The Outsiders - Nerds vs. Jocks
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Parody, Satire, and Modern Adaptation
By Jonathan Ayer and Rebecca Ray
Writing parodies of literature requires critical thinking and acute literary analysis. Help your students create parodies and modern adaptations!
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Lesson Plans by Rebecca Ray
Take a trip back to the 1950s to hitch a ride with Ponyboy Curtis and his brothers. After losing their parents in a tragic automobile accident, the trio are thrown into a life on the streets and caught up in a gang war. Dealing with young adult life is hard enough, but when violence and survival are added to the mix, Ponyboy and his brothers must fight just to get by.
Storyboard Description
The Outsiders activity - Nerds vs. Jocks
Storyboard Text
- ...wish I was good at math.
- Look at those nerds! They think they are so cool because they are good at school!
- Look at those jocks. They think they are so awesome because they are good at sports!
- ...wish I was good at sports.
- How did you get up there?
- The Jocks
- I got the jocks back! I told one of them that I did her homework and it was in my locker.
- No one messes with the jocks! You nerds will get yours!
- Little do they know I unscrewed one of the supports to that slide!
- This means war!
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