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Visual Activity for Novels
Notes on Elements of Design
Line: any image begins with a line,
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Straight lines - suggest order and direction,
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Jagged lines - (Lightning bolts) can suggest power or fear and confusion,
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Curved lines - may suggest motion, like waves, or softness,
Shape: are flat with only two dimensions, height and width.
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When shapes are balanced, they create a feeling of harmony.
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When shapes are not symmetrical, they create tension.
Form: the illusion of three-dimensional forms having height, width and depth can be
created on a flat sheet of paper.
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Things that are far away look smaller than things that are nearby.
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When one object overlaps another, the object shown in full view seems to
be in front of the other object.
Colour: can communicate many things. Sometimes in society various meanings may be
attached to particular colours.
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White - purity, weddings
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Black - death or elegance,
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Red - passion, anger, love,
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Yellow - friendship,
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Green - the earth, growth, new life,
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Blue - sky, water,
Focal Point: where the attention is directed; emphasis
Questions
1. Using the notes above, describe the cover of your novel. Explain the following:
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The focal point; what catches your attention when you first look at the
visual? How does the designer do this?
● Describe the visual. What information does it communicate about the
novel? (Consider the use of color, line, shape, and form)
● What information do you learn from written text on the novel’s cover?
(front and back)
● List three questions that come to mind when after you’ve read the back
cover “blurb”.
● If you were to change the cover in any way to make it more effective,
what would you do?
The Outsiders Chapter Questions
Chapter One
1. Describe each of the characters and their relationship with one another.
2. Who are the socs? Who are the greasers?
3. How do Ponyboy's relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain.
Chapter 2
4. Who are Cherry and Marcia? What are the circumstances surrounding their
meeting Ponyboy?
Chapter 3
5. What does Cherry explain as the difference between the socs and the greasers?
6. What happens when Pony comes home after his curfew?
7. Example of foreshadowing, see chart
Chapter 4
8. What major conflict happens in this chapter? Explain how it begins, how it
develops, and how it ends.
Chapter 5
9. Who does Johnny think is a hero (p. 76)? Do you think Dally is a hero based on
what he did?
10. Who's the spy for the greasers? Does this surprise you? Why or why not?
Chapter 6
11. What's your own definition of a hero? Do the three boys prove themselves to be
heroes, according to your definition? Explain.
Chapter 7
12.What condition is Johnny in after the fire? Why would this be worse for Johnny
than someone else?
13.Why did Pony think it was better to see Socs as "just guys" on p. 118? What do
you think he means by this?
Chapter 8
14. Complete foreshadowing chart #2
15. "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason"
(p.121). What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason?
Chapter 9
16. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what
comment is he making about how society judges people?
17. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean?
Chapter 10
18. How does Dally react to Johnny’s death? Explain why he handles Johnny's dying
in so tragic a way.
Chapter 11
19. What do you think is going on with Ponyboy when he says, "Johnny didn't have
anyhing to do with Bob's getting killed" (p.166)?
Chapter 12
20. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the Socs approach him and he threatens
them with a broken bottle (p.170-171)? How is this a dramatic change from the
Ponyboy we have seen up until this point?
Define Foreshadowing:
Example from Story
p.34 – “ He would kill the next person
who jumped him. Nobody was going to
beat him like that again. Not over his
dead body…”
p.119 – “Let them go in,” he said to the
nurse. “He’s been asking for them. It
can’t hurt now.”
Explanation of what is being
foreshadowed.
Personal Response Activity # 1
The first time Ponyboy hears the statement, “Things are rough all over,” he feels that
only the Greasers have it tough. How does Ponyboy’s opinion of the Socs change and
grow throughout the novel?
Personal Response Activity #2
In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the reader experiences the violence and
hardship of life on the streets as the Greasers try to survive in an environment that treats
them as “outsiders”.
Find 3 real-life examples of teens who feel alienated from society. You may want to
check newspapers, the Internet, or magazines for articles. Song lyrics, and visuals could
also provide valuable material. Clip these out, and attach them below.
In a thoughtful response, answer the following:
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Why do you think young people like Ponyboy, Dally, or the teens from your
articles act the way they do?
● How must society change so that young people do not feel so much the outsiders?
The Outsiders – Character Activity
Students are going to create a life-size poster of one of the characters
discussed in the novel. Students are to use their novels and any notes in class
to create the best representation possible of their character.
Directions:
1. Students are to get into groups of four.
2. Each group will complete a character analysis sheet. This will record the
character’s voice, actions, looks, thoughts and feelings.
3. One volunteer for each group will lie down on the paper and be traced.
Students will then outline their body form in black marker.
4. Students will next add clothes and facial features to the ‘body’ based on
the information collected on the character analysis sheet.
5. Students add their character voice quotations, actions and thoughts to
help reveal their character.
6. Life –size characters will be displayed in the classroom.
The Outsiders – Character Analysis
Directions: Students are to complete the following character analysis with a
minimum of two examples, from the text, for each category. Once completed
students may begin to draw their life-size character.
Character Name:
Character’s Voice
What the character
says:
What the words show:
Character’s Actions
What the character
does:
What the actions show:
Character’s Thoughts
and Feelings
What the character
thinks and feels:
What the thoughts and
feelings show:
Character’s Looks
Hair Colour:
Eye Colour:
Age:
Height:
Distinguishing features:
Evaluation for novel study
Component
Marking Scheme
1. Cover design/visual activity
Evaluate holistically for a grade / 10
2. Chapter questions
20 questions for a grade / 50
3. Personal response
Evaluate holistically for a grade/20
4. Representing
Evaluate group participation /10
Evaluate final product /10
Novel study grade (category novel study in e-Class)
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