            What is bringing American together today?

Option 1: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

The reality is often quite different… stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry, slavery... historians must have forgotten the past,

1.       What have historians forgotten?

—… What is the point of a nation …always on the verge (close to)  of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights…

2.       Who is always close to fisticuffs?

…Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because …Terrorism…

3.       What is bringing American together today?

—Yet …the… majority … agreed with this statement: "The U.S. is a unique country that stands for something special in the world.”

4.       What do the majority of Americans agree with?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.16.16

Homework:  Dear parent/guardian: Please assist your child with today's homework. Your child should read one of the passages below and choose a task option.

Option 1: Based on today’s readings:

* "You read a lot, don't you, Ponyboy?" Cherry asked.

I was startled. "Yeah. Why?"

She kind of shrugged. "I could just tell. I'll bet you watch sunsets, too." She was quiet for a minute after I nodded. "I used to watch them, too, before I got so busy..."

I pictured that, or tried to. Maybe Cherry stood still and watched the sun set while she was supposed to be taking the garbage out. Stood there and watched and forgot everything else until her big brother screamed at her to hurry up. I shook my head. It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and, the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

Task:

Explain why different social classes should focus on commonalities (the things we share in common) over our differences. Do you think this would work? Explain why or why not. (write 3-5 sentences). Give examples from the readings.

Option 2: Based on today’s readings:

** "You read a lot, don't you, Ponyboy?" Cherry asked.

I was startled. "Yeah. Why?"

She kind of shrugged. "I could just tell. I'll bet you watch sunsets, too." She was quiet for a minute … "I used to watch them, too, before I got so busy..."

I pictured that… Maybe Cherry stood still and watched the sun set while she was supposed to be taking the garbage out. Stood there and watched and forgot everything else until her big brother screamed at her to hurry up. .. It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and, the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

Task: KWL: Write a paragraph in which you share the following:

What you knew about the topic of: How can finding commonalities help bridge social divide?

What you learned about the topic?

How can you use this information in real life?

Option 3: Based on today’s readings:

Cherry and Ponyboy are having a conversation.

She (Cherry) … shrugged. "… I'll bet you watch sunsets, too." She was quiet for a minute … "I used to watch them, too, before I got so busy..."

1.       What is Cherry sure that Ponyboy does?

2.       What did Cherry stop doing and why?

Pony boy thought:… Maybe Cherry stood still and watched the sun set while she was supposed to be taking the garbage out...

3.       What was Ponyboy thinking?

It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and, the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

4.       What seemed funny to Ponyboy?

5.       What does Pony think is not different after all?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.15.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3:

 Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.

Johnny closed his eyes and rested quietly for a minute. Years of living on the East Side teaches you how to shut off your emotions. If you didn't, you would explode. You learn to cool it.

A nurse appeared in the doorway. "Johnny," she said quietly, "your mother's here to see you."

  Johnny opened his eyes. At first they were wide with surprise, then they darkened. "I don't want to see her," he said firmly.

"She's your mother."

"I said I don't want to see her." His voice was rising. "She's probably come to tell me about all the trouble I'm causing her and about how glad her and the old man'll be when I'm dead. Well, tell her to leave me alone. For once" ---his voice broke--- "for once just to leave me alone." He was struggling to sit up, but he suddenly gasped, went whiter than the pillowcase, and passed out cold.

Task:

1.       What kind of things are learned on the streets?

2.       What does living on the East Side teach greasers?

3.       How did Johnny take it when he heard his mom arrived?

4.       Do you believe Johnny should have treated his mother the way he did? Explain why?

5.       Do you agree or disagree with this quote by Ponyboy? Explain why? “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.”

Option 2:

Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.

Johnny closed his eyes and rested…Years of living on the East Side teaches you how to shut off your emotions. …

A nurse appeared…"Johnny," she said quietly, "your mother's here to see you."

            Johnny opened his eyes. …"I don't want to see her," he said firmly.

"She's your mother."

"I said I don't want to see her." His voice was rising. "She's probably come to tell me about all the trouble I'm causing her … Well, tell her to leave me alone. For once" ---his voice broke--- … He was struggling to sit up, but he suddenly gasped, went whiter than the pillowcase, and passed out cold.

Task:

1.       What kind of things are learned on the streets?

2.       What kind of things are seen  on the streets?

3.        What does living on the East Side teach greasers?

4.       Why do you think Johnny doesn’t want to see his mom? Explain.

5.       As a teenager who lives in NYC, do you agree with this quote, explain why?

 “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see”

Option 1: Base your response on the reading.

Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the sights you want to see.

1.    What does Ponyboy say about the streets?

Johnny closed his eyes and rested…

A nurse appeared…"Johnny," she said quietly, "your mother's here to see you."

2.    What did nurse say to Johnny and what did Johnny respond? 

            Johnny opened his eyes. …"I don't want to see her," he said firmly.

"She's your mother."

"I said I don't want to see her." His voice was rising. "She's probably come to tell me about all the trouble I'm causing her … Well, tell her to leave me alone. For once" ---his voice broke

3.    Why doesn’t Johnny want to see his mother?

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HW Mr. Padilla 11.14.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.  

Option 3: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

One morning I woke up earlier than usual. Johnny and I slept huddled together for warmth---Dally had been right when he said it would get cold where we were going. Being careful not to wake Johnny up, I went to sit on the steps and smoke a cigarette. The dawn was coming then. All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it broke off and floated away in small clouds. The sky was lighter in the east, and the horizon was a thin golden line. The clouds changed from gray to pink, and the mist was touched with gold. There was a silent moment when everything held its breath, and then the sun rose. It was beautiful.…

"The mist was what was pretty," Johnny said. "All gold and silver."

"Uhmmmm," I said, trying to blow a smoke ring.

"Too bad it couldn't stay like that all the time."

"Nothing gold can stay." I was remembering a poem I'd read once.

"What?"

"Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."

…."You know," Johnny said slowly, "I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before." He thought for a minute.

1. Underline al the descriptive words in the passage (for example, valley, gold, clouds, etc).

2.  Look up any underlined words in google images (like valley) if you are not sure what it looks like.

3. What does” Nature's first green is gold” mean to you?  

4. What is Ponyboy talking about?

5. What could this mean: “Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour”?

Option 2: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

One morning I woke up earlier than usual…All the lower valley was covered with mist, and sometimes little pieces of it broke off and floated away in small clouds… The clouds changed from gray to pink, and the mist was touched with gold. There was a silent moment … and then the sun rose. It was beautiful.…

"The mist was what was pretty," Johnny said. "All gold and silver."

"Uhmmmm," I said, trying to blow a smoke ring.

"Too bad it couldn't stay like that all the time."

"Nothing gold can stay." I was remembering a poem I'd read once.

"What?"

"Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."

…."You know," Johnny said slowly, "I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them. It seems like they were never there before." He thought for a minute.

1.       What did Pony do when he woke up? What did he see?

2.       What did Johnny find pretty?

3.       After Ponyboy recited the poem to Johnny, what did Johnny say?

Option 1: Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. Write complete sentences. Use examples from the reading to support your points.

One morning I woke up earlier than usual…All the lower valley was covered with mist….

1.      What happened in the morning?

The clouds changed from gray to pink, and …touched with gold. There was a silent moment … and then the sun rose. It was beautiful.…

2.      How did the clouds change?

3.      What did Ponnyboy feel about this moment?

"The mist was what was pretty," Johnny said. "All gold and silver."…

"Too bad it couldn't stay like that all the time."

4.      How does Johnny describe the midst? 

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