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DANGEROUS MINDS

Background Information and Vocabulary. DANGEROUS MINDS. Background Information. Author: LouAnne Johnson Previously published as “My Posse Don’t Do Homework” The book is based on actual incidents involving real people, but the names of all the people and places have been changed.

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DANGEROUS MINDS

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  1. Background Information and Vocabulary DANGEROUS MINDS

  2. Background Information • Author: LouAnne Johnson • Previously published as “My Posse Don’t Do Homework” • The book is based on actual incidents involving real people, but the names of all the people and places have been changed. • Dedication: For all the kids who hate school…why? • Some characters are composed of two or more real people.

  3. Background Information • Not presented in chronological order • Each chapter is a separate “snapshot.” • Some students appear more than once. • Covers a four year period: • Year 1= intern… taught two sophomore English classes- 1 regular and 1 accelerated • Year 2= Academy program launched- taught two periods of Academy sophomore English and two periods of Non-English Proficient students 9-11.

  4. Background Information • Academy program: • School within a school • Funded by U.S. government grant • Reduced class sizes (max 25 students) • Resource periods for teachers to provide personal instruction and counseling • Enrollment=voluntary and begins in tenth grade • Must have average or above-average standardized test scores to qualify • Students stay with the same teachers and students for their three years in the program.

  5. Vocabulary (1-3) • 1. Dawned: • As soon as I saw her sad face, it dawned on me that something was wrong • Verb • Definition: Realized something for the first time • 2. Invariable: • Mass, unlike weight, is invariable • adjective • Definition: always happening in the same way, at the same time

  6. Vocabulary (1-3) • 3. Astute: • You must be an astute politician in order to win elections. • Adjective • Definition: able to understand situations or behavior very well and very quickly, especially so that you can get an advantage for yourself • 4. Painstakingly • The old painting was painstakingly restored. • Adverb • Definition: very careful and thorough • 5. Indignant: • Liz was indignant at the way her child was put into time out. • Adjective • Definition: angry or surprised because you feel insulted or unfairly treated

  7. Vocabulary (1-3) • 6. Scapegoat: • She believed she had been made a scapegoat for what happened just because she was at the scene. • Noun • Definition: someone who is blamed for something bad that happens, even if it is not their fault • 7. Mesmerize: • The first time I saw Mary, I was mesmerized by her beauty. • Verb • Definition: cannot stop watching or listening to someone or something because they are so attractive or have such a powerful effect • 8. Awry: • My carefully laid plans already went awry when I showed up late. • Adjective • Definition: when something doesn’t happen the way it was planned.

  8. Vocabulary (1-3) • 9. Quell: • Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances. • Verb • Definition: to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force • 10. Simulate: • Interviews can be simulated in the classroom. • Verb • Definition: to make or produce something that is not real but has the appearance or feeling of being real • 11. Transpire: • Exactly what happened that day has yet to transpire. • Verb • Definition: to discover that something is true or happened.

  9. Vocabulary (1-3) • 12. Leverage: • The kidnapper held the man’s daughter as leverage. • Verb • Definition: influence that you can use to make someone do what you want • 13. Demolish: • The entire east wing of the building was demolished in the fire. • Verb • Definition: to destroy or ruin something completely • 14. Exorbitant: • The exorbitant rent prices made me look at other apartments. • Adjective • Definition: much higher than it should be • 15. Stale: • Other marriages might go stale, but not theirs • Adjective • Definition: not interesting or exciting anymore

  10. Chapter 2 • Ms. Johnson: • 35 years old • 9 years military experience- range of jobs (journalist, editorial assistant, marines) • Has a “firm hand”= strict, disciplined, won’t tolerate nonsense • “not too old too learn” • Inference about Miss Sheppard: that she couldn’t handle the students anymore

  11. Chapter 2 • “free reign”= you can do whatever you want • Ms. Johnson experience so far: • No plans • No support from the English supervisor or VP • Not told the truth about the kids she is taking on • Not told the truth about why the teacher left • Hal Gray = master teacher (help a new teacher) • “Outshouting kids is like trying to teach a pig how to sing.” (Hal’s advice) • Simile

  12. Chapter 2 • Italicized lines = thoughts in character’s head • Miss Johnson’s rules: • 1. Respect (yourself and others) • 2. No racial, ethnic, and sexual slurs will not be tolerated. • 3. Everyone starts off with an A, and it is up to the student to keep it. • Personal responsibility.

  13. Vocabulary – Ch. 4-6 • 1. Jaded: • The concert should satisfy even the most jaded critic. • Adjective • Definition: when someone is no longer interested in or excited by something, usually because they have experienced too much of it: • 2. Cynic: • Even hardened cynics believe the meeting is a step towards peace. • Noun • Definition: someone who is not willing to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something • 3. Unnerve: • He was unnerved by the way Sylvia kept staring at him. • Verb • Definition: to upset or frighten someone so that they lose their confidence or their ability to think clearly

  14. Vocabulary • 4. Riveted: • All eyes were riveted on her in horror. • Verb • Definition: being so interested or so frightened that you keep looking at something • 5. Anonymity: • One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the White House took the threat very seriously. • Noun • Definition: when other people do not know who you are or what your name is • 6. Feign: • Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room. • Verb • Definition: to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc

  15. Vocabulary • 7. Vigil: • Eva and Paul kept a constant vigil by their daughter's hospital bedside. • Noun • Definition: a period of time, especially during the night, when you stay awake in order to pray, remain with someone who is ill, or watch for danger • 8. Repertoire: • Ex: the behavioral repertoire of infants • Noun • Definition: the total number of things that someone or something is able to do • 9. Recoup: • The movie will have to be a huge hit to recoup its cost. • Verb • Definition: to get back an amount of money you have lost or spent • 10. Appall: • The way we kill animals appalls a lot of people. • Verb • Definition: to make someone feel very shocked and upset

  16. Vocabulary • 1. Misconception: • Noun • an idea which is wrong or untrue, but which people believe because they do not understand the subject properly • 2. Preconception • Noun • a belief or opinion that you have already formed before you know the actual facts, and that may be wrong • 3. Incensed: • Adjective • Very angry

  17. Vocabulary • 4. Inkling: • Noun • A slight idea about something • 5. Mutiny: • Noun • refuse to obey the person who is in charge of you, and try to take control for yourself • 6. Erudite: • Adjective • showing a lot of knowledge based on careful study

  18. Vocabulary • 7. Elucidate: • Verb • to explain something that is difficult to understand by providing more information • 8. Elude: • Verb • to escape from someone or something, especially by tricking them • 9. Diminutive: • Adjective • small • 10. Inadvertently • Adverb • without realizing what you are doing

  19. Vocabulary (9 & 10) • Despair (p.110): a feeling that you have no hope at all • Berserk (p.111): to become very angry and violent • Intriguing (p.115): something that is intriguing is very interesting because it is strange, mysterious, or unexpected

  20. Vocabulary (9 & 10) • Untidy (p.119): not neat • Sulk (p.119): to be silently angry and refuse to be friendly or discuss what is annoying or upsetting you - used to show disapproval • Self-indulgent (p.119): allowing yourself to have or do things that you enjoy but do not need, especially if you do this too often - used to show disapproval: • Gullible (p.120): too ready to believe what other people tell you, so that you are easily tricked

  21. Vocabulary (9 & 10) • Defiant (p.122): clearly refusing to do what someone tells you to do: • Hastened (p.123): to make something happen faster or sooner • Blunt (p.122): speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people • Retort (p.124): to reply quickly, in an angry or humorous way • Fink (p.127): someone who tells the police, a teacher, or a parent when someone else breaks a rule or a law; a person who you do not like or respect

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