Interdisciplinary journal of problembased learning volume 1 issue 2 article 5 published online. To check for understanding, there are three scheduled assessment times to use the scoring guide. Student journals, prereading station papers, chalkboard, music. The outsiders student packet student packet grades 78. This reader response journal for the outsiders will give your students several topquality, thoughtprovoking questions to respond to for each section of the work.
The outsiders summary a research guide for students. Below you will find a list of all of the response journal. Create a journal assemble lined and unlined paper one of each for each chapter with a blank page as a cover. Greasers cant walk alone too much or theyll get jumped. Guided writing packet walks students stepbystep through writing and assembling a 2page newspaper based on the outsiders by s. Take into consideration the privileges that the socs had to enjoy being a part of the upper class in society and how they should have behaved. This publication stems from the medieval and early modern student association memsa community at durham university, and the conference papers behind these articles were originally presented at the eighth annual memsa student conference, held in. The attempt is to expose students to several writing activities through out the unit. English literature students chapter 2011, especially sasinga.
The top three journal entries, chosen by the student, will be marked out of 5 each, for a total of 15 marks. The journal entries will be written from prompts provided. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. The entries will vary from questions in regards to one character, a theme, an issue, or an event. Students are able to gain knowledge about ponyboy to critique and understand his actions and feelings. Participation evaluation will be based on students listening skills, speaking skills, interest in. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Student workbook the outsiders study guide for 6th 9th. The outsiders study guide from litcharts the creators of. Reflect and respond to the idea that the real menace to society in the outsiders were actually the socs. Hinton click here to learn more about this response journal. This titlespecific, reproducible activity pack contains dozens of activities. A comparative study of instructional methods and student characteristics john r.
Students participation will be evaluated throughout the unit. The outsiders vocabulary mapping appendix c, d, e teacher directions. Outsiders, student subcultures, and the massification of. When ponyboy speaks about his tightknit neighborhood, it reminds me of a comment the rapper, ice cube, made about the south central l. Help your students form and express their own opinions with these personal writing prompts and essay topics.
Show your students how enjoyable studying the outsiders can be with the the outsiders prestwick house activity pack. Summarizing, observing, and questioning journal procedure. Hinton teacher overview grade 9 lesson introductionoverview vocabulary words, definitions, derivatives, and quotations an alphabetical listing of the ten words in each section is given at the beginning of each section. The outsiders novel unit is organized as a survival guide packet for students. The outsiders vocabulary list, definitions, student. Students will need a copy of the directions, the chapter word lists, and at least five word web template pages. Based on data from the international civics and citizenship education study iccs 2009, the study investigated alienated and disaffected students in asia and explored the development of their civic attitudes.
Hinton plus historical and literary context for the outsiders. These projects will stimulate indepth analysis of plot and character and also provide practice in other higher level thinking skills through creative writing, research, and summarizing. Lost in student research of the last three decades is the effort to depict and understand the student experience and the students role in creating it. The outsiders, first published in 1967, tells the story of class conflict between the greasers, a group of lowclass youths, and the socs, a group of privileged rich kids who live on the wealthy west side of town.
The outsiders journal questions hortonville area school. Hinton novel unit common corealigned an 85page resource, designed to capture your students attention, enhance close reading skills, and facilitate deep thinking and discussion when reading s. Knowing them will help you discuss and write about the book. Support your pupils study of the outsiders with the materials in this packet. The outsiders is a comingofage tale set against the backdrop of teenage gang wars in tulsa, oklahoma. Teaching is a profession where aspiring practitioners enter the field with preconceived beliefs and conceptions about teaching and learning acquired during the 12 years or more they spent within the educational system.
Cherry valance tells ponyboy things are rough all over. The outsiders student journal, page 3 introduction the outsiders have students read the book introduction. That students create a culture or cultures, and that such cultures crystallize collective and individual student identities, has largely disappeared as an identifiable theme in contemporary. The purpose of the journal is to record your thoughts, ideas, observations, and questions as you read the outsiders. As you read the story, you will design a cover for your journal which helps tell the story. The data reported here come from a larger qualitative study on clinical evaluation of nursing students, which is fully discussed elsewhere lewallen and debrew, 2012, debrew and lewallen, in press. In your journal explain to a classmate how having close friends. It is an activity planned to be an individual reflection of the actions of the characters and how to use these situations as teachable moments and spark. The outsiders quotes and analysis a research guide for students. The introduction will help you understand key concepts in the book. As an important group of students, the alienated and disaffected students are often overlooked in more general studies of civic education. Ponyboy curtis associates himself with a group of lowerclass oklahoma teens known as greaser. In your journal explain to a classmate how having close friends can feel like family and relate it to your own experience. About the outsiders student packet student packet grades 78 activities to teach reading, thinking and writing using the novel, the outsiders as.
Hinton is a book famous for its coming of age exploration of right and wrong. How the outsiders became one of the most important. Hinton, is a novel full of teachable moments that help the student understand how the protagonist, ponyboy curtis, grows and matures. Students are required to decorate the cover of their journals 10 points based on their personalities. One of the most important business books in america. The novel tells the story of ponyboy curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. Hinton discusses issues that are relevant to students. The most popular quote in the book, these are the words that johnny utters as he lays dying. Abstract this is a study of the process of lesbian and gay identity assumption among university students at one american university campusthe state university of new york, oneonta. To check for understanding, there are three scheduled assessment times to. It is an activity planned to be an individual reflection of the actions of the characters and how to use these situations as teachable moments and spark writing prompts geared towards character education.
The outsiders quotes and analysis a research guide for. By responding to engaging, pertinent questions about the outsiders, students will think indepth about important elements of the work. It is argued that participation in this gay and lesbian student group produces a particular construction of identity, one that privileges an essentialist understanding of sexual difference in which a coherent. Students will create a portfolio for the entire unit, which will be made up of their assignments, journal entries, inclass worksheets, final project, and. In the right hand column note patterns of diction, imagery, and details. Tuff time is journalwriting time where students will be expected to write for 510 minutes.
Student journal page the outsiders introduction read the introduction on pages 79 in the outsiders. Hinton chapter questions with answer keys the outsiders by s. It is also designed to show students how language and terminology change s over time. In this novel unit, based on the novel the outsiders by s. The introduction includes information about the greasers and the socialstwo rival groups in the story. A complete unit just print and teach all activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information sheets, detailed instructions, templates, and rubrics. In assessing any particular case, all one need do is calculate the distance of the behavior involved from the average.
The outsiders pdf book and audio book links in desert willow. Stay gold is a reference to the poem by robert frost that ponyboy read to johnny while the pair hid out in the a. Response journal the outsiders below you will find a list of all of the response journal assignments. Outsiders journal quickwrite writing prompts powerpoint. He has lightbrown, almostred hair and greenishgray eyes, and wears his hair longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in the back and long at the front and sides. The outsiders journal writing packet narrative writing. Engage your students with reader response journals. Hintons the outsiders the outsiders continues to be relevant to adolescents, opening discussions on acceptance, rejection, and stereotyping. When ponyboy gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, he has to figure out what the right thing to do is. Student newspapers include a lead story, an editorial, a setting profile, a character profile, an interview, and their choice of. The definitions are given in the order that the words appear in the chapters.
Stay gold is a reference to the poem by robert frost that ponyboy read to johnny while the pair hid out in the abandoned church. The outsiders student journal due date discussion date introduction pages 24 chapters 12 pages 56 chapters 34 pages 78 chapters 56 pages 910 chapters 78 pages 1112 chapters 911 pages 14 chapter 12 pages 1516 the exchange assessment the outsiders by s. When ponyboy left the movie theatre he was deeply afraid. For each comparative text, the reading guide includes important contextual notes and ideas for relating the text to the outsiders. Check their comprehension with the three followup questions on student journal, page 3. Keep track of what chapters must be read by what dates. Over the course of the summer, students will write journal entries based on the provided prompts that relate to the novel. The narrator of i the outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser. Dialectical journal for the outsiders activity one. Yet it simplifies the problem by doing away with many questions of value that ordinarily arise in discussions of the nature of deviance. In the larger study, faculty described, via a telephone openended interview, characteristics of successful and unsuccessful clinical nursing students and discussed factors that influenced their. In the left hand column summarize assigned paragraphs, passages, or chapters write a synopsis of a specific plot incident. While walking home one evening after a movie, ponyboy is confronted by members of the socs, adversaries of the greasers who are teenagers from.
The outsiders student projects summative tasks 11 longrange student projects or summative tasks for a unit based on s. The outsiders questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on the outsiders. Over the last few years, we have seen continual growth with the district and more change is coming as we move forward in a progressive manner. The narrator of ithe outsiders, ponyboy is fourteen years old and a greaser. Introduction read the introduction on pages 79 in the outsiders.
Created by the original team behind sparknotes, litcharts are the worlds best literature guides. The outsiders quotes and analysis quotes and analysis. A nation of outsiders how the white middle class fell in love with rebellion in postwar america grace elizabeth hale. This product is a 12 page packet with one journal prompt to follow each chapter in the outsiders by s. Contact us if you experience any difficulty logging in. Argues that rebellion as a cultural characteristic transcended politics, class, and race in postwar america.
Participation evaluation will be based on students listening skills, speaking skills, interest in unit and assignments, and completion of projects. The materials consist of a reading log, prereading activities, reading comprehension questions for each chapter, a character study, and additional related. Whether you are a newcomer to haralson county or a long time resident i thank you for choosing us to educate your student. Students will need a copy of the directions, the chapter word lists, and at. Soda wanted a horse so badly he bawled like a baby. The outsiders the outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14yearold boy. The outsiders this package provides students with everything they need to complete a novel study on the outsiders. Outsiders journal quickwrite writing prompts powerpoint novel. Hintons the outsiders is powerful novel that speaks to adolescents. These outsiders, including foreign students, male students, older students, and students with physical disabilities, are often those who are successful in the classroom yet struggle with the demands of the clinical setting, for various reasons. Journal entries will either be personal or a reflection of the novels themes and characterization.
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