First, my apologies for not posting a blog for the last two weeks. There has been a technical issue with my blog and I have not been able to post anything. If you're reading this, it must have worked.

This week we are finishing up our work on The Outsiders.  Students will finish presenting their creative projects and we will be watching the movie. Students are required to write a movie/book review due Thursday. The review should be based on their opinion of the movie and the book, include evidence to support their opinion and include some elements of compare and contrast between the book and the movie; 300-500 words typed; due Thursday. No vocab this week. Next week we start Biographies.

Monday & Tuesday - The Outsiders Movie

Thursday - Letter writing project with Social Studies. Movie/book review due. No vocab.

Friday - No School.

Literature - Movie follow up of the book

Writing - Movie/book review due Thursday.

Grammar - no specific lesson

Vocab - no vocab this week.

The Outsiders Essay Questions

Please formulate your responses in complete paragraphs using complete sentences and supporting details. Depending on the question your answer should have 3-4 paragraphs.
Remember to use at least one quote from the book for your book.

Good Luck!

     1. One of the themes of the book is “loss of innocence.” Explain this. Who and why? How is this “shown” in the book without coming right out and saying it? Why is that an important message?
     2. Johnny tells Pony to tell Dallas about sunsets. Sunsets are an important symbol in the book. What do they represent? W ...