1. The Outsiders

2. Chapter 12 – Class discussion 1.Why doesn’t Ponyboy feel scared when the socs approach him and he threatens them with a broken bottle? How has Ponyboy changed? 2.What does Darry mean when he says, “you don’t stop living because you lose someone”? 3.What was special about Johnny? 4.What does Ponyboy end up doing for his English assignment? 5.Where else do we see the last line of this book?

3. Draw the Plot Diagram blow:

4. Write the events and ideas in the correct place on the Plot Diagram you drew. Pony walks home from the movies and gets jumped by Socs. 1960’s Tulsa, Oklahoma Pony’s English essay about the events that have happened to him and his friends. Rumble Johnny and Dally die Church catches on fire: Pony and Johnny save kids inside. Pony and Johnny meet Cherry and Marcia. Pony gets sick and then has to go to court. Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Johnny, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve, Cherry, Marcia, Randy, Bob Do not judge people by how society labels them. Look at them and get to know them as a person, not a title. Pony and Johnny escape to Windrixville and hide in a church. Bob tries to drown Pony – Johnny kills Bob. The brothers decide to stop fighting. Greasers vs. Society – man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. self Ponyboy realizes Soda’s issue with Sandy.