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T HE O UTSIDERS Chapters 2 and 3

O BJECTIVE Students will be able to read the text The Outsiders and use evidence to explain how the author reveals aspects of conflict. (RL7.1; RL7.3;RL7.10)

1960 S HTTP :// WWW. YOUTUBE. COM / WATCH ? V =KU- E O K 8 MS A0 HTTP :// WWW. YOUTUBE. COM / WATCH ? V =KU- E O K 8 MS A0 1.What was happening in the world? 2.What was popular in the US?

J OURNAL “W HEN & W HERE ” What conclusions have you come to about the setting? Where/what kind of neighborhood does the story happen in? What clues from the text helped you come to these conclusions?

C HAPTER 2: C HECK FOR U NDERSTANDING 1. Where do the Socs and Greasers hang out? What do they do for fun? 2. How do the Greasers learn more about the Socs? 3. What kind of rules do gang members follow in fights? 4. How could Cherry be a problem for Dally? 5. Why do you think Johnny spoke up to Dally? 6. Why didn’t Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally pay to get into the drive-in movie? 7. What is Cherry’s real name? Why is she called Cherry? 8. What did Cherry do when Dally brought her a Coke? 9. Give three reasons why Cherry and Marcia are not scared of Johnny and Ponyboy even though, like Dally, they are Greasers. 10. What are two rules Greasers have for themselves? 11. How did Johnny get beaten up? 12. What did Cherry mean when she said, “Things are rough all over”?

P ONYBOY ’ S I DENTITY What does he like?What people influence him? What time does he live in? (What’s happening at that time?) What events have had an impact on his life?

S ODAPOP E XAMPLE S O D – dropped out of school because he was only passing gym and auto mechanics. He think he isn’t smart. A P – parents died in a car crash. Now he has to help take care of his younger brother so his family can stay together. O P

P ONYBOY ’ S I DENTITY PONYBOYPONYBOY

C HAPTER 3

O BJECTIVE Students will be able to read the text The Outsiders and use evidence to explain how the author reveals aspects of conflict. (RL7.1; RL7.3;RL7.10)

C LASH OF THE C LIQUES SocsGreasers They hate the greasers Theyre rich They drive mustangs Don’t want to be seen with greasers Madras West side Throw beer blasts They wear rings Aloof and too sophisticated Hate socs Live in the east Greasy long hair Hard life No parents, parents abuse, broken homes Leather jackets Tshirts, jeans Switchblades Smoke cigarrates Skin fights or with weapons They fight btw greasers They feel too violent Rusty old cars They both hate each other They both go to the drivein/movies They both watch sunsets They both drive cars

SocsBothGreasers “rough” Turn to the police for help Only date their own kind Don’t fight fair (outnumber the enemy) they talk to each other Go to rodeos Use nicknames Go to the same school Teenagers believe in fair fights between one another (skin fights) Stick together Rule = don’t get caught Pay for what you did Hit on Soc girls Some are dropouts Get jumped by the Socs Help one another (“got their back”-FH) Rough home life Carry weapons

C HAPTER 3 – F REE R ESPONSE 1. Do the characters in this book seem “real”? Why or why not? How does the author try to make them believable? 2. Do you agree with Johnny that having friends care for you is not the same as having your own folks care about you? Why or why not?

G REASERS S OCS At end of chapter 2 CLOTHES HAIR CARS GIRLS At the end of chapter 3PROBLEMS FEELINGS FIGHTING DRINKING COMPARE/CONTRAST: FOR EACH TOPIC IN THE CENTER, LIST DEATAILS FROM THE TEXT ABOUT EACH GANG TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES OR SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THEM.

C HECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING Why do you think Ponyboy and Cherry are able to talk to one another? What discoveries do they make about one another? Why does Pony feel that life is unfair? (ex. the greasers’ lifestyle as opposed to the Socs lifestyle) What connection does Ponyboy make to Johnny, Bob’s rings, and the blue Mustang on pg. 44? How do you think Ponyboy feels after Cherry tells him, “…if I see you in the hall at school or someplace and don’t say hi, well it’s not personal or anything…” Discuss Johnny’s quote on pg. 48 – “It seems there’s gotta be someplace without greasers or Socs, with just people. Plain ordinary people.” What happens between Darry and Pony at the end of Chapter Three?

I MPORTANT QUOTATIONS Write the quotation number and then thoroughly interpret each of the quotations using the information found on the quotation explication handout. You must write in complete sentences. Pg “Rat race is a perfect name for it…We’re always going and going and going, and never asking where…It seems like we’re always searching for something to satisfy us, and never finding it.” Pg “I don’t know why I could talk to her; maybe for the same reason she could talk to me.” Pg “He’s hard as a rock and about as human…He thinks I’m a pain in the neck.” Pg “I think I like it better when the old man’s hittin’ me…At least then I know he knows who I am.”

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