THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton Belonging

1. THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton Belonging Created and Compiled by Sally C. Shoemaker

2. Vocabulary List #1 • madras – 5 • cowlick – 6 • unfathomable – 10 • hastily – 21 • roguishly – 22 • incredulous – 24 • gallant(ly) – 37 • aloof(ness) – 38 • elite – 41 • vague(ly) – 47 `

3. Vocabulary List #1 • madras – 5 • cowlick – 6 • hastily – 21 • incredulous – 24 • vague(ly) – 47 `

4. E.Q.: How can knowing the historical and contemporary context of a novel enhance understanding? Warm Up – • Background Knowledge: “History in Focus: 1960-1969” • What do you now know about the 1960’s? • Write a paragraph in your journal that answers this questions. • Use your notes that you took from the video to include as many facts about the decade as you can.

5. E.Q.: How does having an advantage in life affect your success? What are “haves” and “have nots”? Relay • Divide into two groups. • Each group will carry a ball using their assigned tool. Written Response: • Who had an advantage in the relay? • How did that make you feel? • What does this relay illustrate? What does it tell you about real life? • Does having advantages in life always guarantee success?

6. Reading Task • Chapter 1 Journal Entry: Compare & Contrast • How are the socs and the greasers alike? • How are they different? • In your journal, write an entry that explains the differences between the socs and the greasers.

7. Application Task #1 Choose one (1) of the following: • Timeline • Collage • Circle Map • Bubble Map Create a Representation of the 1960’s. Use pictures, drawings, and information that covers all of these areas of life during this decade. • Musical Groups (such as The Beatles, Elvis Presley, & Hank Williams, Sr.) • Hairstyles • Clothing (particularly jeans and madras) • Drive-In Movies • Cars ( particularly trucks, Corvettes, Corvairs, and Mustangs • Important People (such as Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon) • Maps of Oklahoma and Tulsa • Paul Newman (an actor in the 60’s)

8. E.Q.: How do authors use vocabulary, actions, thoughts, and physical descriptions to develop characters? Warm Up – Slang Vocabulary • Make a list of Slang Vocabulary that you use with your friends. Write the word and its definition. • 1960’s Slang • Connotation – the suggested meaning in addition to the literal meaning of the word or expression. • Denotation – the direct or literal meaning of a word or expression.

9. Reading Task • Chapter 2 Journal Entry: Slang Glossary • What slang words can you identify in the first two chapters of the novel? • Create a glossary of slang terms. Make sure to include the word or phrase and the definitions. • Leave space to add more terms as we continue to read.

10. Application Task #2 My Slang Glossary • What slang words do you use with your friends. • Slang words can change meaning with each new generation. • Create a glossary of slang terms used by your generation. • Remember to follow the correct format for a glossary. • Try to include multiple words for each letter of the alphabet.

11. E.Q.: How does the author’s use of first person point of view narration help us better understand the text? Warm Up – Characterization • What do you know about Ponyboy? • Look back to the chapters and analyze his physical description, his words, his actions, his reactions, and his thoughts to write a detailed description of the character.

12. Purpose for Reading: • Look for conflicts that occur. • Draw this chart in your journal. Purpose

13. Reading Task • Chapter 3 Journal Entry: Analyzing a Quote Ponyboy thinks to himself, “It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the back steps was the same one. Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren’t so different. We saw the same sunset.” • What was Ponyboy talking about? • What does this quote show about his feelings toward Cherry? • What does the quote show about Ponyboy’s personality and character?

14. Application Task #3 • Conflict Resolution • Choose one of the conflicts you listed on your chart. • Think about how the characters might resolve this conflict. • Create a conversation between characters wherein the conflict is discussed, solutions are presented and agreed upon, and the outcome is explained. • Make sure this is believable, fits the personality of the characters, and is written in an interview or play-type format.

15. Vocabulary List #2 • apprehensive - 59 • defiance - 59 • contempt(ously) - 59 • bewilder(ing) - 65 • reluctant(ly) - 71 • eluded - 78 • fiend - 78 • rumble - 86 • keeled - 94 • towheaded - 95

16. Vocabulary List #2 • apprehensive - 59 • defiance - 59 • reluctant(ly) - 71 • rumble - 86 • towheaded - 95

17. E.Q.: How is tension created through rising action? Warm Up – Mistakes • Have you ever made a mistake? • Write about a time that you made a mistake that seemed small at the time, but later had significant consequences. Tell what happened and how you felt.

18. Reading Task • Chapter 4 Chain Reaction: Cause & Effect Chart

19. E.Q.: How can we determine the theme or underlying meaning of a poem? “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only for an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day Nothing gold can stay.

20. Task: Annotation • Copy and Annotate the poem in your journal. • Identify – • Rhyme Scheme • Literary Devices • Sound Devices • Words or Phrases you think are significant.

21. Reading Task • Chapter 5 • Journal Entry: Change • Write about something that you thought would never change, but in fact did change. Was it a change for the better or for the worse? How did it make you feel?

22. Application Task #4 • Supplies • Think about the supplies that Johnny bought at the store. • Based on the supplies that Johnny got, what can you conclude about him? • What supplies would you have bought for $50.00? • Write an explanation that answers these questions. Remember to give reasons for your answers.

23. E.Q.: How does the author create realistic characters? • Choose one (1) character (other than Ponyboy) from the novel. Write a complete description of that person.

24. Reading Task: Chapter 6 • Journal Entry: Body Biography • Draw your chosen character. • Use distinctive physical features and clothing. • Add words and symbols to convey information about your character’s behavior, interests, fears, ambitions, and struggles.

25. Application Task #5: Geometric Story • Use symbols, shapes, and colors to show characters’ traits and his or her relationship to other characters. • Draw geometric shapes to represent characters in the novel, place them in the backgrounds (like frames in a comic strip), and write captions to explain what is “pictured.” • Colors and shapes suggest personalities. Sizes and the way the shapes are grouped symbolize how characters relate to one another. • You should create 8-10 frames. • Be ready to present these to the class.

26. Vocabulary List #3 • mimicked - 100 • half-heartedly - 102 • juvenile delinquent - 107 • aghast – 112 • faltered – 121 • divert – 125 • doggedly – 127 • spruced up – 131 • grimaced – 134 • stifle(d) - 137

27. Vocabulary List #3 • half-heartedly - 102 • juvenile delinquent - 107 • doggedly – 127 • spruced up – 131 • stifle(d) - 137

28. E.Q.: How is the theme in the novel relevant to our lives? • Favorite Quotes • Choose a favorite quote from your reading. • Explain what it means to you. • Tell why you have chosen this quote as a favorite.

29. Reading Task • Chapter 7 • Journal Entry: Family • What is family to the characters in the novel? • What characteristics do Darry, SodaPop, and Ponyboy display that show they are a family? • Explain your answer with evidence from the text.

30. Application Task #6 • Metaphor or Simile Character Posters • You will compare a character in The Outsiders to a tool and explain why the tool is appropriate. • For example, Dally is a Swiss army knife because he is useful in many ways but dangerous when mishandled. • Draw the tool and write your explanation within the outline. • Now draw a second poster. Choose metaphors or similes based on foods, household items, or animals.

31. E.Q.: How do we effectively support our positions in writing? • What is a hero? • Describe someone who you think is a hero. • Give a full description of the behavior or actions that give evidence for your opinion.

32. Writing Plans • Today we are going to create two different writing plans. • These two plans will become VERY USEFUL later in our unit. • Please mark these pages with a large star in the corner so that they will be easy to find.

33. Argumentative Writing Plans

34. Informative Writing Plans

35. E.Q.: How do authors use events in a novel to change our thinking? • Sunsets • Describe what a sunset can symbolize.

36. Reading Task : Chapter 8 • Journal Entry: Predictions • Chapter 8 leaves the reader “hanging.” • Make three (3) predictions for what you think might happen next.

37. Application Task #7 “We couldn’t get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason.” Interpret this quote. Remember to use your critical thinking skills to truly dissect what it is meant to communicate. Be prepared to share!

38. E.Q.: How does the author convey the mood in a novel? • Putting Yourself in Their Place • Put yourself in the place of one of the characters. • Tell how you would react. • What would you do in their same situation.

39. Reading Task : Chapter 9 • Journal Entry: “Stay Gold” • What does Johnny mean when he tells Ponyboy to “Stay gold”?

40. Application Task #8 • “Stay Gold” • Create a “TO DO” List. • List all the things that you can do in your life to “Stay Gold.” • You might want to divide this by decades of your life.

41. E.Q.: How does the tone of the novel effect your feelings toward the characters? • Dally • Write a complete description of Dally.

42. Reading Task : Chapter 10 • Journal Entry: Accurate? • Johnny is seen as a hero. • Dally is seen as a hoodlum. • Are these accurate descriptions? • Why or why not?

43. Application Task #9: Essay • How does family influence the characters in the novel The Outsiders as well as you as an individual? • How does the Curtis family operate their house? • How are the gang (Steve, Two-Bit, Dally, Johnny, etc.) family? • How does PonyBoy’s dream affect his family? • How does Two-Bit explain “greasers” to PonyBoy? • Why doesn’t Johnny want to see his mother and what does that tell us about Johnny’s relationship with his mom? • Do you think PonyBoy’s family is unique? If so, how? • Does social class affect the way a family interacts with one another? • Use your answers to write your essay. Cite evidence from the text and include personal anecdotes.

44. Vocabulary List #4 • stupor – 150 • dumbfounded – 151 • delirious – 157 • indignant(ly) – 159 • reckless – 160 • bewildered – 165 • flinching – 168 • acquitted – 168 • composition – 169 • vacuum – 173

45. Vocabulary List #4 • dumbfounded – 151 • delirious – 157 • reckless – 160 • acquitted – 168 • vacuum – 173

46. E.Q.: How can we apply the concepts in a work of fiction to our own lives? • State of Life • Describe what you believe to be our state of life today.

47. Reading Task : Chapters 11 and 12 • Journal Entry: Staying Gold • How can you stay gold considering your current state of life?

48. Unit Test • Open Note & Open Book • Use your own paper to create an answer sheet. • Do NOT write on the test. • Place the test and the answer sheet in appropriate basket when you are finished.

49. E.Q.: Why do directors of films often change the original text? • “The Outsiders” • As you watch the film, you will complete the Comparison/Contrast Guide. • Make sure to add any notes to the back if needed. • Write a reflection.

50. E.Q.: How do demonstrate my knowledge of the concepts in this unit? • 100 Minute Writing Test • Part 1: Planning/Prewriting (15 minutes)  • Part 2: Draft (35 minutes) • Part 3: Revise (20 minutes) • Part 4: Prepare Final Draft (20 minutes) • Part 5: Proofread (10 minutes)