1. The Outsiders….ANTICIPATION GUIDE
Click True or False
1. As long as no one uses weapons, fighting is ok.
True False
2. The Outsiders.was written by a 15 year old student.
True False
3.A “gang” member or bad person could never do anything heroic..
True False
4. Sometimes it takes losing someone we care about, to truly see the world.
True False
5. All kids have the same basic problems.
True False
6. .People who smoke are “tuff.”.
True False
7. I know who died violently.
True False
8. Sometimes murder is justifiable..
True False
9. Being in a gang is cool.
True False
10. Justice should be equal between the rich and the poor.
True False
11. Sometimes violence is needed to resolve conflict.
True False
12. People should stick to their own kind when choosing friends.
True False
Thinking it over…..respond to the following…..
Have you ever felt like you were an “outsider?”
Explain
Do you think people from different groups/backgrounds are treated
differently in society? (school, shopping, police, etc.) Explain.
Complete this sentence….
Usually the people I hang out with are………
***Write about a time that you felt like an “outsider.” Explain the situation and how you felt.
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2. AUTHOR INTRO:
About the Author
Susan Eloise Hinton was born on July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A self-confessed tomboy, Hinton
grew up wanting to be a cowboy or a writer. She was an avid reader, but found the young-adult books
she read rather unoriginal and unrealistic. At age sixteen, aggravated with the social climate at her high
school and frustrated with the quality of available reading materials, Hinton took pen to paper and wrote
one of the most-read and loved books for young adults: The Outsiders. This first edition, published in
1967, was an instant success, earning numerous awards.
Hinton wrote The Outsiders under the pen name S.E. Hinton, after publishers expressed concern that
a woman's name on the book would keep boys, the target audience, from reading it. The trick worked,
and The Outsiders became an instant young-adult classic, enjoyed by boys and girls alike.