Bell Ringer Take out your planner and open it to today’s date. Take out your clickers. Pass out comp. books. We’ll use them after the bell ringer.

Housekeeping HOMEWORK: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Paper Pass Back Class library books due by this Friday. Take out your Outsiders Mind Maps.

The Outsiders Character Map Buck KEY: = male = female unshaded = alive shaded = dead Tim Hank Greasers Socs Dad Mom Steve Dallas “Dally” Winston 1 Darrel “Darry” Curtis 2 “Two-Bit” Sherri “Cherry” Valance Bob Soda-pop Curtis 3 Pony-boy Curtis Johnny Cade Marcia Randy David Sandy

Closing: The Outsiders Mind Map Symbols West = Socs East = Greasers Colors $$$ $ Socs = Warm colors because… “red hair” “fiery” Greasers = Cool colors because… “blue eyes” “cool” Setting = Tulsa, OK Add any symbols you have read about thus far in the novel and a brief explanation what it represents Timeline Day 1, Fri. Day 2, Sat. Day 3, Sun. Days 4-9, Mon. – Fri. Day 10, Sat. Ponyboy gets jumped walking home from movies Ponyboy & Co. go to drive-in, meet Cherry & Marcia. Later, there’s more violence over the girls. Johnny kills Bob, the Soc, in the park. Johhny & Ponyboy run away, with Dally’s assistance. They’re hiding in the church on top of Jay Mountain. Johnny & Ponyboy disguise themselves. On Friday, Dally visits to inform them what’s going on at home. They decide to return, but before they’re able they try to save some kids from the fire in the church they’ve been hiding out in. Ponyboy reunites with family. The rumble between the Greasers and the Socs takes place. Johnny cannot recover from his injuries and dies. Dally dies too.

Parts of a Letter In your comp. book: Trace one of your hands Body Your message Greeting Tells to whom you’re writing Closing Short expression Comma In your comp. book: Trace one of your hands Label each finger with one part of a letter Add the definition to the finger. It may be outside (like the example,) or contained inside the each phalange. Heading Signature Placed at the top Includes date & Sometimes address Your name Five Parts of a Letter

Letters to the Outsiders

The Fine Print STANDARDS: I can… determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. (RL.1.2) write an objective summary of a text. (RL.1.2) ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider?

Options TASK: You’ll be writing a letter to The Outsiders novel, the author, or a character from The Outsiders novel. OPTIONS: Choose ONE of the following styles: Goodbye Thank You Congratulations I’m Sorry In Sympathy Each of these templates are available in Focus under the assignment files for your grades. -Goodbye = saying farewell to the book -Thank you = thanking the book for what you learned -Congratulations = congratulating the book of 50 years being in print and the impact it’s made in that amount of time -I’m sorry = apology for judging the book too harshly at the beginning -In sympathy = writing to a character in the novel who has lost someone

Requirements All letters must: Include the five parts of a letter Include proper formatting Be no more than one-page in length Include the theme Be written neatly Use proper mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation)

Work Period Write a Letter to The Outsiders novel, author, or a character from the novel, using one of the 5 options You may reference the example documents in Focus (located under the assignment files in the Grades section for this class) but you don’t have to follow the templates verbatim.  Include all required elements, so you can earn your desired grade. Submit to the class inbox when finished. Due by the end of class. This example was written with an online generator: goo.gl/xPHFLe

Packing-Up Checklist Homework: None Do the following: Hold onto your comp. book. It goes home with you now. Turn in your Outsiders Mind Map to the class inbox Return Ms. Barker’s supplies. Pack-up completely. Throw away trash. Sit silently and wait for Ms. Barker to dismiss you.

Closing Turn and talk with your elbow partner (groups of 3 are fine when there’s odd numbers) to discuss the essential question: What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider? Be prepared to share out your partner’s viewpoints when called upon.