The Outsiders- Reader Response Essay
The Outsiders- Reader Response Essay
Grade Level: 8
Subject: English
Duration: 45 Minute Lesson Plan
DOK Level: 3
SAMR Level: Augmentation
Indiana Standard:
8.RL.2.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what a text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
8.RL.2.3 Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a work of literature propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Common Core Standard:
Description:
Students will answer an essay prompt over The Outsiders by SE Hinton. The essay will require the students to analyze how character decision impacts the plot of the story, and will also help students form personal connections to the text.
Objective:
- Students will use close reading skills to locate information within a text
- Students will form personal connections to the text
- Students will be able to cite specific examples from a text
Essential Question:
Did the reasoning behind each character’s decision impact my feelings about the ending of the novel?
Procedure:
- The class will read the last chapter of The Outsiders together.
- The teacher will lead discussion over the events at the end of the book. Discussion can be informal or incorporated into a Google Slideshow.
- The students will work on a reader response essay prompt.
Product or Assessment:
The students will submit their reader response essays as homework.