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__The Outsiders __ by: [|S.E. Hinton] Essential Question for unit: How do environment and adversity shape a person's identity? - Students, this page will house all of the activities that you'll be completing throughout the novel. Check here for updates, especially if you miss days when we work on the book. [|download your copy of the novel here]  - You will be responsible for taking a minimum of 10 notes and asking 3 questions* for each chapter. These can be done in Notability or on Cornell Notes paper and kept in your folders.
 * *The questions that you create using '[[file:Costa's_Levels_Questioning (2).pdf|Costa's Levels Of Questioning]]' will be used on the Panel Quizzes, so make sure that you complete them for each chapter. **

__Vocabulary__:

Activities for the novel. These will be tracked on your grade sheets:  1:  "On The Sidewalk Bleeding" [|Click here to download a copy of the short story into Notability.] 2: Watch the following video and read through the links for the 1960's and fill out 1-2 pages of as you watch and read. Your notes should include important details from the video. Essential Question: Describe one important event from the 1960's. Who was involved? Why was it important? (Your summary should be done after you've finished the notes on the and be no less than 5 sentences). Research links to read: 1. [|Timeline] 2. [|History of the decade] Video:  <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">media type="youtube" key="lkXFb1sMa38" width="273" height="155" <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">3: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> - Complete the chart as you read the first two chapters of the novel. The more information for each character, the better. <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">4: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> - In this collaborative activity, students will organize and plan for a month without parents. In groups of 3, follow all of the requirements in the link and use digital media to present your month-long hiatus from parents to the class. This activity will help students better understand the demands that household leaders face each day (or week or month) as they organize the lives of those for whom they are responsible. <span style="color: #c6586b; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; text-align: left;">5 and 6: <span style="color: #c6586b; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; text-align: left;"> and  We'll be looking at two points of comparison: The 1960's vs. the 2010's and gang life in the novel vs. gang life today. Each section of the Venn Diagrams should have a minimum of five items to be complete. Venn Diagram 1 - 1960's helpful websites: [|Timeline 1] [|Timeline 2] Venn Diagram 2 - Gang Life helpful websites: [|Gang Life 1] [|Gang Life 2]

<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">7: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> for Robert Frost's poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">*Use [|this website] to help.

<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">8: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">Pre-Writing '4-Color Hand-Chart' for Essay #1 (Activity 8) <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">4 colors: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">1 - a hand with 5 characteristics about yourself written in the fingers <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">2 - a hand with 5 characteristics about Ponyboy written in the fingers <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">3 - some differences (4-5) written outside the hands <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">4 - some similarities (4-5 written outside the hands

<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">9-10: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Compare and contrast essays: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">[|Transition Words]

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<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">- Students will write from the perspective of one of these characters

<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">we've been studying in class. Details are in the link. Complete the planning page first.

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<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">12: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Students will compare and contrast the movie to the book: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Atreyu music video for "Falling Down": <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">media type="youtube" key="Nf256Pbo88A" width="560" height="315"

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Click Here For Study Guide]

<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Archived Assignments: <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">- Pre-Reading Video: "The Sixties - The Years That Shaped A Generation"media type="youtube" key="mUc2eLe-ruI" width="420" height="315" <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">Complete the Cornell Notes Template as you watch the video and answer the essential question for your summary. <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;">

<span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 22px;">- <span style="color: #c6586b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17px;"> QVD (Quote, Visual Representation, Description)