The Outsiders Follow-up

Character Activity:

*Choose one of the following characters as the focus of your follow-up activity.

*Identify your selelcted character as the focus of a bubble map. Provide text evidence (quotes from novel) to support descriptors. Include the page number.

Ponyboy Darry Sodapop Johnny Dally Two-Bit Cherry Bob

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Character Traits:

quiet firm carefree loyal wild

strong sassy heroic lazy strict

charming bitter humorous devoted

considerate skittish beautiful risky

intelligent hopeless cold dangerous

determined understanding serious golden

happy-go-lucky desperate muscular

empty confused accepting handsome

Text Evidence: directly quote the book using passages that support a specific trait; can be something the character said or was said to or about the character

ex:

character: Darry

trait: determined

text evidence: “He’s got eyes that are like two pieces of pale blue-green ice. They’ve got a determined set to them, like the rest of him.” (6)

*the text evidence can be a direct characterization as in the example or an indirect characterization like below:

“Darry isn’t ever sorry for anything he does.” (6)

Text Citation

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print.

Doe, John. Mrs. Winter’s Class Rules. Spring: Winter Publishing House, 2013. Print.

Now you make the citation for The Outsiders.

The Outsiders Follow-upDraft:*Choose three most effective adjectives/text evidence describing your chosen character*Brainstorm symbols (concrete objects representing character traits) that effectively stand for your chosen character*Write the citation for the novel in the following format:

Author’s Last, First. Title. City: Publisher, Year. Print.

Final:*Open blank slide in Power Point*Choose a solid color background (stick with light color)*Choose Word Art design—type character’s first name in size 18*Position name as focal point of slide*Create 3text boxes and inside type descriptive adjective*Create additional text boxes and inside each type text and page number that supports each trait*Use clip art to find and insert appropriate and effective symbols for your character*Create text box at bottom left and type citation in size 10*Create final text box at bottom right and type your name in size 10

determined

“He’s got eyes that

are like two pieces

of pale blue-green

ice. They’ve got a

determined set to

them, like the rest

of him.” (9)

Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. new York: Penguin Group, 2008. Print. J. Boyle-Spears