The Outsiders
by: S.E. Hinton
The Outsiders is an award winning novel and a major motion picture about a teenage boy growing up without parent and facing the pressure of the social class system of the 1960's and gang violence. Pony Boy Curtis, a member of the local gang of Greasers, befriends a girl,from his local high school, who belongs to a rival gang of Socials from the west side of town. As a result of this new found friendship, a series of events occurs that will change Pony Boy's life forever.
Interest Level/Text Complexity: Grades 6-8
Grade Level Equivalency: 5.1
Lexile Level: 750
Genre: Classic, Realistic Fictions
Unit Objectives:
*Develop Vocabulary
*Identify Literary Devices: Irony, Simile, Metaphor, Personification,
*Comprehend Literature
*Complete Character Studies
*Identify Literary Elements of Fiction Writing: Setting, Plot, Characterization, Conflict, Tone/Mood, Foreshadowing
*Investigate the culture of the 1960's & research important facts, events, people, and customs.
*Prepare a multimedia presentation sharing information researched and gained from the text.
CCSS:
RL.8.1, RL.82, RL8.3, RL.8.10
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.6
Interest Level/Text Complexity: Grades 6-8
Grade Level Equivalency: 5.1
Lexile Level: 750
Genre: Classic, Realistic Fictions
Unit Objectives:
*Develop Vocabulary
*Identify Literary Devices: Irony, Simile, Metaphor, Personification,
*Comprehend Literature
*Complete Character Studies
*Identify Literary Elements of Fiction Writing: Setting, Plot, Characterization, Conflict, Tone/Mood, Foreshadowing
*Investigate the culture of the 1960's & research important facts, events, people, and customs.
*Prepare a multimedia presentation sharing information researched and gained from the text.
CCSS:
RL.8.1, RL.82, RL8.3, RL.8.10
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.6