Outsiders 2

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Name: ______________________________ The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton Chapter 2 Activities Part 1: Vocabulary 1. Read over the following definitions so that when you come across the word in chapter one, you will understand the meaning. Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 embarrass: (em –bair- ess) Roguishly: Winced to cause somebody to become (roe-gush-lee) (past tense of wince): painfully self-conscious, (form of the word rogue) to make an involuntary ashamed, humiliated, or ill at rogue: Somebody who is movement away from ease dishonest, especially somebody something because of pain or who is nevertheless likable fear “Struck dumb” unable to speak because of being surprised by something someone did or said, or by something you saw Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Incredulous: (in-credulous) Stalked Innocent (in-no-sent): Unable or unwilling to believe (past tense of stalk): Pure and uncorrupted by evil, something or completely Stalk: verb – to walk off in a sin, or experience of the world unconvinced by it stiff, angry, or proud way Defensively Fiery (fire eel): Nonchalantly (form of the word defense 1.)Burning or full of fire (form of the word nonchalant and defensive (de- fen –sib2.) full of or prone (inclined) to (non-shall-aunt) calm and lee) sudden extremes of emotions unconcerned about things; Defensive: aiming to avoid synonyms: laid-back; cool; perceived (what one believes to relaxed be) criticism; synonyms: selfprotective, distrustful

Page 27 Imitation(s) (form of the word imitate) (imp –uh-stations) the act or an instance of imitating somebody or something, or using something or somebody as a model smothered smother: to deprive somebody or something of air or be deprived of air

Page 28 Shanghaiing (form of the word shanghai – (sang – hi) 1.)to trick or force somebody by force to do something or to go somewhere 2.) to recruit somebody forcibly into the navy

Bickering (form of the word bicker): to argue in a bad-tempered way about something unimportant Page 30 Sarcastically (form of the word sarcastic – (sir –caps-tic) characterized by words that mean the opposite of what they seem to say and make fun of something or somebody, or express irritation

2 Page 32 Stricken (form of the word strike) deeply or very badly affected by something such as grief, misfortune or trouble

Page 33 Vaguely (form of the word vague vain): 1.)not having or knowing a clear meaning of something 2.) unclear in thinking or expression

Page 34 Rebellious (re-bell-yes) (form of the word rebel) opposing or defying authority, accepted moral codes, or social conventions law-abiding (law – u-by-ding) adding (form of the word abide) voluntarily and habitually obeying the law

Part 2: Fluency Check Directions: On the Time to Beat line below, you will write the time that it took your teacher to read the list of 10 words. Then you use a stopwatch and will practice beating that time. When you are ready to go for your “official time,” ask your teacher to time you. Place that time on the Official Time line 1. embarrass

Time to beat:

2. dumb-struck 3. roguishly 4. winced

1. innocent 2. defensively

Practice times: 1st time: _____

3. bickering 4. annoyed

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5. incredulous

2 time: _____

5. imitations

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6. fiery

3 time: _____

6. smothered

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7. hesitation

4 time: _____

7. shanghaiing

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8. stalked 9. nonchalantly 10. nonchalant

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Time to beat:

5 time: _____ Official time: _____________

8. sarcastically 9. stricken 10. rebellious

Practice times: 1st time: _____ 2nd time: _____ 3rd time: _____ 4th time: _____ 5th time: _____ Official time: _____________

3 Part 3: Comprehension Check When you finish the chapter, do the following: 1. Write a chapter summary by following these steps: a. First, complete the 5+ Ws (Who?, What happened?, Where? When? Why?, and How did the “what happened” make the character(s) feel/react? b. Second, use the 5+Ws information to write a two to three sentence summary. 2. Think of a chapter title and explain why you chose it. 3. Write a double journal entry: a. Find and copy a meaningful piece of the text (It can be a piece of dialogue or a piece of description.) b. Copy it into your notebook c. Under the copied text draw a line under it to separate it from your reaction/response that you will write below this line. d. Under the line write your reaction/response. (For example, tell how the selected text made you feel, or give an opinion you formed after reading it)