The Outsiders: Character – Ch. 1 & 2

Ms. CampbellEnglish 8

Leader of the Pack – The Shangri-Las

Reading Quiz – Chapters 1&2 What are the names of Ponyboy’s two

brothers? ___________ and ____________

Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally meet Cherry and Marcia when they go to the _____________

Johnny got beat up by a Soc who drove a blue _________ and wore a lot of _________

Heroes

Heroes

Heroes

Heroes

Heroes

Characterization Direct Characterization

When the author uses adjectives to tell what a character is like

“Dally is violent”

Indirect Characterization When the author uses verbs to show what a

character does “Dally fought the Socs on a regular basis”

Ponyboy Name Poem P ____________________ O ____________________ N ____________________ Y ____________________ B ____________________ O ____________________ Y ____________________

Character Portfolio Choose your favourite character of:

Soda Darry Johnny Dally

Draw an annotated picture of that character

Create a name poem for your character