The Outsiders Packet
Table of Contents
1. Plot Map ______/5
2. Quickwrite from 10/19
(8 Sentences total) ______/5
3. Symbolism Chart with 5 examples ______/5
4. Context Clue Practice ______/5
5. Cause and Effect Practice ______/5
6. Frost Poem Analysis ______/5
7. Idiom Practice Activity ______/5
8. Reading Informational Materials
Stranger rescues boy from NY fire ______/5
9. Friendship One-Pager ______/10
10. Writing Informational Materials
Ch. 4 or 6 Newsarticle _____/20
Plot Map
Directions: For each chapter, identify the main idea and record it in the appropriate spot on the X axis. After you finish this, rate the chapter on a scale of 1-10; focus on its excitement level. You might want to keep a comparison to Chapter 1 as you progress through the novel. Ultimately, you should see that novels have many climaxes or turning points in the story.
Exposition/Introduction
Ch. 1 Ch. 2 Ch. 3 Ch. 4 Ch.5 Ch. 6 Ch. 7 Ch. 8 Ch. 9 Ch.10 Ch.11 Ch. 12
The Outsiders Quickwrite
Read the following questions carefully. This activity is meant to introduce you to S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders. Each answer must have a minimum of two sentences.
1. What do you think is meant by the term outsider?
2. Based on your answer to the first question, have you ever felt like an outsider? Explain.
3. How are outsiders treated by the people around them?
4. What do you think that the novel might be about? (Make a prediction.)
Symbolism Chart
Symbolism is used in writing. This is when an object, thing, and/or character is used to represent an idea.
Symbol / Meaninggreasers’ hair / The greasers’ hair represents their gang and their unity against the Socs.
Bob’s ring /
The rings represents …
Directions: As we read through S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, complete the following symbolism chart. The first has been done for you.
Figurative language is language that helps the reader form mental pictures; simile and metaphor are examples of this.
A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things. A metaphor has a similar meaning to a simile, but a metaphor does not use like or as.
For example, the road was a ribbon of moonlight. This metaphor compares the narrowness of a road to the light from the moon.
Directions: Read Robert Frost’s poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay. Draw a picture of the literal meaning of each line. Then, write what the figurative meaning is. What is it a metaphor for?
Literal Meaning Picture Figurative Explanation
Nature's first green is gold When something is young,
it is precious, like 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. ______
Idioms, Slang, and Greaser Lingo in The Outsiders
Directions: With a partner, try to explain the meaning of each expression below.
Homework: Individually choose one idiom to visually represent with a drawing or picture. This must be in full color; I have colored pencils and markers if you need them.
Expression: What it means:
1. Greaser ______
2. crack a book ______
3. to “dig” ______
4. to “lone it” ______
5. Soc ______
6. hood ______
7. souped-up ______
8. tight-knit ______
9. to “make a break for it” ______
10. to “run in the family” ______
11. to “lift” ______
12. get your two-bits in ______
13. to “smart off” ______
14. for kicks ______
15. rumble ______
16. the cooler ______
17. to be “hacked off” ______
18. tuff ______
19. broad ______
20. to “two-time” someone ______
21. to roll ______
22. to swipe ______
23. to blow something off ______
Reading Informational Materials
1. Open the Holt Literature and Language Arts textbook to page 62
2. Define the following terms:
a. Headline:
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b. Byline:
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c. Dateline:
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d. Lead:
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3. Read the article titled, Stranger rescues boy from NY fire.
Identify the following in this news article, Stranger rescues boy from NY fire. The first has been completed as an example.
a. Headline:
Stranger rescues boy from NY fire
b. Byline:
______
c. Dateline:
______
d. Lead:
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Most important details
e. Who is this article about?
______
f. What is this article about?
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g. When did this event take place?
______
h. Where did it take place?
______
i. Why did this event happen?
______
Stranger rescues boy from NY fire
Thursday, October 01, 2009
NEW YORK CITY - A young boy in the Bronx is alive thanks to a stranger who pulled him from a burning building.
The man rescued the boy and carried him wrapped in a curtain down the fire escape.
The Good Samaritan who helped rescued the boy is Horia Cretan.
Cretan was working in a nearby store on Zerega Avenue in the Parkchester section on Wednesday evening when he heard desperate screams. Just after Cretan "I rushed outside ... to see waves of smoke coming out the window," he said. "I ran and got my ladder. I got close to the fire escape and climbed my way up."
Cretan said that when he first got to the window, no one else was around.
"I saw a man sitting in the window screaming ... I believe he was in a state of shock," he said. "He couldn't make his way out. I forced him out."
The man told Cretan there was someone else in the smoke-filled room, a small boy.
"That's when I broke the windows, to make sure that the smoke comes out ... I needed to see where the boy was," he said.
Moments later, firemen arrived and helped Cretan pull the boy out and onto the fire escape.
The child was unconscious, but Cretan was determined to save him. He ran down the fire escape cradling the child in his arms, stopping at one point to deliver CPR.
"I couldn't go all the way down the stairs. I had to make sure I could do something now because this is probably the last seconds he has left," Cretan said.
Within a few seconds, the boy was awake and breathing again. Cretan gave a thumbs up sign to the crowd below.
It's not the first time that Cretan saved a life from a fire. As a 12-year-old in Romania, Cretan saved his younger sister from a fire that killed his father.
On Good Morning America, just after Cretan explained his rush to save the two from a fire in a Bronx apartment building, he asked his girlfriend to marry him, promising, "there's never going to be a dull moment." His girlfriend, Desiree Guzman, said, "Yes."
(Copyright ©2009 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
The Outsiders
Friendship One-Pager
Directions: One might argue that life without friends would be no life at all. True friends support one another through difficult times, encourage one another to do one’s best, and stand up for each other when threatened. In S.E. Hinton’s novel, The Outsiders, the characters prove themselves to be dedicated friends.
For this one-page essay, choose the character from the novel who proves to be the best friend of all, fitting all the qualities of a dedicated friend. In order to make your choice, think about what the characters have done to support each other; think about how they have defended one another; think about how they encourage each other to be their best.
For your essay, follow the format below:
Introduction
Ø Include a hook statement that reflects the importance of friendship.
Ø Include a TAG and a brief summary of the novel, specifically focusing on how the novel describes friendship.
Ø Present your thesis, your claim of which character is the best friend.
Body
Ø Include a topic sentence that restates your thesis.
Ø Include two chunks (1 CD:2CM twice), making sure to use your commentary to explain how the concrete details show the chosen character is the ideal friend.
Ø Include a closing sentence that closes the paragraph, restating which character is the strongest friend.
Conclusion
Ø Restate the thesis, using different words.
Ø Close with an explanation about why friendship is so important in life.
Remember:
ü Do NOT use personal pronouns I, me, we, us, our, my, mine
ü Do NOT say “I think” or “I will prove”
ü Do NOT jump from topic to topic
ü Do NOT include any item that does not support your argument
Stabbing in the Park OR Fire on Jay Mountain
The Outsiders--Newspaper Article Assignment
You are going to write a newspaper article reporting on the event of the fire on Jay Mountain (chapter 6) or the stabbing in the park (chapter 4). As the purpose of a newspaper article is to give factual information about current events, you are going to summarize the events, providing detailed answers to the questions who? what? where? when? why? and how? However, you will write as a news reporter that supports either Socs or greasers, so there will be bias in your news reporting. You also need to be sure to include a headline, a byline, a dateline, and an attention-grabbing lead. The article is to be written in third-person point of view and must include one illustration (computer-generated images are acceptable for this assignment).
Circle one event and one point of view from the following:
Event: Stabbing in the Park Fire on Jay Mountain
Bias toward: Soc greaser
Based on the event and point of view you chose, outline your news article by completing a-j below.
* Please note that this is NOT your article; rather, it is a brainstorming aid.
a. Headline:
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b. Byline:
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c. Dateline:
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d. Lead:
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Most important details
e. Who is this article about?
______
f. What is this article about?
______
g. When did this event take place?
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h. Where did it take place?
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i. Why did this event happen? (2 sentences)
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Stabbing in Park or Fire on Jay Mountain
Newspaper Article Assignment Checklist
_____ /1-Headline
_____/1-Byline
_____ /1-Dateline
_____ /1-Lead
_____ /6-Most important details:
ü Who?
ü What?
ü When?
ü Where?
ü Why? (2 sentences)
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______/10 –Final draft grade
______- Extra Credit (include relevant news article features, such as coupons, advertisements, Wanted ads, etc. These must be related to The Outsiders to receive the points.)
______/10- Rough draft and brainstorm outline
______/20- Total
ü Final draft format (blue or black ink, size 12, Times New Roman or Arial)
ü One picture or image
ü Third-person point of view (No I’s or you’s) from either a Soc or greasers’ perspective.