I AM AN AUTHOR Featuring

“THE OUTSIDERS”INSTRUCTIONS:Please use markers to decorate pages B, D, 2, 4, 6, 8. 10,

12, 14, etc… Colored pencils and/or crayons pencils may be too light to reproduce. You may use illustrations on any page, but illustrations and text on the odd numbered pages (A, C, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, etc…) must be written in black ink only.

Copy the following notes. Then, in your NEATEST handwriting, you will copy the notes again onto you book pages. DO NOT CROSS OUT ANYTHING! Make sure that you leave at least a half inch margin around the entire page. Copy the notes and the examples onto the pages indicated. Please follow the page directions!! When you are finish copying all of the notes and writing your original pieces on this packet, get your teacher’s approval before beginning to copying your book onto the appropriate book pages. See the rubric on the back of the Table of Contents handout to see how you will be graded on this project.

Bonne Chance!

Name _____________________________________ Date ___________________ Period _________

COMPONENT MASTERY PROFICIENT EMERGING NOVICEIllustrations Colorful, well thought out,

representative of all written content 10-8 points

Colorful, well thought out, representative of some written content 5-7 points

Several nice pictures, some seem rushed 2-4 points

Pictures are disorganized, no correlation to writing

Directions Followed all directions for the project 40-50 points

Most directions for project were followed 30-39 points

Most direction were not followed 20-29 points

Followed no directions 0-19 points

Cover Art/Title Cover art is complete, in color, and relevant to book content 40-50 points

Cover art is complete, in color, but irrelevant to book content 30-39 points

Cover art is complete, not in color, and irrelevant to book content 20-29 points

Cover art is complete, in color, and relevant to book content 0-19 points

Pages Each page has the correct and specific content. 130-150 points

Most pages have the correct and specific content. 100-129 points

Many pages have incorrect content. 99-75 points

Most pages have incorrect content.

Timeliness Assignment turned in on time.20 points

Assignment turned in one day late 15 points

Assignment turned in 2-5 days late 10- points

Assignment turned in more than 5 days late

Title page Title page contains title of book, author’s name and an epigraph 40-50 points

The title page contains the title of the book and author’s name 30-39 points

Title page contains the title of the book or author’s 20-29 points

The title page is blank.

0-19 points

Dedication page Dedication written to a specific person, contains a message, and uses a pronoun. 10-8 points

Dedication written to a specific person and contains a message

5-7 points

Dedication written to a specific person or contains a message 2-4 points 0-1 point

Table of Contents Table of contents is complete, all page numbers correspond to the listed content, it is free of spelling and punctuation errors

40-50 points

Table of contents is complete, all page numbers correspond to the listed content, there are a few spelling and punctuation errors

30-39 points

Table of contents is complete and there are a few spelling and punctuation errors

20-29 points

Table of contents is incomplete, page numbers do not correspond to the listed content, many spelling and punctuation errors 0-19 points

Writing Writing has appropriate ideas, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, and presentation. (6+1traits ) 130-150 points

Writing has 4-5 6+1 traits

100-129 points

Writing has appropriate ideas, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, and presentation. (6+1) 99-75 points

Writing has appropriate ideas, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, and presentation

Teacher Comments _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Table of ContentsPage # Table of Contents

A Title Page with Author’s NameB Table of Contents

Name _____________________________________ Date ___________________ Period _________

COMPONENT MASTERY PROFICIENT EMERGING NOVICEIllustrations Colorful, well thought out,

representative of all written content 10-8 points

Colorful, well thought out, representative of some written content 5-7 points

Several nice pictures, some seem rushed 2-4 points

Pictures are disorganized, no correlation to writing

Directions Followed all directions for the project 40-50 points

Most directions for project were followed 30-39 points

Most direction were not followed 20-29 points

Followed no directions 0-19 points

Cover Art/Title Cover art is complete, in color, and relevant to book content 40-50 points

Cover art is complete, in color, but irrelevant to book content 30-39 points

Cover art is complete, not in color, and irrelevant to book content 20-29 points

Cover art is complete, in color, and relevant to book content 0-19 points

Pages Each page has the correct and specific content. 130-150 points

Most pages have the correct and specific content. 100-129 points

Many pages have incorrect content. 99-75 points

Most pages have incorrect content.

Timeliness Assignment turned in on time.20 points

Assignment turned in one day late 15 points

Assignment turned in 2-5 days late 10- points

Assignment turned in more than 5 days late

Title page Title page contains title of book, author’s name and an epigraph 40-50 points

The title page contains the title of the book and author’s name 30-39 points

Title page contains the title of the book or author’s 20-29 points

The title page is blank.

0-19 points

Dedication page Dedication written to a specific person, contains a message, and uses a pronoun. 10-8 points

Dedication written to a specific person and contains a message

5-7 points

Dedication written to a specific person or contains a message 2-4 points 0-1 point

Table of Contents Table of contents is complete, all page numbers correspond to the listed content, it is free of spelling and punctuation errors

40-50 points

Table of contents is complete, all page numbers correspond to the listed content, there are a few spelling and punctuation errors

30-39 points

Table of contents is complete and there are a few spelling and punctuation errors

20-29 points

Table of contents is incomplete, page numbers do not correspond to the listed content, many spelling and punctuation errors 0-19 points

Writing Writing has appropriate ideas, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, and presentation. (6+1traits ) 130-150 points

Writing has 4-5 6+1 traits

100-129 points

Writing has appropriate ideas, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, and presentation. (6+1) 99-75 points

Writing has appropriate ideas, conventions, voice, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, and presentation

Teacher Comments _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C DedicationD Standards1 About the Author2 Acrostics3 Character Analysis4 Setting5 Conflict6 Illustration7 Cause and Effect8 Illustration9 Compare/Contrast (Book v. Movie)

10 Illustration11 Poetry Collection12 Poetry Collection13 Poetry Collection14 Illustration15 Personal Reflection16 Peer Signature Page

DedicationELACC6W3

This book is dedicated to __________________________________

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StandardsDedication PageELACC6W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Acrostic: ELACC6RL1: Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

Character AnalysisELACC6RL3: Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves towards a resolution.

Setting Map: ELACC6RL5: Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Conflict Chart ELACC6RL3: Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves towards a resolution.

Cause and EffectELACC6RL5: Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.

Compare and ContrastELACC6RL7: Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch.

Poetry CollectionELACC6RL9: Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.

Personal ReflectionELACC6RL9: Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.

About the AuthorS.E. Hinton was and still is, one of the most popular and best known writers of young adult fiction. Her books have been taught in some schools, and banned from others. Her novels changed the way people look at young adult literature.

Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has always enjoyed reading but wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults, which influenced her to write novels like The Outsiders. That book, her first novel, was published in 1967 by Viking.

Once published, The Outsiders gave her a lot of publicity and fame, and also a lot of pressure. S.E. Hinton was becoming known as "The Voice of the Youth" among other titles. This kind of pressure and publicity resulted in a three year long writer's block.

Her boyfriend (and now, her husband),who had gotten sick of her being

depressed all the time, eventually broke this block. He made her write two pages a day if she wanted to go anywhere. This eventually led to That Was Then, This Is Now.http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html

ACROSTIC ELACC6RL1

Example: Soda’s ex-girlfriendAnxiousNoncommittalDaughterYoung

Character AnalysisELACC6RL3

Appearance: ____________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thoughts: ______________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Effects on Others: _______ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

SettingELACC6RL5

Does this character change during the course of the story?___ How? _______________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Actions: ________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ConflictELACC6RL3

Type of Conflict Example of Conflict

Which type of conflict is in The Outsider? ___________________Explain your answer: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Illustration of a Specific Conflict

Cause and EffectELACC6RL5

Cause EffectPony falls asleep with

Johnny in the vacant lot.

Pony develops difficulties doing his schoolwork, keeping his balance, remembering things, and everything he eats tastes like baloney.

Bob and Randy are drinking at the Nightly Double.

Jerry did not help Pony and Johnny rescue the kids from the burning church.

Johnny goes to the park with Pony so that he can cool off before he goes home to face Darry.

Illustration of a Cause and Effect Situation

Compare and Contrast the Book vs. the Movie

ELACC6RL7

BOOK MOVIE ___________________________________________

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ELACC6RL7: Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text, including contrasting what they “see” and “hear” when reading the text to what they perceive when they listen or watch._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

PoetryELACC6RL9

AlliterationDefinition: Alliteration is a poem with words that begin with the same letter or sound.Example: *One wet Wednesday, wildly swimming was one wet whale.

*To teach two tempered boys was terribly terrifying.

BOOK MOVIE ___________________________________________

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PersonificationDefinition: Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an animal, object, or idea.

Example: The moon creeps, In the midnight air.

It speaks, Of a single soul.

It sings, Of story untold.

HyperboleDefinition: A hyperbole is a poem that uses extravagant

exaggeration.

Example: “The Hippo”A head or tail – which does it lack?I think his forward’s coming back!He lives on carrots. Leeks, and hay;He starts to yawn – it takes all daySometime I think I’ll live that way!

Onomatopoeia

Definition: Onomatopoeia is the Greek word that means “name-making.” The word imitates the sound it represents. It makes language fun to say and hear.

Examples: zoom, snap, hiss, bang, clash, boom, thud, sizzle

Simile and MetaphorSimile Definition: A simile is a comparison between two unrelated objects using “like” or “as.”

Simile Example: His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow.

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow; -Clement Clarke Moore

Metaphor Definition: A metaphor is a comparison between two unrelated objects (does not use “like” or “as.”)

Metaphor Example: “Dreams”

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field That has no snow.

-Langston Hughes

RhymeDefinition: The most widely used poetic technique in English poetry from the middle of the 12th century until the middle of the 20th century. Rhyme that occurs at the end of lines is called end rhyme.

Rhyme SchemeDefinition: End rhyme is the element people most frequently associate with poetry. To determine the rhyme scheme, assign each line a letter of the alphabet. Lines that rhyme are given the same letter.

Example: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”Nature’s first green is gold, aHer hardest hue to hold. aHer early leaf’s a flower; bBut only so an hour. bThen leaf subsides to leaf. cSo Eden sank to grief, cSo dawn goes down to day. dNothing gold can stay. d

-Robert Frost

Personal ReflectionELACC6RL9

Illustration

Student Signature Pages