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THE
OUTSIDERS
Chapters 2 and 3
OBJECTIVE
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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)
1960S
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=KU-EOK8MSA0
1.What was
happening in the
world?
2.What was
popular in the
US?
JOURNAL “WHEN & WHERE”
What conclusions have you come to about the
setting?
 Where/what kind of neighborhood does the story
happen in?
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What clues from the text helped you come to these
conclusions?
CHAPTER 2: CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
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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”?
PONYBOY’S IDENTITY
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?
SODAPOP EXAMPLE
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
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PONYBOY’S IDENTITY
P
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Y
B
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CHAPTER 3
OBJECTIVE
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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)
CLASH OF THE CLIQUES
Socs
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
Greasers
They both hate
each other
They both go to
the
drivein/movies
They both watch
sunsets
They both drive
cars
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
Socs
• “rough”
• Turn to the police for
help
• Only date their own
kind
• Don’t fight fair
(outnumber the
enemy)
Both
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they talk to each
other
Go to rodeos
Use nicknames
Go to the same school
Teenagers
Greasers
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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
CHAPTER 3 – FREE RESPONSE
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?
COMPARE/CONTRAST: FOR EACH TOPIC IN THE
CENTER, LIST DEATAILS FROM THE TEXT ABOUT
EACH GANG TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES OR
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THEM.
GREASERS
SOCS
At end of chapter 2
CLOTHES
HAIR
CARS
GIRLS
At the end of chapter 3
PROBLEMS
FEELINGS
FIGHTING
DRINKING
CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING
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Why do you think Ponyboy and Cherry are able to talk to one
another? What discoveries do they make about one another?
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Why does Pony feel that life is unfair? (ex. the greasers’
lifestyle as opposed to the Socs lifestyle)
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What connection does Ponyboy make to Johnny, Bob’s rings,
and the blue Mustang on pg. 44?
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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?
IMPORTANT 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.38
1. “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. 39
2. “I don’t know why I could talk to her; maybe for the
same reason she could talk to me.”
Pg. 42
3. “He’s hard as a rock and about as human…He thinks
I’m a pain in the neck.”
Pg. 51
4. “I think I like it better when the old man’s hittin’
me…At least then I know he knows who I am.”
HOMEWORK
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Finish your entry