The Outsiders

Journal Prompts 2011

Chapter prompts

• Own section in comp book• MUST HAVE COMP BOOK - I will not grade

loose papers stapled together

• 10 sentences long• Pick an idea – can be personal account

Prompt ch. 1

• Going to the movies• It’s fun being young• My ‘gang’• When I’m really scared…• Trying not to cry• Being ‘in love’• Week nights versus weekends

Prompts ch 2

• I don’t like hanging out there• s/he’s never really very nice• Being harassed• You take up for your buddies• The sight of it made me feel sick

Prompts ch 3

• They were just like us• We’re always searching for something to

satisfy us, but we never find it• I’m (horse) crazy• Don’t talk like that!• Running away (for awhile)

Prompts ch 4

• What are we gonna do?• This can’t be happening. This can’t be

happening• Don’t you ever use your head?• I lie so easily it scares me sometimes• Going to church

Casting List

• Imagine you were assigned to cast actors for a remake of The Outsiders movie now

• Take the information you gathered in your notes and create a casting book (as a ppt)

• Character as title of slide • Picture of actor• 2-3 sentences WHY (note other work/characters this actor

peformed)• One piece of textual evidence for support• Remember: they do not have to LOOK like character

because in Hollywood, there are great make-up artists.

Patrick Dempsey as Sodapop Curtis

Reasoning w/text evidence• Besides the curly, longer hair and

gorgeous eyes, Patrick Dempsey would portray a good Sodapop because he is an overall ‘hottie.’ He has a great smile, and on his current show, Gray’s Anatomy, I think women wouldn’t mind being sick just to see him. Just like in the book girls go to the gas station Soda works at just to see him: “Whether that was because Steve was so good with cars or because Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies…(page 12) His smile is contagious and could melt any girl’s heart, whether he knows it or not.

illustration

Prompts ch 5

• The most beautiful view I had ever seen• My over-active imagination was running away

with me again• Being homesick• Words from a song/poem that are special to

me• Heroes and heroines

Prompts ch 6

• It’s all my fault• I had never been there before• I didn’t feel afraid until afterwards• I was sitting in the waiting room, waiting to

hear the news

Prompts ch 7

• s/he can’t make anyone laugh• I felt really lousy• Strange things I like to eat• The re-occurring nightmare• Sick and tired of it all• You just can’t seem to win

Prompts ch 8

• I felt I couldn’t get along with him/her• Before I die, I want to…• I had this real sick feeling in my stomach

Prompts ch 9

• I usually come in quite late• The excitement was catching• The biggest fight in my life• Yeah! We won!

Prompts ch 10

• Where have you been?• There was absolute silence• s/he died a violent death• There’s always next time/year

Prompts ch 11

• I wish I could have stayed in bed all day long• Seeing somebody I always knew, in a different

light/way• My special name

Prompts ch 12

• Going to court• The bad habit• Being absent-minded• Straightening things out with my teacher• Don’t ever quit• If we don’t have each other in the end, we

have nothing

Journal #13 Finale

• The lesson or moral I’ve learnt from this book