4. To note examples of descriptive language (simile, metaphor, physical and character descriptions)

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1 Objectives for the Unit on THE OUTSIDERS 1. To have an enjoyable, positive summer reading experience 2. To examine problems which relate to teenagers of today: a. Fairness in life b. The haves and the have nots c. Rough times d. Loyalty e. Sensitivity to others f. Confusion in life g. Violence h. Choices in life I. Understanding self j. Understanding society k. Communication among friends and with family members l. Doubts m. Dreams and hopes n. Needs o. Loneliness p. Contentment 3. To note examples of characterization 4. To note examples of descriptive language (simile, metaphor, physical and character descriptions) 5. To note foreshadowing and the use of literary allusions 6. To grow in learning to use examples to explain and prove answers or statements 7. To increase vocabulary 8. To note similarities between characters and today s teenagers 9. To encourage group work and using the teacher as a resource after members in a group 10. To practice and improve writing skills (vocabulary sentences and essay) 11. To learn to use a jot list 12. To learn to use an outline 13. To learn to proofread and edit writing material

2 Topics for Consideration in The Outsiders 1. Fairness in life 2. The haves and the have nots 3. Rough times 4. Loyalty 5. Sensitivity 6. Confusion in teens 7. Violence 8. Choices 9. Understanding self 10. Understanding society 11. Communication 12. Doubts 13. Dreams and hopes 14. Needs 15. Loneliness 16. Contentment 17. Descriptive language (simile, metaphor, physical and character) Chapter One and Chapter Two (All page numbers are for my book, but the chapters should be the same.) 1. Where has Ponyboy been when the story opens? 2. Why does Ponyboy think he is different form the other boys he knows? 3. What kind of boy is Soda? 4. What kind of person is Darrel or Darry? 5. Characterize Ponyboy. 6. Why did Ponyboy wish that he had some company to walk with him?

3 7. What are the differences between the Socs and the Greasers? 8. What has happened to Ponyboy's mom and dad? 9. Why does Ponyboy need to behave and not get into trouble with the police? 10. What were some of Ponyboy's thoughts before, during, and after he was mugged? 11. Why did the Greasers accept Ponyboy? 12. Describe Johnny Cade. 13. Describe Steve Randle. 14. Characterize Two - Bit. 15. What is the difference between tough and tuff? 16. What kind of relationship do Ponyboy and Darry have? 17. Who protected Ponyboy from Darry? Chapter 3 1. How did Cherry and Marcia get home? 2. What difference did Ponyboy see in the Soc girls and his greaser friends?

4 3. What difference did Cherry see between the Socs and the Greasers? 4. Who was Mickey Mouse? What was his connection to Ponyboy and Soda? 5. What did Ponyboy and Cherry see the same? 6. What car passed Ponyboy and his friends as they walked the girls home? (P. 38) 7. How did Ponyboy describe Darry to Cherry? (P. 39) 8. How did Two - Bit and Johnny feel about Ponyboy's description of Darry? 9. What really made Ponyboy mad? (P. 48) 10. What do you think about Cherry's behavior and some of the things she said to Ponyboy? (Particularly p. 42) 11. Why did Johnny and Ponyboy stay outside instead of going home after the encounter with the Socs in the Mustang? 12. What does the following passage reveal about Ponyboy? "I saw Johnny's cigarette glowing in the dark and wondered vaguely what it was like inside a burning ember... " (p. 43) 13. About what does Ponyboy dream? 14. What happens between Ponyboy and Darry? 15. Comment on Johnny's statement about the comparison of the care of a gang versus the care of one's folks. How did his comment change Ponyboy's mind about running away?

5 16. What is the foreshadowing in Chapter Three? Chapter 4 1. What happened at the park between the Socs and Johnny and Ponyboy? 2. Find some metaphors or similes in chapter four. Do not skip this question. 3. What did Johnny notice about Bob? 4. When Ponyboy could not think of anything to say to the Socs, what did he do? 5. Pick out some of the vivid descriptive passages on page 51 to describe feelings after the fight. 6. Where did Johnny and Ponyboy go for help? 7. What did they receive in the way of help? 8. What evaluation does Ponyboy give to Dally on pages 54-55? 9. What is the one thing which Dally does honestly? READ CAREFULLY! 10. Relate Ponyboy's comment and experience to your own: "I was too tired to tell myself I was being mean and unreasonable." Have you ever been tired and mean? 11. What was Johnny and Ponyboy's plan? 12. What is the situational irony involved in their trip to the country? (P ) 13. What was the lie told by Ponyboy to the farmer?

6 14. What had Soda told Ponyboy about his "ability" to lie? 15. Describe Ponyboy's last attendance at a church service. 16. What is a premonition? (P. 60) Questions on THE OUTSIDERS: Chapters How did Ponyboy know that the visitor he heard at the church was Johnny? 2. What special gift did Johnny buy for Ponyboy at the Store? (One he had always wanted) 3. Why did Johnny buy peroxide? 4. What did Dally do for Two-Bit that Johnny thought could be compared with a heroic act of a Southern gentleman? 5. What is nature's hardest hue to hold? 6. Who wrote the poem which Ponyboy quoted? 7. What is a "heater"? 8. Who was the soc spy for the greasers? 9. When Ponyboy was in the burning church building, what previous thought or wondering experience did he remember?

7 10. With what historical image can you compare the burning of the church? (Historical means that the event must have taken place prior to the writing of the book.) THE OUTSIDERS: Questions on Chapters 7, 8, and 9 1. What did Ponyboy say when the reporters asked him what he would do right now if he could have anything he wanted? 2. What would have been Johnny's condition if he had lived? 3. How did Ponyboy get into the house when he came home from the hospital after being treated for burns? 4. In what sport did Ponyboy excel? 5. With what soc does Ponyboy have a private conversation about his heroism and rumbles when they meet at a local "hangout"? 6. What two things did Johnny want Ponyboy and Two-Bit to bring to him in the hospital? 7. Why did Cherry Valance refuse to visit Johnny in the hospital? 8. After Cherry and Ponyboy displayed some conflict and friction, each reconsidered and reminded the other of a common bond or view. What was it? 9. How did Ponyboy and Curly Shepherd play chicken? 10. What did Johnny tell Ponyboy in a letter prior to his death?

8 Questions on THE OUTSIDERS: Chapters Ponyboy said that Dally did not die like a hero but like a Nevertheless, his death was like a Southern gentleman in what manner, according to Ponyboy? 3. What did Johnny leave for the nurse to give to Ponyboy? 4. When Ponyboy was sick in the hospital, he kept saying there was a certain food he did not like. What was that food? 5. When Ponyboy was sick after the rumble, he became very frustrated because he could not to someone. Who was that person? 6. When Randy came to Ponyboy's house to see him, Ponyboy thought that someone else had killed Bob. Who killed Bob according to Ponyboy? 7. What did Darry call Ponyboy at the end of chapter 11 that he had never called him before? 8. In chapter 12, who has a problem besides Ponyboy, especially with his mail? 9. Why did Ponyboy pretend Johnny was not dead? 10. What does it mean to "stay gold"? Vocabulary from THE OUTSIDERS (Find the parts of speech and definition according to the context in the book. A number beside the word indicates three different parts of speech. A three usually means the word in the same form may be a noun, verb, or adjective.) 1. cunning

9 It ain t fair that we have all the rough breaks! I didn t know exactly what I meant, but I was thinking about Johnny s father being a drunk and his mother a selfish slob, and Two-Bit s mother being a barmaid to support him and his kid sister after their father ran out on them, and Dally wild, cunning Dally turning into a hoodlum because he d die if he didn t, and Steve his hatred for his father coming out in his soft, bitter voice and the violence of his temper. Sodapop... a dropout so he could get a job and keep me in school, and Darry, getting old before his time trying to run a family and hang on to two jobs and never having any fun while the Socs had so much spare time and money that they jumped us and each other for kicks, had beer blasts and river-bottom parties because they didn t know what else to do. Things were rough all over, all right. All over the East Side. It just didn t seem right to me. 2. unfathomable 3. gingerly (2) 4. savvy (3) 5. roguishly 6. incredulous 7. Chessy cat (allusion to Chesire cat) 8. shanghaiing (2) 9. gallant 10. cur 11. premonition 12. imploring (3) 13. eluded 14. siege (2) 15. indignant 16. doggedly

The Outsiders. Name: Green 7 English Section

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