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The Outsiders Journal Guide for Chapter Six

For Students 6th - 10th
In this novel guide worksheet, students respond to eleven short answer questions about the plot and literary elements of Chapter Six in The Outsiders.
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PBS

Figuring Out Figurative Language in The Outsiders

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is well known for its relatable characters and plot, but don't forget how effective the book's figurative language can be! Check out an interactive resource that explores how figurative language comes...
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PBS

Figurative Language and Foreshadowing in The Outsiders

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is still relatable to teenagers today, even though it was written more than 50 years ago. Explore how the figurative language of the story works to establish characterization, and how foreshadowing lays...
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Prestwick House

The Outsiders

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
Stay gold with a handy crossword puzzle based on S.E. Hintont's The Outsiders. As middle and high schoolers work on completing the learning exercise, they review key concepts and quotes from the book.
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The Outsiders: The K-W-H-L Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What does your class know about the 1960s? Introduce your unit on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders with a K-W-H-L chart, which encourages kids to list what they already know about the time period, what they would like to know, how they...
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The Outsiders: Novel Study

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
The greasers and Socs, both gangs in S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, came from opposite sides of the tracks, yet seemed to live in two different worlds. Scholars answer comprehension questions, create alliterations, and work with...
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, learners respond to 12 multiple choice about Hinton's The Outsiders. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Outsiders: Question Answer Relationships Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Kids learn best when asking questions about what they have read. Encourage active reading with a comprehension activity based on S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, in which kids read passages from the beginning of the book and identify...
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K20 LEARN

Who Are They Really?: Characterization In The Outsiders

For Teachers 8th Standards
Ponyboy, Johnny, Winston, and Darry come alive in a lesson plan that focuses on the details S. E. Hinton uses to characterize the Greasers and the Socials. The class first observes the actors' words; the thoughts revealed their effect on...
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K20 LEARN

Mob Mentality and "The Outsiders": Integrating Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders allows middle schoolers to reflect on mob mentality. After reading an article and watching a video about herd mentality, class members find examples in the novel of when characters go along with the...
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The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive literature instructional activity, students respond to 7 short answer and essay questions about S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Students may check some of their answers online.
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The Outsiders Quiz

For Students 7th - 11th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Outsiders: Directed Reading Thinking Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
It can be difficult to begin a novel when you don't know what it's about. Take the opportunity to begin S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders slowly, making predictions and answering questions about the book's first nine pages.
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Linda Hoyt and Lynnette Brent Sandvold

Point of View: The Outsiders

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Incorporate these ideas for tracking point of view into your lessons for S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders. The resource provides ideas for talking about point of view at various points in the novel and provides a prompt for reflection. Also...
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The Outsiders: Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is always a favorite for middle and high school readers because it addresses issues that hit home to them, decades after the book is set. Have learners fill out an anticipation guide that encourages them to...
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The Outsiders Debate Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read the book The Outsiders for understanding. They develop arguments, with support, for six assigned debate points. They write a position paper based on six debate points. The dress up as a character in the book and...
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University of British Columbia

The Outsiders: Identity, the Individual, and the Group

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is the anchor text in a unit that asks readers to reflect on their own identity, their place in their family, in groups with which they identify, and in school. 
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Getting Inside The Outsiders Through Music

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners listen to popular music of the 50's and 60's to make literature connections to The Outsiders. In this popular culture lesson plan, students evaluate and analyze various songs and connect them with the themes in the literature...
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Recorded Books

The Outsiders Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 9th
S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders is the anchor text for a how-to primer for using audiobooks in the classroom. 
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Vocabulary from The Outsiders

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners listen to audio tape of segment of novel, The Outsiders, practice using online dictionary to look up and define vocabulary words, and create list of terms in Microsoft Word document.
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The Outsiders: Chapter 3

For Students 7th - 10th
In this comprehension check learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer questions covering chapter 3 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
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Study Guide for The Outsiders, Chapter 9

For Students 7th - 10th
In this The Outsiders comprehension check worksheet, learners respond to 17 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 9 of The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in order to help them better understand the novel.
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The Outsiders Character Chart: Dally

For Students 7th - 11th
In this The Outsiders character chart, students will evaluate Dally from several points of view. Students will evaluate how Dally looks, what he says, how he acts, what other characters think about him, and what the reader thinks about...
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The Outside Dog

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe the book, "The Outside Dog," and predict the events of the story. At the conclusion of the story, students act out various paragraphs from the book and write about specified characters. Additional cross-curriculum...

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