You will be posting one comment on these readings. Be sure to place all required portions of your assignment on this single posting! No nick names or undue silliness!
Step I
Use reciprocal reading in small groups to read chapter 7.
Step II
As a group, compose a CTS activity sheet on the chapter. Your worksheet should have three sections.
- Content Comprehension: four activities that begin with the words: tell, show, who, what, when, where, label, differentiate, quote, name (one mark each)
- Text Analysis: three activities that begin with: explain, describe, contrast, arrange, select, , infer, examine, compare or illustrate (2 marks each)
- Synthesize : two tasks that require the individual to evaluate the text. Begin with: assess, decide, rank, grade, test, measure, recommend, convince, select, judge, explain, discriminate, support, conclude, compare, summarize (3 marks each)
Be sure that each member of the group has a copy of the CTS sheet, and feels comfortable completing each task.
Task 2
Step I
Read chapter 8 individually. While reading, answer the following:
- What tone is the author attempting to develop in this chapter? Gather ten words the author uses that help develop this tone.
- Post your answer to the comment board when you are uploading your response to Task 4.
Step II
Using the paper provided, design and a visual representation of how chapter 8. Your artwork should match the tone of the chapter. You may utilize a selection of the words you gathered in Step I.
Task 3.
Plan and compose a persuasive paragraph that explains how the author develops themes within her novel. Be sure to follow the Statement, Evidence, Explanation model. Successful responses will utilize some of the following:
- varied sentence starters
- a direct quotation
- triple modifiers
- a however, furthermore, nevertheless starter
- at least one good quality vocabulary term
- a clear "sometimes people..." statement
- a logical clinching sentence
Task 4...Posting:
Step I: Read the paragraphs posted by your peers. Identify at least one thing you liked about someone else's paragraph.
Step II: Post your tone ideas.
Step II: copy your own SEE paragraph onto the posting board.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 8 the author tries to create a tone of anger, but not intense anger, not the dark side. Just anger at being completely helpless. Ponyboy feels completely helpless because he can't help Johnny. Dally feels helpless and angry because he's trying to beat the Socs that cannot be beaten. Johnny feels helpless because he's a dead man. This results in the entire gang becoming angry. When they are angry they can be very dangerous.
ReplyDeleteWORDS:
helplessness
chicken (as in cowardly)
desparate
afraid
help
pretended
deathly
worriedly
panicky
juiced up
TASK 2
The author developes themes in her novel by palcing characters in situations that demonstrate the theme that are closely followed by descriptions involving words with connotations that match the tone. This is demonstrated on page 56 just after Johnny says that he killed Bob. It says "Bob, the handsome Soc, was lying there in the moonlight, doubled up and still. A dark pool was growing from him, spreading slowly over the blue-white. I looked at Johnny's hand. He was clutching his switchblade, and it was dark to the hilt. My stomach gave a violent jump and my blood turned icy." The author uses words that match the tension in the paragraph. This is a useful tool when writing.
JoSePh
In this chapter she tries to bring in the theme of anger and helplessness. She does this by bringing up many things that they can no longer change like the way Johnny may die or the way that they have no control over how his court goes. All of these things make them angry. There are also many ways of doing this. She also does it by using powerful vocabulary words in her sentences with anger of helplessness and in the others use words that are not so powerful. She does these things lots in this chapter and that are some of the ways that she creates anger and helplessness.
ReplyDeleteBy: Tofer Dang
The main tone in chapter eight is one of desperation. Everybody is worried about Johnny and Dally. By making the chapter so urgent, it makes us empathize with Ponyboy, and through the author’s eloquent writing style, we see this time as a stressful one for Ponyboy. S.E. Hinton’s choice of a setting helps to set the tone even more. Hospitals are miserable and generally (forgive my word choice) desperate places. Here are ten words that help to set the tone.
ReplyDelete1. Pleaded
2. Gasped
3. Faltered
4. Struggling
5. Fearful
6. Hesitation
7. Demanded
8. Sharply
9. Feel sorry for
10. Helplessness
Sometimes people need many themes in a story to be completely interested in it. S.E. Hinton develops many themes in her novel The Outsiders. She develops her themes in a realistic way by relating the book to realistic events. She says in her interview that she tried to write a novel that was relevant to young people’s life. People were shocked by the themes in the book, which is evidence enough that the themes were different. By writing about characters and events that we can all relate to, her themes become stronger. A common theme in her novel is prejudice against other people, and hate. However, many authors try to evoke themes that have happy connotations, to mask what the real world is. Part of the reason her book was –and is, so successful is that she did not try to mask the truth. She brought it forward, where it would finally be recognized. Writing a story without properly defining themes that people don’t like to think about is easy. Writing a successful novel that embraces these themes is not.
I liked Joseph’s paragraph because he used varied sentence length and a direct quote from the novel. Furthermore, that quotation was actually relevant to his writing. His quotation was also an example of some of the themes in the book (hate, guilt, etc.). By using a quotation in his paragraph, Joseph connected it directly to the novel, making his writing stronger.
Mary
The author in chapter 8 created anger in a form of sadness the characters Such as Dally he feels sad for Johny and is not taking it out Gingerly. And Pony feels sad and helpless for Johny. Johny is Angry because he is helpless and a broken man.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore Dally and Pony are angry and worried about Johnny dieing.
Task 2
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In chapter 8, the author develops a tone that is hopeful and scary at the same time. Ponyboy and the rest of the gang are hopeful towards Johnny, however, his condition is scaring them at the same time. They do not want him to die, so they are hopeful, but they are also scared because they think he might. Cherry Valance is hopeful too, but she hopes that everything will turn out all right between the greasers and the Socs. She is afraid of what might happen at the rumble. The tone in this chapter is full of hope and fright.
Some words that help to develop the tone of hope and fright are numbly, faltered, ashamed, deathly, helplessness, struggling, firm, pleaded, strengthened and cold.
Task 3
In The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton develops a variety of themes that help to enhance our understanding of the book. She utilizes these themes when she is comparing and contrasting, and when the characters are in tricky situations. One theme in this story is: Sometimes people are automatically dismissive and ignorant towards situations because they are quick to make judgements. In our novel, Cherry Valance states “Do you realize how scarce nice kids are these days?”(pg. 129) This line occurs when Cherry realizes that Ponyboy, a greaser, is a nice kid. However, when other people look a Ponyboy, they judge him by his looks and by the reputation of greasers, not by what is inside. Cherry is one of the first people to say this type of thing to him. In general, the Socs are dismissive of the greasers and this is not fair. They have not taken the time to get to know the greasers and consequently, they prejudice them. Therefore, by using this example, I’ve proven that S.E. Hinton develops themes in her novel that help to enhance the meaning of the book and our perspective on her characters.
I really like Mary’s posting. The way that she described what S.E. Hinton did in her novel was thorough and well written. I also like how she used information from the interview to prove her statement. Her way of comparing the themes in The Outsiders to the themes in other novels was agreeable, reasonable and interesting to the reader.
-Sophia
Chapter 8 Activities
ReplyDeleteTone: I think that in this section of the novel a negative tone is developed. Here are some words that help support my ideas…
• hurt
• dying
• crying
• passed out cold
• afraid
• scared
• razor sharp
• angry
• killed
• ashamed
• tears
SEE Paragraph:
Sometimes people create ideas and important messages in literature to create effect. In the novel, The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton uses many themes to create effect and influence others with important advice. An example of when she uses a prevailing theme is when she states a quotation that gives you the idea of “Sometimes people’s feelings can affect their behaviour.” Hinton use various themes throughout her novel, some of which can be life long lessons. Adding rhetorical tools, sentence starters and important ideas can make you a much more sophisticated writer, I think when reading we should try to recognize these specific features.
Peer Paragraph Comment:
I enjoyed reading Joseph’s paragraph because it had an elaborate statement and strong evidence. Joseph also used some good vocabulary terms and had a straight to the point message.
Natalie
The tone or theme that the author created in chapter 8 was anger, fear,tears and helplessness by the way she makes it so Ponyboy and Two-bit couldn't help Johnny. " Two-bit didn't notice the expression in his voice. It's true, I thought numbly, he is dying." This shows the tone and theme as anger by having Ponyboy to have numbly thoughts for Johnny.
ReplyDeleteWords:
Afraid
Kill
Die
Helpless
Grin
Black
Angry
Tears
Hurt
Swore
nicholas
Task 1: I believe S.E. Hinton is trying to develop the tone anger and/ or being defenseless in this chapter. I believe this because Ponyboy is angry at the fact that Johnny is dying and that he can’t do anything about it. Ponyboy also gets angry at Cherry Valance because she says that she can’t visit Johnny. The author uses words like these to develop tone.
ReplyDelete• Numbly
• Alarmed
• Quivering
• Arguing
• Hard
• Deathly
• Snapped
• Sharply
• Mean
• Ornery
Task 3: Sometime people utilize themes to create certain effects in novels. S.E. Hinton, the author of “The Outsiders” utilizes themes that impact her book in many eloquent, expressive and powerful ways. For example, she alludes to famous books and events throughout the novel. In the interview at the back of the book, she says that, “I never begin to write unless I have something to say... I wanted something realistic to write about.” This quote tells me that she enjoys writing about the solutions and realism. However, by utilizing allusions and actual situations, people were “shocked at first by the realism” because they had never read a book like it. This was a good thing because S.E. Hinton wanted those certain themes to be included in her story. When S.E. Hinton utilizes allusions and you figure them out, you get a really good understanding of what she is trying to say. In my opinion, it helps you remember the important morals the novel teaches you even more.
I really enjoyed reading Mary’s paragraph because she utilized great sentence starters and a detailed SEE paragraph. She also really read the criteria, and included most of it in her paragraph. Clearly, Mary’s paragraph was wonderfully written.
Shay
Comment on Joe's para-graphy-thingy...
ReplyDeleteI liked Joe's paragraph because the use of good vocabulary like 'demonstrate' and 'tension'. I like the use of a quotation from another chapter that directly relates to this section.
Stress
ReplyDeleteSorrow
Worry
Friendship
Anger
Cowardice
Disappointment
Alone
Hesitation
Nerves (As in being nervous and feeling sick to your stomach.)
Sometimes people feel stressed which leads to depression. This ‘Sometimes people’ Theme is created by the author in ‘The Outsiders’. Using tone can add dramatic effect and change the whole ‘mood’ of the area. A rhetorical tool that can be used to create tone is pathetic fallacy. Tone is created with the words anger, and sorrow. Johnny didn’t want to die at 16 and the author described that scene using words that emphasized the scene with anger and sorrow.
Tea
In Chapter 8 the author uses tone to show how sad, scared, and helpless Ponyboy is for Johnny. Ponyboy wants to help Johnny, who is going to die, but there is nothing he can do about this situation.
ReplyDeleteWords:
helplessness
critical
quietness
desperate
afraid
worried
firmly
serious
beautiful
golden
fearful
Task 3
The author develops theme by using tone words to describe how the characters are feeling. She also describes what the mood is like. If it's tense, quiet, or noisy. “ We went in practically on tiptoe, because the quietness of the hospital scared us.” This is a great example of tone. It tells us what the mood was like and how the characters walked into the room. This was when Two-Bit and Ponyboy went to meet Johnny. In chapter 8 the author shows the hate that the Greasers have for the Socs and also Ponyboy realizes that the Socs aren't that bad after meeting Randy. They are the same.
Prabtaj
The tone of chapter 8 is very misplaced and disoriented. Dally cannot simply understand what Johnny is saying about the useless fighting, Pony doesn't want to accept that Johnny is dieing and tries to deny it. Two-Bit also says that Darry could be a Soc but sticks with the gang because he is the leader of the gang and without him the gang would have no founder.
ReplyDeleteGasped
Faltered
Struggling
Fearful
Hesitation
helplessness
chicken (scared)
desparate
afraid
Panicky
In the novel ‘The Outsiders’, the author S.E. Hinton uses specific words to develop tone and themes in different sections. For Example, in chapter eight S.E. Hinton develops theme by thoroughly developing tone. “You wanna know something Ponyboy, I used to talk about killing myself all the time.” This theme of how the greasers are trash and no good for anything is important to all the greasers, but when Johnny goes to the country and sees a sunset and thinks about his life, he discovers that just because he cannot be accepted by everyone doesn’t mean that he can’t be accepted by everyone else. Johnny learns that the fighting is useless, and discovers that his life has been for nothing. His death will mean nothing and the fighting will continue. He will try to get the point across to Ponyboy.
Step 1-
ReplyDeleteThe tone the author is developing is one that is gloomy, perturbed, angry and confused. By incorporating the following words, negative emotions are felt throughout the chapter.
Critical
Rumble
Alarmed
Darkened
Hatred
Panicky
Helplessness
Deathly
Desperate
Ashamed
Step 3 –
S.E.Hinton develops themes within her novel by making bold statements, allusions, plot twists and unexpected events. An example of this is when Johnny praises Dally for cursing, this exemplifies the theme of ‘sometimes people praise unexpected heroes’ or ‘sometimes people appreciate traits not worth appreciating’. However, later on in the novel, S.E.Hinton introduces an unexpected event when Johnny says that ‘fighting is no good’ (page 148) in response to the gang’s victory, and the theme of ‘sometimes people realize what is important in life, and when they do it may be too late’ comes to mind. Subsequently, the author develops new ideas and perspectives that change the plot and intrigue the reader.
Tamzin
The tone of chapter eight contains a lot of fear and darkness. There are ten words of which show darkness and fear, numbly, still, white, quivering, scared, killing, darkened, fearful, angry and afraid. These words have a negative conotation; they seem to do with dying and helplessness. This is relevant to chapter eight’s storyline as Johnny is in critical condition and there is a fight that is going to occur so there is dread and harming of one another coming up.
ReplyDeleteS.E. Hinton developed many themes in her novel The Outsiders. She does this by having words and descriptions that have a connotation to them and give a tone for the piece of writing. An example of one of these texts is on page 121, “ you want to know something, ponyboy? I’m scared stiff. I used to talk about killing myself…” he drew a quivering breath. “I don’t want to die now. It aint long enough. Sixteen years aint long enough…” the words scared, killing and quivering give the tone of fear and despondence. Her selection of words gives a deeper feeling and meaning to the portion of writing so you can really put your self in the character’s position. Clearly she Cleverly, thoughtfully and effectively uses a wide vocabulary through out her book, creating more feeling in her novel.
Grade seven and eights comments contained a very high standard and were thoughtfully and carefully written. Personally, I thought that Nicholas’s posting stood out as he was concise and straight to the point but his comment was still composed with care and thought.
milllicent
In my opinion, Millie's comment was excellent because it contained interesting ideas and valid information. It also explained and utilised rhetorical tools, which enriched her work.
ReplyDeleteTamzin
The tone developed in this chapter is a blend of sacrifice and violence. This is shown in stuff like the rumble and in Johnnys death. The connotation of the chapter is bad because violence and sacrifice are never ussually good things. In Johnny dying it sets off fireworks in Dallys head and causes him to have a meltdown and to go do what he does best which is to cause trouble. This could cause many of the other people who loved Johnny to go mad too.
ReplyDeleteIn the novel S.E. Hinton uses specific words to develop tone and themes in different sections. In chapter eight she develops theme by developing tone. “I used to talk about killing myself all the time.” This theme of how the greasers feel unwanted and unwise for anything such as in school ,but when Ponyboy went to the church and saw the sunset he thinks about his life. He discovers that just because he can't be wanted by some people doesn’t mean that he can’t be wanted by other people. Ponyboy discovers that the fighting is useless, and learns that his life has been for nothing so far. At the end of this chapter Johnny tells ponyboy to stay gold thus proving that Johnny has discovered what life is about and that everyone is the same with different amounts of money.
Trevor