The Outsiders
Grammar Fun!
The Lottery (the bad kind)
Octo-Defense
100

Who was the narrator of the novel?

Pony OR Ponyboy

100

What punctuation must you put around a sentence copied directly from a text?

Quotation marks 

100
Did the lottery take place in a small OR big town?

Small town

100

What is a defense mechanism?

a way in which something protects/defends itself

200

Who was Pony's favorite brother?

Soda OR Sodapop

200

What is it called when you read a longer text and write a shorter version of it in your own words?

Summarizing

200

What did the people of the town use to hold the slips of paper for the lottery?

an old box (a wooden one)

200

How many defense mechanisms did we learn about?

6

300

What kind of car did Bob drive? 

Mustang


300

Before you write a quote, you MUST tell your reader...

where you got the information (introduce the quote)

300

Who was chosen for the lottery?

Tessie

300

What is the plural form of Octopus?

Ocotopi

400

What is Pony, Soda, and Darry's last name?

Curtis

400

When finding the main idea, you ask yourself two questions: 

What is the _ _ _ _ _?

What is the _ _ _ _ _ _ saying about it? 

Topic

Author

400

Why did they participate in the lottery? What was the superstition behind it? 

They believed that it was good luck. If they participated, they would have a good harvest and be able to feed everyone in the town.
400

How does an octopus use its teeth/bite to protect itself?

Its teeth are very sharp. Its bite is venomous.

500

What was the name of Soda's horse that he had when he was younger?

Mickey Mouse

500
Explain how to write the "reasoning" portion of CER. 

you explain how your quote/evidence supports your claim. You put the evidence into your own words/elaborate.

500

When the author wrote "The Lottery," how did people feel about it?

They thought it was too twisted. They asked that it was removed from the papers. 

500

If an octopus looses its leg, what happens?

It can regrow it back !