outsiders essay

2017 Year 10 Written Text Assessment on ‘The Outsiders’

QUESTIONS (Choose ONE)

1. Describe at least one important relationship in the written text(s). Explain how this relationship positively or negatively influenced one or more characters.

2. Describe at least one important setting in the written text(s). Explain how the setting helped you to understand at least one idea. Note: “Setting” may refer to physical places as well as social and historical contexts.

3. Describe at least one important character in the written text(s). Explain how the character changes throughout the text(s).

4. Describe an important conflict in the written text. Explain how the conflict helped you to understand an important message.

5. Describe an incident that changes the course of events in the written text(s). Explain how this change helped you to understand an important idea.

6. Describe at least one important technique used in the written text(s). Explain how the use of the technique created impact. Note: Techniques could include figures of speech, syntax, word-choice, style, symbolism, structure, or narrative point-of-view.

And don’t forget the GOLDEN rules:

G ather ideas: who? what? when? where? why? how?

O rganise them: what’s the best order?

L ink ideas or paragraphs: “Not only do we learn…, but also…  .”

D escriptive words: stunning, exquisite, brilliant, excellent

E nabling words or phrases: for example, for instance, we see this     when, as an illustration, to demonstrate

N eat and tidy: punctuation, grammar, spelling

Statement about the  written text technique/aspect	Evidence from the written text	Explanation of the meaning shown in relation to the question	Explanation of author’s purpose	Your link to the human experience (self, society, or world) (A) within ‘The Outsiders’ (B) another  novel   (C) another text
Sentence Starters:	For example, For instance, We see this when, This is demonstrated,	This shows… This makes the audience think… This makes the audience feel… This makes us understand…	S.E.Hinton did this to The purpose of this This was done to	This aspect can be compared to… This aspect can be contrasted to… This can be juxtaposed to… This reminds me of...
Examples: In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, dialogue was used to show the state of  Macbeth’s mind.	For instance, the line “Is this a dagger I see before me?” demonstrates Macbeth questioning  his reality.	This technique reveals Macbeth’s character  by showing the audience that he has started to hallucinate and that his mind is playing tricks on him, or, alternatively, that the witches are having more influence on him than he realises.	Shakespeare did this to show the consequences of Macbeth’s guilty actions. As the play progresses, Macbeth’s mind becauses more troubled and Shakespeare uses Macbeth’s  dialogue, actions, and the conversations of other to reflect this.	This dialogue  can be juxtaposed with the feast when he has a visitation of Banquo’s ghost and says “Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect”. This highlights, to some degree, the fact that Macbeth is conscious of his hallucinations. However, a characteristic of insanity is the insane person not knowing that are in fact insane and by the end of the play, Macbeth no longer knows what is real and what is imagined around him. This highlights the fact that guilt through murder and ‘unfettered’ ambition can affect the state of people's’ minds.

Statement about the  written text technique/aspect	Evidence from the written text	Explanation of the meaning shown  in relation to the question	Explanation of author’s purpose	Your link to the human experience (self, society, or world) (A) within ‘The Outsiders’ (B) another  novel   (C) another text
Sentence Starters:	For example, For instance, We see this when, This is demonstrated,	This shows… This makes the audience think… This makes the audience feel… This makes us understand…	The author did this to The purpose of this This was done to	This aspect can be compared to… This aspect can be contrasted to… This can be juxtaposed to… This reminds me of...
In the SEXXXY template below, answer ONE of the following questions: I am answering question number: 2. Copy and paste your question here: Describe at least one important setting in the written text(s). Explain how the setting helped you to understand at least one idea. Note: “Setting” may refer to physical places as well as social and historical contexts. Planning Gather and Order ideas: johnny and the gang                                                                      stay golden ponyboy When johnny was in hospital                                                       dally went and robbed a shop after johnny’s death Johnny was the pets gang                                                            ponyboy didn't want to believe johnny died The whole gang would be lost without him                               Introduction:  S.E. Hinton put a lot of meaning into this story to teach us real life lessons and to make us be really interested in the book and to make us feel like we're in the book with her. (Optional)
Statement about the  written text technique/aspect	Evidence from the written text	Explanation of the meaning shown in relation to the question	Explanation of author’s purpose	Your link to the human experience (self, society, or world) (A) within ‘The Outsiders’ (B) another  novel   (C) another text
SEXXXY 1 When Johnny died the whole gang was lost without him because he was the gang’s pet.	Before Johnny died he told Ponyboy to “ stay golden Ponyboy “ then he died Dally runs out of the hospital, Ponyboy goes home feeling shocked and Dally wasn't at the house dally calls them and told them he robbed a shop the cops cornered him he pulls out a gun and the cops shoot him and he dies they were all shocked because they lost Johnny and Dally. And ponyboy didn't want to believe that Johnny was dead so he started saying that he was the one who killed the kid and that Johnny was still alive.	This showed me that the whole gang especially Dally cared about him because he was the gang's pet and that they can't find another gang's pet like Johnny.	I think that the author showed us this because it is hard losing someone so close to you and you don't want to let them go but you're there always gonna be in your heart no matter what and you have to let them go at some stage.	This reminds me of when Dally dies the whole gang doesn't want to let him go either it destroys the whole gang/family inside and you can see it.
SEXXXY 2 Another one  was when Darry slapped Ponyboy.	Darry was getting annoyed with Ponyboy so he slapped him across the face then Ponyboy ran away with Johnny When Ponyboy was at the hospital Darry apologised.	This showed me that Darry never meant to hit ponyboy and that darry does care about Ponyboy and he wants to keep his family together not drive them away.	I think that the author showed us this because your big sister or brother does love you and they don't mean the things they do to hurt you they just want you to be safe and sound.
SEXXXY 3 When the church burnt down and Johnny and Ponyboy were helping the little kids escape.	Johnny must of throughout a smoke in the church and the church caught on fire and there was kids inside the burning church so Johnny and Ponyboy ran inside the church and started dropping kids out the nearest window then Johnny threw Ponyboy out the window and the burning roof fell on top of Johnny.	It showed me that Ponyboy and Johnny felt bad that they threw the smoke out in the church because they could of killed more people and would of been getting in a lot of trouble.	The purpose of this was to show us that
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Conclusion:     i guess all of this shows us that no matter how many mistakes families make they will always stick together and they will always love you for the stupid little mistakes you make.

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