Outsiders Essay Questions

1.You are a 8th grade language arts teacher, you teach at a private middle school and it is the end of January. Each month you assign your students a book and at the end of the month your students are required to lead a discussion, done completely by the students, about the assigned book. This month the students were assigned The Outsiders. The students lead an excellent discussion about the book; however, the next morning, Morgan and her mother walk into your class. Morgan’s mother expresses her anger toward you about having the students read such a violent book in class. After her mother has finished, Morgan tells her, “but mom, I really enjoyed the book.” Morgan's mother gives you a dirty look. What do you do?

2.You are a first year teacher, teaching 11th grade english. You are beginning your unit on William Shakespeare, starting with reading Romeo and Juliet. After class, four of your students, Karen, Lynda, Mark, and Allison, come up to you stating that they refuse to read Romeo and Juliet because it promotes teen suicide. What do you do?

The students have been split up into pairs to complete an ill-defined problem that requires them to create, test, and conclude a hypothesis based on previous lessons throughout the school year. Jolene and Logan are partners for the project. On the second work day offered to the students, the two students begin to argue about their hypothesis. Jolene yells at Logan, “stop, you do not know what you are doing, just let me do it!” As a reaction, Logan pushes all of Jolenes papers into the sink with the water on. What do you