Could your 16-year-old students write a novel? S.E. Hinton did! An engaging video reviews the setting and themes of Hinton's breakout novel The Outsiders through the perspective of hip-hop artist Danny Boy O'Connor, as well as the author herself.

Concepts

the outsiders, s.e. hinton, setting, american literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video to inspire learners to write short stories about their own feelings of being an outsider in a social group
• Ask students to write a journal entry about the setting or a movie or book that they'd like to explore one day

Classroom Considerations

• Part of The Great American Read project, which prompts viewers to vote for a particular book (voting has since been closed)
• Includes some spoilers for the book

Pros

• Emphasizes the themes and messages of the novel
• Video is short and versatile for classroom use

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.7.2 RL.7.3 RL.7.6 RL.8.2 RL.8.3 RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5