The Outsiders Chapter 1 Readers Response Notebook Entries
**To be completed in your notebook!**
**Leave space in each entry because you will be adding more details and
evidence to these entries when you read later chapters**
Entry 1: Create a T-chart OR a Venn diagram to compare the character traits of
Greasers and Socs. Be sure to use a combination of inferences, paraphrasing, and
direct evidence with page numbers from the novel.
Entry 2: Create a chart like the one below to jot notes on the characters as they are
introduced in chapter 1. Jot down physical appearance, key actions, relationships
to each other, their reputations, etc. Be sure to use a combination of inferences,
paraphrasing, and direct evidence with page numbers from the novel.
Ponyboy Curtis
Sodapop Curtis
Darry Curtis
Dally (Dallas) Winston
Two-Bi Mathews
Steve Randle
Johnny Cade
Cherry Valance
Entry 3: What big idea is most interesting to you as a reader so far in the The
Outsiders? Explain.