Character Role Casting with Aaron Peters

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EVERY SINGLE OUTSIDER CHAPTER

 

Chapters 1-2

Geasers:

Name	Age	Physical Traits	Character Traits	Hierarchy
Pony Boy	14	Small for his age, but built, long light-brown/red hair, greenish-gray eyes	chooses to be lonely, the younger one, smart, likes school	tagalong
Soda	16 going on 17	Not as tall as Darry, but is slimmer. Finely drawn, sensitive face that is reckless at the same time. Dark-gold hair that he combs back, Long, silky, and Straight. Dark-Brown eyes.	likes to have fun	the charmer
Dallas Winston (Dally)	18	hair white/blond, elfish face, small, high cheekbones, pointed chin, blue eyes,	cold, hard, gang member	toughest
Darrel (Darry)	20	6’ 2”, Broad Shoulders, He has cold eyes. Brown hair that kicks out in front, and a slight cowlick in the back. Eyes like 2 pieces of pale blue-green ice	serious, hard working, responsible	leader
Johnny  Cade	16	smaller than the rest, with a slight build. He had big black eyes in a dark tanned face; his hair was jet-black and heavily greased and combed to the side, but it was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead. He had a nervous, suspicious look in his eyes	always acts nervous, suspicious, and sensitive.	pet
Steve Randle	17	tall and with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls	Extremely good with cars.	sodas best friend
Two-Bit Mathews	18	6’ tall. Stocky. Rusty colored sideburns. Grey eyes and a wide grin.	The funny guy	wisecracker of the bunch
Sandy	16	blonde hair, blue eyes	nice girl	Sodas girlfriend

Soc:

Name:	Age:	Physical Traits	Character Traits	Hierarchy
Sherri Valance (Cherry)	16-17	long red hair	non judgemental to greasers stands up for herself	the spy
Marcia		short, dark hair		Randy's girlfriend
Sylvia		loud, tough lots of makeup, blonde	Giggly
Evie		loud tough lots of makeup and blonde	Giggly

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/the-outsiders/character-list

Chapter 5

Read chapter 5 and discuss the following questions while reading. All students must post their answers to a blog post before class Tuesday:

1. What did Johnny buy at the store? A week's supply of baloney, two loaves of bread, a box of matches.
2. Describe how the boys changed their appearances. They’re going to bleach Horseman’s hair and cut both of their hair down.df
3. How did Ponyboy and Johnny pass the time at the church? They read Gone with the Wind and played poker.
4. What was the cause of Ponyboy’s illness on the 5th day at the church?  Ponyboy got sick from eating all candy bars and smoking on an empty stomach.
5. How do you think Soda and Darry are feeling about Ponyboy being gone? They are sad and feeling terrible.
6. What does Dally tell the boys about home? It’s an all out war between greasers and socs.
7. Who is the spy Dally tells Pony about? It is Cherry.
8. What are the results of Dally’s visit with the war council? They got a hold of the president of one of their social clubs.

Chapter 6-7

Put yourself into the story as a friend of Ponyboy's: 8

Consider the family dynamics of Pony, Darry, and Soda up through chapter 7.  Give Pony some advice on his relationship with Darry and the relationship of all three boys.  Consider Pony's current situation and scare about the uncertainty of his future.

As a friend I would tell Ponyboy that I’m there for him whenever he needs it. That even though his mom and dad are gone that his brothers are still there for him.

Additionally, give Pony some advice on what's going on with Johnny.  Consider what Johnny's fate could be and how Pony may feel about the end result.  How can you make him feel better without giving him false hope or making a promise you can't keep.  What should he do in the immediate future?  What advice can you offer to make him feel better about what's going on.

Tell him that its for the best. And everything that happens, happens for a reason and not to be scared about anything.

Create a definition of a hero as a group.  Analyze Johnny and Ponyboy - how do they fit as heroes?  Defend your answer with evidence from the book from their actions and inferences on who they are.

A hero is someone who helps you when you need it the most. Johnny and Ponyboy are heros because they saved the little kids in the fire when they needed help. Nobody would have thought that these two greasers from nowhere would have saved the kids from the burning church.

Chapter 8

Summary:

Johnny is still not doing good. He can’t feel anything from his back on down. In chapter 8 they are talking about the rumble and nobody is going to do it and Ponyboy won’t because he thinks its useless. Cherry Valance doesn't like it. Dally can’t fight cause he is in the hospital. And Ponyboy got to see Johnny's mom and Johnny's mom and Johnny look the same, black hair and black eyes.

Chapter 10

Create a definition of gallant. A person that did a brave acts.

Is being gallant the same as being a hero?  Why or why not? You don’t have to be brave to have gallant acts.

Cite evidence from the text showing how Dally was gallant.  He ran out of the hospital to go help the other greasers fight. He went back in the church to help Johnny.

Decide if these actions also make him a hero or not and explain. We think that Dally isn’t a hero because he didn’t have that much impact on the fight. And he was the one that said for Johnny not to go into the church.

Chapter 11

Describe Pony's recovery.  What was wrong with him? Pony was beat up in the rumble and he went to go see Johnny and it was very depressing. He was denying that Johnny was dead and he was thinking that he killed Bob.

Who came to visit him?  Randy and other school friends.

What was significant about some of his visitors? They were socs and before didn’t get along with him.

What is the current standing of Pony and Darry's relationship? Soda doesn’t want any fighting anymore, so Darry agreed not to fight with anyone because Pony didn’t want to pick sides.

Chapter 12

Describe the outcome of Pony's hearing.  He was acquitted and the whole case was closed.  

Do you agree or disagree with the outcome?  We agree with the outcome because it wasn’t really Ponyboys fault on Bob’s death.  Ponyboy was being drowned and Johnny came up and stabbed Bob to save him.  

What do you learn about the purpose of the book and point of view in this chapter? The purpose of this book is that the greasers may seem bad but they really have feelings and care for one another. The point of view in this chapter is to teach a lesson.

Reaction to reading:

The only thing I didn't like is how it sometimes jumped around. It was kind of hard to follow. The story was good, but it was somewhat unrealistic. I did like it though. The author did pretty good for acting like she was a boy, because it fooled everyone for a decade. I think that's pretty funny. The style of writing was a little sloppy, but overall it was pretty good for a 17 year old. I thought the outcome was a little cheesy, everything being all perfect. 

Chapter 8

Johnny is still not doing good. He can’t feel anything from his back on down. In chapter 8 they are talking about the rumble and nobody is going to do it and Ponyboy won’t because he thinks its useless. Cherry Valance doesn't like it. Dally can’t fight cause he is in the hospital. And Ponyboy got to see Johnny's mom and Johnny's mom and and him look the same, black hair and black eyes.

Chapter 6&7

Put yourself into the story as a friend of Ponyboy's: 8

Consider the family dynamics of Pony, Darry, and Soda up through chapter 7.  Give Pony some advice on his relationship with Darry and the relationship of all three boys.  Consider Pony's current situation and scare about the uncertainty of his future.

As a friend I would tell Ponyboy that I’m there for him whenever he needs it. That even though his mom and dad are gone that his brothers are still there for him.

Additionally, give Pony some advice on what's going on with Johnny.  Consider what Johnny's fate could be and how Pony may feel about the end result.  How can you make him feel better without giving him false hope or making a promise you can't keep.  What should he do in the immediate future?  What advice can you offer to make him feel better about what's going on.

Tell him that its for the best. And everything that happens, happens for a reason and not to be scared about anything.

Create a definition of a hero as a group.  Analyze Johnny and Ponyboy - how do they fit as heroes?  Defend your answer with evidence from the book from their actions and inferences on who they are.

A hero is someone who helps you when you need it the most. Johnny and Ponyboy are heros because they saved the little kids in the fire when they needed help. Nobody would have thought that these two greasers from nowhere would have saved the kids from the burning church.

Outsider's Chapter 5

1. What did Johnny buy at the store? A week's supply of baloney, two loaves of bread, a box of matches.
2. Describe how the boys changed their appearances. They’re going to bleach Horseman’s hair and cut both of their hair down.df
3. How did Ponyboy and Johnny pass the time at the church? They read Gone with the Wind and played poker.
4. What was the cause of Ponyboy’s illness on the 5th day at the church?  Ponyboy got sick from eating all candy bars and smoking on an empty stomach.
5. How do you think Soda and Darry are feeling about Ponyboy being gone? They are sad and feeling terrible.
6. What does Dally tell the boys about home? It’s an all out war between greasers and socs.
7. Who is the spy Dally tells Pony about? It is Cherry.
8. What are the results of Dally’s visit with the war council? They got a hold of the president of one of their social clubs.

Chapter 3&4

I think I would rather be a greaser because you can express yourself. If you were a soc, then you had to keep to yourself and not let emotion show. They lie about what they find interesting, like what Cherry said. Greasers feel to violently, and socks don't feel enough. The reasons I would rather be a greaser is because you are allowed to feel emotion. I don't like to be couped up.

The people that were there were Randy, Bob, three other socs, Ponyboy, and Johnny. These were the guys that beat up Johnny in the first place. The weapons that were used were the rings on the soc's fingers, Johnny's switchblade, and their fists. And a water fountain. The socs drove up in their Mustang and got out challenging the boys. The socs grabbed Horseman and dried to drown him in the fountain. But Johnny panicked and stabbed him thus killing him.
Charged with crime: Socs for assault and Johnny for murder. Drinking and driving for the socs.
Accomplices and witnesses: All witnesses and accomplice would be the drunk socs.
Roles: Everyone was assaulting each other and Johnny was the murderer.

S.E Hinton Author Bio

-Information on the author's background:

-Susan Eloise Hinton was born in 1950 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For education she attended the University of Tulsa. She enjoys reading and writing, but dislikes talking about her personal life. Her boyfriend is the one that she ended up marrying. She also said that the life of a writer isn’t very interesting. Some interesting facts about her life are that she was trained to be a teacher, but she never taught.

-A list of books the author has written: (include links or images of the books)

http://www.sehinton.com/books/#

She has written a total of nine books; they are The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, That Was Then, This is Now, Taming the Star Runner, Hawks Harbor, Tex, Tim’s Stories, Big David, Little David, The Puppy Sister.

-A summary/generalization of what the author typically writes about (genre, characters, setting, plot, theme, etc), why she writes, and how she became successful:

She wasn’t satisfied with the young adult books of her age, so that inspired her to write more about it. She also said that almost always writes from a boy’s view because she said that they have fewer books written for them. Girls will read boy books, but boys won’t read girl books. The Outsiders gave her a lot of publicity and pressure, and that stopped her from writing for another three years. The was know as “The voice of the youth.”

-Awards, honors, accomplishments:

She was given the Margaret Edwards Young Adult Author Achievement Award in 1988, Massachusetts Children's Book Award. School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, and New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List and many more are also on the list of awards.

-A photo of the author:

-A prediction of what you think "The Outsiders" will be like.  Do you think you will like or dislike the book?  Why?  What surprised you about SE Hinton in your research? I think I will like the book a lot because it is more attuned to our age and what we could have to deal with. I was surprised that Hinton was able to publish a book at such a young age.

CITES:

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/o/the-outsiders/se-hinton-biography

http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html

http://sehinton1.wordpress.com/5-fun-facts-about-s-e-hinton/

http://www.sehinton.com/misc/faq.html

The Giver Trailer

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I worked on it with Aaron James Peters, Tanner Riesberg, and me. (Nicholas John Streit)

Reading Log P. 32-68

Hal designed and built a boat. It has a triangular sail designed to catch wind better than the normal triangular sail. Hal is considered an outcast. His mother is half foreign and half Skandian. She is frowned upon for being different. But both of them have a great personality and traits. Hal decided to test out his new boat. He brought it out to sea, and wanted to show it off at the port. So as he was bringing it in, he saw the Oberjarl's ship right in front of his ship's path, and in a few tense moments, managed to veer off to the left and safely stop it. He was congratulated by the Oberjarl, but next Brotherband training starts.

Tacking- a sailing maneuver that rides into the wind. Most sailor's avoid this.

Reading Log P. 1-32

I started a new book. It is called the Brotherband Chronicles. The first book is called the Outcast. It takes place in a fictional medieval time. It starts out with a crew going on a raid for supplies. One of the members, Mikkel, (Hal, the main character's father) dies defending their ship so they can get away. His friend Thorn, and the rest of the crew are able to get away though. And upon their return, a massive storm hits and takes Thorn's right hand. Now Thorn is reduced to a slobbering drunk many years later. Now Hal's mom gets him back on his feet to help Hal through his teenage years. Hal is about to go through Brotherband training. It is a series of tests to test endurance, fighting skills, and sailing skills.

Port and starboard- sailing terms for left and right.

The Giver

Myrin Millard

Nicholas John Streit

Tanner Riesberg

Tyler Lee Mohr

Aaron Planck Peters

Chapter 2

• How would you feel not to have your own individual birthday? I wouldn’t feel special. I would feel like I was block in the Lego box.

• If you were attending the Ceremony of Twelve with Jonas, what Assignment do you think the Elders would select for you?

Nick- Engineer

Aaron-Theoretical Physicists

Miles- Physicist

Tanner- The giver

Dylan- Doctor

Chapter 3

*What did Jonas notice about the eyes of Gabriel?  What significance could this mean for Jonas? Jonas and Gabriel had the same lighter eyes. They could have the same birthing mother.

• How would you feel to be watched all the time, the way Jonas is? I would feel creeped out, and I would never be able to have a secret. I would try and look at the way the watch me. I would want to figure it out. I would lay false trails, so they wouldn't be able to see what I was doing.

• Do you think it says something about Jonas that he sees the apple change? Yes I do. I think it shows that he is special and that there is something different about him. Apples aren’t normally spheres. I think it is the pill.

Chapter 4

• Jonas’ community has a lot of rules.  Explain some of the rules and what you think the purpose for them are.  Do you think the rules are a good thing or a bad thing? Why?

Take your pill everyday I think this is bad because the pill takes away lots of feelings. The girls their hair in a special way this isn't good nor bad because it has benefits and disadvantages. It’s illegal to look upon a naked person.

                           

What do you think these rules with have to do with the rest of the book?

They restrict the freedoms and luxury of the citizens in this community.

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

• Why was Jonas embarrassed about telling his dream?

Jonas did not want the rest of his family to know about his midnight stirrings whilst trying to sleep.

How important is sameness in Jonas’s community? It is very important not to be different because the ideal person isn’t any different from each other.  

How important is it in your community?

Some people are denied and excluded from certain things if they are not similar to one another

The Giver Vocabulary

Chapters 1 – 5

1.  intrigued: 1, very interested; fascinated

Sentence: ­­­­Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community

Context Clues Proof: He describes what fascinated him and said that other were to.

2.  ironic: 2, contrast between tone/meaning

Sentence: there was an ironic tone to that final message, as if the speaker found it amusing; and Jonas had smiled a little, thought he knew what a grim statement it had been.­­­­

Context Clues Proof: Amusing and grim

3. palpable: 3, able to be felt

Sentence: ­­­­He remembered that moment of palpable, stomach-sinking terror when the aircraft had streaked above.

  Context Clues Proof: stomach-sinking terror.

4.  distraught: 4, mentally upset

Sentence: I guess I got distraught, watching them.  

Context Clues Proof: The fish were at a hatchery and he felt sorry for them.  

5.  apprehensive: 4, fearful about the future

Sentence: ­­­­Apprehensive, Jonas decided.

Context Clues Proof:He shuddered with nervousness.

6.  defiant: 5, resisting or challenging

 Sentence: ­­­­she held up a clenched fist and the rest of the family smiled at her small defiant gesture.

Context Clues Proof:the word defiant and she held up a clenched fist

7.  enhance: 12, improve by adding to

Sentence: It might enhance his nurturing if I could call him by a name.  

Context Clues Proof: He was small and under grown but Father thought calling him by a name could help.

8.  chastise: 20, punish

Sentence: ­­­­He didn’t like it that she had mentioned his eyes.

Context Clues Proof: Only a few people had eyes like this and he was sensitive about it.

9. nondescript: 24, with no outstanding features

Sentence: ­­­­The same nondescript shade, about the same shade as his own tunic.

Context Clues Proof: But it was the same apple. Unchanged. The same size and shape.

10. serene: 29, calm and peaceful

Sentence: ­­­­It was a serene and slow-paced place, unlike the busy centers of manufacture and distribution where the daily work of the community occurred.

Context Clues Proof: slow paced place unlike the busy centers.

Chapter 6

• What do you think of how families in Jonas’s community are formed? I don’t like it. In a normal family, you can somewhat guess what the child will be like. But with this way, you have no idea what they will be like.

Chapter 7

• How would you feel if you were in Jonas’s shoes and the Chief Elder skipped right over you when she was making Assignments? I would ask the elders why it happened, and would hope that I won’t be released. I would also think of what I had maybe done wrong.

Think like a movie director.....so far what are pro's and con's of making The Giver into a movie.  Don't just think of your likes and dislikes.  Cite textual evidence.  Consider what is popular right now for audiences.  What changes should be made.

Pro’s	Cons	Changes
Good story and thought.	Jonas’s age.	I would change his age.
People could get a different perspective of the book through a movie.	Some jobs would be weird to show.	I would add some things he sees differently.
	It would be hard to	Make it longer

What do you think Jonas’s Capacity to See Beyond is?

I think it means when he sees something different. Like when they were playing catch he saw something different in the apple, and when he was on the stage staring at everyone he saw it just for one second.Then he blinked and it was gone.

Would you rather be selected, as Jonas was, or assigned, as his groupmates were? I would rather be selected like Jonas because it is being given a higher honor to the community. I would also feels like they made the right choice for me.

Chapter 9

• Jonas tells himself several times that things can’t change between him and his best friend, Asher. Do you think they can? Do you think they will? I think they can and I think they will because Jonas will rarely have time for his friend. The rules said he had to go to training right after school and then go straight home. Meaning he would have no interaction with any of his friends for a long time, and even if he did see them he would most likely have to lie to them about what he was doing or what he did do.

• Why does Jonas find the final rule in his instructions, “You may lie,” so unsettling?Because throughout his whole entire life he was told to never lie, and he had a thought that maybe everyone had this rule to lie.

Chapter 12

• Imagine a world without color. What color would you miss most?  Why? I would miss neon green because its my favorite color and I also like bright colors. They are stripping away the parts of life people need to experience.

• What value, if any, is there to Sameness? There isn’t any value. I would feel like a white lego block in the whole box.

Chapter 13

• Do you agree with Jonas that people have to be protected from wrong choices? You learn from your mistakes. To make mistakes is to live.

• As Jonas continues his training, he often finds himself angry with his groupmates and his family. Why? They don’t get to see what he sees. They think they have a great life, but they don’t.

• The Giver says that without memories, knowledge is meaningless. What does he mean? To have knowledge, you have to know how you got it. Some people learn different things through different ways.

Chapter 14

• Do you agree that painful memories are made easier when they are shared? Yes, because afterwards the pain isn’t still with you. Your leg isn’t bent in half.

• Do you think it’s fair that one person in the community—The Receiver—should have to be burdened and pained by memories so that no one else is? Yes, because you can ask that person for advice so the whole world doesn’t collapse when a plane flies overhead.