Chapter Twelve
Group One
1. What 'circumstances' do Ponyboy's teacher refer to? What circumstances does Ponyboy think his teacher is referring to?
Group Two
1. What 'circumstances' do Ponyboy's teacher refer to? What circumstances does Ponyboy think his teacher is referring to?
2. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the socs approach him and he threatens them with a broken bottle (p.170-171)? How is this a dramatic change from the ponyboy we have seen up until this point?
Group Three
1. What
'circumstances' do Ponyboy's teacher refer to? What circumstances does
Ponyboy think his teacher is referring to?
2. Why doesn't Ponyboy feel scared when the socs approach
him and he threatens them with a broken bottle (p.170-171)? How is this a
dramatic change from the ponyboy we have seen up until this point?
3. What does Darry mean when he says, "you don't just stop
living because you lose someone" (p.173)?
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
November 29, 2017
Chapter Ten
Group One
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Group Two
Vocabulary - indignantly p.159
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Group Three
Vocabulary - indignantly p.159
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
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Group One
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Group Two
Vocabulary - indignantly p.159
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
Group Three
Vocabulary - indignantly p.159
1. How does Pony's dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work in this chapter?
2. Why was johnny's dying so difficult for Dally to handle?
3. Why do you think Dally would have wanted to die?
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November 28, 2017
Chapter Nine
Group One
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
Group Two
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
3. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group the upper hand?
Group Three
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
3. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group the upper hand?
4. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean?
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Group One
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
Group Two
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
3. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group the upper hand?
Group Three
1. On the bottom of p.133, when Pony asks what kind of a world it is, what comment is he making about how society judges people?
2. Why do the boys fight? Why is Pony different?
3. What is the difference between Tim Sheppard's gang and Ponyboy's? Explain how Pony feels this difference might give his group the upper hand?
4. What do you think Johnny's last words to Pony mean?
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November 27, 2017
Group One
Chapter Eight 1. How does what the doctor first says, on page 119, foreshadow Johnny's condition?
2. "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason" (p.121). What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason?
Group Two
1. How does what the doctor first says, on page 119, foreshadow Johnny's condition?
2. "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason" (p.121). What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason?
3. What does Pony mean on p. 123 when he says, "we could get along without anyone but Johnny"?
Group Three
1. How does what the doctor first says, on page 119, foreshadow Johnny's condition?
2. "We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason" (p.121). What do you think Pony means, and what is the reason?
3. What does Pony mean on p. 123 when he says, "we could get along without anyone but Johnny"?
4. If Darry didn't have Soda and Pony, why would he be a soc?
5. What does Cherry mean when she says Bob "wasn't just anyone" on p.129?
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November 22. 2017
Group One
.1. What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
2. Why would Two-Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids?
Group Two
.1. What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
2. Why would Two-Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids?
3.. What was Bob's 'real' problem, according to Randy (p.116)?
Group Three
.1. What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
2. Why would Two-Bit think Johnny, Dally, and Pony were heroes all along; before they saved the kids?
3.. What was Bob's 'real' problem, according to Randy (p.116)?
4. Why did Pony think it was better to see socs as "just guys" on p. 118? What do you think he means by this?
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November 21, 2017
Take Home quiz
1. What do you know about Ponyboy?
2. What do you know about Sodapop?
3. What do you know about Darry?
4. Who are the Socs? Who are the Greasers?
5. How do Ponyboy's relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain.
6. Why is the "gang" importnat to Johnny?
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1. What do you know about Ponyboy?
2. What do you know about Sodapop?
3. What do you know about Darry?
4. Who are the Socs? Who are the Greasers?
5. How do Ponyboy's relationships with Darry and Sodapop differ? Explain.
6. Why is the "gang" importnat to Johnny?
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November 20, 2017
Group One
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
Group Two
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
3. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
4. "Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (p.104). what do you think about this comment?
Group Three
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
3. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
4. "Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (p.104). what do you think about this comment?
5. What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
Parent Signature: ______________________________
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
Group Two
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
3. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
4. "Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (p.104). what do you think about this comment?
Group Three
1. Explain what Pony means when he says Soda "reminds me of a colt" on p. 101.
2. What condition is Johnny in after the fire?
3. Why would being crippled be worse for Johnny than someone else?
4. "Maybe people are younger when they are asleep" (p.104). what do you think about this comment?
5. What is a juvenile delinquent (p. 107)? Find a definition on the internet, in a dictionary, or create your own based on your own knowledge.
Parent Signature: ______________________________
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