Joshua Furnell

MrFurnell.com Homework 11.12.15

Dear Parents/Guardians:

We are reading The Outsiders this month. Our focus will center on social divide, friendship, loyalty and brotherly love.

Please assist your child with one of the three homework options listed below.

Our lesson today focused on the following excerpt:

•THE PARK WAS ABOUT two blocks square, with a fountain in the middle and a small swimming pool for the little kids. The pool was empty now in the fall, but the fountain was going merrily. Tall elm trees made the park shadowy and dark, and it would have been a good hangout, but we preferred our vacant lot, and the Shepard outfit liked the alleys down by the tracks, so the park was left to lovers and little kids. Nobody was around at two-thirty in the morning, and it was a good place to relax and cool off. I couldn't have gotten much cooler without turning into a popsicle. Johnny snapped up his jeans jacket and flipped up the collar.

Option 1: According to the text: “The pool was empty now in the fall, but the fountain was going merrily.”   

Based on the text, why do you think Ponyboy included this detail?

Option 2: According to the text: “Tall elm trees made the park shadowy and dark, and it would have been a good hangout, but we preferred our vacant lot”

Based on the text: Why do you think this is the case?

Option 3: Is Ponyboy cold or warm? Please explain.