The Outsiders Lesson Plan

Scene Adaptation, Day 2

Kind of Activity:

Performance

Objective:

Students will be able to: BR[]*Evaluate selected scenes in the text, conducting a close-reading to better understand characters and events, and BR[]*Transform the ideas, characters, and events presented in I[The Outsiders] into a different form.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4

Structure:

Students should return to the previous day's scripts. Give them 15-20 minutes to rehearse, then have them perform their adaptations for each other.

After each...