Miranda Martin

8th Grade English Language Arts – The Outsiders Unit

Date In-Class Work Students Will Be Able To…
Week One
Day One - Activation Strategy: Stereotypes Worksheet - Students will be able to research a
31 October 2018 - Intro to S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders given topic with technology
- You Tube Movie clip titled “Outsiders Background -
Knowledge” by Michael Leonard (8:39 minutes) - Students will be able to collaborate
- Students will work in pairs (no more than 2 students working with a peer to find answers appropriate
together) to complete the Scavenger Hunt worksheet packet to question-based tasks.
before the end of class
- Go over the Scavenger Hunt as a Class Discussion
Day Two - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following - Students will be able to complete an
1 November 2018 bellwork: “What are the first things you notice about someone opinion-based classroom poll
when you meet them for the first time? - Students will be able to state and
- Brief Class Discussion on Bellwork defend their stance on a given
- Pre-Reading Questionnaire and Class Discussion on the statement
results - Students will be able to evaluate and
- Short writing assignment: Students will write a paragraph on interpret classroom data
which result was the most interesting to them and why
- Students will be given their “Outsiders Folders” that contain
assignments we will be working on over the course of reading
the novel
- Introduce the rest of the “Outsiders Folders” to students and
explain how each piece will be completed and assessed
Day Three - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following - Students will be able to analyze
2 November 2018 bellwork: “What is characterization? In what ways can an characterization in a text
author c reate a character?” - Students will be able to collaborate in
- Discuss Bellwork a class discussion
- You Tube video: “Character Traits & Characterization” (2:57)
-Lagana
- You Tube video: “Plot Elements” (2:41) - Mmsiebe
 - Quick recap on what to listen for as we listen to/read chapter 1
- Listen to audio version of Chapter 1 as a class
- Work in Outsiders Folders (Character Charts, Chapter 1
Questions, and Socs vs. Greasers) with group members
- Class Discussion on chapter 1 contents in the folders
Week Two
Day Four - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following
5 November 2018 bellwork: “After reading Chapter 1 of the novel, what
Shortened Day for inferences can you make about what the novel may be about?
Star Testing Cite 1 piece of textual evidence.”
- Listen to audio version of Chapter 2 in class
- Writing Prompt
- Star Testing
6 November 2018 - Election Day – No School
7 November 2018 - Field Trip – No Class
Day Five - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following
8 November 2018 bellwork: “What is Ponyboy’s relationship with each of the
following characters: Sodapop, Darry, Two-Bit, Steve, Dally,
Johnny, Cherry?”
- Plicker Review Game for Chapters 1 & 2
- Class Discussion on Character Charts
- Character Map: Class Activity on Poster Board
- Go over Chapter Titles activity in Outsiders Folders
- Anonymous class contest on best chapter titles
Day Six - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following
9 November 2018 bellwork: “Compare and Contrast Ponyboy and Johnny. How
are they similar? How are they different?”
- Discuss Bellwork and add characteristics of Ponyboy and
Johnny to Character Charts
- Evaluate events that have taken place thus far
- Have students add the first main event to their Plot Sheets
- Listen to audio version of Chapter 3 as a class
- Students will be able to make
inferences
- Students will be able to cite textual
evidence to support a claim
- Students will be able to analyze how
major events in a literary text shape the
plot of the story
- Students will be able to depict
character relationships
- Students will be able to collaborate in
class activities with peers
- Students will be able to use textual
evidence to support a claim (chapter
titles)
- Students will be able to evaluate major
scenes in a literary text
- Students will be able to determine the
rising action of a plot in a literary text
- Students will be able to use textual
evidence to support a claim (chapter
titles)
 - Complete Chapter 3 Questions as a class
- Create Chapter 3 Titles
Week Three
Day Seven - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following
12 November bellwork: “What have you noticed about the language that is
2018 used by the characters in The Outsiders? Do the characters
speak the same way that you do? How or how not?”
- Listen to audio version of Chapter 4 as a class
- Students will work on Chapter 4 questions individually for 10
minutes
- Complete Chapter 4 questions as a class
- Determine what main event took place in Chapter 4 and add it
to Plot Sheets in “Outsiders Folders”
- Chain Reaction Slang Game
- Create a Chapter Title for Chapter 4
Day Eight - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following
13 November bellwork: “Considering the main event from Chapter 4, what
2018 do you predict will happen next in the novel?”
- Listen to audio version of Chapter 5 as a class
- Complete Chapter 5 questions as a class
- Work on Character Charts and Character Map
- Create a Chapter Title for Chapter 5
Day Nine - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following
14 November bellwork: “What is theme? What do you think the theme(s) of
2018 The Outsiders is/are?”
- Go over bellringer and have class discussion on the multiple
themes that are evident in the novel thus far
- Go over and review “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost -
- Discuss and depict figurative langua ge, alliteration, and
metaphors in the poem as a class
- Students will be able to compare and
contrast characters in a literary text
- Students will be able to determine the
meaning of uncommon terms in a
literary text
- Students will be able to evaluate how
language conveys meaning in a literary
text
- Students will be able to depict a main
event and rising action in a literary text
- Students will be able to analyze
characterization
- Students will be able to depict
character relationships
- Students will be able to collaborate in
class activities with peers
- Students will be able to use textual
evidence to support a claim (chapter
titles)
- Students will be able to determine
themes in a literary text
- Students will be able to compare and
contrast themes of two different
literary texts bf
Students will be able to evaluate the
usage of metaphors and figurative
language of a literary text
 - Highlighter activity as a class – Students depict the correlating - Students will be able to depict
themes that are seen in Frost’s poem and evident in “The alliteration in a literary text
Outsiders”
Day 10 - Activating Strategy: Students will complete the following - Students will be able to compare
15 November bellwork: “After connecting the poem, “Nothing Gold Can themes from various literary texts
2018 Stay,” to the novel, do you believe the themes of the novel we - Students will be able to analyze
discussed yesterday are evident in other books you have read? characterization
If so, what books?” - Students will be able to depict
- Listen to audio version of Chapter 6 as a class character relationships
- Complete Chapter 6 questions as a class - Students will be able to collaborate in
- Add to Character Charts and Character Map class activities with peers
- Create Chapter Title for Chapter 6 - Students will be able to use textual
evidence to support a claim (chapter
titles)