Dialect, Allusions and Vocabulary

Greaser

• someone who fixes cars

• a term used to describe the boys from the east side

• someone who puts grease in their hair

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Soc

• short for socials, the term used to describe the kids from the West Side

• a person who wears socks

• someone who does not wear socks

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Jet Set

• people who fly for a living

• an airline captain

• wealthy and fashionable people

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

For kicks

• Just for fun

• someone who fights a lot

• a serious discussion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What is a cancer stick?

• dynamite
• cigarette
• asbsetos
• gun

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

If someone is "woofin", they are 

• kidding
• yelling
• trying to blow down a house
• breathing hard

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If they souped up your car, what did they do?

• modify it
• crash it
• wreck it
• paint it

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

If you have a heater, what do you have?

• cuss words
• a knife
• a gun
• a promise

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

What's a rumble?

• a blade
• a big fight
• a job
• a problem

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What's a Corvair?

• a knife
• a pen
• a fight
• a car

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3