Ultimate "The Outsiders" Teaching Unit

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Maximize students' experience with S.E Hinton's classic novel, "The Outsiders," with our extremely comprehensive and ready-to-print study unit.

1. Novel Study

This core resource includes worksheets, discussion questions, written response questions, jeopardy games, plot structure worksheets, as well as pre- and post-reading activities.

2. Paired Informational Texts

Texts on real world issues such as gang culture, social and economic divisions, and the thought-provoking case of Cyntoia Brown illuminate many of the issues explored in "The Outsiders."

3. Paired Short Story - On the Sidewalk Bleeding

It is hard to believe that this short story was not specifically written to teach alongside "The Outsiders." Discussing the themes of gang culture and finding one's true identity will help students understand "The Outsiders" on a deeper level.

4. Paired Poem - Nothing Gold Can Stay

One cannot read "The Outsiders" without studying Johnny and Ponyboy's favorite poem, "Nothing Gold Can Stay."

5. Movie Worksheets

This resource includes many pre-viewing and viewing worksheets to keep students busy, as well as a scavenger hunt.

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