Your short stories are due on Thursday, October 31. Also, do questions #6-8 on The Outsiders.
Period 3:
Your short stories are due on Thursday, October 31. You will also have to hand in the planning sheet with your story.
Also, answer questions #1-3 on The Outsiders. Try answering #4 if you can.
Finally, review your short story vocabulary words because on Wednesday, you will have a quiz on them. They are as follows:
- boast (v): to brag
- hobble (v): to walk with a limp
- smother (v): to suffocate
- cataract (n): 1) a cause of blindness because of clouded lenses 2) a waterfall
- sham (n and adj): (n) something that is fake (v) bogus; false
- ponder (v): to think carefully about something before making a decision
- proverb (n): a short saying that expresses an obvious truth or piece of advice
- dislodge (v): to knock or force out of position; to remove someone from a place of power
- corrupt (adj): dishonest actions in return for money or personal gain; made unreliable by errors or alterations
- pumice (n): a spongy, light, volcanic rock
- askew (adj): not straight, not level
- timidity (n): shyness or fearfulness
- remorse (n): a feeling of guilt
- luster (n): a gentle shine or soft glow
- dowdy (adj): dull, ordinary, not stylish
- maternal (adj): associated with mothers
- heretic (n): one who does not believe in commonly held ideas
- withering (adj): scorching heat or an intensely angry stare
- gusto (n): great enthusiasm
- pinnacle (n): the highest point
