The Outsiders: Character – Ch. 1 & 2 Ms. Campbell English 8

Leader of the Pack – The Shangri-Las

Reading Quiz – Chapters 1&2 What are the names of Ponyboy’s two brothers? ___________ and ____________ Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally meet Cherry and Marcia when they go to the _____________ Johnny got beat up by a Soc who drove a blue _________ and wore a lot of _________

Heroes

Characterization Direct Characterization When the author uses adjectives to tell what a character is like  “Dally is violent” Indirect Characterization When the author uses verbs to show what a character does  “Dally fought the Socs on a regular basis”

Ponyboy Name Poem P ____________________ O ____________________ N ____________________ Y ____________________ B ____________________ O ____________________ Y ____________________

Character Portfolio Choose your favourite character of: Soda Darry Johnny Dally Draw an annotated picture of that character Create a name poem for your character