Outsiders by Heather King https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1 en-us 2018-01-10 19:23:07 UTC 2026-02-21 00:18:50 UTC hello@padlet.com allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068291 -difficult internal conflicts children can personally relate to
-sometimes a fantasy/magical component
-fiction and relatable characters]]> 2018-01-12 17:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068291 -coming of age story, with learning experiences emmatchen_lk https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068522 2018-01-12 17:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068522 -shows real world problems of the younger generation https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068744 -common themes of growing up 
-caters towards 14 to 18 

]]> 2018-01-12 17:58:20 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068744 Injustice, inequality issues emmatchen_lk https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068962 2018-01-12 17:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221068962 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221069368 - young narrator 
- fiction
- relatable to people our age
- slang/text message type language 
- sometimes a flashy cover]]> 2018-01-12 17:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221069368 silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221069951 -simple diction
-fast paced plot 
-timely obstacles 
-individual growth and closure for the characters

]]> 2018-01-12 18:01:37 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221069951 Chris B https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070573 -Character Growth/ Coming of Age
+Dramatic/Traumatic Experience 
-Visual Storytelling
+Imagery
+Foreshadowing
-First person narrator
+Loose perspective
]]> 2018-01-12 18:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070573 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070584 - imperfect setting / hardships and challenges for characters ]]> 2018-01-12 18:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070584 nikie_abillano https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070642 -Cringe/expectable moments
-(sometimes) inaccurate descriptions of how young adults speak/act
-Coming of age plot/theme
-Characters that border the line between naive and mature]]> 2018-01-12 18:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070642 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070772 Rite of passage
Transitional period
Minor themes of “hero’s journey” 
Internal or external conflicts]]> 2018-01-12 18:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221070772 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221071928 -Very rarely has minority characters, and if they do, they are token side characters
-lots of social sphere conflicts and conflicts within self
-deals withpolitical issues and strong emotions
-they deal with a lot more serious issues than they did ~10 years ago]]> 2018-01-12 18:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221071928 michelle_fomin https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221084398 Ponyboy has a limited perspective and narrates/describes other characters from his POV]]> 2018-01-12 18:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221084398 allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221084744 -complex/difficult issues (family, internal struggle of identity)
- how to portray emotions
-fitting in to social/community norm (struggle) 


]]> 2018-01-12 18:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221084744 -outsiders conforms with the struggles of family, fitting in emmatchen_lk https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221085121 and the idea of social class

]]> 2018-01-12 18:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221085121 Struggles with family, friends, making choices and mistakes, masculinity, expectations of who pony boy is supposed to be. https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221085176 2018-01-12 18:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221085176 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221085856 Ponyboy struggles with his identity as a greaser.
-social class stuggles


]]> 2018-01-12 18:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221085856 allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221086169 Challenges- depth of culture (greaser and socs) ]]> 2018-01-12 18:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/221086169 What do you think Johnny meant when he said, "Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold..." (pg. 148)? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224340997 2018-01-24 17:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224340997 "Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (pg. 104). What do you think this means? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224342498 2018-01-24 17:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224342498 The abject hero that Coats describes in her article is seen in the Outsiders. michelle_fomin https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224343745 Dally represents the abject hero because he steals things and "was so real he scared [Pony]", but he was gallant and saved Johnny and Pony from burning in the fire.]]> 2018-01-24 17:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224343745 Why are eyes so important in describing characters? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224345232 2018-01-24 17:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224345232 What does the scene with Randy before the court house do with the plot? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347312 2018-01-24 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347312 East side, west https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347414 2018-01-24 17:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347414 Why Gone With the Wind? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347569 2018-01-24 17:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347569 East side, West Side, Country allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347861 -East and West have opposing views of the people
-Country is not what either expected and served as an escape from the categories and labels
- not what they expected due to the circumstances, conflict isn't known]]> 2018-01-24 17:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347861 "because most grownups don't know about the battles that go on between us" (pg. 107). Is there even a rivalry? Is the battles between the Greasers and Socs in their head/made-up? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347903 2018-01-24 17:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224347903 Quotes on page 2 and page 138: Pony questioning what he wants to be when he grows up. Does he answer it? silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348157

]]> 2018-01-24 17:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348157 Cherry is polyphonic allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348304 bob's girl
socs
sunset watcher
conforms to outside image
not conform to inside image
helps the greaser

]]> 2018-01-24 17:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348304 Themes megan_fortenberry https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348369 Familial bond; becoming more united
coming of age
keep moving forward

]]> 2018-01-24 17:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348369 People's perception of them change so quickly, why is that so important in YA? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348802 2018-01-24 17:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348802 Page 38 "Rat Race" and the difference between the Socs and the Greasers silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348977 2018-01-24 17:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224348977 Page 71 Their hair makes them "tuff" silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224349475 2018-01-24 17:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224349475 Why do you think the author blindsided the readers about Sodapop's character until the end? jordynsmith17 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224349632 2018-01-24 17:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224349632 Why do you fight? allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350014 Pony boy asking why do you fight to everyone in his group?
Pg. 132-134]]> 2018-01-24 17:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350014 "self" liberal humanist construct michelle_fomin https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350032 "Greaser didn't have anything to do with it...It's the individual"
Ponyboy is separating himself from the Greaser identity and is encapsulating a self identity. Coats warns against this construct, but in this instance it's good because individual qualities caused Pony and Johnny to save the kids.]]> 2018-01-24 17:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350032 Page 77 "Nothing can stay gold" and the poem silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350183 2018-01-24 17:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350183 Page 154 Dally died gallant but he won't get his name in the editorial. silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350937 2018-01-24 17:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224350937 Page 156-157 Ponyboy does not want to think about Johnny and Dallas; he does not want to remember them. silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224351799 2018-01-24 17:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224351799 Page 173 Darry tells Pony that he can be better. Pony should not stop living because his friends are dead. Living in a "vacuum" silverbball21 https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224353133 2018-01-24 17:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224353133 Newspaper Voice allitotzke https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224362601 Are they portrayed as heroes or greasers? The adult nice is assigning them a narrative. Johnny and PB are greasers but they loved the idea of being a hero. ]]> 2018-01-24 18:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224362601 Themes emmatchen_lk https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224366256 Family love
innocence
friendship/brotherhood - they would do anything for each other
maturing - pony boy realizes that the hardships the greasers and socs face, but not just them but youths everywhere have to face fear, love and sorrow.     

]]> 2018-01-24 18:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224366256 Labels help form pride in Identity michelle_fomin https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224368349 Depends on who is giving the label. It is a compliment if from one of their own and an insult from someone else ]]> 2018-01-24 18:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/heatherkingphd/outsiders_day_1/wish/224368349