The Outsiders
Journal Prompts 2011
Chapter prompts
• Own section in comp book
• MUST HAVE COMP BOOK - I will not grade
loose papers stapled together
• 10 sentences long
• Pick an idea – can be personal account
Prompt ch. 1
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Going to the movies
It’s fun being young
My ‘gang’
When I’m really scared…
Trying not to cry
Being ‘in love’
Week nights versus weekends
Prompts ch 2
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I don’t like hanging out there
s/he’s never really very nice
Being harassed
You take up for your buddies
The sight of it made me feel sick
Prompts ch 3
• They were just like us
• We’re always searching for something to
satisfy us, but we never find it
• I’m (horse) crazy
• Don’t talk like that!
• Running away (for awhile)
Prompts ch 4
• What are we gonna do?
• This can’t be happening. This can’t be
happening
• Don’t you ever use your head?
• I lie so easily it scares me sometimes
• Going to church
Casting List
• Imagine you were assigned to cast actors for a remake
of The Outsiders movie now
• Take the information you gathered in your notes and
create a casting book (as a ppt)
• Character as title of slide
• Picture of actor
• 2-3 sentences WHY (note other work/characters this
actor peformed)
• One piece of textual evidence for support
• Remember: they do not have to LOOK like character
because in Hollywood, there are great make-up artists.
Patrick Dempsey as Sodapop Curtis
Reasoning w/text evidence
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Besides the curly, longer hair and
gorgeous eyes, Patrick Dempsey
would portray a good Sodapop
because he is an overall ‘hottie.’ He
has a great smile, and on his
current show, Gray’s Anatomy, I
think women wouldn’t mind being
sick just to see him. Just like in the
book girls go to the gas station
Soda works at just to see him:
“Whether that was because Steve
was so good with cars or because
Soda attracted girls like honey
draws flies…(page 12) His smile is
contagious and could melt any girl’s
heart, whether he knows it or not.
illustration
Prompts ch 5
• The most beautiful view I had ever seen
• My over-active imagination was running away
with me again
• Being homesick
• Words from a song/poem that are special to
me
• Heroes and heroines
Prompts ch 6
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It’s all my fault
I had never been there before
I didn’t feel afraid until afterwards
I was sitting in the waiting room, waiting to
hear the news
Prompts ch 7
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s/he can’t make anyone laugh
I felt really lousy
Strange things I like to eat
The re-occurring nightmare
Sick and tired of it all
You just can’t seem to win
Prompts ch 8
• I felt I couldn’t get along with him/her
• Before I die, I want to…
• I had this real sick feeling in my stomach
Prompts ch 9
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I usually come in quite late
The excitement was catching
The biggest fight in my life
Yeah! We won!
Prompts ch 10
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Where have you been?
There was absolute silence
s/he died a violent death
There’s always next time/year
Prompts ch 11
• I wish I could have stayed in bed all day long
• Seeing somebody I always knew, in a different
light/way
• My special name
Prompts ch 12
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Going to court
The bad habit
Being absent-minded
Straightening things out with my teacher
Don’t ever quit
If we don’t have each other in the end, we
have nothing
Journal #13 Finale
• The lesson or moral I’ve learnt from this book