The OutsidersBy S.E. Hinton

Name_____________________________________

Essential Questions How do perceptions lead to stereotyping and pressure to conform? Why is it important to recognize that all people have common life

experiences that are both positive and negative? What is loyalty and rivalry? What does power mean? What is identity?

Before Reading:

What is identity? (Define identity)

What are some examples of identity?

JOURNAL: In your composition books, describe your personal identity. What is your group of friend’s identity? Are they the same? Why or why not?

What is class?

How would you describe an upper class (Socs) household? How would you describe a lower class (Greasers) household?

What is race?

What is a clique?

What is a gang?

What is a stereotype?

Give an example of stereotype.

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STEREOTYPE GALLERY WALK ACTIVITYYour group will walk around the room a view several different people from all walks of life. You will record your observations below. Please answer the following questions when making your observations:

What is important to this person? What kind of job does or will this person have? If I met this person, would we be friends? Why or why not?

Person #1:

Person #2:

Person #3:

Person #4:

Person #5:

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Sizing Up PeopleWhen you meet new people your age, what interests you about them? Use the rating scale at the left. Circle the number that comes closest to showing how important you think each of the qualities on the right hand column is to you. Then compare your responses with those of your classmates.

Extremely Important

Not Very Important

1 2 3 4 5 the way they dress

1 2 3 4 5 their grades in school

1 2 3 4 5 the amount of money they have

1 2 3 4 5 the kind of possessions they have

1 2 3 4 5 the way they talk

1 2 3 4 5 their physical appearance

1 2 3 4 5 where they live in town

1 2 3 4 5 who their friends are

1 2 3 4 5 how they treat their friends

1 2 3 4 5 where they hang out

1 2 3 4 5 their ethnic background

1 2 3 4 5 their hobbies and interests

1 2 3 4 5 their sense of humor

1 2 3 4 5 their athletic abilities

1. Which of the qualities above are the most superficial? Which tell you something of true significance about the person? Do two of each.

Superficial (shallow, not important) Significant (important, matters)* *

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2. Which one of these qualities would you want to be judged by? Which would you not want to be judged by?

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NAME IDENTITYWrite a Name Identity poem for Ponyboy. Use each letter of Ponyboy’s name (like shown below) to create a sentence or single noun, verb, or adjective that describes Pony’s identity. Refer to Chapter 1 for character information.

P _____________________________

O _____________________________

N _____________________________

Y _____________________________

B _____________________________

O _____________________________

Y _____________________________

IDIOMS

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Definition: The natural way of using language. A fixed expression with a non-literal meaning.

Directions: Using context clues (the words around the idiom), state the implied meaning of the idioms below. You may work with a partner.

Saying Meaning“looking tough” (p. 1)

“lone it” (p. 1)

“digs movies” (p. 2)

“happy-go-lucky” (p. 2)

“get jumped” (p. 2)

“souped-up” (p. 3)

“tight knit” (p. 3)

“don’t use my head” (p. 4)

“bump on a log” (p. 4)

“bleeding like a pig” (p. 7)

“He gets drunk on plain living” (p. 8)

“tough as nails” (p. 9)

“lift a hubcap” (p. 9)

“tag a long” (p. 9)

“wise cracker” (p. 9)

Outsiders VocabularyChapters 1 & 2editorial

Chapters 3 & 4apprehensive

Chapters 5 & 6apparent

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hesitationincredulousnonchalantlyrebelliousreputationrivalrysarcasmsympatheticunfathomable

contemptdefianceelitegallantpremonitionrecklessruefulsophisticatedwince

bewilderconvictioneludeimploreindignantreluctantlysullentestifyvital

Chapters 7, 8, & 9abruptbleakconformitydivertexploithencemimicmournrecurringresemblance

Chapters 10, 11, & 12acquittedagonycircumstancedeliriousguardianimpactstuportriumphvaguecomposition

Instructions:1. Record each word’s definition in your journal. Make sure you know

the definition and part of speech. You also need to be able to use each word in a sentence. You will have two vocabulary tests for this novel.

2. Choose one word from each box above to create a word web. The required information is listed on the next page.

3. You will need to complete 5 word webs total.

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STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS

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Chapter 21. Why didn’t Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally pay to get into the drive-in

movie?

2. What is Cherry’s real name? Why is she called Cherry?

3. What did Cherry do when Dally brought her a Coke?

4. Give three reasons why Cherry and Marcia are not scared of Johnny and Ponyboy even though, like Dally, they are Greasers.

5. Why had Cherry and Marcia left their boyfriends at the drive-in?

6. What are two rules Greasers have for themselves?

7. How did Johnny get beaten up?

8. What did Cherry mean when she said, “Things are rough all over”?

Chapter 31. What did Cherry say was the main difference between the Socs and

the Greasers?

2. What was the name of Sodapop’s horse?

3. What happened to Soda’s horse?

4. Why did Ponyboy think that maybe his world and Cherry’s weren’t so different?

5. Why did Johnny stare at the rings on the Soc’s hand?

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6. Why did Cherry and Marcia let their drunken boyfriends drive them home?

7. What was the last thing Cherry says to Ponyboy before she leaves in the car?

8. How long has it been since Ponyboy’s parents were killed?

9. Why was Ponyboy late getting home?

10. Why did Darry get angry with Ponyboy and hit him?

11. Where did Ponyboy go after Darry hit him?

Chapter 41. What does Bob say a Greaser is?

2. What do the Socs do to Ponyboy?

3. What does Ponyboy see when he recovers consciousness?

4. Why did Johnny attack Bob?5. Where do Johnny and Ponyboy go when the leave the park?

6. What does Dally give Johnny and Ponyboy?

7. Where does Dally tell them to go?

8. How do they get there?

9. How do they find the church?

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Chapter 51. How does Johnny write a note to Ponyboy?

2. What is the one thing the Greasers are proud of?

3. What do Johnny and Ponyboy do to disguise themselves?

4. Why do Johnny and Ponyboy start crying?

5. How do Johnny and Ponyboy pass the time?

6. Who comes to visit Johnny and Ponyboy?

7. Pony boy receives a letter from whom?

8. Where do the police think Johnny and Ponyboy have gone?9. What is a “heater”?

10. Who is spying on the Socs for the Greasers?

Chapter 61. Why is Cherry helping the Greasers?

2. When they are at Dairy Queen, what does Johnny tell Dally he is going to do?

3. How have Johnny’s parents reacted to his running away?

4. What do the boys see when they reach the top of Jay Mountain?

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5. When is the only time Ponyboy can remember seeing Johnny without a defeated, suspicious look in his eyes?

6. Why does Dally hit Ponyboy?

7. How does Dally get burned?

8. How does Johnny get hurt?

9. What does Darry do when he sees Ponyboy in the hospital?

10. At the hospital Ponyboy realizes that Darry really cares for him. Why has Darry been so hard on Ponyboy in the past?

Chapter 71. Why do the photographers take so many pictures?

2. What does Ponyboy tell a reporter at the hospital he would do if he could do anything he wanted?

3. What do the doctors say about Dally’s injuries?

4. What do the doctors say about Johnny’s injuries?

5. What one food does Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry all like for breakfast?

6. Why does Darry leave the front door unlocked?

7. What charges were being brought against Johnny?

8. What will the court decide about Ponyboy?

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9. Where did Soda’s girlfriend go?

10. Why does Randy say the rumble between the Socs and the Greasers won’t solve anything?

Chapter 81. Why did the doctor let Two-Bit and Ponyboy in to see Johnny?

2. What two things does Johnny tell Two-Bit he wants him to bring?

3. Who comes to visit Johnny besides Ponyboy and Two-Bit?

4. What does Two-Bit give to Dally?

5. What does Two-Bit say keeps Darry from being a Soc?

6. Why does Cherry say she can’t visit Johnny?

Chapter 91. What are the two things Greasers have to be proud of?

2. Who is the only Greaser who doesn’t like fights?

3. Why is Tim Shepard’s kid brother, Curly, not going to be at the rumble?4. What weapons are going to be used in the rumble?

5. Why does Ponyboy feel he and his gang don’t belong with Tim Sheperd’s gang and the Brumley boys?

6. What are the rules for the rumble?

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7. Who joins the rumble at the last minute?

8. How did Dally get out of the hospital?

9. How does the fight end?

10. Where do Ponyboy and Dally go after the rumble?

11. How do they get there so quickly?

12. What does Johnny tell Ponyboy to do?

Chapter 101. How does Ponyboy get home from the hospital?

2. Why is Dally so upset about Johnny’s death?

3. Who phones Darry, and what does he want?

4. When the police catch up with Dally, what happens? Be specific.

5. What was wrong with Ponyboy?

6. What did Johnny leave for Ponyboy?

7. Why wouldn’t Ponyboy eat anything when he was sick?

8. Why is Ponyboy worried about whether or not he called for Darry when he was sick?

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Chapter 11 & 121. How does Ponyboy describe Bob?

2. Why does Randy come to see Ponyboy?

3. What two strange things does Ponyboy tell Randy?

4. Who is at the court hearing?

5. What does the judge decide about Ponyboy?

6. Why does Ponyboy’s English teacher want to talk to him?

7. What does Ponyboy do when he’s confronted by three Socs?

8. Why does Two-Bit grin when Ponyboy picks up the broken glass?

9. Why does Soda run out of the house?

10. Why is the last sentence of the book unusual?

Nothing Gold Can StayRobert Frost

Nature’s first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

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Assignment: Write a 1-page interpretation in your composition book about Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.” Refer back to Ponyboy’s description and recitation of the poem in Chapter 5.

GREASER/SOC JOURNALISMWrite a newspaper article from the point of view of either a Greaser or a Soc about one of the two following events:

• Johnny’s stabbing of Bob, or• Johnny and Ponyboy’s rescue of the children in the church

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Create a catchy and imaginative title and check for spelling and grammar. Remember to look in the text, Chapter 4 and Chapter 6, for useful information to include and influence your article.

The OutsidersLiterary Analysis: Symbols and Symbolic Poetry

Do you recognize any of the following symbols? Do you know what they stand for? Put your guess or answer on the line following each one.

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A symbol is an object that stands for or represents another object or idea, like the ones above. In literature, symbols can be anything, even common objects that mean something beyond themselves. Read and think about each question below. Circle the letter of the correct answer and write at least one sentence explaining the reason for your choice.

1. What did Corvairs and Mustangs represent to the Greasers?A. The Socs’ contempt for the GreasersB. The power of the SocsC. The wealth of the Socs’ families

Reason for choice:

2. What did the Confederate soldiers in Gone with the Wind represent to Johnny?D. The kind of gallantry on Dally’s partE. The evils of warF. A fear of authority and death

Reason for choice:3. What did their long, well-oiled hair symbolize to the greasers?

G. Pride in their good looksH. Dread of barbersI. Their identity as a unique group of people

Reason for choice:

4. What did Bob’s rings symbolize?

5. What did Soda’s horse, Mickey Mouse, symbolize?

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6. What did sunsets symbolize to Cherry and Ponyboy?

7. What did drive-in theaters symbolize?

8. Can you think of any other symbols in The Outsiders?

The Greasers and Socs1. Compare and contrast characteristics of the Greasers and the Socs

by sorting the nine words in the word bank into the appropriate Venn diagram categories.

2. Add at least 3 more words to the “BOTH” category and underline them.

3. Add at least 6 more words to either or both the “GREASERS only” and/or the “SOC only” categories and underline them.

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Comparing Identities: You vs. Who?Choose a character from The Outsiders who you feel you can relate with in terms of identity and personality OR choose a character who you feel you cannot relate with at all. For example, this character could be the complete opposite in identity and personality from you. Compare and contrast that character’s identity to your own identity. (You must have at least 3 similarities and 3 differences.) All responses must be typed. Think of the following questions as you write your response. Please complete/answer the following:

Would you both be in the same clique? Or different cliques? What characteristics are similar between you both? What characteristics are

different? Why are they similar or different? (Do not choose only superficial characteristics – hair color, eye color, etc.)

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Think of the character’s mistakes and accomplishments as well as growth in terms of identity, self-reflection, maturity, etc.

RUBRIC - Comparing Identities: You vs. Who?5

Excellent4

Good3

Acceptable2

Poor1

Very PoorOverall Evaluation

Consistently communicates ideas in a clear, well-organized, coherent fashion.

Often communicates ideas in a clear, well-organized, coherent fashion.

Communicates ideas in a clear, well-organized, coherent fashion.

Sometimes fails to communicate ideas in a clear, well-organized, coherent fashion.

Often fails to communicate ideas in a clear, well-organized, coherent fashion.

In-depthIdentityComparison

Exceptionally expresses identity and examines similarities/ differences.

Consistently expresses identity and examines similarities/differences.

Expresses identity and examines similarities/ differences.

Sometimes fails to express identity and examine similarities/ differences.

Often fails to express identity and examine similarities/differences.

Creativity: Demonstrates exceptional knowledge and a high level of personal reflection in an interesting and creative fashion.

Demonstrates consistent knowledge and an average level of personal reflection in an interesting and creative fashion.

Demonstrates basic knowledge and an average level of personal reflection in an interesting and creative fashion.

Sometimes fails to demonstrate basic knowledge and demonstrates little personal reflection.

Often fails to demonstrate basic knowledge and demonstrates no personal reflection.

Total Evaluation: ______/15 pointsThe Outsiders: Final Assignment

Due:

Choose one.

Project #1 Heroes:Create a poster, or other media project showing how different individuals are heroes. Then, write a 1-2 page essay explaining why you believe each of the ‘main’ Greasers could be considered a hero. Include your own definition of hero in the essay, and be sure to explain how each individual, in his own way, meets your definition. Remember to support your ideas with specific examples from the novel.

Project #2 Tuff & Tough:Re-read Ponyboy’s description of Tuff and Tough in the book. Design a poster, or other

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media project representing the differences in meaning in your life. Include items that you feel are “tuff” and items that you feel are “tough”. Then, write a 1-2 page description of the items you chose to include: why did you choose these items? What do they say about your individuality?

Project #3 Individuality Collages:Make two collages, one for yourself and one for a main character from The Outsiders. For this project you need to make a poster (1/2 a poster for you and for your character). Collect and cut out pictures, words and symbols that are representative of you and of your chosen character. Think about things you like to do, things you own, things that you would like to own, places you’ve been, people you admire (and the same for your character). Organize and attach the collected items to make two collages. Then, write a 1-2 page description of the items you chose to include for yourself and your character; why did you choose these items? What do they say about you & your characters individuality?

Project #4 Alphabet Scheme:Choose a character that you liked, or feel like you understand, and then create sentences based on the alphabet scheme that demonstrate your knowledge of this character as an individual. Then make an alphabet scheme for yourself showing how you value yourself as an individual. This must be done using complete sentences and the final product should be decorated (pictures, color, and appropriate graphics).

Rubric for Final Assignment

6 4 2 1Relates Graphics to Text

Student accurately explains/shows how each graphic is related to the text in clear and logical fashion

Students accurately explains/shows how each graphic is related to the text

Student accurately explains how some of the graphics are related to the text

Student has difficulty relating graphics to the text

Summarization Student uses 1-2 pages to describe clearly what the project is about

Student uses 1-2 pages to accurately describe what the project is about

Student uses less than 1 page or does not accurately describe what the project is about

Student has great difficulty describing the project

Outsiders Facts Clearly demonstrates an understanding of

Demonstrates a moderate understanding of

Student demonstrates some

Student shows unclear understanding of

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the novel the Outsiders and relates it to their own lives

the Outsiders or does not as clearly relate it to their own lives

understanding of the Outsiders or does not relate it to their own lives

the Outsiders and does not relate it to their own lives

Individuality Student shows an understanding of individuality and clearly explains their understanding in their project/paper

Student shows an understanding of individuality and attempts to explain their understanding in their project/paper

Student shows a moderate understanding of individuality and has some reference to this in their project/paper

Student demonstrates no reference to individuality

Jaguar Team “No Excuses”(see below)

No errors Some errors

NO EXCUSES Not having your name on your paper Total _______ /30Not writing neatly and clearly Not using capital letters when needed Not having end mark punctuation Not having complete sentences (no fragments or run-ons) Not spelling common sense words and unit vocabulary correctly

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