The Outsiders Complete Study Guide

Engage your students with this low-prep, 3-4 week The Outsiders novel study. This study guide is engaging, standards-based and geared towards both creative-brained students as well as more technical-brained. Through the use of unique graphic designs, capture even the most distracted of students, and solidify their writing through short-response pairings.

Kick off your Outsider teaching unit with giggles by using an introduction to language unique to this novel -- the Slang Worksheet. Pair this with the vocabulary list of difficult words found throughout the text to prepare your students for the weeks to come.

As your students read the novel, have them explore similes, characterization, and analyze Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" using the guided worksheets included with this resource. Specifically, have students explore our main characters through Character Profile worksheets.

As they continue to read the novel, assess your students' understanding of the text with chapter study guides that give them continued practice with their writing and comprehension skills.

Finalize your unit with an essay that gives students some element of choice as they have several essay prompts to choose from that address different important issues within this novel.

Included in this resource:

- Engaging Chapter Study Guides

- Answer Key for all Study Guides

- Novel Vocabulary List

- Slang Worksheet

- Character Profile Worksheet

- Era Worksheet

- Simile Analysis Worksheet

- Stay Gold Worksheet

- Final Essay Handout

I recommend printing these out double-sided for students!

You may print them out and make them into a booklet, or print them out and hand out per chapter being read. Entirely your choice!