10/26/10 – Language Arts – Ms. Bakie The Outsiders

Name: ___________________________________ Bell: ______

The Outsiders: Anticipation Guide

DIRECTIONS: Below is a series of statements. CIRCLE the response that most closely indicates how you feel about the statement, then explain your answer using complete sentences. 2 sentence minimum!

1. Being in a gang is a good decision.Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

2. Being street-smart is more important than being book smart. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

3. In spite of outward differences, people want the same things: love, acceptance, and respect.

Agree Disagree EXPLAIN:

4. Sometimes murder is justifiable (necessary, defensible). Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

5. You can recognize intelligent people by the way they look. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

6. Aside from money, all kids have the same basic problems. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

10/26/10 – Language Arts – Ms. Bakie The Outsiders

7. It’s easy to form opinions about people without getting to know them. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

8. Most people pick friends who have similar interests and backgrounds. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

9. People from different groups/backgrounds are treated different in society (in school, while in public, by the police, etc.).

Agree Disagree EXPLAIN:

10. Loyalty is extremely important between or among friends. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

11. You can tell a lot about a person by the friends he/she has. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

12. Everyone has felt like an outsider at one time or another. Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

13. Sometimes violence is needed to resolve conflict.Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

14. Sometimes it takes losing someone we care about, to truly see the world.Agree Disagree

EXPLAIN:

10/26/10 – Language Arts – Ms. Bakie The Outsiders

As long as no one uses weapons, fighting is ok.

I know who someone who died violently.

Justice should be equal between the rich and the poor.

People should stick to their own kind when choosing friends.

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.”