To Kill A Mockingbird



The Outsiders

Reading Schedule

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The following is the reading schedule for The Outsiders. You are responsible for reading the assigned chapters prior to the day they are due in class. Be sure to stay on track as you will fall behind quickly if you do not keep up! Since you know what you should be reading, even if you are absent, there is no excuse to opt out of lit circles!

|Date Due |Chapters |Pages |

| |1-3 |1-52 |

| |4-6 |53-99 |

| |7-9 |100-149 |

| |10-12 |150-180 |

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Literature Circle Assignment

Annotating While Reading

While reading The Outsiders your assignment is to annotate as you go to highlight important parts of the story. You will:

✓ summarize important/significant information, including plot development

✓ identify interesting, powerful, funny, puzzling, or important passages from the text

✓ look for peculiar usage of language or poetic devices

✓ ask questions of the text and for class discussion

✓ note new vocabulary words to increase your academic vocabulary bank

✓ make personal connections to the story as your read through emotional response and shared experience

Your annotations will prepare you for Literature Circles(

You may use sticky notes within the book itself, or you may take notes on a separate paper (hand-written or typed). If you choose to use a separate sheet of paper, please CITE your information!

Furthermore, annotations work best if you have a label (or perhaps color coding system) to indicate the topic of the annotation, such as “characterization”. Then, write a brief explanation such as the importance/significance/meaning to the story; so, WHY is it there or What PURPOSE does it serve in the novel?

Literature Circles

We will be conducting lit circles this quarter on each reading due date. You will work with the same group each week and rotate roles each time so that each group member completes several different roles. Each week after reading and completing your role assignment, you will have a group discussion about the assigned reading section. While your discussion will have some organic flow based on what the group members bring to the table via the role assignments, I may also provide a topic or poignant to that section to help you have a focus – with luck, my topic will already be covered in your assignments!

|Annotation | |

|Sample Info | |

| |Passage may contain: |

|Important Passages |foreshadowing |

| |setting development |

| |thematic connection |

| |characterization |

| |rising action |

| |climactic moments |

| | |

| |Passage may contain: |

|Figurative or Poetic |imagery, metaphor, personification |

|Language Examples |symbolism/allegory |

| |simile, hyperbole |

| |allusion… |

|Questions for discussion and| |

|elaboration |Questions should be text based and |

| |incite discussion. (See stems) |

|Vocabulary |At least 4 unique and challenging |

| |words per section with which you are |

| |not already familiar. |

AP QUESTION STEMS

1. What is the author’s attitude towards the subject?

2. The phrase ____________ functions primarily as a ….

3. How would you characterize the tone of the passage?

4. What is the main point of the passage?

5. What does the speaker accomplish in the passage?

6. This passage can be interpreted to mean….

7. The speaker’s reference to ___________ serves primarily to…

8. Why does the writer use the allusion to _____ ?

9. This sentence/passage is remarkable because…

10. How does the author seek to interest us in the passage?

11. What is the function of ______ in the passage?

12. What message is the author attempting to relay to the reader?

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