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Out of the Dust Study Guide |
Out of the Dust Study Guide for unit test on Feb. 29
vocabulary:
Crouched 3
Bawling 3
Fierce 3
Fidgety 4
Revenge 6
Riled 11
Bounty 16
Whittled 16
Dazzled 24
Spindled 26
Locomotive 32
Ratcheted 32
Sorghum 40
Quaking 41
Plowboy 42
Drought 43
Poppies 44
Cobbler 45
Searing 46
Gripe 49
Lesson Handouts:
1. The Dust Bowl
2. Troubled Times
3. Detailing mood
4. Personify it!
5. Tone in poetry
6. Capturing Characters (conflicts in Out of the Dust and how characters act in response to these)
7. Looking for Lines (text support that gives clues about Billie Jo’s relationship with her parents)
8. Be a Literary Detective (inference)
9. Plot Relationship Chart (analyzing plot and writing conflict statements)
10. Connecting theme – How does the novel illustrate two themes: Forgiveness allows a relationship to grow. Hope and acceptance can be found within ourselves.
11. prepositional magic
12. prepositional poetry – also study DGP folder
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Extra Credit options due Feb 25 |
Out of the Dust
Writing Enrichment Activities
Choose one to turn in as homework. You may choose a second as extra credit. Follow all directions:
All work must be done on loose leaf paper. Include a rough draft with changes in another color. Write a good, revised copy on new paper. Staple the good copy to the rough copy. Make all changes on that rough copy in the second color. Show all work by adding new ideas to margins, crossing out unwanted phrases and words, or extending with new sentences added. The best rough drafts are the sloppiest!
Writing Options:
1. Add a new ending to the novel. What if Out of the Dust ended differently? What would happen next after the final poem? Write an additional poem/chapter showing what would happen to Billie Jo and her dad. You can write in free verse like Karen Hesse, or you can write in paragraphs.
2. Pretend to be Billie Jo and write a letter in her voice to Livie in California. Have Billie Jo tell Livie everything that happened to her after Livie left. Include in the letter how you felt, changed, grew, and persevered through all the events that happened. Tell Livie how you have become a better person. Write in first person perspective (use the “I” pronoun) since you are pretending to be Billie Jo.
3. Re-read “Nightmare.” Write a poem about a nightmare or dream you have had. Describe it in detail and include similes and personification in your poem.
4. While Billie Jo had run away, what do you imagine her father would have been thinking, feeling, or doing? Write a free verse poem or several paragraphs from his perspective describing how he felt about losing Ma and then losing Billie Jo.
5. Pick your favorite poem from the novel and draw a picture depicting the major events and relationship detailed in that poem. Then, write 2 paragraphs explaining why that was your favorite. Also, explain how effectively Karen Hesse used figurative language in that poem (similes, metaphors, personification.)
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