Week One Chapters 1-3: Students will be introduced to the main cast of characters. We will discuss the differences between the Greasers and the Socs and compare the hatred of those groups to groups in our current era. We will discuss Cherry's relationship to the other Greasers and why she is so important to this story. Students will also discuss Ponyboy's friendship with Johnny and the importance this relationship might have on the overall story. 

Week Two Chapters 4-6: Students will discuss Johnny and Ponyboy's actions. Who was ultimately responsible? Were Johnny and Ponyboy right to run or was there another option they didn't consider? Students will talk about Ponyboy and Johnny's time at the church. What is the significance of the Robert Frost poem? How has the story's mood and tone changed? Are Ponyboy and Johnny unlikely heroes? What motivates them to run into a burning building? How were their actions motivated by their previous choices at the water fountain?

Week Three Chapters 7-9: Students will have a chance to discuss Ponyboy's home life. Is Darry a poor parental figure? Should Ponyboy be put in a group home? Or is any family unit better than none, even with all of its dysfunctions? Students can talk about the complexities of relationships. Was Johnny right to avoid seeing his mother? Was Cherry right to avoid Johnny because he killed Bob? How much responsibility should be placed on alcohol and the people that sell it to minors? Students will also talk about the violence of the rumble. Were they surprised by what happened to Johnny? Or did they feel Hinton's writing hinted at Johnny's final outcome? 

Week Four Chapters 10-12: Were students surprised by Darry's reaction to Johnny's outcome? Why did Darry react with violence? Could the Greasers have done something to change Darry's final outcome? What thoughts do students have now that they've read the whole story? Do they find it ironic that the Greasers "won" the rumble but lost almost everything else? What have the Greasers learned through this experience? The have the Socs  learned? What does Ponyboy learn from talking to Randy? What do we, the reader, learn about Ponyboy? 

I have a Master's Degree in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults. I was a substitute teacher for three years and tutored and wrote curriculum for two more years. During that time, I read, discussed, and talked about The Outsiders multiple times! The first time I read this remarkable book, I was in seventh grade and it opened my mind to a world of different possibilities. Years later, my son read The Outsiders for the first time. I was impressed with the conversation we were able to have about current social issues. I hope to pass on enthusiasm for this book to my students and continue to foster that conversation. My goal is that they will come away with a respect for this story, the author, and her amazing characters.

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Students will read three chapters a week on their own time. Each Sunday, students will have access to the new video and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. Each week, I assign a short writing assignment focused around that week's discussion questions and ask the students to share their responses in the classroom. There are also daily activities each day like vocabulary words, an I Spy game, word searches and crossword puzzles to test their comprehension from the weekly chapters. 
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The more questions, comments, and posts that students share in the classroom, the more I can understand their knowledge and comprehension of the topics we are discussing. I respond to all completed worksheets and writing assignments to help foster discussion and clear up any remaining areas of uncertainty. I post comments on students' vocabulary sentences and offer corrections if the word is used incorrectly.  Students can challenge me to find their own I Spy challenge. This is another great way to foster discussion as each person's individual choices show a lot about what they found important or liked in the story so far. Quizzes and puzzles are a fun way to wrap up the week and also leads to discussion about the difficult or unexpected questions and answers. Once, a crossword puzzle led a student and his mother to bake chocolate chip cookies and share the picture with the class! 
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