1. WELCOME! Come in and pick up your benchmark test from the round table. Come in and pick up your benchmark test from the round table. PAP: Study for your Vocabulary Quiz PAP: Study for your Vocabulary Quiz 7 th ELA: Theme projects are due TODAY! Be ready for your The Outsiders test. 7 th ELA: Theme projects are due TODAY! Be ready for your The Outsiders test.

2. DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP WHAT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES DID THE GREASERS AND THE SOCS FACE IN THE NOVEL? THINK ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR LIVES. MAKE A LIST OF THESE PROBLEMS.

3. ON YOUR OWN BRAINSTORM A LIST OF PROBLEMS THAT TEENS FACE TODAY. YOU CAN USE A LIST, THINKING MAP, ETC. TO WRITE YOUR IDEAS.

4. CLASS DISCUSSION WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS FACING TEENAGERS TODAY?

5.  WITH A PARTNER, CHOOSE TWO PROBLEMS THAT YOU THINK ARE MOST CRITICAL.  WHAT STRATEGIES COULD HELP LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THESE PROBLEMS OR HELP SOMEONE TO AVOID THEM ALTOGETHER?

6. WRITE AN ADVICE COLUMN Q&A  WRITE A LETTER TO AN ADVICE COLUMNIST (I.E. “DEAR ABBY”) PRETENDING YOU ARE A TEEN EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU LOOKED AT.  WRITE A RESPONSE TO THE LETTER OFFERING ADVICE FOR HOW THE TEEN COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND/OR AVOID THE PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.

7. NEXT STEPS: PREPARING FOR SOCRATIC SEMINAR RESEARCH AND LOCATE A CURRENT EVENT OR ARTICLE THAT ADDRESSES ONE OF THE TEEN ISSUES OF TODAY THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THIS LESSON. YOU MAY USE THIS ARTICLE IN NEXT WEEK’S SOCRATIC SEMINAR.