The Outsiders – Assignments Calendar
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DEC. 5
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Vocab 9-10 Test
Shakespeare/Twelfth Night
Test
Vocab Lesson 11
The Outsiders—discuss
expectations
1. Receive books.
2. Author discussion
3. Read opening paragraph
and discuss
1. Quick write #1
2. Discuss Chap. 1
3. Discuss “Song Requests”
project
1. Quiz on Chapters 1 & 2:
Comprehension and guided
summary
2. Check Vocab 11
3. Discuss Chap. 2
4. Idioms (worksheet 13-14)
1. Quick write #2
2. Discuss Chap. 3
3. ACTORS’ THEATER: “At
The Dingo” (pp. 21-26)
“After the Movies” (pp. 4448)
HW: S. E. Hinton
biographical information
worksheet
HW: Read Chap. 1 (pp. 1-18)
and answer questions.
HW: Read Chap. 3 (pp. 3752) and answer questions.
HW: Read Chapter 4 (pp. 5367) and answer questions.
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1. Quiz on Chapters 3 & 4:
Comprehension and guided
summary
2. Vocab Lesson 12
3. Discuss Chap. 4
1. Quick write #3
2. Discuss Chap. 5
1. Quiz on Chapters 5 & 6:
Guided summary and written
response
2. Discuss Chap. 6
3. Use of the present tense
when discussing literature
1. Quiz: Timed, five-minute
summary of Chap. 7
2. Check Vocab 12
3. Discuss Chap. 7
1. Vocab Test on 11&12
2. Discuss Chap. 8
3. ACTORS’ THEATER:
“At the Hospital” (pp. 121125)
HW: Read Chap. 5 (pp. 6884) and answer questions.
HW: Read Chap. 6 (pp. 8599) and answer questions.
HW: 1. Read Chap. 7 (pp.
100-118) and answer
questions. 2. Vocab Lesson 12
is due tomorrow.
HW: Read Chap. 8 (pp. 119130) and answer questions.
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1. Quiz on Chapters 9 & 10:
Guided summary and written
response
2. Discuss Chapters 9 & 10
1. Quiz on Chapters 11-12
2. Discuss 11 &12
3. Discuss plot structure of
the novel
1. “Song Requests” project is
due
2. Test on the novel
3. In-class Essay
ACTORS’ THEATER:
“Falling Action: A Series of
Scenes” (pp. 162-180)
Watch The Outsiders in the
auditorium. Dress like your
favorite character.
HW: Read Chapters 11 & 12
(pp. 161-180) and answer
questions.
HW: Short essay:
Comparison and Contrast
HW:
1. Read Chap. 2 (pp. 19-36)
and answer questions.
2. Vocab Lesson 11 is due
tomorrow.
HW: Read Chapters 9 & 10
(pp. 131-160) and answer
questions.
Quick-Write Questions
1. Pony thinks that Darry doesn’t care for him and
mistreats him. But at the end of Chapter 1, Soda says
that Darry really loves Ponyboy a lot. What evidence
is there for each view? How might the two views be
reconciled? (reconcile - to bring two or more people back
into a friendly relationship with each other after a dispute or
estrangement, or return to a friendly relationship)
2. Children are often said to be a reflection of their
parents. Based on Ponyboy’s description of his
parents, what similarities do you see between the
Curtis boys and their mother and father? What
differences?
3. Which force seems to have more control over
Ponyboy—the influence of friends and family or the
inner desire to be himself? Give examples to support
your answer. Which forces do you think should be
the main influence in his life? Why?
Grading
Quick writes
Discussion questions
Quizzes
Actors’ Theater (optional)
Music Project
Test
Essay
TOTAL
20 points each
60 points
5 points/assignment 50 points
20 points each
120 points
50 points each
100 points
100 points
100 points
100 points
530-630 points