Thursday, August 16, 2012

Bad Haircut Test Tomorrow!

Here you can post your notes from today's class for your test over Bad Haircut tomorrow. 

The sections for your test tomorrow will be as follows:

1. Identifying characters using specific details

2. Identifying significant objects using specific details

3. Answering short answer questions about plot points in the novel

4. Responding to a short essay about the following prompt: Using specific examples from Bad Haircut, describe Buddy's interactions with people in the different groups he joins throughout the novel. Is he able to cultivate a sense of belonging in these groups? Why or why not?

3 comments:

  1. Reposting Corbin's group's notes:

    ID Characters
    Coach Bielsui- Drivers Ed teacher and the football coach
    Kevin- Buddy's best friend when he was thirteen. Asked Buddy to write poems for him and got payed
    Zirko- Witnessed Buddy getting punched in the face. Wanted to help Buddy by getting the lifeguard back
    The Weiner Man- Punched a teenage boy in the face for not picking up the cigarette he threw on the guard. Friends with Buddy's mom. Worked in his Franksmobile
    Rocky- The running back on the football team. buddy's friend who would give him rides. Also dated Wendy.
    Randy- The line backer on the football team who got arrested for DUI and punched his girlfriend in the face
    Caravello- the guy (Buddy's friend) who drove the white camaro, asked Buddy to take the basketball from the black kid.

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  2. • Andy Zirko
    Went out with Angela
    Stole from Stepdad
    Left to live with brother at beach house
    Later went to the woods
    Paid Buddy to write letters and poems, and deliver roses to Angela
    Got sent to rehab
    Destroyed the snowman
    • Wendy Edwards
    She liked to read
    She went out with Rockey
    Because of Buddy her dog got put down
    Shortly after her dad died
    She wouldn’t stand up for the pledge
    Got detention and later suspended for it
    • Mike Amalfi (Weiner Man)
    Went to school with Buddy’s mom
    Beat up a tough guy who threw a cigarette butt at him
    Works at hot dog stand
    Lives in the Frankmobile
    • Harold “The Dork” Daggett
    Is a cub scout with Buddy and his friends
    Got kicked out of a Catholic school den
    Buddy and his friends all ignored him
    Gave a speech about how hot dogs and hamburgers are from Germany
    • Neil Caravello
    Drove Buddy around in his Camaro
    He tried to get Buddy to have sex with Tina
    Made Buddy steal the basketball from the black guy

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