A note from the prologue, by SE Hinton:
Dear Reader,
It is very difficult for me to write about myself, and especially The Outsiders, which was written at a horrendous time in my life, was published by a series of mind-boggling synchronicities, and has gone further than any author dared dream. But I’ll give it a shot.
I wrote The Outsiders when I was sixteen years old. Actually I began it when I was fifteen, as a short story about a boy who as beaten up on his way home from the movies.
But I didn’t just write The Outsiders, I lived it. Looking back, I realize how important it was to me to have another life at that time. To be someone else. To deal with the problems I had to face, and write my way to some sort of understanding and coping. This is all in hindsight. At the time, I was mad about the social situation in my high school. I desperately wanted something to read that dealt realistically with teen-age life.
I knew I was going to be a writer. I love to write. I began in grade school, because I loved to read, and liked the idea of making stories happen the way I wanted them to. By the time I was in high school I had been practicing for years. So I was both elated and not surprised when I received my publishing contract on the day I graduated from high school.
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Fans. I receive letters from every state, from dozens of foreign countries. From twelve-year-olds and forty-year-olds. From convicts and policemen, teachers, social workers, and of course, kids. Kids who are living like those in The Outsiders. Kids who can’t imagine living lives like those in The Outsiders. Kids who read all the time. Ones who never before finished a book.
The letters saying “I loved the book” are good, the ones that say “I never liked to read before, and now I read all them” are better, but the ones that say “The Outsiders changed my life” and “I read it fifteen years ago and I realize how much it has influenced my life choices” frankly scare me. Who am I to change anyone’s life? I guess the best reply is “It’s the book, not the author” and “It’s the message, not the messenger.” A lot of the time I feel that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was chosen to write it. It’s certainly done more good than anything I could accomplish on a personal level.
If this sounds like I am overwhelmed by the decades of incredible response to what began as a short story I started when I was fifteen years old, well, I guess that’s the truth.
Stay Gold.
S.E. Hinton
Dear Reader,
It is very difficult for me to write about myself, and especially The Outsiders, which was written at a horrendous time in my life, was published by a series of mind-boggling synchronicities, and has gone further than any author dared dream. But I’ll give it a shot.
I wrote The Outsiders when I was sixteen years old. Actually I began it when I was fifteen, as a short story about a boy who as beaten up on his way home from the movies.
But I didn’t just write The Outsiders, I lived it. Looking back, I realize how important it was to me to have another life at that time. To be someone else. To deal with the problems I had to face, and write my way to some sort of understanding and coping. This is all in hindsight. At the time, I was mad about the social situation in my high school. I desperately wanted something to read that dealt realistically with teen-age life.
I knew I was going to be a writer. I love to write. I began in grade school, because I loved to read, and liked the idea of making stories happen the way I wanted them to. By the time I was in high school I had been practicing for years. So I was both elated and not surprised when I received my publishing contract on the day I graduated from high school.
………….….
Fans. I receive letters from every state, from dozens of foreign countries. From twelve-year-olds and forty-year-olds. From convicts and policemen, teachers, social workers, and of course, kids. Kids who are living like those in The Outsiders. Kids who can’t imagine living lives like those in The Outsiders. Kids who read all the time. Ones who never before finished a book.
The letters saying “I loved the book” are good, the ones that say “I never liked to read before, and now I read all them” are better, but the ones that say “The Outsiders changed my life” and “I read it fifteen years ago and I realize how much it has influenced my life choices” frankly scare me. Who am I to change anyone’s life? I guess the best reply is “It’s the book, not the author” and “It’s the message, not the messenger.” A lot of the time I feel that The Outsiders was meant to be written, and I was chosen to write it. It’s certainly done more good than anything I could accomplish on a personal level.
If this sounds like I am overwhelmed by the decades of incredible response to what began as a short story I started when I was fifteen years old, well, I guess that’s the truth.
Stay Gold.
S.E. Hinton
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The Outsiders:
Resources, Calendar, and Assignments
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Monday, 22 February, 2021 |
Tuesday, 23 February, 2021 |
Wednesday, 24 February, 2021 |
Thursday, 25 February, 2021 |
Friday, 26 February, 2021 |
Read and discuss Chapter 1 |
Library Day |
Read and Discuss Chapter 2 |
Monday, 1 March 2021 |
Tuesday, 2 March 2021 |
Wednesday, 3 March 2021 |
Thursday, 4 March 2021 |
Friday, 5 March 2021 |
1. Examining Group Identity in The Outsiders 2. Read Chapter 3 |
1. Quiz on Chapters 1-2 2. Complete Reading Chapter 3 |
Read and Discuss Chapter 4 |
1. Quiz Chapters 3-4 2. Examining Student Stereotypes And The Role Of Stereotyping In The Novel |
COMPLETE: Examining Student Stereotypes And The Role Of Stereotyping In The Novel |
Monday, 8 March, 2021 |
Tuesday, 9 March, 2021 |
Wednesday, 10 March, 2021 |
Thursday, 11 March, 2021 |
Friday, 12 March, 2021 |
Read and Discuss Chapter 5 |
Read and Discuss Chapter 6 |
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Library Day |
End of Third Nine Weeks Student Early Release Staff In-Service Afternoon Have a great Spring Break |
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SPRING BREAK
12- 21 March |
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Monday, 22 March, 2021 |
Tuesday, 23 March, 2021 |
Wednesday, 24 March |
Thursday, 25 March |
Friday, 26 March |
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" Analyzing Robert Frost’s Poem |
Read and Discuss Chapter 8 |
Quiz Chapters 7-8 |
Read and Discuss Chapters 9-10 |
Read and Discuss Chapters 11-12 |
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