FORWARD PLANNING DOCUMENT

TERM/WEEKS: 2/3-7

YEAR LEVEL: Year 10

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: ENGLISH / The

Outsiders

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK/
LESSO
N

1.1

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Lang
Literacy
Lit
(ACELY
1776)
(ACELY
1756)
(ACELY
1572)

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

- Create a short clip,

understand connections
between The Outsiders
themes and different
films.
- Self-evaluation and
ICT usefulness
evaluation.

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

- TodaysMeet
website, to check
students ability to
self-evaluate, but
also gain their
thoughts on
Stupeflix as a
learning tool.

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

Prior to start: The Outsiders poster is put on screen.

Teacher writes themes discussed last lesson on board.
Introduction: Attendance taken. Class is asked to take out
laptops and open up class Weebly site. When done put the
screens down.
Teacher introduces lesson: Today we will be continuing to
look at the themes of The Outsiders and ways of expressing
themes through different media.
Body: Teacher describes how people want to do things as fast
as possible these days and the creation of a sixty-second
informational clip, which explains a large topic in a succinct
coherent and concentrated form. Teacher explains how
students will be creating a clip representing the themes from
The Outsiders, with a choice of their own film.
Teacher plays the example clip of The Outsiders in sixtyseconds.
Teacher facilitates class discussion and brainstorms on the
whiteboard how accurately the clip is represented on all of the
themes from The Outsiders.
Teacher briefly outline task. Students to open laptops and
follow instructions of class Weebly, the teacher is to walk
around facilitating and aiding the learning.

KEY
QUESTIONS

What are some

of the themes
that we see in
the outsiders?
Are the themes
mirrored in
other clips
found by the
students?

RESOURCES

Class Website:
Lesson 1
http://theoutsiders
yearten.weebly.co
m

YouTube, 'The
Outsiders In 60
Seconds'. N.p.,
2015. Web. 19
Mar. 2015.

Studio.stupeflix.c
om,. 'Make Videos
Online With
Photos, Clips,
Music - Stupeflix'.
N.p., 2015. Web.
19 Mar. 2015.

Students make their own sixty-second video using Stupeflix.

It must explore themes based on The Outsiders, but otherwise
can be any film of your choosing.
Closure: Students to evaluate Stupeflix as a learning tool and
self-evaluate on TodaysMeet website.
Next lesson they will be completing and uploading their clips.

Todaysmeet.com,
'Theoustidersthem
esclipreview Todaysmeet'. N.p.,
2015. Web. 19
Mar. 2015.

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Lang
Literacy Lit

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURCES

(ACELY
1776)

To demonstrate an
understanding of the
main ideas, events, or
themes of the novel.

- Use spider scribe

and Padlet to
communicate their
reflections, ideas,
and answers to The
Outsiders and
related themes
within story.

Introduction: Teacher will welcome class and get the

students to quickly upload their videos. Students are to write a
brief reflection on their video and comment on the work of
another students in reference to the questions posted for them
on Padlet.

What are some

of the
similarities and
differences
between the
Socs and the
Greasers?

Class Website:
Lesson 2
http://theoutsiders
yearten.weebly.co
m

Compare the
similarities and
differences in
contrast to the
present day

Padlet,. 'Padlet Is
The Easiest Way
To Create And
Collaborate In
The World'. N.p.,
2015. Web. 19
Mar. 2015.

1.2
(ACELY15
72)

(ACELT16
42)

Body: Teacher will post chart lists about identity, class, race,
and cliques, Teacher will model the definitions of these.
Teacher will prompt students to give everyday life examples
for the above definitions.
As part of a class discussion, students and teacher will
compose a list on the whiteboard on the topic of East vs. West
to chart out the differences and similarities between the
Greasers and Socs. Students will use this information as hints
pages for the following task.
Students then go onto Spiderscribe to briefly answer the
questions that the teacher has assigned in relation to the text.
Teacher will explain that students need to be critical in their
responses and consider the main ideas, events and themes
when composing their responses. Teacher will walk around
the class facilitating and aiding the student learning process as
they explore the story of The Outsiders in contrast to their
present day.

Hinton, S. E. The
Outsiders. New
York: Viking
Press, 1967. Print.
Disarea, LLC.
'Online Mind

Conclusion: Teacher will pick a few alternative examples of

the students written works on Spiderscribe and without
naming the student will ask the class to respond to whether
they agree or disagree with the points made. Students will
need to justify why they consider alternative views.

Mapping And
Brainstorming
App Spiderscribe'.
Spiderscribe.net.
N.p., 2015. Web.
19 Mar. 2015.

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Lang
Literacy
Lit

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and social

Competence
Sustainability

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

- Understand and
explore the theme of
family and family in
their own context.
- Character analysis
- Develop an
understanding of
different types of
family inside and
outside of the novel
- Examine the
influences of family on
themselves
- Explore and
understand the
influence of point-ofview (how it affects
ones perception of a
situation)

- Creatively and
collaboratively
come up with an
informal role-play,
which shows an
understanding and
grasp of the
characterisation in
The Outsiders.
- Post on forum,
shows a grasp of
the texts
information and an
ability to apply that
knowledge
- use grammatically
correct language
when writing and
speaking

Introduction: Teacher will welcome class and pose the

questions How is each member of your family, including
yourself, unique and different?, How do these differences
contribute to a stronger family?, How does your family
influence you? Teacher will facilitate a discussion focussing
on the subject of family in regards to the text.

1.3
(ACELA1
565)

(ACELY
1813)
(ACELY
1752)

(ACELT1
812)

Intercultural
Understanding

Body: Role-Play each student is given a role of a character

from The Outsiders on a card. In groups, students discuss
attitudes and beliefs of characters and possible reactions to
situations.
After each skit, teacher will prompt a discussion on why the
students chose this particular skit and why characters may
have reacted in certain ways. Class as a whole will discuss the
influence of family in each skit? Students will then go onto
the class Weebly, Lesson 3- The Outsiders Forum where the
teacher has provided a comprehensive list of questions
relating to the text, for students to answer. Students are
encouraged to personify their answers and reflect on the idea
of family structures.
Conclusion: Teacher will facilitate a question and answer
discussion in relation to the students forum for students to
understand the influence of various points of view. Teacher

KEY
QUESTIONS

What family
influences are
present in the
Novel?
Explain what it
means to be a
hero in the
context of
Ponyboys
world.
Describe how
the gang is more
of a family to its
members.

RESOURCES

Class Website:
Lesson 3
http://theoutsiders
yearten.weebly.co
m

Weebly 'Lesson 3'.

N.p., 2015. Web.
19 Mar. 2015.

will go over the answers presented by some students as

examples of where they need to elaborate to promote clear
meaning.

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Lang
Literacy
Lit

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

- Develop and
understand the
structure of an essay
and the specific
elements that
contribute to essay
writing.
- Apply these skills to
the content knowledge
students have from the
novel and previous
lessons.

- How to write an
essay, Essay map is
an interactive
graphic organizer
that helps students
develop an outline
that includes an
introductory
statement, main
ideas they want to
discuss or describe,
supporting details,
and a conclusion
that summarizes the
main ideas.

Personal and social

Competence
Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

1.4
(ACELA1
567)

(ACELY
1813)

(ACELT1
640)

(ACELY
1752)

(ACELT1
641)

(ACELY
1749)

(ACELT1
812)
(ACELT1
814)

Intercultural
Understanding

Introduction: In preparation for the final assessment, this

lesson will focus on the techniques used for essay writing.
Firstly teacher will direct students to Weebly page and ask
them to do our pop-quiz on Testmoz. This is so students
remember key facts and kick starts them to get into The
Outsiders frame of mind.
Body: Teacher will model for students the 10 tips for quality
essay writing. Teacher will use the question "Explain what it
means to be a hero in the context of Ponyboy's world" from
the previous lesson as an example for students to highlight
key words and brainstorm ideas, Students will then write a
plan for the response. Teacher will walk around and assist
those students that need clarification and help. Students then
use the ICT tool "Essay Map" to write the introduction, main
body and conclusion to the question.
Conclusion: Students will edit the draft and check for
spelling, punctuation and grammar. This time will also be
utilized for students to seek feedback from peers or the
teacher before writing the final copy for a formal assessment.

KEY
QUESTIONS

How to write an
essay?
What are the
key features
used to write a
quality essay?
How are essays
structured?

RESOURCES

Class Website:
Lesson 1
http://theoutsiders
yearten.weebly.co
m

Readwritethink.or
g,. 'Essay Map'.
N.p., 2015. Web.
19 Mar. 2015.
Testmoz.com,.
'Testmoz - The
Test Generator'.
N.p., 2015. Web.
19 Mar. 2015.