The Outsiders- Activity 5

ACTIVITY 5.

1. We are going to reproduce and complete ‘Activity 5’ in a new blank google document.

2. Open a new blank google document and title it ‘The News’.

3. Copy and paste ‘Activity 5’ onto the new document.

4. Fill in your name and book title.

5. Complete activity 5 by filling in the ‘character comparison chart’.

6. Once you have completed activity 5, put it onto your blog.

THE NEWS

Select an incident from the story and develop a newspaper article about it.

Use the chart below to organise your newspaper report. Then write your article.

Who? Bob dies

Where? Park

Why? Because Johnny killed him

What happened? He was drowning Ponyboy, so Johnny killed him.

When? 3:30am

How? Johnny stabbed him

THE DAILY NEWS

HEADLINE:

Soc killed by Greaser, desperate to save his friend

Start story here:

17th July 1967, a date Johnny will remember for the rest of his life. Johnny, a hero, desperately tried to save his friend, who was forced into the water and held down by four socs. He was left with no option, but to use his switchblade. He described the night as ‘the worst night of his life’, even though he saved his friend from almost drowning to death. Ponyboy and Johnny said they were just sitting peacefully at the park, til a mustang pulls out, and five socs get out of the car and start to pick a fight. The socs separated them and started to beat them viciously. Johnny quotes that it was one of the hardest decisions to make, thinking about the consequences, and whether Ponyboy lives or not.