2017 Year 10 Written Text Assessment on 'The Outsiders'

2017 Year 10 Written Text Assessment on ‘The Outsiders’

QUESTIONS (Choose ONE)

1. Describe at least one important relationship in the written text(s). Explain how this relationship positively or negatively influenced one or more characters.

2. Describe at least one important setting in the written text(s). Explain how the setting helped you to understand at least one idea. Note: “Setting” may refer to physical places as well as social and historical contexts.

3. Describe at least one important character in the written text(s). Explain how the character changes throughout the text(s).

4. Describe an important conflict in the written text. Explain how the conflict helped you to understand an important message.

5. Describe an incident that changes the course of events in the written text(s). Explain how this change helped you to understand an important idea.

6. Describe at least one important technique used in the written text(s). Explain how the use of the technique created impact. Note: Techniques could include figures of speech, syntax, word-choice, style, symbolism, structure, or narrative point-of-view.

And don’t forget the GOLDEN rules:

G ather ideas: who? what? when? where? why? how?

O rganise them: what’s the best order?

L ink ideas or paragraphs: “Not only do we learn…, but also…  .”

D escriptive words: stunning, exquisite, brilliant, excellent

E nabling words or phrases: for example, for instance, we see this     when, as an illustration, to demonstrate

N eat and tidy: punctuation, grammar, spelling

Statement about the  written text technique/aspect	Evidence from the written text	Explanation of the meaning shown in relation to the question	Explanation of author’s purpose	Your link to the human experience (self, society, or world) (A) within ‘The Outsiders’ (B) another  novel   (C) another text
Sentence Starters:	For example, For instance, We see this when, This is demonstrated,	This shows… This makes the audience think… This makes the audience feel… This makes us understand…	S.E.Hinton did this to The purpose of this This was done to	This aspect can be compared to… This aspect can be contrasted to… This can be juxtaposed to… This reminds me of...
Examples: In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, dialogue was used to show the state of  Macbeth’s mind.	For instance, the line “Is this a dagger I see before me?” demonstrates Macbeth questioning  his reality.	This technique reveals Macbeth’s character  by showing the audience that he has started to hallucinate and that his mind is playing tricks on him, or, alternatively, that the witches are having more influence on him than he realises.	Shakespeare did this to show the consequences of Macbeth’s guilty actions. As the play progresses, Macbeth’s mind becauses more troubled and Shakespeare uses Macbeth’s  dialogue, actions, and the conversations of other to reflect this.	This dialogue  can be juxtaposed with the feast when he has a visitation of Banquo’s ghost and says “Then comes my fit again: I had else been perfect”. This highlights, to some degree, the fact that Macbeth is conscious of his hallucinations. However, a characteristic of insanity is the insane person not knowing that are in fact insane and by the end of the play, Macbeth no longer knows what is real and what is imagined around him. This highlights the fact that guilt through murder and ‘unfettered’ ambition can affect the state of people's’ minds.

Statement about the  written text technique/aspect	Evidence from the written text	Explanation of the meaning shown  in relation to the question	Explanation of author’s purpose	Your link to the human experience (self, society, or world) (A) within ‘The Outsiders’ (B) another  novel   (C) another text
Sentence Starters:	For example, For instance, We see this when, This is demonstrated,	This shows… This makes the audience think… This makes the audience feel… This makes us understand…	The author did this to The purpose of this This was done to	This aspect can be compared to… This aspect can be contrasted to… This can be juxtaposed to… This reminds me of...
In the SEXXXY template below, answer ONE of the following questions: I am answering question number: Copy and paste your question here: Planning Gather and Order ideas: Introduction: (Optional)
SEXXXY 1	Ponyboy is a Intelligent person. He has a high IQ and he always got a high grades.	Ponyboy likes reading. I’ve seen Ponyboy always reads at night.	Ponyboy always got a C grades but for Darry C is not enough Darry wants A grades	For Ponyboy because you’re a part of a gang you can not be a Intelligent person.
SEXXXY 2	Ponyboy is a Loyal person he chose run away with johnny, even though he did not kill bob.	Ponyboy and Johnny in the Jade Mountain in 5 days, And Darry came to get them.	For Ponyboy being a part of a gang there’s a Trust, Love, Care, Loyalty, and etc. And for Ponyboy being a gang member is like a brotherhood.	For Ponyboy, being a loyal is the most important aspect of being a part of a gang.
SEXXXY 3	Ponyboy and Johnny were a Courageous person. Because they’re risked their lives, just save the young children from the burning church.	Johnny got burned skin because he stuck in the burning church just to save the young children.	Johnny was a good person. Johnny saved Ponyboy from death and he accidentally killed Bob because they’re drowning Ponyboy.	For Ponyboy and Johnny being a Courageous person is the most important thing of being a man.
SEXXXY 4	Darry accidentally slapped Ponyboy because Ponyboy got in the house in the midnight.	Ponyboy forgave Darry when they were reunited in the hospital.		It is hard to forgive when a person had a big mistake to you but Ponyboy forgave Darry so easily because they didn’t see in a long time.

Conclusion:

(Optional)