OVERVIEW:

  • Are we ready to rumble?!?! Are they? The Socs and the Greasers have the big rumble and the Greasers get ready to fight. While the guys prepare physically, Pony prepares mentally by asking the guys why they fight.
  • Big things continue to happen!
  • Darry is up against an old high school friend (a Soc!)
  • Frost’s poem is referenced again.
  • Pay attention to what it means this time!

VOCABULARY:

Figuring out the

meaning of the

word using the

context clues!

“Tim grinned ruefully, probably thinking of his roughneck, hard-headed brother” (139).

Turn to page 139 and look at the CONTEXT of this quote.

What was going on? Who was talking to whom? About what?

Think about the conversation the two are having. What might a rueful grin mean?______

Now look it up. What does ruefully mean? ______

What part of speech is ruefully? ______

Think of a trick to help remember the meaning of this word.

May the best trick win! (We’ll vote next class!)

Choose one of the quotes from the list. For the quote you chose, explain how the quote parallels/reminds you of social relationships you see in your everyday life. Write your answer in paragraph form. (Obviously, there aren’t Greasers and Socs at WMS, but there are different social groups. How do the quotes you chose apply to the 7th grade or middle school social groups or individuals? - Write your answer on the back of this paper.

“I’m a grease, same as Dally. He’s my buddy.” - (Ponyboy, p23)

“You take up for your buddies, no matter what they do. When you’re a gang, you stick up for the members. If you don’t stick up for them, stick together, make like brothers, it isn’t a gang anymore. It’s a pack.” (Ponyboy, p 26)

“All Socs aren’t like that…That’s like saying all you greasers and like Dallas Winston.” (Cherry, p 45)

“I mean…if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, it’s not personal or anything…” (Cherry, p45)

“Socs are just guys after all. Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. (Ponyboy, p 143)

“You know, the only thing that keeps Darry from bein’ a Soc is us.” - (Two Bit, p 126)

“Darry and the Soc walked slowly in a circle. Even I could feel their hatred. They used to be buddies, I thought, they used to be friends, and now they hate each other because one has to work for a living and the other comes from the West Side.” (Ponyboy p. 143)