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Lesson 29: The Outsiders, Chapter 8
50 min
California CCSS: Focus Standards
California CCSS: Supporting Standards
ELD Standards
Student Lesson
Lesson 29: The Outsiders, Chapter 8
Student Learning Objectives
1
Content
Students will analyze how mentality affects characters in The Outsiders and influences relationships in real life.
2
Language
Students will explain symbolism and relationship shifts by using interpretation verbs, compare/contrast transitions, and textual evidence as they analyze the perspectives of Ponyboy, Cherry, and Randy.
3
Foundations
Students will develop vocabulary related to mindset and group behavior (mentality, mob mentality) to support discussion of characters and conflicts.
Essential Question
What helps bridge social divides and see from one another’s perspectives?
Connections to
Knowledge-Building:
Connect mindset to relationships among key characters.
Enduring Understanding:
Seeing beyond an “us vs. them” mentality is essential for maintaining all sorts of relationships.
Future Lessons:
Students will return to major plot points in Lesson 30. Ideas about mentality and loyalty introduced in this lesson connect to major plot developments in later chapters.
Unit Performance Task:
Establishing connections among varying mentalities and perspectives will prepare students for the task of writing about the feeling of being an outsider.
Lesson Pacing
| Lesson Flow | Purpose of Learning Experience |
|---|---|
Launch5 Minutes | Students will participate in a Four Corners debate, in which they use details from Chapter 8 to predict what may happen next to Johnny. |
Literacy Lab10 Minutes | Students will examine the ideas of mentality and mob mentality to explain relationships among characters in The Outsiders. |
Learning in Action30 Minutes | Part A: Loyalty Mentality: Chapter 8 (RL.7.2, RL.7.3) Students will explore how a loyalty mentality impacted characters at the end of Chapter 8 of The Outsiders. Part B: An “Us vs. Them” Mentality (RL.7.3, RL.7.6, RI.7.2) Students will read an article about an “us vs. them” mentality and apply the concept to the relationships among Randy, Ponyboy, and Cherry in Chapter 8. |
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Addressed in Lesson
- mentality
- capacity for thought or specific way of thinking
- mob mentality
- when individuals in a group adopt the thoughts of the majority, often at the expense of their own way of thinking
Material List
- Unit 1, Lesson 29 Student Edition
- Corner signs
- Triple Venn Diagram graphic organizer
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, Chapter 8
Routines
- Four Corners Debate
- Generating Situations, Context, and Examples
- Quick Write
Lesson Sequence
Lesson Texts
Short-Form Text
Overcoming the “Us vs. Them” Mentality
[Text Publisher: Standard News Bureau]
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