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Name: _________________________________________Date: _________________________________6B- _____ Reading: Guided Reading for The Outsiders: Ch. 1Directions: USE PENCIL. After reading chapter 1, answer the following questions in complete sentences, echoing the question in your answer. Write at least 6 lines for each answer. Highlight quotes.Chapter 1:Ponyboy Curtis, or Pony for short, is the narrator of this novel. Describe him. What makes Pony unique? How do you expect a person like Pony to view the world? As a reader, do you think you’ll be able to rely on him to tell you a fair version of the events of this story? If yes, why? If not, why not? Explain your answer using specific details and at least one QUOTE from the story.Describe the Greasers and describe the Socs. How are they different from each other? Use specific details from the story to explain your answer.Assign a character trait (personality adjective) to each of the following characters. Then provide a text detail, with a page number, to support your trait.CharacterTraitSupporting DetailPonyboy (Pony) Curtis (pg. _____)Darrel (Darry) Curtis (pg. _____)Sodapop (Soda) Curtis (pg. _____)Dallas (Dally) Winston (pg. _____)Keith (Two-Bit )Matthews (pg. _____)Johnny Cade (pg. _____)(over)In terms of constructing a plot, what does SE (Susan Eloise) Hinton establish in chapter one? How might this chapter contribute to the rest of the story? Explain your answer using details from the story.Characters, like real people, tend to act according to their motivations. In other words, people behave in a way that reflects their values, passions, goals, desires, and ambitions. Basically, we do what we do for a reason; this reason is our motivation. In the table below, list each character’s motivation. For a character’s motivation, state his desire in general terms. For the supporting detail, provide a specific detail from the text to support the motivation.Example:CharacterMotivationSupporting DetailMr. HilpertWants to win Teacher of the Year.Pays students to attend class. You’re about as likely to get paid as I am to get an award…CharacterMotivationSupporting DetailDarrel (Darry) Curtis (pg. _____)Dallas (Dally) Winston (pg. _____)Johnny Cade (pg. _____)Write a definition or a synonym for the following words, either in your own words or copied from a dictionary definition. If you use your own definitions or synonyms, check them in a dictionary.Asset (p. 3): ______________________________________________________________________________Loping (p. 7): _____________________________________________________________________________Sympathetic (p. 8): ______________________________________________________________________Unfathomable (p. 10): __________________________________________________________________(next)Rarities (p. 11): __________________________________________________________________________Savvy (p. 17): ____________________________________________________________________________Sarcasm (p. 17): _________________________________________________________________________Pony, from Francis Ford Coppola’s film version of The Outsiders, smoking a cigarette… ................
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