Reflection Journal # 1
What does it mean to be an “outsider”? What kinds of situations in life can make you feel like an “outsider”? Have you ever felt like an outsider? If so, how did it make your feel? Can you give an example?
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Reflection Journal # 2
INDIVIDUALITY
What makes you unique?
How can you keep your individuality when you belong to a tight group of friends? Do you lose part of yourself when you become part of a group?
Be specific and answer in 5-7 sentences.
What makes you unique?
How can you keep your individuality when you belong to a tight group of friends? Do you lose part of yourself when you become part of a group?
Be specific and answer in 5-7 sentences.
Reflection Journal # 3
True or False: Most people are not satisfied or happy with what they have. Why do think so? Does it come from the individual or does society play a role?
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Reflection Journal # 4
True or False: A person is often stereotyped by the people he/she hangs out with. What effects can stereotypes have on people?
Stereotype: to make assumptions about someone based on positive or negative things you know or assume about other people who are like them (race, religion, hair colour, gender, age, weight etc).
Explain your answer in 5 -7 sentences.
Stereotype: to make assumptions about someone based on positive or negative things you know or assume about other people who are like them (race, religion, hair colour, gender, age, weight etc).
Explain your answer in 5 -7 sentences.
Reflection Journal # 5
Part A:
What is your personal definition of a hero? Who would you consider to be a hero in your life?
Part B:
Using your own definition of hero, do Pony, Johnny and Dally prove themselves to be heroes in Chapter 6?
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
What is your personal definition of a hero? Who would you consider to be a hero in your life?
Part B:
Using your own definition of hero, do Pony, Johnny and Dally prove themselves to be heroes in Chapter 6?
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Reflection Journal # 6
In The Outsiders, the media (newspapers) printed articles about the church fire and Ponyboy's family causing some people to look at them differently. How does the media (magazines, TV, internet and social media) impact your own life, your own identity?
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Explain your answer in 5-7 sentences.
Reflection Journal # 7
Some people say that death opens the eyes of the living. This means that experiencing the death of someone we know / love makes us see things we did not see before.
Do you agree that death opens the eyes of the living? Why or why not? Does death open the eyes of anyone in The Outsiders?
Explain your answer in 7-10 sentences. Remember to use your 3Es! This is your final entry, so make it your best.
Do you agree that death opens the eyes of the living? Why or why not? Does death open the eyes of anyone in The Outsiders?
Explain your answer in 7-10 sentences. Remember to use your 3Es! This is your final entry, so make it your best.