Independent Reading Project



Name: _______________________________________

The Outsiders

Chapters 1-3

Due Monday 9/18/17

Reading:

Connections to Common Core State Standards

RL.8.1 – Students will cite textual evidence to support their analysis of the novel.

RL.8.2 – Students will determine themes or key ideas and analyze their development over the course of the text.

RL.8.3 – Students will analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents propel the action, reveal aspects of

a character, or provoke a decision.

RL.8.4 – Students will determine the meaning of words or phrases as they are used in a text, including

figurative language.

This Week’s Plan:

1) Complete the attached pre-reading anticipation guide.

2) Complete the Author Study questions.

3) Read chapters 1-3.

4) Comprehension questions

5) Writing: Evidence Based Claim

6) Review Activities.

Directions:

1) Separate and Label each section of written answers.

2) Restate the question in your answer.

For example:

Q: What is your favorite subject in school?

A: My favorite subject in school is Language Arts class, of course.

3) Always respond in complete sentences.

A. Pre-Reading:

1. Anticipation Guide

2. Author Study: Complete the S.E. Hinton questionnaire.

B. Comprehension Questions:

Chapter One

1. What do you know about Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry?

2. Who are the Socs? Who are the Greasers?

3. How do Ponyboy‟s relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain.

4. Why is the “gang‟ important to Johnny?

5. How does Ponyboy react to what Sodapop tells him about Darry?

Chapter Two

6. Are the names Ponyboy and Sodapop nicknames? Explain.

7. Who are Cherry and Marcia?

8. What happens at the drive-in?

9. Why doesn’t Ponyboy like referring to Sodapop as a dropout?

10. What happened to Johnny when he was mugged?

Chapter Three

11. What does Cherry explain as the difference between the socs and the greasers?

12. When and how did Pony’s parents die?

13. What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew?

14. Why does Johnny say he likes it better when his father is hitting him?

15. At the end of the chapter, how does the author foreshadow that bad things are to come

C. C. Evidence Based Claims

Directions:

1) Answer each question in a paragraph citing textual evidence from the novel to support your analysis. Explain your reasoning in each answer.

*visit our website, theliteraclylab. to view models of what an EBC should look.

* Use the outline and model provided for assistance.

Choose One:

A. What kind of person is Ponyboy Curtis? Provide several traits that describe this character and

identify 1-2 details as evidence of each trait to support your inference.

B. Compare and contrast Ponyboy with other Greasers. Include at least 2-3 similarities and 2-3

differences.

C. Analyze Dallas Winston: What is your impression or opinion of him? Provide several traits

that describe this character and identify 1-2 details as evidence of each trait to support your

inference.

D. Compare and contrast Greasers and Socs. Include at least 2-3 similarities and 2-3

differences. Make and Inference: why don’t these groups get along?

D. The Outsiders Week 1 Review

1. Summarizing (5 points)

What do we know after reading only a few chapters?

• What is the setting?

• Who is the main character?

• What appears to be the central problem?

• What are some of the smaller problems that the characters experience and have to resolve?

2. Character Webs:

1. Create an attribute web (like the one attached to this packet) for Ponyboy. It should answer these questions:

a. How does Pony act?

b. What does Pony look like?

c. How do other characters feel about Ponyboy?

d. What does Ponyboy say? (focus on things that seem important)

2. Create an attribute web (like the one attached to this packet) for Johnny. It should answer these questions:

e. How does he act?

f. What does he look like?

g. How do other characters feel about him?

h. What does Johnny say? (focus on things that seem important)

Extra Credit Options (Choose One):

1. Sketch to Stretch

Create an illustration for the novel. Select a character, scene or event of importance from this section of the novel.

In order to receive the extra credit, your picture must:

• Your illustration must fill a typical 8.5”x11” paper.

• It must be in color.

• It must be neat and detailed

• Provide a title at the top of your illustration, and a brief caption describing the illustration at the bottom of your page.

• On the back, write a brief statement explaining why you chose this character, event or scene.

2. Writing to Connections

Pretend that you are Ponyboy or Johnny Cade. Write a journal entry from his point of view. Just reflect upon his expereicnes in this section of the novel and let the ideas flow. For example, after you finish reading a chapter or two, respond to Ponyboy’s thoughts, experiences, and actions. What have you learned about Ponyboy, his family, his friends, and his town? What is your opinion of him? What have you learned of his personality? His values? Etc.

Include anything else you find worthy of comment.

Each entry must be at least 8-10 sentences long. You may make your entries longer if you wish.

3. Vocabulary:

Entries should include:

• Term

• Part of Speech

• Definition (choose the dictionary definition that best fits the word’s use in the story)

• Synonym

1. Consider

2. Conscious

3. Perspiration

4. Suffocate

5. Sympathetic

6. Acquire

7. Unfathomable

8. Suspicious

9. Savvy

10. Incredulous

Author Study:

Getting to Know S. E. Hinton

Imagine you are going to interview the author of The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton. Use online research tools (Google) to review interviews and biographies of the author in order to answer the following questions. Answer in complete sentences.

1. At what age did S. E. Hinton write The Outsiders?

2. Besides writing, what is her hobby?

3. What was going on around her that prompted her to write The Outsiders?

4. What kind of reactions have readers had to the book?

5. Has writing always come easy to S. E. Hinton?

6. Why did the author publish under this name?

7. How did she overcome her writer’s block?

8. What novel came out of this effort?

9. What two pieces of advice does S. E. Hinton have for upcoming writers?

10. What are the two conflicting groups in The Outsiders?

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Pre-Reading Questions

Below are a series of statements ~ circle whether you agree or disagree with it.

|Before Reading |Statement |After Reading |

|Agree / Disagree |You can tell a lot about a person by the clothes he/she wears. |Agree / Disagree |

|Agree / Disagree |Most people pick friends who have similar interests and |Agree / Disagree |

| |backgrounds. | |

|Agree / Disagree |Most people are not content with what they have. |Agree / Disagree |

|Agree / Disagree |It’s easy to make friends with lots of different people. |Agree / Disagree |

|Agree / Disagree |You can tell a lot about a person by the friends he/she has. |Agree / Disagree |

|Agree / Disagree |You can recognize an intelligent person by the way they look. |Agree / Disagree |

|Agree / Disagree |Loyalty is extremely important between friends. |Agree / Disagree |

|Agree / Disagree |It’s easy to form opinions about people without getting to know |Agree / Disagree |

| |them. | |

Respond to the following:

1. What does it mean to be an “outsider”?

2. Have you ever felt like an “outsider”? When?

3. How are “outsiders” usually treated?

4. Do you feel like there are “outsiders” at our school? In your neighborhood?

5. Can a person change their “outsider” status? Why/why not? If yes, how do they make those changes?

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