The Outsiders Novel Study
- 48 pages
- 7th, 8th, 9th
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About this resource
Teaching The Outsiders and writing the questions the night before each chapter? This novel study for 7th, 8th and 9th grade does that work. It is made for use with the novel by S. E. Hinton (the book is not included; students need their own copy, any edition). For every one of the twelve chapters: a question page with five questions on ruled lines, four short answers and one Think Deeper. For every two chapters: a page of ten words to look up. Around them: a Ponyboy tracker, a page for the people around him, four key phrases to find and analyze, four themes, sentence starters, and an essay planner with three prompts and a lined draft page. Every question, phrase and word has an answer key.
EVERYTHING INSIDE (48 pages)
- 27 student pages, every one with a name line, one instruction, and ruled lines or table cells with room to write
- Before You Read: 5 statements to agree or disagree with, revisited after Chapter 12
- 12 question pages, one per chapter: 60 questions in all, 3 ruled lines under a short answer, 5 under each of the 12 Think Deeper questions
- 6 word pages: 60 words to look up, 10 per two chapters, with columns for the page found, the student's own meaning and their own sentence
- Ponyboy, Chapter by Chapter: a character tracker with a row for each chapter
- The People Around Ponyboy: Darry, Sodapop, Johnny, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve and Cherry Valance (7 characters)
- Key Phrases, 2 pages: 4 short phrases to find in the book (where, what it means, why it matters)
- Themes: 4 themes defined, the student chooses 2 and finds evidence for each
- Sentence Starters: 13 starters for claims, evidence, explanation, then-and-now and endings
- Essay Planner with 3 prompts (claim, three pieces of evidence, so what, ending) and an Essay Draft page
- 9 answer keys: every question (three chapters per page), the key phrases, the 60 words in two keys, the people and themes, and the tracker and Before You Read pages, each with a notes box for your own wording
- A Reading Plan: one-line synopsis of each chapter, its study pages, a blank for your dates
- 1 reading log (one row per student page), 1 class grid (15 students), 1 filled example for an invented student
- 1 family page with a discussion question per pair of chapters, 1 phrase bank of 16 feedback and conference starters
- 1 binder cover and 6 divider tabs with a spine label to cut out
- Start Here and terms of use
Built For Grades 7 To 9
No mascots and no clip art. Clean pages, body text at 11 point or larger, a numbered question and ruled lines under it. The direction on every question page is the same: answer in complete sentences, with a detail from the chapter. The word pages ask students to look each word up and use it, and to write the page where they met it. Sensitive events in the book (fighting, a death, a hearing about it) are handled plainly and neutrally in the questions; preview them for your class.
Type In, Or Print
The name, date and period lines, every ruled line, the word and character tables, the reading log, class grid and family page are type-in fields in any PDF reader. Every page prints clean in black and white. This is a fillable PDF; it is not a Google Slides or PowerPoint file.
Who This Is For
Middle school and early high school ELA, resource rooms and co-taught classes, homeschool families and tutors reading this novel in any month. Questions for chapters 1 to 5 are about events; from chapter 6 on most are open, with a "look for" key, so check the chapter notes against the edition in your room before you grade.
What This Is, And What It Is Not
A complete novel study with the record-keeping around it. There is no rubric or point value printed on any student page; the log has a blank for your own wording. It is not a test, a reading-level screener or a clinical tool, and it makes no claim about any student's grade level or rate of progress. The novel itself is not included and none of its text is reproduced beyond a few short phrases.
This resource is not affiliated with or endorsed by S. E. Hinton, her publisher, or the owners of The Outsiders.
