The Outsiders

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The Outsiders
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• S.E. Hinton

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Child Abuse

• Begin this activity by thinking about the problem
  of child abuse in the novel, The Outsiders.
  Johnny is a victim of child abuse. Many children
  suffer from problems like Johnny every day, but
  there are many agencies in the world that work to
  help young victims of child abuse recover from
  their problems. In this activity you will conduct
  web-based research to read more about the
  problems of child abuse and to find agencies that
  provide support for survivors.

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Child Abuse

• In this activity you will visit different web
  sites to read more about the problems of child
  abuse and to find agencies that provide support
  for survivors. Then you will write a letter to
  the character Johnny, advising him about what he
  can do concerning the problems he faces with his
  family. You will include in your letter
  information that you obtained on the web.

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Child Abuse

• The Process Exploring the Web, Creating a
  Product
• First, visit the following website to read more
  child abuse. Write down 7 facts that you learn
  about child abuse while visiting this site. Store
  your notes in a folder so you can refer back to
  them later.
• Next, visit the child abuse help agency sites
  below. While at each site, you want to write down
  the following information 
• Name of Agency
• Address
• Phone number
• email address
• What services does the agency provide?
• Who might choose to contact this agency?

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Agencies

• Texas Department of Family and Protective
  Services http//www.dfps.state.tx.us/Prevention_a
  nd_Early_Intervention/Programs_Available_In_Your_C
  ounty/default.asp
• Parents Anonymous, Inc. http//www.parentsanonymou
  s.org
• Children's Defense Fund http//www.childrensdefen
  se.org/ International Child Abuse Network
  http//www.yesican.org/index.html

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Child Abuse

• Now that you have learned more about child abuse,
  write a letter to Johnny offering him information
  and advice about the problems he has with his
  family. Include detailed information in your
  letter that you gained from your research.

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Format of a Friendly Letter

• Visit the following link for a detailed example
  of how to format a friendly letter. English Plus
  http//www.englishplus.com/grammar/00000144.htm

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Child Abuse

• How You Will Be Graded
• At the end of this activity you will give your
  teacher the following
• Notes from the "All About Child Abuse" website (7
  facts that you learned about child abuse).
• Notes from the child abuse agency websites,
  including answers to the questions about each
  site.
• A friendly letter to Johnny that includes the
  following
• A heading (Dear Johnny,) and a closing
  (Sincerely, your name)
• Information about child abuse (educate Johnny
  about the problems he faces)
• Advice about places he might contact for help
  (using the information you gained from the web)
• Correct standard written English (spelling,
  capital letters, punctuation, word order and
  usage)
• Neat and legible writing

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Homelessness

• Begin this activity by thinking about when
  Ponyboy and Johnny are homeless for a week.
  Homelessness is a terrible problem in the world
  today. Unfortunately, in the United States,
  homelessness affects children, adults, and even
  teenagers like you. The life of homeless people
  must be terribly difficult. Johnny and Ponyboy
  both realize this during the week that they run
  away.
• In this activity you will visit websites that
  show pictures of homeless people. Then you will
  make a cluster to prepare to write a poem about
  homelessness.

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Homelessness

• In this activity you will visit different web
  sites to view pictures of homeless people. You
  will describe the images that you see. Then you
  will make a cluster about homelessness. Finally,
  you will write a poem about homelessness. Your
  poem will use images that you saw on the web.
• The Process Exploring the Web, Creating a
  Product
• First, visit the following websites to look at
  pictures of homeless people. Write down the
  images you see while visiting this site. Pay
  attention to the way these people look and the
  way that they live. Notice the things in the
  background. Store your notes in a folder so you
  can refer back to them later. 
• Erica http//www.auschron.com/gallery/8bit/erica.
  html
• Old and Young http//www.auschron.com/gallery/8bit
  /young.old.gif
• Vadar http//www.auschron.com/gallery/8bit/vadar.h
  tml
• Rima http//www.auschron.com/gallery/8bit/rima2.ht
  ml
• Vadar and Maggot http//www.auschron.com/gallery/8
  bit/maggot.html
• Train Jumpin http//www.auschron.com/gallery/8bit
  /train.gif
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• Now that you have written down the images that
  you saw after looking at homeless people, think
  about the difficulties that Ponyboy and Johnny
  had when they were homeless. Do you think that
  these people on the streets experience some of
  the same things that Johnny and Ponyboy did when
  they ran away?
• Make a cluster of words to use in your
  homelessness poem. Think about the experience of
  homelessness based on the characters in the
  novel, the pictures on the web and the homeless
  people you have seen in your own life. Cluster
  words and images that come to mind. Use the
  example on the next slide to get started. Try to
  include at least 25 images on your cluster.
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Homelessness
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Homelessness

• Finally, use your cluster of homeless images to
  create a poem about homelessness. Be creative.
  Use words that evoke pictures in the reader's
  mind. Use words that SHOW what it is like to be
  homeless.
• The following is an example of a poem about
  homelessness.
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• Go Ahead, Run Away
• Cold, colder, freezing-
• hungry too. 
•  Sleeping on the floor of a
• deserted church
• or maybe on a comfy
• street corner.
• No bed if you're sick
• No food.
• Nothin warm.
•  Just a dusty cement mattress
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•  A brick wall, or an alley for a toilet.
• Hit the nearest dumpster for breakfast,
• Hooray, it's bologna again!
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• Nothing healthy to eat.
• It's scary out on the street
• the life of a homeless teen.

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Homelessness

• How You Will Be Graded
• At the end of this activity you will give the
  following to your teacher
• Notes from the homeless picture websites
• Cluster about homelessness
• A poem about homelessness
• The poem must
• have a title.
• be at least 6 lines long.
• use images of homelessness found on the internet
  sites.
• use images from Johnny and Ponyboy's one-week
  experience of being homeless 
• use correct spelling.
• be neat and legible.

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Dealing with Grief

• Begin this activity by thinking about death in
  the novel, The Outsiders. When someone close to
  us dies we experience a loss. That loss is called
  grief. Ponyboy experiences a great deal of grief
  throughout this story. First his parents die, and
  then Johnny and Dally die in the same night. This
  is why he gets so sick and confused toward the
  end of the novel. All people experience the loss
  of a loved one sometime during their life. This
  activity is designed to help students contemplate
  death and grief, and to learn ways to better cope
  with mourning.

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Dealing with Grief

• In this activity you will visit different web
  sites to read and understand more about grief.
  Make connections between what the websites
  discuss concerning grief, and the way Ponyboy
  behaves after Johnny and Dally's deaths. After,
  you will write a paragraph explaining and
  describing how Ponyboy was feeling after the
  death of his friends. Use the terms you found on
  the web. Write about Ponyboy's behavior and
  feelings.

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Dealing with Grief

• The Process Exploring the Web, Creating a
  Product
• First, visit the following websites to read more
  about grief. While visiting this site, write down
  5 grieving behaviors that Ponyboy experiences in
  the novel. Store your notes in a folder so you
  can refer back to them later.
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• Phases of Grief
• http//www.survivingsuicide.com/grief.htm
• Jareds Storyhttp//www.jaredstory.com/dealing_wi
  th_grief.html
• Dealing with the Grief of LossURLhttp//home.att
  .net/velvet-hammer/grief.html

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Dealing with Grief

• Now that you have learned more about grief, write
  a descriptive paragraph in which you report what
  Ponyboy is experiencing after Johnny and Dally
  die. Describe Ponyboy's behavior and what he was
  feeling. Include information in your paragraph
  that you learned from the web.

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Dealing with Grief

• How You Will Be Graded
• At the end of this activity give your teacher the
  following
• Notes from the 3 websites about grief (5 grieving
  behaviors that are discussed in the website that
  Ponyboy experiences in the novel).
• A descriptive paragraph that reports information
  about Ponyboy's experience with grief.
• The paragraph should include the following
• Title
• Explanation of what Ponyboy does that is evidence
  of grief
• Explanation of what Ponyboy must have been
  feeling while he was in mourning
• Explanation of what grieving behaviors were
  typical, based on your web research
• Correct standard written English (spelling,
  capital letters, punctuation, word order and
  usage)
• Legibility

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Extra Credit

• List the members of your family.
• Describe each family member.
• Where does your family live?
• What does your home look like?
• What foods does your family enjoy?
• Can you include any favorite family recipes?
• What are some important family traditions in your
  family?
• What activities does your family enjoy together?
• What are some important moments in your family's
  history? Include both happy and sad moments.
• What are some goals of your family?  
• Now, create a "Family Celebration Poster" for
  your family. If possible, you might create a
  mini scrapbook or photo album instead. The
  purpose is to celebrate your family and to share
  the special aspects of your family with others.
  Your poster should have both words and pictures.
• You can use any artistic means to create your
  poster. You may bring photos from home. You can
  draw pictures of your family members or cut out
  pictures of people who resemble your family from
  magazines. You can also use the computer to
  generate illustrations.
• Include as much important information as possible
  from the questions above in your poster.
• You should be prepared to share your Family
  Celebration Poster (or scrap book or photo album)
  with your classmates when you finish.