Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze how Ponyboy Curtis changes across The Outsiders by tracing choices, relationships, and turning points related to loyalty, identity, and belonging.
Students will be able to gather and select textual evidence from key scenes in The Outsiders that reveals characterization through dialogue, actions, and relationships.
Students will be able to explain how real experiences of belonging from the community roundtable connect to the novel’s depiction of loyalty and identity.
Products
Character Investigation Notebook on Ponyboy Curtis
A research notebook that documents one student’s question, evidence log, scene notes, and analysis of Ponyboy’s coming-of-age arc in The Outsiders. It shows how the student selected and interpreted textual evidence before revising a claim about loyalty, identity, and belonging.
Outsiders Open Mic Found-Poem Performance and Investigation Presentation
A team presentation that combines a found poem with a brief explanation of the group’s evidence-based interpretation of character change in The Outsiders. The team must synthesize individual notes, address at least one conflicting or surprising piece of evidence, and connect the novel to the community roundtable.
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