HOMEWORK due Monday:
The Outsiders Writing Prompt #2:
( If you lack the life experience to answer this question, interview an adult to gather their opinion on the statement’s truth. When you write your response, be sure to give the reader some identification of the adult. If they do not want to be identified by name, at least identify the gender and age of the adult.)
Your writing should...
- provide enough supporting details and specific examples to develop your answer.
- Showcase your best use of the English language
* Please know that you will be expected to share this writing with a peer in class.*
Because Ponyboy feels he made a fool of himself in front of everyone with his outburst in Chapter 3, he turns on someone weaker than himself, Johnny, and lashes out at him. Decribe a time when you saw someone lash out at someone else who was considered weak. What motivated that first person to behave this way? If you had been the person who was being verbally attacked, what could you have done in this situation?
( If you lack the life experience to answer this question, interview an adult to gather their opinion on the statement’s truth. When you write your response, be sure to give the reader some identification of the adult. If they do not want to be identified by name, at least identify the gender and age of the adult.)
Your writing should...
- provide enough supporting details and specific examples to develop your answer.
- Showcase your best use of the English language
* Please know that you will be expected to share this writing with a peer in class.*
