THE OUTSIDERS
Entrance/Exit Cards
Entrance Card
•Tell the story of your life in just 6
words. That's right, just six little
words--no more, no less. And no fair
making up words-that-don’t-existnormally-as-hyphenated-words so as
not to exceed the limit!
Exit Card
•Create a six word biography for Pony
Boy.
Entrance Card
•S.E. Hinton said her alter-ego is a 15
year old boy. Who is your alter ego
and why?
Exit Card
•Reflect upon what you know about
S.E. Hinton and the time period in
which she grew up. Why do you think
she chose to tell her story from the
perspective of a teenage boy?
Entrance Card
•How does family influence identity?
How do friends influence identity?
Does one influence more than the
other?
Exit Card
•Who exerts the most influence on
Pony Boy? Do you think the
influences in his life are mostly
positive or negative, and why?
Entrance Card
•Which character from The Outsiders
do you relate to the most? Why/how?
Exit Card
•Imagine you are casting a new movie
version of The Outsiders using your
classmates. Who would play each of
the roles?
Entrance Card
•What major life events shape
identity?
Exit Card
•Which of the major life events has
Pony Boy already experienced, and
how have they shaped his identity?
Tuesday November 8
Entrance Card
•How does identity change and
evolve as you grow older? How
does it stay the same?
Exit Card
•Reflect upon what you already know
about the novel and make a
prediction. How do you think Pony
Boy’s identity will evolve as he grows
older?
Wednesday
November 9 Entrance Card
•What role does gender play in
identity? How does your gender
influence you?
Exit Card
• All of the girls in the novel are Socs.
Why do you think there aren’t any
female greasers?
Thursday
November 10 Entrance Card
•Detail a particular event that
has impacted your life and has
shaped who you are.
Exit Card
•What events in Pony Boy and Soda
Pop’s past have probably shaped
their identities?
Friday
November 11
Entrance Card
•If you were a character in a novel,
what would the novel be called?
Briefly describe the plot.
Exit Card
•The Outsiders deals primarily
with identity. What would the
major theme(s) in your novel
be?
Monday November 14
Entrance Card
•How does where you live
influence your identity? Give
examples of how your
neighborhood has influenced you.
Exit Card
•Describe Pony’s neighborhood, The
East, and describe how the
characters are influenced by living
there.
Tuesday November 15
Entrance Card
•Finish this statement: The best
thing about me is
______________, and the worst
thing about me is
____________________________.
Exit Card
•Finish this statement: The best
thing about Pony Boy is
______________, and the worst
thing about Pony Boy is
____________________________.
Wednesday
November 16 Entrance Card
•Define heroism. What is the
most heroic thing you have
ever done?
Exit Card
•Who are the heroes in The
Outsiders? How are they
heroic?
Thursday November 17
Entrance Card
•Previously, we talked about how
family influences identity. How
does our identity influence our
family? How does YOUR identity
influence YOUR family?
Exit Card
•How does Pony Boy and Soda
Pop’s identity as greasers
influence their family as a whole?
Friday
November 18
Entrance Card
•Why do we dream? What is the
most vivid dream you can recall?
Do you think our dreams shape
our identities or do our identities
shape our dreams? Explain your
answer.
Exit Card
•How does Ponyboy’s dream affect
his family?
Monday November 21
Entrance Card
•What has been your biggest life
crisis so far? How did you handle
it? Who did you turn to for help?
Exit Card
•How do Ponyboy and the other
Greasers deal with pressures?
Where could Dally turn for help?
Tuesday November 22
Entrance Card
•How do the books we read shape
our identity? What is the most
important book you have ever
read and why is it so important?
Exit Card
•Would you recommend The
Outsiders to your family or friends
to read? Would you tell them to
read the book or see the movie?