October 13, 2014 - Stargirl chapters 23 and 24

Homework: Bring your copy of Stargirl next week. Vocab quiz on Monday - chapters 23-30

ObjectiveI can make inferences and evaluate Stargirl's rising action as the story moves toward

the climax.

Warm Up:Take out a sheet of paper. Put your name in the upper right hand corner. On the title line, write Stargirl vocabulary quiz 13-22. Skip the line underneath

the title line and then number 1-11.

What is a noun?

What are 4 types of nouns?

What is a verb?

What are 2 types of verbs?

To be...or not to be

I...You...He, she, it...We... They...

I am cold

So today we will split up sentences based on nouns and verbs. We will split sentences into subjects and predicates.

subject predicate

The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about

The predicate tells what the subject is or does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdUXxdmhIsw

Turn to chapter 23 (pg. 126). Read the first paragraph one sentence at a time. For each sentence, ask: What is this sentence about? (that will be your subject). Then ask: What is this subject doing or being? (that will be the start of your predicate).

Those were the best times, when we were alone, together, out of school. We took long walks around town and into the desert, to her enchanted place. We sat on park benches and people watched. I introduced her to strawberry banana smoothies. I borrowed the pickup and drove us to Red Rock and Glendale. On weekends we went to Archie's. On his back porch we talked of a thousand things and laughed and swooned in pipesmoke and at pizza. She presented her oratorical speech to Senor Saguaro. We never spoke of the shunning. I loved weekends. But Mondays always followed Sundays.

Leo learns about Stargirl's information sources and her card game.

Stargirl invites Leo to her house for dinner.

Leo learns about Stargirl's happy wagon and her Peter Sinkowitz scrapbook.

Stargirl and Leo have their first kiss.

Warm up: Copy the following questions and vocabulary words into your notes

Chapters 23 and 24

1. What did the students say about Stargirl during the shunning period?2. What was Leo’s reaction to the “Stargirl loves Leo” banner?3. What was Leo’s crime?

swooned (126) morale (127) 1. On his back porch, we talked of a thousand things and laughed and swooned in pipe smokeand ate pizza.

2. To see one of their own priming the opposition did something to the team's morale that hours of practice could not overcome.

swooned

be emotionally affected by someone or something that one admires;

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morale

the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time.

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