This product will allow your students to easily understand and analyze Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by breaking it down line-by-line!

Instruct your students to fold the paper in half the long way, and to cut along the black lines into the midline of the paper. They will end up with a long, skinny version of the poem on the front of the flaps, and analysis question inside.

As they read the poem, they will peel back the flap to reveal questions that ask them to analyze the poem for symbolism, mood, imagery, allusion, and theme. I have included an answer key of sample responses for your convenience.

You can use this product in an interactive notebook, as part of your analysis of chapter 6 of S.E Hinton's The Outsiders, in conjunction with The Fault in Our Stars, with Catcher in the Rye, or as part of a poetry study! Please ask if you have any questions!

This chart requires students to identify the following information for EACH of the greasers: their name, physical description as given by Ponyboy, a quote the character says, what the character does, what does Pony think of this person, and then draw a conclusion in the right column by identifying a character trait(s) the character possesses.

This assignment asks students to choose one of the given circumstances that were not included in S.E. Hinton’s original text. Using what they know about the characters and events of the novel, they have to write that scene. They should mimic S.E. Hinton’s style of writing, use a lot of figurative language, stay true to the “voice” of the characters, and not change anything that was in the original story. They are simply writing an additional scene that she never wrote. It's a great, fun narrative practice! I've also included a pre-writing planning sheet and a rubric.

Background: Due to the first person limited narrator S.E. Hinton used in The Outsiders, the Socs are mostly silent. We are very aware of the greasers’ point of view and of their problems and concerns, but the Socs remain aloof and mysterious. Luckily, we hear from two important Socs—Cherry and Randy—who help us come to a better understanding of what it’s like to be a Soc.

This worksheet requires students to analyze quotes from Cherry and Randy, as well as the conversation Pony has with Randy on p. 115-118. It is best completed after reading chapter 7. It ends with a question that relates what the students have learned during this chapter to the main conflict of the novel.

You could use this as homework or classwork, and have students do it individually or with a partner/ small group. I've included an answer key for your convenience!

This is an activity that requires students to practice indirect characterization. It works best with chapter 4. Students read 6 quotes that I post around the room, and write in their journals what each one says about Ponyboy's self-image.

Next, they have to select an additional quote from the novel that reveals a different character's personality. They have to write one paragraph about this person’s character that they can infer from the quote.

This file contains directions for you to post on the overhead or at each table, as well as the 6 quotes for you to post around the room or in a packet for each table to look at. It also includes an example paragraph I wrote for quote #4.

This file contains directions and a planning sheet for a story map the students will create for chapter 6, specifically pages 90-95, of The Outsiders. The purpose of the story map is for the kids to choose the 6 most important events that they will summarize on their visualization story map in 6 panels. Included is the handout with directions and a planning sheet, as well as a grade sheet that you could use as a student checklist/ success criteria and/or a teacher rubric.

Are you in search of other materials to use with The Outsiders? Please check out my other resources!

1. Narrative Writing Scene: Students choose one of the options and write a missing scene from the novel mimicking Hinton's style and staying true to the voice of the characters.

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2**. Indirect Characterization chart for The Greasers-** great for the beginning of the book when the reader is first meeting the boys!

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3. An in-depth analysis of the Socs for after chapter 7:

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4. Socratic Seminar: can be used as the final assessment!

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5. Characterization: Ponyboy's self- image (works best after chapter 4):

https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/The-Outsiders-Indirect-Characterization-Ponyboys-Self-Image-3443060

6. Found Poem (works best after chapter 4):

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Are you looking for an interactive, student-led activity/ assessment for the end of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders?

This file contains 2 different packets of Socratic Circle questions- packet A and packet B. Each packet contains 3 different questions that require students to answer and provide two quotes from the text to back up their answers. Students are also required to come up with 3 additional questions they will ask if there's time in their circle. Finally, the packet has a page where each student will monitor a partner in the opposite circle. They will make a check each time their partner speaks, and paraphrase a meaningful comment their partner made. Lastly, the file contains the socratic circle rubric.

When you print out the file, you'll see packet A on the top half of the sheet, packet B on the bottom half, and then the rubric as the last page of the file. You'll need to cut each packet page in half after you print them out, as each booklet you give to the students is only half a page. They are labeled A and B. Give half your class A, half B, and allow them to plan! The day of the circle, you'll let A discuss for maybe 20-30 minutes, then flip-flop your circles and have B discuss.

My students really enjoy Socratic Seminars! I have found it works better when you give each group three different questions, so you don't see the same discussion 2 times, which is how this packet is set up. I used the Socratic Circle as their "final test grade" for The Outsiders. The students need to have completed the whole book to answer the questions included in the packet.

This file includes an assignment sheet for the students to create a found poem from chapter 4 of The Outsiders. The assignment sheet for student distribution includes the definition, purpose, and rules of a found poem, and an example from ch 17 of The Maze Runner that I wrote. Also included in the file is an example found poem from chapter 4 of The Outsiders for your reference, and a rubric you can use to score the poems. Lastly, there is a writer's checklist the students can use as they write.

This digital product is perfect for Distance Learning. Students can access the directions, rubric, and example poems in the pdf. Then they can write their poem in a Google Doc or whatever way you have your students submit their work!